Japan's leader says he's preparing for tough negotiations with Trump on maintaining US presence
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, struggling to stabilize his minority government, said Friday he will ...
Afghan women’s group hails court's move to arrest Taliban leaders for persecution of women
An Afghan women’s group on Friday hailed a decision by the International Criminal Court to arrest Taliban leaders for their ...
Killed for fighting corruption, a Congolese man made a martyr is inspiring a new generation
Tedeschi, who knew Kositi’s through their work together with the Sant’Egidio Community, said he was a model for today’s young ...
Stock market today: Asian shares gain after S&P 500 climbs to a record and Bank of Japan raises rate
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.3% to 40,074.87 after the central bank raised its benchmark rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, ...
Freedom is bittersweet for Palestinians released from Israeli jails
Hanatsheh was first arrested in November 2023, just weeks into the war triggered by Hamas' deadly attack on Israel. She was ...
Syria's economic pains far from over despite Assad's ouster
After Assad's fall, al-Baghdadi was finally able to return. Like many, he was euphoric and hoped it would pave the way for ...
Trump to visit disaster zones in North Carolina and California on first trip of second term
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is heading to hurricane-battered western North Carolina and wildfire-ravaged Los ...
Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, the 70-year-old Lukashenko is back on the ballot, and ...
Asylum-seekers pushed to new extremes in Mexico after Trump's border crackdown begins
Trump on Monday declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and announced plans to send U.S. troops and restrict ...
Democrats' Minnesota House boycott echoes earlier walkouts in other states
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democrats in the Minnesota House who have boycotted daily sessions are using tactics that lawmakers ...
Ohio pastor convicted in dispute over sheltering homeless vows to continue his mission
On Tuesday, a city judge found Pastor Chris Avell guilty of violating zoning and fire codes in a criminal case. But his ...
After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission
Fürst, now 92, is one of a dwindling number of Holocaust survivors able to share first-person accounts of the horrors they endured, as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the ...