North Korea's Kim vows to launch 3 more spy satellites and produce more...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to launch three additional military spy satellites, produce more nuclear materials and introduce attack drones in 2024, as he called for...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 35 as Netanyahu says war will...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day after Israel's prime...
View ArticleDenmark’s Queen Margrethe II to step down from throne on Jan. 14
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced Sunday that she plans to abdicate after 52 years and hand over the throne to her son, Crown Prince Frederik. The queen, who is Europe's...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Kim says military should 'thoroughly annihilate' US, South...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his military should “thoroughly annihilate” the United States and South Korea if provoked, state media reported Monday, after he vowed to...
View ArticleOlympic host country France sees less New Year's Eve disorder as it...
PARIS (AP) — France saw fewer of the car burnings that usually blight the arrival of a new year as the Olympic host country celebrated the start of 2024, the interior minister said Monday. The 380...
View ArticlePakistan human rights body says an upcoming election is unlikely to be free...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s independent human rights commission said Monday there is little chance of free and fair parliamentary elections in the country next month because of “pre-poll rigging.” It...
View ArticleIsrael's Supreme Court overturns a key component of Netanyahu's polarizing...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, delivering a landmark decision that threatens to...
View ArticlePeter Magubane, a South African photographer who captured 40 years of...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Peter Magubane, a fearless photographer who captured the violence and horror of South Africa's apartheid era of racial oppression, and was entrusted with documenting...
View ArticleEthiopia and a breakaway Somali region sign a deal giving Ethiopia access to...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Landlocked Ethiopia took the first steps toward gaining access to the sea on Monday, signing an agreement in the capital of Addis Ababa with the breakaway Somali region of...
View ArticleWhat does a total abortion ban look like in Dominican Republic?
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic is one of four Latin American nations that criminalizes abortion without exceptions. Women face up to 2 years in prison for having an...
View ArticleRussian missiles hit Ukrainian cities, killing 5 and injuring more than 100,...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's two largest cities came under attack Tuesday from Russian missiles that killed five people and injured more than 100, officials said, as the war approached its two-year...
View ArticleSomalia dismisses Ethiopia-Somaliland coastline deal, says it compromises...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s president on Tuesday rejected an agreement signed between Ethiopia and the breakaway region of Somaliland to give landlocked Ethiopia access to its coast, calling...
View ArticleSouth Korean opposition leader is stabbed in the neck. Police say attacker...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck Tuesday by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill the...
View ArticleLive updates | Fighting in central and southern Gaza after Israel says it's...
Israel's army said several thousand troops would be taken out of Gaza in the coming weeks, though it has not said publicly whether the withdrawal reflects a new phase of the war. The move is in line...
View ArticlePlanes collide and catch fire at Japan's busy Haneda airport, killing 5....
TOKYO (AP) — A large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Tuesday and burst into flames, killing five people aboard the coast guard...
View ArticleNATO to help buy 1,000 Patriot missiles to defend allies as Russia ramps up...
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO announced Wednesday that it would help buy up to 1,000 Patriot missiles so that allies can better protect their territory as Russia ramps up its air assault on Ukraine. NATO’s...
View ArticleInvestigators focus on air traffic communication after a fatal Tokyo runway...
TOKYO (AP) — A transcript of communication between traffic control and two aircraft that collided and burst into flames at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport showed that only the larger Japan Airlines passenger...
View ArticleAfter tumbling in polls, Netanyahu clings to power and aims to improve...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — In the wake of Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s days in office seemed numbered. Despite his reputation as the ultimate political survivor, the...
View ArticleWhat’s known, and what remains unclear, about the deadly explosions in Iran
Here’s what’s known — and what remains unclear — about Wednesday’s deadly explosions in Iran: • Authorities say the twin bombings killed at least 103 people and wounded 211 others. • The attack is the...
View ArticleIsrael's Supreme Court delays activation of law that makes it harder to...
JERUSALEM (AP) — A law that would make it harder to remove Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office must go into effect only after the next parliamentary elections, the country's Supreme...
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