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US-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns under new security law

HONG KONG (AP) — The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said its Hong Kong bureau has been closed...

The leader of Northern Ireland's largest unionist party steps down amid police probe

LONDON (AP) — The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party has stepped down from the top...

In Jerusalem, Palestinian Christians observe scaled-down Good Friday celebrations

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Christians participated in a customary Good Friday procession through th...

45 injured in northwest Cambodia as train hits bus at crossing without barrier

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Forty-five people were injured, five of them critically, when a train crashed...

9 detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack, Russian state media report

MOSCOW (AP) — Nine people have been detained by Tajikistan's state security service over suspected contac...

Russia launches barrage of 99 drones and missiles on Ukraine’s energy system, officials say

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Friday,...

A Lebanese nun's request to pray for Hezbollah fighters highlights schisms over the group's weapons

BEIRUT (AP) — The nun stood in front of a group of young students at a Lebanese Christian school and...

The Moscow concert massacre was a major security blunder. What's behind that failure?

Hours before gunmen last week carried out the bloodiest attack in two decades in Russia, authorities...

A Filipino villager is nailed to a cross for the 35th time on Good Friday to pray for world peace

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time t...

Activists sue US National Park Service over plan to remove Puerto Rico's famous stray cats

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A nonprofit organization said Thursday that it sued the U.S. National Par...

Bus plunges off a bridge in South Africa, killing 45 people. An 8-year-old is the only survivor

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to a...

Israeli court halts subsidies for ultra-Orthodox, deepening turmoil over mandatory military service

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an end to government subsidies for...

Six Russian journalists have been detained by authorities. They include one who covered Navalny

Authorities in Russia have detained six journalists across the country this month, including a journalist...

Central and Eastern European countries mark 20 years in NATO with focus on war in Ukraine

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Several central and Eastern European countries began marking on Thursday th...

Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico...

Russia arrests another suspect in concert hall attack that killed 143

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top investigative body said Thursday that another suspect has been detained a...

Four people die in Spain in separate incidents after falling into sea along coast amid high winds

MADRID (AP) — Four people have died in three separate incidents on Spain's Atlantic and Mediterranean...

Russian veto brings an end to the UN panel that monitors North Korea nuclear sanctions

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A veto Thursday by Russia ended monitoring of U.N. sanctions against North Korea...

French lawmakers condemn 'bloody and murderous' 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters

PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Thursday condemned an infamous 1961 police crackdown on Algerian...

France's lower house passes a bill banning hair discrimination. It now goes to the Senate

PARIS (AP) — Lawmakers in France's lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a bill that would...

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