Germany’s defense minister has described Russia’s leak of a conversation by ranking German military officers as part of Russia’s “information war” against the West. Boris Pistorius said …
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3/3/24
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At least three people have been killed and hundreds of inmates have fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility overnight. The jailbreak marks a new low in Haiti’s downward …
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By EVENS SANON and PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA
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3/3/24
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Malaysia’s government says it may renew the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 after a U.S. technology firm proposed a fresh search in the southern Indian Ocean where the plane is …
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3/3/24
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The death toll has risen to 10 from a Russian drone strike that destroyed an apartment block in Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa. The local governor reported that the body of a third child, …
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By SUSIE BLANN
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3/3/24
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An airplane believed to be carrying Norway’s King Harald has departed Malaysia, a day after he was implanted with a pacemaker. Europe’s oldest reigning monarch was hospitalized in Malaysia for an …
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By VINCENT THIAN
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3/3/24
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Organized crime attacks on local candidates raise fears Mexico may face its bloodiest elections ever
As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on local candidates across swaths of the country where cartels dominate, raising concerns among …
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By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ
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3/3/24
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Officials say a ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water. The Rubymar had been drifting after the attack in February. It marks the first ship …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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3/2/24
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Three people were killed when a Russian drone hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, regional Gov. Oleh Kiper said Saturday morning. A further eight people …
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3/2/24
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Hard-liners are leading in Iran’s parliamentary election which may have witnessed record-low turnout
A day after parliamentary election concluded in Iran, hard-liners are leading in initial vote counting in the capital of Tehran, state media reported. State-run IRNA news agency and state TV said …
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3/2/24
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The only surviving member of the mountaineering expedition that first conquered Mount Everest says the world’s highest peak is too crowded and too dirty and the mountain is a god that needs to be …
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By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA
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3/2/24
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Sweden’s last war ended in 1814. When the rifles and cannons it aimed at Norway fell silent, the once-warring power would not take up arms again. For the next two centuries, Sweden embraced a …
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By DAVID KEYTON
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3/2/24
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Palestinians in Gaza returning from wartime detention in Israeli custody are reporting physical abuse and medical neglect inside Israel's network of prisons. They say beatings and aggressive strip …
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By JULIA FRANKEL
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3/2/24
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Peru is suffering a growing problem of dengue cases. One of the most affected cities is Piura, in the country's north. With 5,275 dengue cases, Piura was by Friday the second most affected Peruvian …
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By CÉSAR BARRETO
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3/1/24
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Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello, a veteran Cuban dissident and leading proponent of human rights who was imprisoned twice but never left the island, will be awarded the 2024 International Women of …
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By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ
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3/1/24
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A Turkish official has rejected allegations by a human rights group that Turkey bears responsibility for some of the abuses and possible war crimes carried out mostly against Kurdish residents in …
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By SUZAN FRASER
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3/1/24
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At Paris Fashion Week, Loewe presented a serene, green labyrinthine art gallery at Chateau de Vincennes, immersing guests in woodland tranquility. Jonathan Anderson, the brand’s visionary, …
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By THOMAS ADAMSON
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3/1/24
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Mexico’s presidential campaigns have officially begun with underdog opposition coalition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez leveraging the country’s ongoing security problems to differentiate herself …
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By MARK STEVENSON and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ
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3/1/24
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Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, asked an aide to read out his prepared speech at a conference in the Vatican Friday, saying he was not yet well and becomes fatigued. The …
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3/1/24
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The United Kingdom is poised to hold its first election in five years in a country battered by the cost-of-living crisis, the fallout from Israel-Hamas conflict and deep divisions over how to deal …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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3/1/24
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Veteran British left-wing disruptor George Galloway wins a special election dominated by war in Gaza
A veteran British political disruptor has won a special election in a heavily Muslim town in northern England following a contest that has been mired in chaos and controversy and dominated by the war …
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By PAN PYLAS
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3/1/24
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