A Russian spacecraft with three astronauts has successfully docked at the International Space Station. The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Russian Oleg Novitsky and Marina …
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3/25/24
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Radical British preacher Anjem Choudary has pleaded not guilty in a London courtroom to two terrorism-related charges. The 57-year-old Choudary pleaded not guilty Monday to membership in a banned …
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3/25/24
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Claudia Poblete and Pedro Alejandro Sandoval are two of the 133 “recovered grandchildren” of Argentina. That is, their biological families found them years after they were abducted as infants …
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ
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3/25/24
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Misper Apawu is a photojournalist living and working in Ghana. In addition to her photojournalism work, she often focuses on the lives of women in her country. She says her first encounter with …
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By MISPER APAWU
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3/25/24
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Philippines lodges its 'strongest protest' against China over a water cannon assault in disputed sea
The Philippines has lodged its “strongest protest” against Beijing over a water cannon assault by the Chinese coast guard that injured Filipino navy crew members and heavily damaged their boat in …
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By JIM GOMEZ
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3/25/24
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Russia have launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days, part of an apparent escalation of aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities by the Kremlin’s forces as the war stretches …
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3/25/24
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Senegalese anxiously are awaiting the results of Sunday's presidential election, following months of uncertainty and unrest that tested its reputation as a stable democracy in a region rife with …
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By BABACAR DIONE and JACK THOMPSON
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3/25/24
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Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday, sending ten trucks over the border from the northern province of Tak in what officials hope will be a continuing …
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By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI
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3/25/24
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In drought-prone southeastern Kenya, residents are constructing structures along seasonal rivers to harvest water during rainy seasons for use during dry seasons. The structures, called “sand …
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By CARLOS MUREITHI
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3/24/24
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Ireland is poised to get its youngest-ever premier after Simon Harris secured the leadership of the Fine Gael party on Sunday, He replaces Leo Varadkar who announced his surprise resignation last …
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3/24/24
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Thousands of Christian faithful attended Palm Sunday celebrations at Jerusalem’s sacred Mount of Olives on the first day of Holy Week. Pilgrims were seen waving branches and fronds in the air. The …
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3/24/24
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Poland has demanded an explanation from Russia after one of its missiles strayed briefly into Polish airspace during a major missile attack on Ukraine. The incident on Sunday prompted the NATO member …
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By VANESSA GERA and TONY HICKS
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3/24/24
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Brazil's federal police arrest men suspected of ordering 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman
Brazil’s federal police arrested on Sunday the men suspected of ordering the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018. Two federal police sources with knowledge of the …
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By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and DAVID BILLER
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3/24/24
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The bodies of three Rohingya refugees were found in the sea as the Indonesian authorities ended a search for survivors from a boat that capsized near Aceh province, the provincial search and rescue …
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By REZA SAIFULLAH and EDNA TARIGAN
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3/24/24
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A state official in northwest Nigeria says nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in have been released more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school. Kaduna Gov. …
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By CHINEDU ASADU
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3/24/24
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An Islamic State group affiliate has claimed responsibility for an attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people. The U.S. says it has evidence backing up the claim that IS …
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By VANESSA GERA
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3/23/24
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Heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro state have killed at least seven people while a 4-year-old girl was rescued after more than 16 hours under mud. The girl was pulled out alive Saturday in the city of …
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3/23/24
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The U.S.-backed force that defeated the Islamic State group in Syria five years ago is warning that the extremists still pose grave dangers throughout the world. The Syrian Democratic Forces called …
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By BASSEM MROUE
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3/23/24
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Slovakia votes for a successor to the nation's first female president. An April 6 runoff is expected
Voters in Slovakia are electing a successor to Zuzana Čaputová. She is the country’s first female president and a staunch backer of neighboring Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s full-scale …
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3/23/24
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A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station has blasted off two days after its launch was aborted at the last minute. The spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut …
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3/23/24
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