By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says new explosions hit its headquarters on Friday morning, injuring two peacekeepers, a day after Israeli forces struck the same position. The force, known as UNIFIL, said the explosions went ...
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A nighttime Russian missile strike on Odesa killed at least four people including a 16-year-old girl, regional authorities said Friday, in the latest in a series of attacks this week on the southern Ukrainian region that are likely ...
By EILEEN NG and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Southeast Asian leaders Friday that the U.S. is concerned about China's "increasingly dangerous and unlawful" activities in the disputed South China Sea during an ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride about the country's growing cultural ...
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia says Egypt has offered to deploy peacekeeping troops to the Horn of Africa nation in a security partnership that is emerging as the mandate of a long-time group of African Union peacekeepers winds down. Egyptian President ...
By BILAL HUSSEIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on central Beirut on Thursday left two neighborhoods smoldering, killed 22 people and wounded dozens, Lebanon's health ministry said, as well as further escalating Israel's bloody conflict with ...
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — As the war between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies, Lebanese civilians are increasingly paying the price – and this dangerous reality often becomes clear in the middle of the night: That's when the Israeli military typically warns people ...
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press MACAO (AP) — Some 400 pro-establishment electors are set to approve the sole candidate for Macao's chief executive job on Sunday, making him the Chinese casino hub 's first leader born in mainland China. It's a break from the longtime practice of choosing ...
By ALEJANDRINO GONZÁLEZ Associated Press CHILPANCINGO, Mexico (AP) — A new mayor was sworn in Thursday in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor was killed and beheaded less than a week after taking office. The new mayor, Gustavo Alarcón, a doctor, had been elected as an ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has sent 660 soldiers and militarized National Guard officers this month to the western state of Michoacan to protect lime growers who complained they were suffering extortion demands by cartels. The Defense Department said Thursday that since the start of President ...
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa won't face criminal charges over a hidden cash scandal that was revealed more than two years ago and led to an investigation by a special police unit, prosecutors said Thursday. A ...
By BILAL HUSSEIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit central Beirut on Thursday evening, killing at least 18 people and wounding dozens, Lebanon's health ministry said, the latest in Israel's broadening campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's ground invasion in Lebanon stretched into its second week, as the Hezbollah militant group fired hundreds of rockets deep into Israel — with no end in sight to the escalating conflict. More than 1,400 ...
By MEHMET GUZEL and ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Over 2,000 Turkish citizens and some foreign nationals started boarding a Turkish military ship late Wednesday that brought in aid and will take them out of a country being hit by Israeli airstrikes targeting ...
By EVENS SANON and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA Associated Press PONT-SONDÉ, Haiti (AP) — The death toll in a brutal gang attack last week on a small town in central Haiti has risen to 115, a local official told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The attack on residents of Pont-Sondé on Oct. 3 ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees warned Wednesday that if pending Israeli legislation is adopted, all humanitarian operations in Gaza and the West Bank may "disintegrate," leaving hundreds of thousands of people ...
By CHRISTINA LARSON, KELVIN CHAN and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Three scientists who discovered powerful techniques to decode and even design novel proteins — the building blocks of life — were awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday. Their work used advanced ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Saudi Arabia was defeated for a seat in the U.N.'s premier human rights body Wednesday after a campaign by rights groups that accused the Saudis of serious rights violations. The 193-member General Assembly elected 18 new members ...
By TALES AZZONI and HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at age 38, he announced Thursday, after winning 22 Grand Slam titles — 14 at the French Open — during an unprecedented era he shared with rivals Roger Federer and Novak ...
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever is under control and travel bans targeting the East African country are unnecessary, the head of Africa's top public health agency said Thursday. Rwanda declared the outbreak ...