Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma Saturday lamented the high levels of poverty among black South Africans and promised to create jobs and tackle crime as he launched his...
View ArticleAn ultimatum raises pressure on Netanyahu to make postwar plans for Gaza,...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under mounting pressure from his own War Cabinet and his country's closest ally over postwar plans for Gaza, even as the war with Hamas...
View ArticleGeorgia's president vetoes media legislation that has provoked weeks of protests
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s president on Saturday vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests. The legislation would require media and...
View ArticleAs ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar,...
BANGKOK (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to have seized a town near the border with Bangladesh,...
View ArticlePakistan asks its nationals studying in Kyrgyzstan to stay indoors after mobs...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan asked its nationals in Kyrgyzstan to stay indoors after mobs attacked foreigners in the capital Friday night over some unknown dispute with migrants, the Foreign Ministry...
View ArticleMember of Israel's War Cabinet says he'll quit the government June 8 unless...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member War Cabinet, threatened Saturday to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan in three...
View ArticleUkraine's divisive mobilization law comes into force as a new Russian push...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine came into force on Saturday, as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on...
View ArticleCongolese army says it has foiled a coup attempt. Self-exiled opposition...
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's army said it foiled a coup attempt early Sunday and arrested the perpetrators, including several foreigners, following attacks on the presidential palace and the...
View ArticleSlovak prime minister's condition remains serious but prognosis positive...
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remained in serious condition on Sunday but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple...
View ArticleFrench security forces work to regain control of airport highway in...
Using armored vehicles and backhoes to shove aside charred barricades, French security forces worked Sunday to retake control of the highway to the international airport in violence-scorched New...
View ArticleEurope's far right groups launch unofficial campaign for the European Union...
MADRID (AP) — Europe’s far-right political parties unofficially launched their campaign Sunday for European Union elections in Spain with strong messages against illegal migration and the bloc’s...
View Article2 dead and 5 missing after a boat collision on the Danube River in Hungary
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police say two people have died and five are missing following a boat collision on the Danube River in Hungary. Hungarian police received a report late Saturday night that a...
View ArticleTens of thousands protest against Mexico's president in the main square of...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of mostly opposition supporters protested Sunday against Mexico’s president in the capital's vast colonial-era main plaza ahead of the June presidential election....
View ArticleThe gonzo trans Mexican drug lord musical 'Emilia Perez' lights up Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) — On paper, Jacques Audiard's buzzed-about Cannes Film Festival entry “Emilia Perez” would not seem anything like a good idea for a movie. The film, which premiered Saturday in...
View ArticleAirstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel's leaders are...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with Hamas raged across the north on Sunday as Israel's leaders aired...
View ArticleDominicans await results of general elections with eyes on crisis in...
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Voters in the Dominican Republic cast ballots Sunday in general elections likely to reinforce the government's crackdown on its shared border with Haiti and...
View ArticleHelicopter carrying Iran's hard-line president apparently crashes in foggy,...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of...
View ArticleModi's Hindu nationalist politics face a test as India holds fifth stage of...
AYODHYA, India (AP) — When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened a Hindu temple on the site of a razed mosque in the holy city of Ayodhya in early 2024, he was making a bet on mixing Hindu...
View ArticleTaiwan's new President Lai in his inauguration speech urges China to stop its...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te, said in his inauguration speech Monday that he wants peace with China and urged it to stop its military threats and intimidation of the...
View ArticleKosovo prepares a new draft law on renting prison cells to Denmark after the...
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s Cabinet renewed efforts with a new draft law on renting a prison in the south of the country to Denmark to help it cope with its overpopulated prison system, an...
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