Ukraine says it has checked Russia's offensive in a key town, but Moscow says...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian units locked in street battles with the Kremlin’s forces in a key northeastern Ukraine town have halted the Russian advance, military officials in Kyiv claimed Thursday,...
View ArticleA look at high-profile political assassinations and attempts this century
Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico was gravely injured in an apparent assassination attempt that rocked the small country and the rest of Europe just weeks before an election. Here’s a global look...
View ArticleRain, cooler temperatures help prevent wildfire near Canada's oil sands from...
FORT MCMURRAY, Alberta (AP) — A wildfire that has forced thousands of people out of their homes in Canada's oil sands hub city of Fort McMurray was held in place Thursday, as rain and cooler...
View ArticleBelarus targets opposition activists with raids and property seizures
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus on Thursday announced raids and the seizure of property belonging to 104 opposition activists who have fled the country, the latest step in a crackdown...
View ArticleViolence rages in New Caledonia as France rushes emergency reinforcements to...
PARIS (AP) — Violence raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day Thursday, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory, boosting security forces’...
View ArticlePeruvian lawmakers begin yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte...
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian lawmakers on Thursday began yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office as authorities continue various investigations against her and her inner circle....
View ArticleHouse votes to require delivery of bombs to Israel in GOP-led rebuke of Biden...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House delivered a rebuke to President Joe Biden Thursday for pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, passing legislation that seeks to force the weapons transfer as Republicans...
View ArticleGeorgia's prime minister joins tens of thousands in a march to promote...
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia's prime minister joined tens of thousands of people on a march through the capital on Friday to mark the Day of Family Purity, which celebrates so-called traditional...
View ArticleViolence in New Caledonia subsides slightly as France sends reinforcements...
PARIS (AP) — The number of violent incidents reported in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia fell slightly on Friday, after France imposed a state of emergency following protests over voting...
View ArticleKing Charles III to travel to France for UK ceremonies marking the 80th...
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III plans to travel to France next month for British ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, while skipping the larger international event a few miles...
View ArticleSome of the Catholic Church's best-known approved, and not approved, reports...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral....
View ArticleSocial divisions and hostile rhetoric in Slovakia provide fertile ground for...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — When a gunman shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico this week, shock rippled across the Central European country — even though the pro-Russia leader himself warned that the...
View ArticleSlovakia's prime minister underwent another operation. He remains in serious...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has undergone another operation two days after being shot multiple times and remains in serious condition, officials said Friday. Fico,...
View ArticleSenegal's new prime minister criticizes French military presence in the West...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's new prime minister, who was freed from jail weeks before the presidential election earlier this year and propelled his party to victory, has criticized the French...
View ArticlePutin concludes a trip to China by emphasizing its strategic and personal...
BEIJING (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a two-day visit to China on Friday, emphasizing the countries’ burgeoning strategic ties as well as his own personal relationship with Chinese...
View ArticlePutin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv but has no plans...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a buffer zone but that...
View ArticleTrucks are rolling across a new US pier into Gaza. But challenges remain to...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time Friday as Israeli restrictions on border...
View ArticleFrench authorities report a sixth fatality in New Caledonia violence
French security forces reported another death Saturday in armed clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, the sixth fatality in nearly a week of violent unrest scorching the...
View ArticleFlash floods due to unusually heavy seasonal rains kill at least 68 people in...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from heavy seasonal rains have killed at least 68 people in Afghanistan, Taliban officials said Saturday, adding the death toll was based on preliminary reports....
View ArticleDead or alive? Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka's civil war have spent...
MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — For 15 years, Rasalingam Thilakawathi has been trying to find out what happened to her daughter at the end of Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war. Or if she might still be alive....
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