NATO member-to-be Sweden and the US sign defense deal, saying it strengthens regional security
STOCKHOLM (AP) — On the brink of joining NATO, Sweden has signed a defense cooperation agreement with Washington that will allow the United States...
A survivor is pulled out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after being...
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — A man has been pulled alive out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after dozens of informal miners were...
Heavy fighting in Gaza halts most aid delivery and leaves civilians with few places...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces battled Hamas militants across Gaza on Wednesday after expanding their ground offensive to its second-largest city,...
The West has sanctioned Russia’s rich. But is that really punishing Putin and helping...
VERONA, Italy (AP) — Sitting on a terrace in Verona as the bells toll at a nearby medieval church, Igor Makarov sips coffee as...
Under Putin, the uber-wealthy Russians known as ‘oligarchs’ are still rich but far less...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, the outside world viewed those Russians known as “oligarchs” as men who...
Taliban’s abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s “abusive” educational policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, according to a Human Rights Watch report...
‘Widespread’ sexual and gender-based crimes committed during Hamas attack, Israeli officials say
JERUSALEM (AP) — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he...
Former DEA informant pleads guilty in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president
MIAMI (AP) — A former confidential informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse,...
A bedbug hoax is targeting foreign visitors in Athens. Now the Greek police have...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's health ministry is seeking police help against hoaxers who tried to scare foreign tourists out of some Athens short-term...
6 held in Belgium and the Netherlands on suspicion of links to Russia sanction...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Six people have been taken into custody in Belgium and the Netherlands in connection with an inquiry into suspected exports of...