Millions of Germans have been protesting against the rise of the far-right in huge rallies all over the country for weeks in a row, attending events with slogans such as “Never Again is Now.” …
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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3/18/24
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Small groups of protesters have taken to the streets in the eastern Cuba city of Santiago decryng power outages lasting up to eight hours across the Caribbean nation. Videos on social media showed …
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By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ
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3/17/24
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A number of government and aid agencies in Haiti have reported their facilities and aid supplies have been looted as Haiti spirals into another wave of gang violence. Gangs have raged through Haiti …
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3/17/24
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The U.S. is scrambling to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel region of Africa after the ruling junta in Niger announced it was ending military cooperation with …
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By JESSICA DONATI and SAM MEDNICK
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3/17/24
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Vaughan Gething’s election as the next leader of Wales marks a milestone: For the first time, none of the U.K.’s four main governments is led by a white man. It’s a striking moment in a country …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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3/17/24
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A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky. Iceland’s Meteorological Office said the eruption Saturday evening opened a …
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3/16/24
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Media reports in Latvia say that the country's state security service has started criminal proceedings against an European Parliament lawmaker and a citizen of the Baltic country who is suspected of …
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3/16/24
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Vaughan Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething is currently Welsh economy minister. He …
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By JILL LAWLESS
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3/16/24
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India has announced its 6-week-long general elections will start on April 19, with most surveys predicting a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party. …
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3/16/24
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Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight. Touting bright blue yoga mats, sleeping masks and travel pillows, hundreds of Mexicans …
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By MEGAN JANETSKY
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3/16/24
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When Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died suddenly last month in an Arctic prison, his team was left with a monumental challenge: sustaining an opposition movement against President Vladimir …
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By DASHA LITVINOVA
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3/16/24
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A warming island's mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned
Mice that were accidentally introduced to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years ago are breeding out of control because of climate change. And they are eating seabirds and causing major harm in a …
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By GERALD IMRAY
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3/16/24
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Some 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine, and more than 4 million require food aid, sometimes eating only once a day or not at all. Officials are trying to rush food, water and medical …
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By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO
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3/16/24
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's new ride is a Russian luxury limousine gifted by President Vladimir Putin. Kim’s sister and senior official, Kim Yo Jong, said Saturday that the car's unspecified …
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By HYUNG-JIN KIM
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3/15/24
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An official says a rubber dinghy carrying migrants has sunk off Turkey’s northern Aegean coast, leaving at least 22 people dead. Gov. Ilhami Aktas says coast guard personnel on Friday rescued two …
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3/15/24
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Syria’s civil war has entered its 14th year, a somber anniversary in a long-frozen conflict. The country is effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government, various …
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By OMAR ALBAM and ABBY SEWELL
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3/15/24
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U.N.-backed human rights experts say they have gathered new evidence of “horrific” torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by their Russian jailers, saying such practices could amount to war …
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By JAMEY KEATEN
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3/15/24
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Russia has successfully imposed its passports on nearly the entire population of occupied Ukraine by making it impossible to survive without them, coercing hundreds of thousands of people into …
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By LORI HINNANT, VASILISA STEPANENKO, SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA
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3/15/24
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Russia has successfully imposed its passports on nearly the entire population of occupied Ukraine by making it impossible to survive without them, coercing hundreds of thousands of people into …
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By LORI HINNANT, VASILISA STEPANENKO, SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA
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3/15/24
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Suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels strikes a ship in the Red Sea, though crew reportedly safe
A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck a ship in the Red Sea, causing damage to the vessel. The attack Friday off the port city of Hodeida comes as part of the rebels’ campaign …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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3/15/24
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