By DASHA LITVINOVA, YURAS KARMANAU and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia alleges that dozens of Ukrainian militants crossed into one of its border towns in its Belgorod region, striking targets and forcing an evacuation, before over 70 of the attackers were ...
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has remained in power for 20 years by repeatedly surmounting political crises: mass protests, corruption allegations, an attempted military coup and a huge influx of refugees fleeing Syria's civil ...
By FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated Press
ROME (AP) — The Italian government on Tuesday approved more than 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) in aid for the flood-stricken region of Emilia-Romagna in the north, including for farmers and business owners in one of the country's most productive ...
By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Investigators in Guyana believe a fire that killed 19 mostly girls trapped in a school dormitory was deliberately set by a student who was upset that her mobile phone was confiscated, a top official said Tuesday.
The suspect in ...
By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Three Cambodian land rights activists who were arrested on charges of plotting against the government planned to provoke a peasant revolution by teaching farmers about class divisions between rich and poor, an ...
LONDON (AP) — Climate change protesters were dragged away as they tried to storm the stage at Shell's shareholder meeting Tuesday, while activist investors added pressure with a resolution demanding the global oil and gas giant beef up its emissions strategy.
Shell Chairman Andrew Mackenzie ...
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The first double above-the-knee amputee to climb Mount Everest returned from the mountain on Tuesday pledging to dedicate the rest of his life to helping people with disabilities.
Hari Budha Magar, a former Gurkha soldier who ...
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Yekaterina Maksimova can't afford to be late, the journalist and activist avoids taking the Moscow subway, even though it's probably the most efficient route.
That's because she's been detained five times in the past year, ...
By RICK RYCROFT and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press
SYDNEY (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed by around 20,000 cheering fans, many chanting "Modi," at a Sydney stadium on Tuesday during his second visit to Australia as his country's leader.
Modi shared the stage with ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis' peace envoy for Ukraine, a veteran of the Catholic Church's conflict-mediation efforts, blasted war as a "pandemic" on Tuesday and said all Christians are called to be peacemakers.
In his first public comments since being named ...
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Humanitarian agencies are calling for full funding of the U.N.'s $7 billion appeal for the Horn of Africa during a pledging conference this week, citing a growing crisis and the need for urgent lifesaving intervention.
The U.N. ...
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) —
Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee condemned an unusual rise in the number of withdrawal requests to the city's organ donation system, saying Tuesday that police would investigate suspicious cases.
According to the government, the city's ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army said on Tuesday it demolished the home of a Palestinian involved in an attack in Tel Aviv that killed one and wounded two others in March.
Video footage of the attack shows a man the army says was Moataz Khawaja, 23, shooting three men from behind, including ...
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press
BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will meet his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo on Tuesday during a two-day trip aiming to strengthen economic ties between the Muslim-majority nations amid heightened global ...
By RICK RYCROFT and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press
SYDNEY (AP) — Narendra Modi has arrived in Sydney for his second Australian visit as India's prime minister and told local media he wants closer bilateral defense and security ties as China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region grows.
Modi ...
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Veteran Sherpa guide Kami Rita has scaled Mount Everest for the 28th time Tuesday, beating his own record less than a week after setting it, as two guides compete with each other for the title of most climbs of the world's ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a nuclear facility so deep in the earth that it is likely beyond the range of a last-ditch U.S. weapon designed to destroy such sites, according to ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Leaders of South Korea and the European Union agreed Monday to increase pressure on Russia over its war against Ukraine and condemn North Korea's ballistic missile tests.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with European ...
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's opposition Move Forward Party. the top vote-getter in last week's national election, signed an agreement with seven other parties on Monday on a joint platform they hope will lead to the formation of a coalition government ...
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE undefined
CARAUARI, Brazil (AP) — In a remote corner of the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists are trying to succeed where a lack of governance has proved disastrous. They're managing a stretch of land in a way that welcomes both local people and scientists to engage in ...