Ukraine gets more military aid from Europe but Putin warns of consequences if...
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy received a second $1 billion promise of military aid in as many days Tuesday during a whirlwind tour of three European Union countries,...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents, near Gaza's...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday —...
View ArticleHundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of people packed into a sweltering church in Haiti's capital on Tuesday to mourn Judes Montis, a mission director killed by gang members who also fatally shot an...
View ArticleSouth Africans are voting in an election that could send their young...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans are voting Wednesday in an election seen as their country's most important in 30 years, and one that could put their young democracy in unknown territory....
View ArticleVenezuela revokes invitation for European Union mission to observe...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s electoral authorities on Tuesday revoked an invitation for a European Union mission to observe the country's upcoming presidential election, in which President...
View ArticleUS pledges $135 million in aid to Western-leaning Moldova to counter Russian...
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday pledged $135 million in aid to Moldova for energy security and to counter Russian disinformation as the Western-leaning...
View ArticleFrance's Macron urges a green light for Ukraine to strike targets inside...
France’s president has joined the head of NATO in pushing for a policy shift that could change the complexion of the war in Ukraine — allowing Kyiv to strike military bases inside Russia with...
View ArticleAnother US MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Yemen, images purportedly show
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Another U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in Yemen, images purported to show Wednesday, as Yemen's Houthi rebels continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over...
View ArticleHungary's foreign minister visits Belarus despite EU sanctions, talks about...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Hungary's top diplomat visited Belarus on Wednesday for talks on expanding ties despite the European Union's sanctions against the country. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter...
View ArticleNigeria's new anthem, written by a Briton, sparks criticism after a...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria adopted a new national anthem on Wednesday after lawmakers passed a law that replaced the current one with a version dropped nearly a half-century ago, sparking...
View ArticleBrazil's president withdraws his country's ambassador to Israel after...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil withdrew its ambassador to Israel on Wednesday after months of tensions between the two countries over the war in Gaza, the latest repercussion from a South American...
View ArticleSouth Korea says North Korea has fired barrage of missiles toward its eastern...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday fired a barrage of suspected ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, according to South Korea’s military, days after its attempt to launch a...
View ArticleWhen South Africa's election results are expected and why the president will...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa held a national election Wednesday that could be the country's most hotly contested in 30 years, with the long-ruling African National Congress party facing...
View ArticleViolence clouds the last day of campaigning for Mexico's election
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico held the last day of campaigning Wednesday before Sunday’s nationwide election, but the closing rallies were darkened by attacks on candidates and the country's persistently...
View ArticleVoting ends in the last round of India's election, a referendum on Modi's...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s 6 -week-long national election came to an end Saturday with most exit polls projecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend his decade in power with a third...
View ArticleUS dampens criticism of El Salvador's president as migration overtakes...
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — In 2021, the Biden administration turned down a meeting request with El Salvador's president, Nayib Bukele, on a trip to Washington, snubbing the self-proclaimed...
View ArticleOrbán stages a 'peace march' in Hungary in a show of strength before European...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A crowd of tens of thousands gathered in Hungary’s capital on Saturday in a show of strength behind Prime Minister Viktor Orbán a week before the European Parliament election,...
View ArticleUS military completes major exercise in Africa and works to deepen partnerships
TAN TAN, Morocco (AP) — High-ranking military officials from the U.S. and its top African allies watched intently as dust and flames shot up from pieces of the Sahara Desert hit by tank and artillery...
View ArticleKuwait's emir names new crown prince, Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Sabah
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait's ruling emir on Saturday named the small nation's new crown prince, nearly six months after he took the throne. Sheikh Sabah Khalid Al Sabah will become next...
View ArticleHezbollah fighters shoot down an Israeli drone in Lebanon and fire rockets at...
BEIRUT (AP) — The militant Hezbollah group said it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon and fired rockets at an Israeli military base on Saturday, hours after Israeli drone strikes killed...
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