What to know about Mongolia as it holds a democratic election in the shadow...
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Mongolia, where parliamentary elections were being held Friday, is a sparsely populated and landlocked Asian nation known for its bitter winter cold and independent...
View ArticleWomen who say they were abused by ex-Jesuit artist ask Catholic bishops to...
ROME (AP) — Five women who say they were psychologically, spiritually and sexually abused by a famous ex-Jesuit artist asked Catholic bishops around the world on Friday to remove his mosaics from...
View ArticleIranians vote to replace president killed in a helicopter crash, but apathy...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranians were voting Friday in a snap election to replace the late President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month, as public apathy has become...
View ArticleResearch expert tells UN it has 'irrefutably' established missile debris in...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of a research organization that has been tracing weapons used in attacks in Ukraine since 2018 told the United Nations Security Council on Friday it has “irrefutably”...
View ArticleFamilies say those detained in Bolivia failed coup were tricked. President...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The death threats came rolling in shortly after Gimena Silva’s husband was detained on accusations that he took part in a failed coup in Bolivia. “They call us, they say that if...
View ArticleBolivia’s leader says the general accused of leading failed coup wanted to...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Luis Arce said Friday a former general planned to “take over” the government and become president in a failed coup, and he denied that the Andean nation was...
View ArticleIn an Argentine court, Venezuelans testify to alleged crimes against humanity...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Frustrated by the limits of the laboriously slow International Criminal Court and determined that the security officers who allegedly killed their loved ones not enjoy...
View ArticleUkrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return to Kyiv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ten Ukrainians who had been held prisoner for years were released from Russian captivity Friday with the mediation of the Vatican, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Part...
View ArticleAs North Korean and Chinese threats rise, US looks to lock in defense...
GIMHAE AIR BASE, South Korea (AP) — The United States wrapped up its first multidomain exercise with Japan and South Korea in the East China Sea on Saturday, a step forward in Washington's efforts to...
View ArticleUK's landmark postwar elections: When Labour ended 13 years of Conservative...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. Many analysts believe it will be one of the country’s most...
View ArticleIran goes to a runoff election between reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran will hold a runoff presidential election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, an official said Saturday, after an initial vote saw the top...
View ArticleBrazil's Pantanal wetlands fire season hasn't officially started but it's...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s massive Pantanal wetlands haven't technically entered annual fire season, but already the number of blazes has broken records and is leading experts to predict this year will...
View ArticleUNESCO finds Islamic State group-era bombs in Mosul mosque walls, years after...
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.N. cultural agency has discovered five bombs hidden within the walls of the historic al-Nouri Mosque in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, a remnant of the Islamic State militant...
View ArticleJudge acquits 28 people accused in Panama Papers case, including law firm...
PANAMA CITY (AP) — A judge has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers, including the co-founder of a law firm that authorities say was at...
View Article12 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine. Rescue work continues at destroyed...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian attacks across eastern Ukraine killed at least 11 people Saturday, while rescuers in the city of Dnipro dug through rubble after a Russian strike ripped through a...
View ArticleBolivian general accused of failed coup is transferred to a maximum-security...
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The Bolivian general accused of leading a failed coup was sent Saturday to a maximum-security prison as he faces charges of terrorism and starting an armed uprising. “At some...
View ArticlePolls close in Mauritania, with the incumbent ally of the West favored to win
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania (AP) — Polls closed in Mauritania's presidential election on Saturday, with the incumbent Mohamed Ould Ghazouani widely expected to win after positioning Mauritania as a...
View ArticleThe UN starts to move tons of aid from US-built pier after security fears...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Humanitarian workers have started moving tons of aid that piled up at a U.S.-built pier off the Gaza coast to warehouses in the besieged Palestinian territory, the United Nations said...
View ArticleFrance's exceptionally high-stakes election has begun. The far right leads...
PARIS (AP) — Voters across mainland France began casting ballots Sunday in the first round of an exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist,...
View ArticleNorth Korea test-launches 2 ballistic missiles, after end of new US-South...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired two ballistic missile Monday but one of them possibly flew abnormally, South Korea's military said, a day after the North vowed “offensive and...
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