Leader of Belarus marks 30 years in power after crushing all dissent and...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — For three decades, European leaders have come and gone by the dozens, but Alexander Lukashenko remains in absolute control of Belarus. His longevity is due to a mixture of...
View ArticleKey events in Alexander Lukashenko's 30 years as the iron-fisted leader of...
Key events in the 30-year rule of Belarus' hard-line President Alexander Lukashenko: July 20, 1994 — Lukashenko is inaugurated as president after a landslide victory in what international observers...
View ArticleThe top UN court is delivering an advisory opinion on Israel's policies in...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court is delivering a nonbinding advisory opinion Friday on the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state, a...
View ArticlePassenger train derails in India, killing at least 2 passengers and injuring...
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A passenger train derailed on Thursday in northern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others, a railroad official said. The cause of the accident is being...
View ArticleSouth Korea restarts blaring propaganda broadcasts to retaliate against...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Friday it has restarted blasting propaganda broadcasts into North Korea to retaliate against the North’s latest round of trash-carrying balloon launches, a...
View ArticleBangladesh security forces fire bullets and sound grenades as protests over...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police and security officials in Bangladesh fired bullets and tear gas at protesters and banned all gatherings in the capital on Friday, as internet and mobile services were...
View ArticleDrone strike by Yemen's Houthi rebels kills 1 person and wounds at least 10...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck Israel on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded in a neighborhood near the U.S. Embassy in Tel...
View ArticleJapanese and Taiwanese coast guards hold joint search and rescue drill off...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and Taiwanese coast guards conducted what is believed to be their first joint drill off Japan's eastern coast, officials said Friday, a move seen as an effort to expand maritime...
View ArticleUkraine's Zelenskyy urges Britain to help it strike deeper inside Russia as...
LONDON (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Britain’s new government to help Ukrainian forces attack deeper inside Russia to stop deadly missile strikes on his country, as he gave a rare address...
View ArticleStrife-torn Myanmar marks 77th anniversary of the assassination of...
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government held a wreath-laying ceremony in the country’s largest city Friday to mark the anniversary of the assassination of the country’s fallen independence...
View ArticleHow Russia’s espionage case against Wall Street Journal reporter Evan...
Here are key developments in Russia’s case against Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was convicted on Friday of espionage charges in an unusually rapid trial in the country's highly...
View ArticleGerman sentenced to death in Belarus, Europe's only nation to perform...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian human rights group said Friday that a German citizen has been sentenced to death for terrorism and other charges connected to an explosion intended to undermine...
View ArticleMyanmar's civil war has seen a devastating increase in attacks on schools,...
BANGKOK (AP) — An intensification of fighting in Myanmar’s civil war has brought a sharp increase in destructive attacks on schools, a group that monitors armed conflict in the Southeast Asian nation...
View ArticleBangladesh imposes strict curfew with a 'shoot-on-sight-order' following...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police imposed a strict curfew with a “shoot-on-sight” order across Bangladesh as military forces patrolled parts of the capital Saturday after scores were killed and hundreds...
View Article11 dead and dozens missing after a highway bridge in China crumbles in...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese authorities say at least 11 people have died and 30 are missing in the partial collapse of a highway bridge in the northwest of the country following heavy storms and...
View Article13 Palestinians killed in central Gaza as cease-fire talks between Israel and...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — At least 13 people were killed in three Israeli airstrikes that hit refugee camps in central Gaza overnight into Saturday, according to Palestinians health officials, as...
View ArticleUkrainian former lawmaker killed in suspected assassination as civilians die...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian former lawmaker best known for her crusade to promote the Ukrainian language has died after being shot in the street by an unknown assailant. Iryna Farion, 60,...
View ArticleTurkish president dampens hopes for restarting talks on Cyprus' 50-year...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Turkey's president on Saturday put a damper on hopes for a quick resumption of talks to heal a half-century of ethnic division on Cyprus, reaffirming his support for a two-state...
View ArticleLebanon's Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at Israeli kibbutz after drone...
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said that its fighters fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel on Saturday, targeting a kibbutz for the first time in nine months in retaliation...
View ArticleWith AI, jets and police squadrons, Paris is securing the Olympics — and...
PARIS (AP) — A year ago, the head of the Paris Olympics boldly declared that France's capital would be “ the safest place in the world " when the Games open this Friday. Tony Estanguet’s confident...
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