Soldiers in Malawi search for missing military plane carrying vice president...
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — Soldiers are searching mountainous forests near a city in northern Malawi after a military plane carrying the country's vice president and a former first lady went missing in...
View Article4 Iowa instructors teaching at a Chinese university were attacked at a park
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa (AP) — Four Iowa college instructors teaching in China were attacked in a reported stabbing while visiting a public park, Cornell College and the U.S. State Department confirmed...
View ArticleIndian PM Modi names Cabinet for coalition government after his party lost...
NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Narendra Modi, newly sworn in for a third straight term, named a Cabinet on Monday that retained his top ministers in crucial portfolios despite his Hindu nationalist party...
View ArticleSingapore Airlines offers compensation to passengers on flight that hit...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Singapore Airlines said Tuesday it has offered compensation to passengers of a flight that hit extreme turbulence last month, in a rare case that killed one passenger and...
View ArticleIn Italy's Puglia region, women take the lead in challenging the local mafia...
LECCE, Italy (AP) — It was a scene straight out of “The Godfather.” On the night of Feb. 1, a bloody goat head with a butcher’s knife through it was left on the doorstep of Judge Francesca Mariano’s...
View Article4 US college instructors teaching at Chinese university attacked at a public...
BEIJING (AP) — Four instructors from Iowa's Cornell College teaching at Beihua University in northeastern China were attacked in a public park, reportedly with a knife, officials at the U.S. school...
View ArticleHaiti’s transitional council appoints new Cabinet tasked with leading a...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s transitional council appointed a new Cabinet on Tuesday, marking the final step in rebuilding the government that will lead a country under siege by gangs....
View ArticleUN says violence against children in conflict reached extreme levels in 2023,...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Violence against children caught in multiplying and escalating conflicts reached “extreme levels” in 2023, with an unprecedented number of killings and injuries in crises, from...
View ArticleHamas responds to Gaza cease-fire plan seeking some changes. US says it's...
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas said Tuesday that it gave mediators its reply to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, seeking some “amendments” on the deal. It appeared the reply was short of an...
View ArticleA portrait of King Charles III was defaced in the latest act of activist...
LONDON (AP) — Animal rights activists pasted a cartoon image over a portrait of King Charles III on Tuesday at a London art gallery, the latest in a series of incidents at U.K. museums as campaigners...
View ArticleThousands of displaced residents in southern Mexico fear returning to their...
YAJALON, Mexico (AP) — Thousands of residents displaced by violence that intensified this week in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas remained fearful Tuesday of returning to their homes....
View ArticleFaking an honest woman: Why Russia, China and Big Tech all use faux females...
WASHINGTON (AP) — When disinformation researcher Wen-Ping Liu looked into China's efforts to influence Taiwan's recent election using fake social media accounts, something unusual stood out about the...
View ArticleA Dutch court is delivering verdicts in the trial of 9 suspects in the...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court is delivering verdicts Wednesday in the trial of nine men suspected of involvement in the assassination three years ago of popular campaigning journalist...
View ArticleMore than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage
MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Kim hails Russia ties Russia as Putin reportedly plans a visit
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed the country's expanding relationship with Russia on Wednesday, as reports suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon visit...
View ArticleMacron suspends voting reform in New Caledonia that had sparked violence
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday the suspension of controversial voting reforms in New Caledonia, following a spate of deadly unrest in the French Pacific territory....
View ArticleHezbollah vows to intensify attacks against Israel after senior military...
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah vowed Wednesday to intensify its attacks along the Lebanon-Israel border to avenge the killing of its most senior military commander by Israel since the latest round of...
View Article1,000 days have passed since the Taliban barred girls from secondary...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — One thousand days have passed since girls in Afghanistan were banned from attending secondary schools. That's according to the U.N. children’s agency, which said Thursday that “no...
View ArticleBlinken says some of Hamas' proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are...
BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that mediators would keep trying to close an elusive cease-fire deal for Gaza after Hamas proposed changes to a U.S.-backed plan,...
View ArticleChina's Premier Li is visiting New Zealand, where security fears vie with...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China’s Premier Li Qiang arrived in New Zealand on Thursday, beginning a rare visit to its closest partner among Western democracies, where a celebration of trade links...
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