Supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party march in protest at attacks in India
Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of members of associate bodies of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party have marched toward the…
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Trump calls for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and says a US withdrawal from NATO is possible
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday pushed Russian leader Vladimir Putin to act to reach an immediate ceasefire with Ukraine,…
Continue ReadingWho is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of the insurgency that toppled Syria’s Assad?
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has…
Continue ReadingCollege Football Playoff’s first 12-team bracket is set with Oregon No. 1 and SMU in, Alabama out
AP National Writer The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100%…
Continue ReadingRomania’s far-right presidential candidate denounces canceled vote at closed polling station
Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu has protested outside a closed polling…
Continue ReadingAnalysis: How Marco Rubio could raise the stakes for Cuba if he becomes secretary of state
By Patrick Oppmann, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) — For more than 60 years Cuba has buckled under US economic sanctions and its own government’s…
Continue ReadingBurkina Faso junta appoints new prime minister
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has appointed a new prime minister, a day after dissolving the government…
Continue ReadingGhana’s ex-President John Mahama is set to return after rival concedes election
Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama is set to return to office in the West African nation’s…
Continue ReadingAn elephant dies of apparent heart failure in Pakistan weeks after family reunion
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — An elephant has died of apparent heart failure at a Pakistani safari park, less than two weeks after being reunited with…
Continue ReadingRescuers search for victims after an explosion at a Dutch apartment block that killed at least 5
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Emergency services are searching for a second day through the debris of an apartment block that was…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean prosecutors detain ex-defense chief over martial law imposition
CNN By Associated Press (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean prosecutors detain ex-defense chief over martial law imposition
By Associated Press (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday detained a former defense minister who allegedly recommended last week’s brief…
Continue ReadingMilan’s Brera boosts its cultural cachet with an overdue modern art wing and Leonardo’s Last Supper
Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera museum, conceived under Napoleon as a “little Louvre,” is finally getting a modern…
Continue ReadingBritain’s famous Sycamore Gap tree is gone. 2 men accused of cutting it down are going on trial
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When local residents and admirers learned the iconic Sycamore Gap tree in northern England had been cut down last…
Continue ReadingOusted Syrian leader Assad flees to Moscow after fall of Damascus, Russian state media say
Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad fled to Moscow and received asylum from his longtime ally, Russian media…
Continue ReadingEurope’s economy needs help. Political chaos in France and Germany means it may be slower in coming
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe’s economy has enough difficulties, from tepid growth to trade tensions with the U.S. Dealing with…
Continue ReadingWho is Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader whose family ruled with an iron fist for more than 50 years?
By Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Syria’s iron-fisted leader Bashar al-Assad is the second generation of an autocratic family dynasty that held…
Continue ReadingThe spiritual heart of Paris awakens: Notre Dame hosts first Mass since 2019 fire
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral has hosted its first Mass since the catastrophic fire of 2019. The moment transcended religious…
Continue ReadingA farming project in South Africa is helping deaf people build skills and find jobs
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — At the Westonaria agricultural park near Bekkersdal, east of Johannesburg, farm workers are busy tilling the…
Continue ReadingMore than 900 people died in Jonestown. Guyana wants to turn it into a tourist attraction
Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after U.S. Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of…
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