Month: May 2024

BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a military officer of espionage for passing internal documents to Russia and offering more. It sentenced…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British opposition leader Keir Starmer has made his first major speech of the U.K. election…

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The Papua New Guinea government said more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive…

MADRID (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has secured from Spain a pledge of additional air defense missiles to help fight the about…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A passenger bus has crashed into vehicles on a highway in southern Turkey, killing at least 10 people and leaving 39 others…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Relations between the European Union and Israel took a nosedive Monday, the eve of the diplomatic…

By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s acting President Mohammad Mokhber has addressed the country’s new parliament for…

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A Georgian parliament committee has rejected the president’s veto of the…

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Protesters demanding the resignation of Armenia’s prime minister have blocked main streets in the capital city and other…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization is beginning its annual meeting with government ministers and other…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Defense officials in NATO member Poland have presented a plan to strengthen…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A rising political newcomer in Hungary is seeking to capitalize on a scandal that rocked…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has secured a second five-year term as Lithuanian president in a landslide…

By BABAR DOGAR AND MUNIR AHMED Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials in eastern Pakistan say they have arrested more than 100 Muslim…

BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany made gains but failed to secure outright victories in local elections in an eastern state where…

By JOHNSON LAI and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A U.S. congressional delegation met Taiwan’s new leader on Monday in…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court has sentenced a lawmaker from a progressive opposition party to two years in…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Reports in Japan are saying vehicle manufacturer Toyota will end its massive sponsorship deal with…

By KEMO CHAM Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country takes its most…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Generations of American families have grown up not knowing exactly what happened…

By BRUCE SCHREINER and JULIO CORTEZ Associated Press A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Some 2.5 million Mexicans — mostly women — are domestic workers, a profession that has…

By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Business is good at “the firm.” The eight-person team at the State Department is leading…

By DANICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — For 12-year-old Juliana St. Vil, life begins every afternoon. She bounds out of the…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Concepción Alejo is used to being invisible. Alejo, 43, touches her face up with makeup on a…