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Ship attacked in Red Sea in latest maritime assault likely carried out by Yemen's Houthi rebels

A ship traveling through the Red Sea has reported being hit in an attack likely carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the latest in the campaign targeting shipping over the Israel-Hamas war. The … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 6/27/24

Julian Assange's wife Stella Assange and members of his legal team visited Australia’s Parliament House on Thursday to thank a broad spectrum of lawmakers who campaigned for the WikiLeaks founder's freedom.

Stella Assange thanks Australian lawmakers for WikiLeaks founder's freedom

Stella Assange has thanked the spectrum of lawmakers who campaigned for her husband, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, to be freed. She did so on a visit Thursday to Australia’s Parliament House, … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 6/27/24

Britain's opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer takes part for the BBC's Prime Ministerial Debate, in Nottingham, England, Wednesday June 26, 2024. (Phil Noble/Pool via AP)

Who is Keir Starmer, the Labour leader favored to win Britain’s July 4 election?

Critics say British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is dutiful, managerial and a bit dull. The 61-year-old Labour leader is the favorite to win the country’s July 4 election. Starmer has dragged … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 6/27/24

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shake hands with members of the audience after making a speech at an event at Petyt Hall, while on the general election campaign trail,in London, Monday June 24, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Britain's Rishi Sunak struggles with missteps while trying to lift Conservatives ahead of elections

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has portrayed himself as thorough and evidence-led throughout his relatively brief political career but there’s always been a nagging question over the keenness … more

By PAN PYLAS | 6/27/24

FILE -Thousands who are fleeing the ongoing conflict between government forces and M-23 rebels reach the entrance the Democratic Republic of Congo eastern city of Goma, Feb. 7, 2024. The decades-old conflict in Congo’s mineral-rich east has “drastically deteriorated” since early 2022 and gotten even worse since last October, with sharp increases in sexual violence, the number of wounded and child recruitment, the top Red Cross official in the country said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, File)

Red Cross envoy: Congo conflict has worsened with sharp increases in sexual violence and wounded

The decades-old conflict in Congo’s mineral-rich east has “drastically deteriorated” since early 2022 and gotten even worse since last October, with sharp increases in sexual violence, the … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 6/27/24

FILE - Iranian demonstrators burn representations of British and U.S. flags during a protest against the U.S. and British military strike against Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 12, 2024. The next president could be "forced to either sell Iran to Trump or spark a dangerous tension in the country” if economic problems aren't solved, warned Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s parliament speaker and a candidate in the election to be held on Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Analysis: No matter who wins Iran's presidential election, much may hinge on the 'Great Satan' US

Iran's presidential election comes after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent war on the militants in the Gaza Strip, which only added jet fuel to a fire now threatening to burn … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 6/27/24

Women's rights will be raised at the UN meeting being attended by Taliban, UN official says

The U.N. political chief who will chair the first meeting between Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and envoys from about 25 countries says women's rights will be raised at every session. The … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 6/26/24

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says the separation and guidance control test of individual mobile warheads at an undisclosed place in North Korea Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says it tested a multiwarhead missile. Kim covets the weapon to overwhelm US defenses

North Korea says it successfully tested a multiwarhead missile, a sophisticated weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm missile defenses in the continental United States. The statement … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 6/26/24

A supporter of Saeed Jalili, a candidate for the June 28, presidential election, holds up his poster during a campaign gathering in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Jalili, a hardline candidate and former nuclear negotiator, said in a debate on Monday: "We should make the enemy regretful from sanctioning Iran through economic means." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

First candidate drops out of Iran presidential election, due to take place Friday amid voter apathy

A candidate in Iran’s presidential election has withdrawn from the race, becoming the first to back out in order for hard-liners to coalesce around a unity candidate in the vote to replace the late … more

By JON GAMBRELL and NASSER KARIMI | 6/26/24

Armored vehicles rammed the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday in an apparent coup attempt against President Luis Arce, but he vowed to stand firm and named a new army commander who ordered troops to stand down.

How tensions in Bolivia fueled an attempt to oust President Arce from power

Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace as President Luis Arce said his country faced an apparent attempted coup. The uprising was, in a sense, the culmination of … more

By DAVID BILLER and ELÉONORE HUGHES | 6/26/24

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, left, take part for the BBC's Prime Ministerial Debate, in Nottingham, England, Wednesday June 26, 2024. (Phil Noble/Pool via AP)

UK's Sunak and Starmer struggle to be heard as a noisy protest mars their final election debate

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer struggled to get their messages across as protesters drowned out the early stages of their final televised debate of the U.K. … more

By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS | 6/26/24

Military Police stand amid tear gas they fired outside the presidential palace in Plaza Murillo in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

The Latest | Bolivia president announces new heads of armed forces

Bolivian President Luis Arce has announced new heads of the army, navy and air force. That includes the position of the army general commander, Juan José Zúñiga, who appears to be leading the … more

6/26/24

Kenyan police stand at their base during a visit by Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. The first contingent of U.N.-backed foreign police arrived the previous day, nearly two years after the Caribbean country requested help to quell gang violence. (AP Photo/Marckinson Pierre)

Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs

Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence. A couple hundred police officers from Kenya met … more

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON | 6/26/24

A cable car lays on the ground after it fell in Medellin, Colombia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. At least one person was killed and 12 others were injured when the cable car collapsed while approaching a station, local authorities said. (AP Photo/Fredy Amariles)

Cable car collapse in Colombia leaves at least 1 dead and 12 injured, officials say

Officials in Colombia say at least one person has been killed and 12 injured when a cable car in the city of Medellin failed and plunged onto a sidewalk next to a station platform. It was not … more

6/26/24

FILE - A view of the antennas of the Vatican Radio, which beams the Pope's words around the world, is seen in Santa Maria di Galeria, on the outskirts of Rome, on April 11, 2001. Pope Francis decreed Wednesday that an area of northern Rome, long the source of controversy because of electromagnetic waves emitted by Vatican Radio towers there, will now house solar panels to fuel Vatican City. (AP Photo/ Gregorio Borgia, File)

A Vatican Radio territory in north Rome once blamed for electro-smog will become a solar farm

Pope Francis has decreed that an area of northern Rome long used by Vatican Radio will now house a field of solar panels to fuel Vatican City. Francis issued a decree citing the Vatican’s pledge in … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 6/26/24

From the left, French far-right Rassemblement National (National Rally) party President Jordan Bardella, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and far-left party La France Insoumise (France Unbowed) member Manuel Bompard pose prior to a debate broadcasted on French TV channel TF1, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The two-round parliamentary election will take place on June 30 and July 7. (Dimitar Dilkoff, Pool via AP)

France bans extreme-right and radical Islamic groups ahead of polarizing elections

France’s government has ordered the dissolution of multiple extreme right and radical Muslim groups, four days before the first round of high-stakes legislative elections that may see a surge in … more

6/26/24

FILE - In this photo released on Nov. 9, 2019 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks in Damascus, Syria. The Paris appeals court is expected to decide on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, whether to uphold an arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad that France issued last year for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria's civil war. (SANA via AP, File)

Paris court upholds validity of France's arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad

The Paris appeals court has ruled that an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar Assad issued by France for alleged complicity in war crimes during Syria’s civil war is valid and … more

6/26/24

Fed up with the UK Conservatives, some voters turn to the anti-immigration Reform party for answers

In the English coastal town of Clacton-on-Sea, many Conservative voters are considering switching to the anti-immigration Reform UK party in next week’s national election. They are fed up with the … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 6/26/24

FILE - Cows graze in a field in Luncavita, Romania, on May 21, 2019. Denmark will impose cattle farmers with a tax on livestock carbon dioxide emissions from 2030, claiming it will be the first country to do so, in a move to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from each of their cows. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Flatulent cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first

Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country in the world to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, … more

By JAN M. OLSEN | 6/26/24

FILE - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference at the Ukraine peace summit in Obbürgen, Switzerland, on June 16, 2024.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signaled Wednesday, June 26, 2024 he is getting tough on officials he suspects are shirking their duties in the war with Russia that is now in its third year.Zelenskyy and Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi visited troops in the eastern Donetsk region who have weathered fierce Russian ground and air assaults in recent months. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Ukraine's Zelenskyy scolds officials who shirk their duties in the country's war effort

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is signaling that he is getting tough on officials he suspects are shirking their duties in the war with Russia that is now in its third year. Zelenskyy and … more

By ILLIA NOVIKOV | 6/26/24