A truce in Congo ends in a week. Aid groups say it could be a lost...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — A two-week truce in eastern Congo has heavily reduced fighting, but with a week left aid workers and local civil society groups say not much help has reached millions of people who...
View Article2 buses carrying more than 50 people were swept into a river by a landslide...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A landslide swept two passenger buses carrying more than 50 people into a swollen river in central Nepal early Friday, while continuous rain and more landslides were making...
View Article4 migrants die while attempting to cross the English Channel from northern...
PARIS (AP) — Four migrants have died while trying to cross the English Channel on an inflatable boat from France to the U.K., French authorities said Friday. The migrants' vessel capsized and...
View ArticleAustralian army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian army private and her husband accused of spying for Russia were denied bail Friday, on the first charges against suspected operatives under Australia’s...
View ArticleUS and South Korea sign joint nuclear deterrence guidelines in face of North...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. and South Korea signed joint nuclear deterrence guidelines for the first time, a basic yet important step in their efforts to improve their ability to respond to...
View ArticleA Dutch court rejects a claim the government is evading export ban on F-35...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Friday rejected a claim from a group of human rights organizations that the Netherlands is dodging a court order to stop sending F-35 fighter jet parts...
View ArticleCanadian officer says Alice Munro claimed her daughter was lying about being...
TORONTO (AP) — A retired police detective involved in the arrest 20 years ago of the husband of Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munro, said Friday he was disturbed by the writer's reaction 20 years ago...
View ArticleProsecutors in northern Mexico say they'll investigate case of long-missing...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in northern Mexico said they will investigate the case of a long-missing man whose body was found lying unidentified in a state morgue, despite pleas months ago to find...
View ArticleThe collapse of a school in northern Nigeria leaves 22 students dead,...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A two-story school collapsed during morning classes Friday in north-central Nigeria, killing 22 students and sending rescuers on a frantic search for more than 100 people trapped...
View ArticleArgentina charges 2 visiting French rugby players in a harrowing case of...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Prosecutors charged two French rugby players with aggravated sexual assault Friday, the latest development in the case of a woman who said she was repeatedly raped by...
View ArticleA Taiwan-based Buddhist charity attempts to take the founding nun's message...
HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — When a 7.4-magnitude earthquake ripped through Taiwan in April, it took about 30 minutes for the region’s most ubiquitous charity to set up an emergency response center. Tzu...
View ArticleUN chief urges funds for Palestinians, saying Israel is forcing Gazans 'to...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief appealed for funding Friday for the beleaguered U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East, accusing Israel of...
View ArticleRescuers recover first body from 2 buses that were hit by landslide and fell...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Rescuers in Nepal recovered Saturday the first body after a landslide swept away two buses, pushing them into a raging river a day earlier, authorities said. The buses,...
View ArticleFire at a Russian oil depot as Russia and Ukraine exchange drone attacks
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An oil depot caught fire in Russia’s southwestern Rostov region Saturday following a Ukrainian drone attack in the early hours, local officials said, in the latest long-range...
View ArticleAn Israeli attack on southern Gaza kills 71 people and said to target head of...
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli attack on the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed 71 people and injured scores, the Health Ministry in Gaza said, while an Israeli official said it targeted the head...
View ArticleNorth Korea threatens to boost nuke capability in reaction to US-South Korea...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea threatened Saturday to boost its nuclear fighting capability and make the U.S. and South Korea pay “an unimaginably harsh price” as it slammed its rivals’ new...
View ArticleA Pakistani court acquits ex-PM Khan but supporters' hopes of his release are...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court on Saturday overturned the convictions and seven-year sentences of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, but officials quickly moved to prevent his release...
View ArticlePeaceful pre-Olympic protest in Paris honors fallen Ukrainian athletes
PARIS (AP) — In a powerful tribute to the hundreds of Ukrainian athletes who have perished since the Russian invasion of their homeland, the Union of Ukrainians of France led a peaceful march of...
View ArticleIsrael targets Hamas' military leader in Gaza. Who is he and what does it...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel on Saturday said it tried to assassinate Mohammed Deif, the shadowy leader of the Hamas group 's military wing who has long topped the country's most-wanted list. The...
View ArticleGlobal leaders condemn assassination attempt targeting former US President...
Global leaders expressed concern Sunday over an assassination attempt targeting former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania that left one attendee dead and critically injured two...
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