Haitians scramble to survive, seeking food, water and safety as gang violence...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As the sun sets, a burly man bellows into a megaphone while a curious crowd gathers around him. Next to him is a small cardboard box with several banknotes worth 10...
View ArticleEcuadorians head to polls to toughen fight against gangs behind wave of violence
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians headed to the polls Sunday in a referendum touted by the country's fledgling leader as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence. The...
View ArticleLondon police to meet with Jewish leaders as protests spark concerns about...
LONDON (AP) — London's police commissioner will meet with senior members of the Jewish community on Monday after the force bungled its apology for suggesting an "openly Jewish'' man's presence along...
View ArticlePolish voters choose mayors in hundreds of cities in runoff election
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish voters on Sunday chose mayors in hundreds of cities and towns where no candidate won outright in the first round of local election voting two weeks ago. Mayors were chosen...
View ArticleA Palestinian baby in Gaza is born an orphan in an urgent cesarean section...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it. Their home was hit by an Israeli airstrike shortly before midnight Saturday. Until that moment, the family...
View ArticleResidents of four Serb-majority municipalities boycott vote on removing...
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities on Sunday overwhelmingly boycotted a vote on removing their ethnic Albanian mayors from office following last year’s mayoral...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children, as...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health officials said Sunday, as the United States was on track to...
View ArticleIsraeli leaders criticize expected US sanctions against military unit that...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli leaders on Sunday harshly criticized an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Israeli military. The decision, expected...
View ArticleThe US is expected to block aid to an Israeli military unit. What is Leahy...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce as soon as Monday that it's blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human rights abuses in the...
View ArticleIranian and Pakistani leaders vow to boost trade in meeting that seeks to...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Iranian and Pakistani leaders vowed to strengthen economic and security cooperation in a meeting on Monday, as the two countries seek to smooth over a diplomatic rift. Their meeting...
View ArticleEuropean nations with Patriot missiles hesitate to give the air defense...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries possessing Patriot air defense systems gave no clear signal on Monday whether they might be willing to supply them to Ukraine, which is desperately seeking at...
View ArticleUK prime minister urges upper chamber to cave in on efforts to block Rwanda...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday pledged that deportation flights to Rwanda would begin this summer as he called on the unelected House of Lords to stop blocking his key...
View ArticleRivers recede but flooding plagues thousands in central Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Water levels in some overflowing rivers in Russia were starting to drop on Monday, but flooding remains widespread, Russian state TV reports said. More than 5,000 properties in Russia’s...
View ArticleChinese general takes a harsh line on Taiwan and other disputes at an...
QINGDAO, China (AP) — One of China's top military leaders took a harsh line on regional territorial disputes, telling an international naval gathering in northeastern China on Monday that the country...
View ArticleIsrael's military intelligence chief resigns over failure to prevent Hamas...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The head of Israeli military intelligence resigned on Monday because of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the stunning...
View ArticleA cluster of earthquakes shakes Taiwan after a strong one killed 13 earlier...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A cluster of earthquakes struck Taiwan early on Tuesday, the strongest measuring 6.1 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There was no immediate information of any...
View ArticleIndigenous groups gathering in Brazil's capital to protest president's land...
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of Indigenous people began gathering in Brazil's capital on Monday for what was expected to become a protest against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's unfulfilled...
View ArticleReview of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received...
View ArticleA well-known figure in a German far-right party tells his trial he is...
BERLIN (AP) — One of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party said Tuesday at his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan that he is “completely innocent.” Björn Höcke...
View ArticleA far-right German EU lawmaker's aide is arrested on suspicion of spying for...
BERLIN (AP) — A man who works for a prominent German far-right lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, authorities said Tuesday. The detention came less...
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