ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish media reports say Greek pop star Despina Vandi has refused to perform on a stage in Turkey adorned with its flag and…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — Results of Syria’s parliamentary elections show that President Bashar Assad’s Baath Party has won a majority…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain is sweating under its first official heatwave of the year with temperatures expected to reach 40…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical acts headline this year’s crop of Kennedy…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A Chinese-led consortium has pulled out of its contract with Cyprus to build the island nation’s first…
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Three people have been arrested in Spain and one in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network that obtained key parts to build…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — This week’s attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long…
Continue ReadingLUCKNOW, India (AP) — A passenger train derailed on Thursday in northern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others, a railroad…
Continue ReadingPNOMH PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Officials in Cambodia say conservationists have found 106 eggs of rare Siamese crocodile species in a western Cambodian…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is due to open a new parliamentary term to mark the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court has ruled that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The Vietnamese Communist Party says President To Lam on Thursday became the caretaker of the Party while its…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — A special kind of iron curtain came down across central Paris on Thursday, with the beginning of an Olympic…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked a fire that caused 16 deaths in a shopping mall in the southwestern city of…
Continue ReadingAP National Writer The swimsuit that Michael Phelps wore while winning eight golds medals at the Beijing Olympics is still revered around Speedo’s…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — What began as peaceful protests by students in Bangladesh against a quota system for government jobs…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya have banned protests in the capital indefinitely citing a lack of leadership that would…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says it has restarted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in response to…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Police say an American man who made threats against Taylor Swift on social media was detained ahead of her first concert in the…
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