Ukraine’s top EU negotiator says war-torn country won’t seek ‘discount’ on...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s top official for Europe says the war-torn country is on an “irreversible” course of Western integration after the European Union agreed to formally start entry...
View ArticleCostly election pledges in France stoke fears of splurges that risk pushing...
PARIS (AP) — The promises are appealing -– and expensive. Vying to oust the centrist government of President Emmanuel Macron in an upcoming two-round parliamentary election June 30 and July 7, French...
View ArticleFire at lithium battery factory in South Korea kills at least 8 with others...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Fire officials say they've discovered eight dead bodies from a burned factory near Seoul. Fire official Kim Jin-young says the bodies were retrieved and being transferred to...
View ArticleUS struggles with shaky relations and troop cuts in African nations as...
GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The forced U.S. troop withdrawals from bases in Niger and Chad and the potential to shift some troops to other nations in West Africa will be key issues as the top U.S....
View ArticleSuspected Yemen Houthi attack targets vessel in waters further away than many...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A possible attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels on Monday targeted a ship further away from nearly all of the previous assaults they've launched in the Gulf of Aden,...
View ArticleSouth Korean rescuers search burned factory after a blaze killed 22, mostly...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rescue workers were combing through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea's capital to find any more fire victims Tuesday, a day after a devastating blaze...
View ArticleUS and allies clash with Tehran and Moscow over Iranian nuclear program at UN...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its key European allies clashed with Iran and Russia over Tehran’s expanding nuclear program, with the U.S. vowing “to use all means necessary to prevent a...
View ArticleParliament speaker. The Tehran mayor. A heart surgeon. The race is on for...
Six candidates have been approved by Iran's theocracy to run in Friday’s presidential election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash with several other officials...
View ArticleHong Kong court edges closer to sentencing democracy activists involved in...
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court began mitigation hearings for prominent pro-democracy activists who were convicted under a national security law and now face up to life in prison. The activists...
View ArticleWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stops in Bangkok on his way to a US court...
BANGKOK (AP) — A plane believed to be carrying Julian Assange landed Tuesday in Bangkok, as the WikiLeaks founder was on his way to enter a plea deal with the U.S. government that will free him and...
View ArticleNepalese spiritual leader ‘Buddha Boy’ convicted of sexual assault on minor
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A court in southern Nepal convicted a controversial spiritual leader known as “Buddha Boy” on charges of sexually assaulting a minor. Ram Bahadur Bamjan, who's believed by some...
View ArticleAustralian leaders cautiously welcome expected plea that could bring...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian leaders cautiously welcomed an expected plea agreement that could set free Julian Assange, who was pursued for years over WikiLeaks' publication of a trove of...
View ArticleSouth Korea slams North Korea's fresh trash balloon launches and threatens...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea threatened Tuesday to restart anti-Pyongyang frontline propaganda broadcasts in the latest bout of Cold War-style campaigns between the rivals after North Korea...
View ArticleSouth Korean investigators search in factory ruins after fire killed 23,...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Forensic and other experts combed through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea's capital to find the cause of a devastating fire that killed 23 people,...
View ArticleHere's what led Kenyans to burn part of parliament and call for the...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Kenya's president came to power by appealing to the common people, describing himself as a “hustler” and vowing relief from economic pain. But Tuesday's deadly chaos in the...
View ArticleA Palestinian was shot, beaten and tied to an Israeli army jeep. The army...
JENIN, West Bank (AP) — When Mujahid Abadi stepped outside to see if Israeli forces had entered his uncle's neighborhood, he was shot in the arm and the foot. That was only the start of his ordeal....
View ArticleUS military shows reporters pier project in Gaza as it takes another stab at...
With U.S. soldiers within shouting distance of Gaza's bombed-out coast, the American military is taking another stab at delivering aid to hungry Palestinians by sea. After several fits and starts, a...
View ArticleSuspected Houthi attack targets a ship in the Gulf of Aden, while...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Suspected attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels early Wednesday targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden, while a separate attack claimed by Iraqi militants allied with the...
View ArticleSuspected North Korean hypersonic missile exploded in flight, South Korea says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A suspected hypersonic missile launched by North Korea exploded in flight on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, a development that comes as North Korea is protesting the...
View ArticleA US officiant marries 10 same-sex couples in Hong Kong via video chat
HONG KONG (AP) — Ten same-sex couples got married in the United States over the internet from Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous southern Chinese city that does not formally recognize such unions but offers...
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