ICC issuing verdicts in trial of alleged Islamic extremist charged with...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court is delivering its verdict Wednesday in the trial of a suspect accused of playing a key role in a reign of terror unleashed by...
View ArticleKenyan police fire blanks to disperse protesters hours after parliament breached
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities fired blanks to disperse protesters in Nairobi suburb overnight Wednesday, hours after protestors stormed parliament in deadly demonstrations, burning parts of the...
View ArticleUS journalist goes on trial for espionage in Russia, with a conviction all...
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich went on trial behind closed doors in Yekaterinburg on Wednesday, 15 months after his arrest in the Ural Mountains city on...
View ArticleWomen's rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries answered sharp criticism that Afghan women have...
View ArticleNorth Korea says it tested a new multiwarhead missile. South Korea says it's...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday it had successfully tested a multiwarhead missile in the first known launch of a developmental weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm...
View ArticleFirst candidate drops out of Iran presidential election, due to take place...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A candidate in Iran's presidential election withdrew from the race late Wednesday, becoming the first to back out in order for hard-liners to coalesce around a unity...
View ArticleBiden's asylum halt is falling hardest on Mexicans and other nationalities...
NOGALES, Mexico (AP) — Ana Ruiz was dismayed seeing migrants from some countries released in the United States with orders to appear in immigration court while she and other Mexicans were deported on...
View ArticleRed Cross envoy: Congo conflict has worsened with sharp increases in sexual...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The decades-old conflict in Congo’s mineral-rich east has “drastically deteriorated” since early 2022, and gotten even worse since last October, with sharp increases in sexual...
View ArticleBritain's Rishi Sunak struggles with missteps while trying to lift...
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has portrayed himself as thorough and evidence-led throughout his relatively brief political career, but there's always been a nagging question over...
View ArticleWho is Keir Starmer, the Labour leader favored to win Britain’s July 4 election?
LONDON (AP) — Dutiful, managerial, a bit dull — Keir Starmer is no one’s idea of a firebrand politician. The Labour Party hopes that is just what Britain wants and needs after 14 turbulent years of...
View ArticleStella Assange thanks Australian lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder's freedom
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stella Assange thanked the spectrum of lawmakers who campaigned for her husband, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, to be freed during her visit Thursday to Australia’s...
View ArticleRescuers seek to bring down bodies found on Japan's Mount Fuji
TOKYO (AP) — Three bodies were found inside a crater at the summit of Mount Fuji, Japan’s most famous mountain, with one of them already brought down from the slopes, police said Thursday. The...
View ArticleThe Latest | Israeli military releases photos it says prove slain charity...
The Israeli military released photos on Thursday that it says show a staffer with the aid group Doctors Without Borders wearing military fatigues at a gathering of Gaza militants. The military says...
View ArticleThe young democracy of Mongolia begins voting for an expanded 126-seat...
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Voters in the youthful democracy of Mongolia are electing a new parliament on Friday in the landlocked Asian democracy that is squeezed between China and Russia, two much...
View ArticleVon der Leyen, Costa and Kallas endorsed for the EU's top jobs. Here's who...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Following the elections for EU Parliament, European Union leaders have agreed on the officials who will hold the key positions in the world’s biggest trading bloc in the coming years...
View ArticleTakeaways from AP’s report on Ukraine’s battle to defend its democracy in...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has spent years trying to build a Western-style democracy, although not without some bumps along the way as it shed habits from its Soviet past. Russia’s full-scale...
View ArticleFrance is facing an election like no other. Here's how it works and what...
PARIS (AP) — French voters are being called to the polls on Sunday for an exceptional moment in their political history: the first round of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s...
View ArticleBolivia’s president lambasts accusations of a self-coup as 'lies' as his...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday angrily called accusations that he was behind an attempted coup against his government “lies,” saying the general who apparently led it...
View ArticleHere’s why the Olympics have a French connection (and it ain’t just Paris 2024)
PARIS (AP) — Ever wondered why French is spoken during medal announcements at the Olympic Games? The truth is that while the ancient Olympics originated in Greece, its modern incarnation is very much...
View ArticleAs political fervor for New Zealand's Māori resurgence wanes, a new...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — When Ngarauru Mako told her family she was calling off Christmas festivities in favor of celebrating Matariki, the Māori new year holiday that's experiencing a...
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