Malta’s deputy prime minister resigns, ends EU Commission bid, as he faces...
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s deputy prime minister resigned Friday, and ended his European Commission bid, after he was charged with fraud in a hospital scandal roiling the Mediterranean island...
View ArticleUkraine says Russia is trying to break through its defenses in the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine rushed reinforcements to its northeastern Kharkiv region on Friday to hold off a Russian attempt to breach local defenses, authorities said, signaling a tactical switch in...
View ArticleIranians vote in a parliamentary runoff election after hard-liners dominate...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians voted Friday in a runoff election for the remaining seats in the country’s parliament after hard-line politicians dominated March balloting. Voting was extended for four...
View ArticleThousands of protesters in Armenia demand the prime minister's resignation...
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Thousands of protesters in Armenia angered by the government's decision to hand over control of some border villages to Azerbaijan demonstrated on Friday in the center of the...
View ArticleThe Latest | UN General Assembly votes to give Palestine more rights by a...
The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday to give Palestine more “rights and privileges” and called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider Palestine's request to...
View ArticleHeavy rains set off flash floods in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 50...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from seasonal rains in Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan killed at least 50 people on Friday, a Taliban official said. The floods also caused losses to homes and...
View ArticleUS says Israel’s use of US arms likely violated international law, but...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday that Israel's use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but that wartime conditions prevented U.S....
View ArticleGreek and Turkish leaders seek to stress thawing relations but tensions...
ISTANBUL (AP) — The leaders of Greece and Turkey met Monday for talks aimed at underlining their efforts to put aside decades-old disputes, but they also revealed deep divisions over the Israel-Hamas...
View ArticleReports of army killing of villagers in Myanmar supported by photos and...
BANGKOK (AP) — Reports that soldiers of Myanmar’s military government last week carried out a massacre of more than 30 civilians in a village in central Myanmar were supported Monday in interviews...
View ArticleEurovision banned the EU flag from the song contest. The EU is angry and...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Eurovision song contest continued to spawn unprecedented controversy, days after the winner was crowned, with the 27-nation European Union lambasting organizers on Monday for their...
View ArticleBelfast judge says parts of the UK's migrant deportation law shouldn't apply...
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom's law to deport asylum-seekers shouldn't apply in Northern Ireland, because parts of it violate human rights protections, a Belfast judge ruled Monday. The Illegal...
View ArticleCollapsing billboard kills 3 and hurts 59 in heavy rains in Mumbai. Scores...
NEW DELHI (AP) — A billboard has collapsed and killed three people and injured 59 in India's financial capital, Mumbai, in thunderstorms and heavy rain, the Press Trust of India reported Monday....
View ArticleMisery deepens in Gaza's Rafah as Israeli troops press operation
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Aid workers struggled Monday to distribute dwindling food and other supplies to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by what Israel says is a limited military...
View ArticleNotorious people smuggler wanted in Europe arrested in northern Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) — One of Europe's most notorious human smugglers was arrested Monday in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, security officials said. The regional government's security...
View ArticleRussian assault opens new front, diverting Ukraine forces as Western aid...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops were locked in intense battles with Ukrainian soldiers around the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine on Monday, pushing ahead with a ground offensive...
View ArticleDeath toll up to 32 in South Africa building collapse but rescue efforts...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rescue teams in South Africa forged ahead Monday with efforts to find more survivors as the death toll rose to 32 a week after the collapse of an apartment building that...
View ArticleA Kremlin shake-up of Russia's Defense Ministry comes at a key moment in the...
Standing in his dress uniform in the back of his Aurus convertible, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was driven around Red Square to review the troops during last week's Victory Day parade. It was to be...
View ArticleAn attack on a prison van in France kills 2 officers. An inmate escapes
PARIS (AP) — Armed assailants killed two French prison officers and seriously wounded three others in an attack on a convoy in Normandy on Tuesday and an inmate escaped, officials said. A search was...
View ArticleIsraelis mark a subdued Independence Day under the shadow of war in Gaza
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The grills were fired up, the blankets were spread across the grass, the smoke was pungent from sizzling slabs of meat. As in previous years, Israelis marked Independence Day...
View ArticleA French court clears director Polanski of defaming a British actor who...
PARIS (AP) — A French court acquitted filmmaker Roman Polanski on Tuesday of defaming a British actor whom he accused of lying after she alleged that he sexually assaulted her as a teenager. The case...
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