UAE’s president-designate for UN COP28 offers full-throated defense of nation hosting climate talks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference offered a full-throated defense Saturday of his...
Ukraine hosts a defense industry forum seeking to ramp up weapons production for the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine hosted an international defense industry conference as part of a government effort to ramp up weapons production within the...
Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk seeks to boost his election chances with a rally...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk is facing an uphill battle to win new hearts in his efforts to unseat the...
Maldivians vote in a runoff presidential election that will decide whether India or China...
MALE, Maldives (AP) — Maldivians were voting Saturday in the runoff presidential election which has turned into a virtual referendum on which regional power...
A doctor caught in the crossfire was among 4 killed in a gunbattle at...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hitmen stormed a hospital in northern Mexico in a bid to kill a patient but they clashed with other gunmen...
Polish democracy champion Lech Walesa turns 80 and comments on his country’s upcoming election
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Former Polish President Lech Walesa said as turned 80 on Friday that he is supporting opposition leader Donald Tusk's effort...
Africa’s Eswatini, one of the last absolute monarchies, holds an election without political parties
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The small southern African nation of Eswatini held elections Friday to decide part of the makeup of its...
NATO beefs up its Kosovo force as the US worries about a buildup of...
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — NATO announced Friday that it is beefing up its troop presence in Kosovo after four people were killed in a...
US quietly acknowledges Iran satellite successfully reached orbit as tensions remain high
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States has quietly acknowledged that Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard successfully put an imaging satellite into orbit...
Algeria expands English-language learning as France’s influence ebbs
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — More than a year after Algeria launched a pilot program to teach English in elementary schools, the country is hailing...