Ukraine claims it shot down a Russian strategic bomber as Moscow's missiles...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s air force claimed Friday it shot down a Russian strategic bomber, but Moscow officials said the plane crashed in a sparsely populated area due to a malfunction after a...
View ArticleIndians vote in the first phase of the world's largest election as Modi seeks...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians began voting on Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu...
View ArticleNATO secretary-general says some allies have air defense systems they could...
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Friday pressed member countries to give more Patriot missile systems to Ukraine as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy repeated Kyiv's almost daily...
View Article5 Japanese workers in Pakistan escape suicide blast targeting their van. A...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a van carrying Japanese nationals in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. The Japanese nationals escaped unharmed but officials...
View ArticleNext UN climate talks are critical to plot aid for poorer nations, says...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who will run United Nations climate talks this November views the negotiations as a key link in international efforts to curb global warming. The conference in Baku,...
View ArticleThai plastics firm will pay $20 million to settle with U.S. over Iran...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Bangkok -based plastics firm has agreed to pay $20 million to settle with the U.S. over 467 “egregious” violations of Iran sanctions, the U.S. Treasury announced on Friday. SCG...
View ArticleThe Latest | World leaders call on Iran and Israel to avoid allowing conflict...
World leaders called on Iran and Israel to try to avoid escalating tensions following the apparent Israeli airstrike on Friday near an Iranian air base and nuclear facility. Group of Seven foreign...
View ArticleIsrael, Iran play down apparent Israeli strike. The muted responses could...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Iran on Friday both played down an apparent Israeli airstrike near a major air base and nuclear site in central Iran, signaling the two bitter enemies are ready to prevent...
View ArticlePanama Papers trial's public portion comes to an unexpectedly speedy end
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The public portion of a trial of more than two-dozen associates accused of helping some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth came to an unexpectedly speedy conclusion...
View ArticleWar, hostages, antisemitism: A somber backdrop to this year's Passover...
Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. To many Jews, it...
View ArticleAt least 20 dead after a ferry sinks in Central African Republic, witnesses say
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — At least 20 people have drowned in Central African Republic after a ferry sank while carrying passengers on a river, witnesses said Saturday. The wooden ferry...
View ArticleMoscow says 50 Ukrainian drones shot down as attacks spark fires at Russian...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine launched a barrage of drones across Russia overnight, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said Saturday, in attacks that appeared to target the country’s energy infrastructure....
View ArticleBiden avoids a further Mideast spiral as Israel and Iran show restraint. But...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can breathe a bit easier, at least for the moment, now that Israel and Iran appear to have stepped back from the brink of tipping the Middle East into all-out...
View ArticleBlinken will be the latest top US official to visit China in a bid to keep...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this coming week as Washington and Beijing try to keep ties on an even keel despite major differences on issues from the path...
View ArticlePakistani province issues a flood alert and warns of a heavy loss of life...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani province has issued a flood alert because of glacial melting and warned of a heavy loss of life if safety measures aren't undertaken, officials said Saturday....
View Article2 Japanese navy helicopters carrying 8 crew believed crashed in Pacific,...
TOKYO (AP) — Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crewmembers were believed to have crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during a night-time training exercise, and rescuers were...
View ArticleAfter Congress finally does pass new funding, this is how the US can rush...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days once Congress passes a long-delayed aid bill. That's because it has a network of storage sites in the U.S. and Europe...
View ArticleAn Israeli airstrike in Gaza's south kills at least 9 Palestinians in Rafah,...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued...
View ArticleUkrainian and Western leaders laud US aid package while the Kremlin warns of...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian and Western leaders on Sunday welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Kremlin warned that passage of the bill would...
View ArticleUK lawmaker won't run again after allegations of late night call for funds to...
LONDON (AP) — A British lawmaker who allegedly used campaign funds to pay off people who were holding him hostage said Sunday that he wouldn't seek reelection after the governing Conservative Party...
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