French president calls for tougher sanctions against Iran as EU leaders...
BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged his European Union counterparts to ramp up sanctions against Iran as concern grows that its unprecedented attack on Israel could...
View ArticleTsunami alert after a volcano in Indonesia has several big eruptions and...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert Wednesday after eruptions at Ruang mountain sent ash thousands of feet high. Officials ordered more than 11,000 people to leave...
View ArticleExit poll shows Croatia's ruling conservatives win parliamentary vote, but...
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia 's ruling conservatives won a highly contested parliamentary election on Wednesday, but without enough seats to rule alone, according to an exit poll cited by the state...
View ArticleG7 ministers eye targeted sanctions on Iran and a message of restraint for...
CAPRI, Italy (AP) — Group of Seven foreign ministers are meeting on the Italian resort island of Capri, with the agenda topped by calls Wednesday for targeted new sanctions against Iran over its...
View Article9 are facing charges in what police in Canada say is the biggest gold theft...
TORONTO (AP) — Police said nine people are facing charges in what authorities are calling the biggest gold theft in Canadian history from Toronto’s Pearson International airport a year ago. Peel...
View ArticleNetanyahu brushes off calls for restraint, saying Israel will decide how to...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday his country would be the one to decide whether and how to respond to Iran’s major air assault earlier this week, brushing off...
View ArticleLebanon says Israeli agents likely killed Hezbollah-linked currency exchanger...
BEIT MERI, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s interior minister alleged Wednesday that the mysterious abduction and killing of a Hezbollah-linked Lebanese currency exchanger in a villa on the edge of a quiet...
View ArticleThe Latest | Iran president warns of 'massive' response if Israel launches...
Iran’s president has warned that the “tiniest invasion” by Israel would bring a “massive and harsh” response, as the region braces for potential Israeli retaliation after Iran’s attack over the...
View ArticleGunmen ambush vehicle carrying customs officials in northwest Pakistan,...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Unidentified gunmen ambushed a vehicle carrying officials from the customs department in troubled northwest Pakistan on Thursday evening, killing four of them before fleeing...
View ArticleZimbabwe frees prisoners, including those sentenced to death, in an...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners, including some who were on death row, in an independence day amnesty on Thursday. Zimbabwe...
View ArticlePoland arrests man suspected of spying for Russia to aid Zelenskyy...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish man has been arrested on allegations of being ready to spy on behalf of Russia’s military intelligence in an alleged plot to assassinate Ukraine’s President Volodymyr...
View ArticleArmenian victims group asks International Criminal Court to investigate...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A human rights organization representing ethnic Armenians submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court on Thursday, arguing that Azerbaijan is committing an...
View ArticleA man who served 17 years in jail for a crime he didn't commit dismisses...
LONDON (AP) — A British man who spent 17 years in prison for a rape he didn't commit dismissed an “unreserved apology” on Thursday from a review body that twice turned down his attempts to have his...
View ArticleThousands of Bosnian Serbs attend rally denying genocide was committed in...
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Thousands of Bosnian Serbs rallied on Thursday denying that genocide was committed in Srebrenica in 1995 despite rulings to the contrary by two United Nations...
View ArticleGrowing demand for minerals sparks Indigenous outcry over "business as usual"...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous representatives from 35 countries issued a declaration Thursday criticizing the fact that they are too rarely consulted about mining that takes place on or near...
View ArticleThe Latest | US and UK announce new sanctions on Iran as EU leaders promise more
Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented weekend attack, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of fighting in Gaza. Israel’s allies have been urging Israel to hold...
View ArticleUS and UK issue new sanctions on Iran in response to Tehran's weekend attack...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and U.K. on Thursday imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East. The...
View ArticleUS vetoes widely supported UN resolution backing full UN membership for...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine. The vote in the...
View ArticleItalian court drops charges against migrant rescue ship crews and ends...
ROME (AP) — An Italian court on Friday dismissed a long-running case against the crew of three humanitarian organizations, dropping charges accusing them of collaborating with smugglers as they helped...
View ArticleThe West African Sahel is becoming a drug smuggling corridor, UN warns, as...
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential...
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