Officials in Ukraine say Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that their own forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be …
more
By The Associated Press
|
1/27/24
|
People across Haiti are wondering what awaits them after a court in Kenya blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. Uncertainty and …
more
By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON
|
1/27/24
|
Holocaust survivor Gad Partok never thought he'd live to see horrors like the ones he witnessed as a young boy in Tunisia when Nazis invaded his town and killed many of his neighbors. But the …
more
By ALON BERNSTEIN and JULIA FRANKEL
|
1/27/24
|
Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day
A group of survivors of Nazi death camps will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony in southern Poland. Some 20 survivors …
more
1/27/24
|
Kenya’s high court has blocked the U.N.-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control. High Court Judge Chacha Mwita ruled on …
more
By TOM ODULA
|
1/26/24
|
Protesting farmers have shut down stretches of major French highways again, using their tractors to block and slow traffic to press their demands that growing and rearing food should be made easier …
more
1/26/24
|
Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained on espionage charges, lost an appeal Friday against his arrest, Russian state news agencies reported. That means he will stay in jail …
more
1/26/24
|
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok, Thailand, officials from both countries said. The exact schedule for their talks was not …
more
1/26/24
|
Simmering tensions in the South China Sea. Coordinated attacks on the military run government that seized control of Myanmar. It's with this backdrop that Laos, the poorest country in the Association …
more
By DAVID RISING
|
1/26/24
|
The top UN court is set to issue a preliminary ruling in South Africa's genocide case against Israel
Israel is set to hear whether the United Nations’ top court will order it to end its military offensive in Gaza during a case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide. The International …
more
By MIKE CORDER
|
1/26/24
|
Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country with large crowds urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on the holiday some call …
more
1/25/24
|
Thousands protest in Slovakia against plan to amend penal code and close special prosecutor's office
Thousands of people have joined growing protests across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the penal code and eliminate a special prosecutors’ office. Earlier …
more
1/25/24
|
North Korea says it's hosting a Chinese government delegation led by Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, as it continues its efforts to strengthen ties with Beijing and Moscow. State media said …
more
By JIWON SONG
|
1/25/24
|
Little Efruz balances himself on the front of the surfboard as waves foam around him and his companion as they skim over the Pacific waters off Peru. Efruz is a 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier and he …
more
1/25/24
|
Court records show that Brazil’s federal police are investigating the country’s former intelligence chief as part of a wider probe into alleged spying on political opponents under former …
more
By DIANE JEANTET
|
1/25/24
|
Turkey has published a measure approving Sweden’s membership in NATO in its official gazette. That finalizes the ratification, bringing the previously nonaligned country a step closer to joining …
more
1/25/24
|
Colombia’s government has issued a disaster declaration and requested help from the international community to combat raging wildfires affecting the South American country. Officials on Thursday …
more
1/25/24
|
In the aftermath of World War II and the murder by Nazi Germany of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, the world united around the pledge: Never again. A key part of that lofty aspiration was the …
more
By MIKE CORDER
|
1/25/24
|
Israel and Egypt are engaged in an increasingly public spat over a narrow strip of land between Egypt and Gaza. That strip is the Philadelpi Corridor. The dispute puts Israel in a bind. If it stops …
more
SAMY MAGDY
|
1/25/24
|
Pakistan has accused neighboring India’s intelligence agency of involvement in the extrajudicial killings of its citizens, saying it had credible evidence linking two Indian agents to the deaths of …
more
By MUNIR AHMED
|
1/25/24
|