By AHMED HATEM Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — The Grand Egyptian Museum will open 12 halls with exhibits about ancient Egypt in its main galleries starting this week in a trial run ahead of the still-unannounced official opening, officials said Tuesday
The museum, a mega-project near the ...
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's new president acknowledged Tuesday that three civilians including a child died in two shootouts involving the military last week in a violent border city.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said a soldier was killed in one of the ...
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press
AITO, Lebanon (AP) — The day after a deadly Israeli airstrike in northern Lebanon – far from Hezbollah's main area of influence – the militant group's acting leader said it would aim rockets into more areas of Israel.
Naim Kassem ...
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst hunger crisis in decades, the United Nations' food ...
By RADUL RADOVANOVIC Associated Press
JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of mourners in southern Bosnia converged Tuesday around 19 caskets covered in green cloth in Islamic tradition, part of a funeral service held for those killed during the destructive floods and landslide s ...
BEIRUT (AP) — More than 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in the past three weeks, a top official with the U.N. children's agency said Monday, warning of a "lost generation" in the small country grappling with multiple crises and now in the middle of war.
Israel has escalated ...
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — China has made great strides in exploring space in recent years, rocketing astronauts to its own space station and bringing back rocks from the moon. Now it wants to turn those feats into scientific advances.
The nation's leading scientific ...
By YAHYA HABCHITI, KAREEM CHEHAYEB, and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press
AITO, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment and ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council expressed "strong concern" Monday as Israel has fired on and wounded U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon during intensified fighting, reiterating its support for their role in supporting security in the ...
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A regional partnership of 10 countries says an agreement on the equitable use of water resources from the Nile River basin has come into force despite the notable opposition of Egypt.
The legal status of the "cooperative ...
By DANIELLA MATAR AP Sports Writer
UDINE, Italy (AP) — There were snipers on the roof of the stadium and a heavy police presence throughout the city of Udine for Italy's home match against Israel on Monday.
In the end, both the game — and an earlier pro-Palestine demonstration — ...
ROME (AP) — Italy is transferring the first group of migrants to Albania, the Interior Ministry said Monday, as part of a contentious plan to process thousands of asylum-seekers outside its borders.
A naval ship departed from the island of Lampedusa with 16 men — 10 from Bangladesh and six ...
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday convicted a French citizen of collecting military information and sentenced him to three years in prison.
Laurent Vinatier, who was arrested in Moscow in June, earlier admitted guilt, setting the stage for a fast-tracked trial. His lawyers' asked the ...
NEW DELHI (AP) — A senior politician in India's financial capital, Mumbai, who was also known for his close ties with Bollywood has been shot dead weeks before a key state election.
Baba Siddique, 66, was shot multiple times outside his son's office in Mumbai on Saturday night, police said ...
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN, SHEIK SAALIQ and ROBERT GILLIES Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — Canada and India each expelled six diplomats Monday in tit-for-tat moves as part of an escalating dispute over the June 2023 assassination of a Sikh activist in Canada.
A senior Canadian government ...
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 21 people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military and it ...
By NICHOLAS KOMU Associated Press
MWEA, Kenya (AP) — As a helicopter hovers close to an elephant, trying to be as steady as possible, an experienced veterinarian cautiously takes aim.
A tranquilizer dart whooshes in the air, and within minutes the giant mammal surrenders to a deep slumber ...
by SAM MEDNICK Associated Press
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, its government said, citing late submissions and a lack of competition.
The auction for the sites, known as oil blocks, was initially launched two years ago but was ...
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court on Monday convicted a French citizen of collecting military information and sentenced him to three years in prison.
Laurent Vinatier, who was arrested in Moscow in June, earlier admitted guilt, setting the stage for a fast-tracked trial. His lawyers' asked the ...
BERLIN (AP) — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for the murder of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago.
The Berlin state court said in its ruling that there was no doubt ...