Afghanistan’s school year starts without more than 1 million girls barred from education by...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The school year in Afghanistan started Wednesday but without girls whom the Taliban barred from attending classes beyond the sixth grade,...
During the Israel-Hamas war, Jews will soon celebrate Purim — one of their most...
Purim is widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of Jewish holidays — highlighted by celebrations that include costumes, skits, noisemakers and varying degrees...
North Korea claims progress in development of hypersonic missile designed to strike Guam
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported Wednesday, claiming a...
Houthis in Yemen blow up a resident’s house, killing at least 9 from the...
CAIRO (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen blew up a house Tuesday in a town southeast of the capital, Sanaa, killing at least...
Hats, T-shirts and dolls reflect outgoing Mexican president’s outsized presence in upcoming election
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Souvenirs bearing the image of 70-year-old Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sell like T-shirts at a Taylor Swift concert.Just...
South Africa’s ruling ANC takes rival party to court in fractious buildup to election
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's ruling African National Congress is taking the independent electoral body and a rival political party fronted...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination data, marking the first indictment for...
UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land...
UN’s Guterres decries violence in Myanmar as military airstrikes kill at least 25 Rohingya...
BANGKOK (AP) — Military airstrikes in western Myanmar killed at least 25 members of the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, including children, local media reported,...
How will a new national security law affect different walks of life in Hong...
HONG KONG (AP) — As Hong Kong passed a new national security law, the city that evolved from a swampy fishing village to a...