'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under heat wave as temperatures top 104F
ROME (AP) — The Italian health ministry placed 12 cities under the most severe heat warning Tuesday as a wave of hot air from Africa baked southern Europe and the Balkans and sent temperatures over 40...
View ArticleTrumpets, tiaras and tradition on display as King Charles III presides over...
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III will officially open the new session of Parliament on Wednesday, donning his ceremonial robes and the crown of state to deliver a speech laying out the legislative...
View ArticleUkraine faces twin challenges of fighting Russia and shifting political sands...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After almost 30 months of war with Russia, Ukraine’s difficulties on the battlefield are mounting even as its vital support from the United States is increasingly at the mercy of...
View ArticleFormer South African President Zuma faces expulsion from ANC after joining a...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma was expected to face a disciplinary hearing with the African National Congress party on Wednesday, after campaigning against...
View ArticleSwedish police await forensic results to confirm 2 bodies found in burnt car...
HELSINKI (AP) — Swedish police said on Wednesday that the two bodies found in a burnt Danish-registered car in the city of Malmo during the weekend haven’t been identified yet and they are currently...
View ArticleInterpol arrests 300 people in a global crackdown on West African crime...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — In a global operation targeting West African organized crime groups across five continents, police arrested 300 people, seized $3 million and blocked 720 bank accounts, Interpol...
View ArticleTraces of cyanide are found in the blood of Vietnamese and Americans found...
BANGKOK (AP) — Initial autopsy results showed traces of cyanide in the blood of six Vietnamese and American guests at a central Bangkok luxury hotel and one of them is believed to have poisoned the...
View ArticleBangladesh’s government raids opposition HQ and asks universities to close...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh urged all universities to close on Wednesday, the day after at least six people died in violent protests over the allocation of government jobs and...
View ArticleUK's new government announces legislation for 'national renewal' as...
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Labour Party government promised to calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis as it set out its plans for “national renewal” at the grand State...
View ArticleRelatives of those killed when MH17 was shot down mark 10 years since tragedy...
VIJFHUIZEN, Netherlands (AP) — Relatives of passengers and crew killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine gathered in Australia and the Netherlands on Wednesday to mark the...
View ArticlePacific island leaders agree to enhance Japan's role in the region amid...
TOKYO (AP) — Leaders of 18 Pacific island nations and areas agreed to an enhanced role of Japan in the region's development while opposing any attempted coercive activity, in a joint declaration...
View ArticleFar-right Israeli minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site, a threat to...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday, a move that could disrupt the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir,...
View ArticleParis police are sealing off the Seine River ahead of the Olympics opening...
PARIS (AP) — A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic anti-terrorism perimeter along the banks of the River Seine sealing off a...
View ArticleIn landmark verdict, South Korea's top court recognizes some rights for...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by...
View ArticleWith mosque attack in quiet Oman, a fragmented Islamic State group aims to...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the corner of the Arabian Peninsula, Oman has long been seen as one of the safest — if reclusive — countries in the Middle East, spared militant violence that has...
View ArticleStudent protesters vow 'complete shutdown' in Bangladesh as clashes continue
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police clashed Thursday with student protesters attempting to impose a “complete shutdown” in Bangladesh’s capital, following days of violent confrontations during...
View Article6 bodies were found in a Bangkok hotel room with no signs of violence. Police...
BANGKOK (AP) — Should visitors to Thailand be concerned about their safety after six people were found dead in a locked hotel room in Bangkok? Thai authorities were quick to stress they believed the...
View ArticleSyrian President Assad's Baath Party clinches control of parliament, election...
DAMASCUS (AP) — The results of Syria’s parliamentary elections, announced Thursday, showed that President Bashar Assad’s Baath Party has won a majority of seats, as expected. The elections for 250...
View ArticleUS journalist attends hearing in Russia in his trial on espionage charges...
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich attended a hearing behind closed doors on Thursday in his trial in Russia on espionage charges that he, his employer and the...
View ArticleUrsula von der Leyen re-elected to a second 5-year term as European...
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Lawmakers at the European Parliament on Thursday re-elected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission. The...
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