Israeli court halts subsidies for ultra-Orthodox, deepening turmoil over mandatory military service
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered an end to government subsidies for many ultra-Orthodox men who do not serve...
Six Russian journalists have been detained by authorities. They include one who covered Navalny
Authorities in Russia have detained six journalists across the country this month, including a journalist who covered the trials of Russian opposition politician Alexei...
Central and Eastern European countries mark 20 years in NATO with focus on war...
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Several central and Eastern European countries began marking on Thursday the 20th anniversary of the largest expansion of the NATO...
Activists sue US National Park Service over plan to remove Puerto Rico’s famous stray...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A nonprofit organization said Thursday that it sued the U.S. National Park Service over a plan to remove...
Dengue is sweeping through the Americas early this year
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico to Brazil, with 3.5 million cases...
‘Oppenheimer’ director Christopher Nolan and wife Emma Thomas to get British knighthood and damehood
LONDON (AP) — The Oscar-winning director of “Oppenheimer,” Christopher Nolan, and his wife and producer Emma Thomas, will receive a knighthood and damehood for...
Russia arrests another suspect in concert hall attack that killed 143
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top investigative body said Thursday that another suspect has been detained as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on...
Four people die in Spain in separate incidents after falling into sea along coast...
MADRID (AP) — Four people have died in three separate incidents on Spain's Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines after falling into the sea, emergency services...
Russian veto brings end to UN panel monitoring enforcement of North Korea nuclear sanctions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution Thursday in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by United Nations experts of sanctions...
French lawmakers condemn ‘bloody and murderous’ 1961 massacre of Algerian protesters
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Thursday condemned an infamous 1961 police crackdown on Algerian protesters in Paris as a “bloody and murderous repression,”...