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Australian judge rules in civil court war crime allegations against hero soldier…
A judge in a civil case says a decorated Australian veteran unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war…
Defying taboos, Shiite cleric in Iran takes in street dogs and nurses…
A Muslim cleric in Iran is defying a local taboo against dogs by rescuing and nursing them back to health
Sri Lanka reduces interest rates for 1st time since bankruptcy as…
Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has reduced its interest rates for the first time since the island nation declared…
China and key US partner Singapore agree to top-level defense hotline
China and Singapore have laid the groundwork for a hotline between the two countries that would establish a…
Jordan’s future king, Saudi bride to tie the knot in palace…
The future king of Jordan and an architect from Saudi Arabia linked to her country’s own monarchy are getting…
Fresh Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s capital kills at least 3…
Russian forces began June with a fresh aerial bombardment of Kyiv, killing at least three people and wounding…
North Korean leader’s sister slams US for criticizing failed…
The sister of North Korean Kim Jong Un has accused the United States of “gangster-like” hypocrisy for criticizing…
Bolivia government says trustee probing bank died by suicide, but some…
The trustee of a bankrupt bank in Bolivia who died after falling from the 15th floor of an office building killed…
Chile closes state copper smelter that polluted bay for decades
Chile's state-owned copper mining giant Codelco has shut down its Ventanas copper smelter after decades of…
Unprecedented wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast still burning…
Wildfires are burning out of control for a fourth day in Canada’s Atlantic-coast province of Nova Scotia
Here’s how Jordan’s royal wedding will reverberate across…
Jordan is set to host its biggest royal wedding in years as the country’s young Crown Prince Hussein exchanges vows…
Biden approves a new $300M military aid package for Ukraine
President Joe Biden has approved a new package of military aid for Ukraine that totals up to $300 million and…
In Canada, each cigarette will get a warning label: ‘poison in…
Canada will soon become the first country in the world where warning labels must appear on individual cigarettes
UN envoy for Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer to leave post in June
Noeleen Heyzer, the U.N. special envoy for conflict-torn Myanmar, will be leaving the job in June
Triple-whammy of cyclones, a 1-in-200-year event, drove Italy’s…
A group of scientists say in a new study that climate change in itself wasn't responsible for a series of…
US, Europe working on voluntary AI code of conduct as calls grow for…
The United States and Europe are drawing up a voluntary code of conduct for artificial intelligence, with a draft…
Trapped by Sudan fighting, dozens of infants, toddlers and children died in…
At least 60 infants, toddlers and older children perished over the past six weeks while trapped in horrific…
Theodoros Pangalos, outspoken Greek former foreign minister, dies at…
Former Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos has died at age 84
Italy displays antiquities looted from Italian territory and recovered…
Italy is displaying hundreds of antiquities that were looted from Italian territory and were recovered from a…
German police say teen injured in post-match brawl with French team…
German police say a 15-year-old soccer player has died after suffering severe brain injuries during a post-match…
Russian court prepares way for new trial against jailed Kremlin foe…
A Moscow court has set a new date for a hearing paving the way for another trial of imprisoned Russian opposition…
Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in…
A new study says Earth has pushed past seven out of eight scientifically established safety limits and into “the…
Oman launches $5B investment fund as part of efforts to diversify…
Oman plans to launch a $5 billion public investment fund to support plans to overhaul the economy in the Arab Gulf…
Priceless painting looted by Nazis during World War II returns to…
Authorities in Poland say that a priceless 16th century Italian painting that was looted by Nazi Germany during…
Ex-UN head Ban calls for more diplomatic pressure on Myanmar’s military…
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sys he's communicating with authorities in military-run Myanmar as well…
German inflation slows to 6.1% in May, though food prices are still…
German inflation eased to 6.1% in May following several months of declines, even as Europe’s biggest economy…
UK hails first post-Brexit trade deals with Australia, New Zealand,…
The British government has hailed an era of cheaper Australian wine and New Zealand kiwi fruit as free-trade…
Novak Djokovic tries to put issue of Kosovo comments behind him at…
Novak Djokovic refrained from any political messages at the French Open after a second-round victory that was a…
Auschwitz museum criticizes use of death camp in politics after ruling…
The Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial museum has denounced a political spot by Poland’s ruling party that uses the theme…
North Korea’s failed satellite launch triggers public confusion,…
North Korea’s launch of a spy satellite has ended in an embarrassing failure
China responds to US complaint over plane intercept with demand for…
China has responded to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet's dangerous interception of an…
Myanmar court convicts journalist injured by army on 2nd charge,…
A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted a 34-year-old journalist of violating the country’s…
EU aspirant Moldova prepares to host major international summit
Final preparations for a major summit of European leaders are being made in Moldova, a sign of the Eastern European…
Germany orders Russia to close 4 out of its 5 consulates in…
Germany says it has told Russia to close four out of five consulates in Germany in a tit-for-tat move after Moscow…
Sweden close to becoming first ‘smoke free’ country in…
Summer is in the air, cigarette smoke is not, in Sweden's outdoor bars and restaurants
German court hands student lengthy prison sentence for attacks on…
A court in eastern Germany has sentenced a 28-year-old woman to five years and three months in prison for taking…
Sudan’s military says it has suspended its participation in…
A spokesman for Sudan's military says it has suspended its participation in talks with a paramilitary force it has…
Japan’s southern Okinawa Islands prepare as tropical storm…
A weakened Tropical Storm Mawar headed toward Japan’s southern archipelago of Okinawa, leading the airport and…
Latvian Parliament elects foreign minister as new president
Latvian lawmakers have picked the Baltic country’s long-serving and popular foreign minister as its new head of…
South Sudan struggles to clear mines after decades of war as people…
Many South Sudanese are returning to areas riddled with mines left from decades of conflict as they trickle back…
Australian general says US warns war crime allegations could prevent work with…
Australia’s defense force chief says the United States has warned that allegations of war crimes against Australian…
UN appeals court increases sentences for 2 Serbs convicted of crimes…
United Nations appeals judges have significantly expanded the convictions of two allies of late Serbian President…
Gaza Strip’s Palestinians polarized by unorthodox watermelon…
Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip call it “watermelon salad.”
Efforts to defuse Kosovo crisis intensify amid more protests
International efforts to defuse a crisis in Kosovo intensified as ethnic Serbs held more protests in a northern…
Who are the bride and groom in Jordan’s royal wedding?
He’s heir to the throne in one of the oldest monarchies in the Middle East and a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad
China warns of artificial intelligence risks, calls for beefed-up…
China has warned of the risks posed by advances in artificial intelligence while calling for heightened national…
New Zealand airline is asking passengers to weigh in before their…
New Zealand’s national airline is asking passengers to step on the scales before they board international flights
China factory activity slows, adding to economic strains
A survey shows China’s factory activity decelerated in May, adding to signs an economic rebound after the end of…
Djokovic draws criticism from Kosovo tennis federation for comments at…
Novak Djokovic has drawn criticism from Kosovo’s tennis federation — but not from French Open organizers — after…
New US aid package for Ukraine will total about $300 million and…
U.S. officials say a military aid package for Ukraine that is expected to be announced this week will total up to…
North Korea spy satellite launch fails as rocket falls into the sea
North Korea’s attempt to put its first spy satellite into space has failed
Russian lawmakers introduce draft bill to ban gender-affirming surgery
Russian lawmakers have introduced a draft bill imposing a ban on gender-affirming surgery, the latest move in the…
UN nuclear chief urges Russia and Ukraine to ban attacks at…
The U_N_ nuclear chief says the world is fortunate a nuclear accident hasn’t happened in Ukraine and is asking…
Unprecedented wildfire on Canada’s Atlantic coast still burning…
Wildfires are burning out of control for a fourth day in Canada’s Atlantic-coast province of Nova Scotia
Death toll in Guyana girls dorm fire rises to 20 when 14-year-old dies…
Guyana's health ministry says the death toll in a girl’s dormitory fire has risen to 20 after a 14-year-old girl…
UN technical vessel arrives at rusting oil tanker off Yemen’s coast as…
The U.N. says the first technical salvage vessel has arrived near the rusting Safer oil tanker floating off the…
US says ‘the time is now’ for Sweden to join NATO and for Turkey to…
U_S_ Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the “time is now” for Turkey to drop its objections to Sweden joining…
Moscow drone attack exposes Russia’s vulnerabilities, fuels…
A drone attack on Moscow has exposed breaches in Russia’s air defenses and underlined the Russian capital’s…
UN: Staggering 15.3 million Syrians, nearly 70% of population, need…
The United Nations says that for the first time in Syria’s 12-year war people in every district are experiencing…
US bombers fly over Bosnia in sign of support amid continued…
A pair of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers has flown low over Sarajevo and several other Bosnian cities as a sign…
What’s new in robots? An AI-powered humanoid machine that writes…
Robots are on display at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in London, where visitors can get…
Malta says it didn’t find migrant boat in distress alerted by…
Authorities on the European island nation of Malta have contested accusations made by a group of nongovernmental…
Teenagers from Islamic State families undergo rehabilitation in Syria,…
Kurdish officials in northeast Syria have expanded a program to rehabilitate boys from the families of Islamic…
Possible Putin trip in spotlight as Russia, China foreign ministers set for…
The Russian and Chinese foreign ministers are expected to meet with their counterparts from the BRICS economic bloc…
Ukraine’s economy shows ‘resilience’ from Russian…
International Monetary Fund has signed off on an initial loan of $900 million and raised its estimate for the…
Drivers line up for gasoline across Nigeria after new president scraps…
Drivers are lining up at gas stations across Nigeria after the country's new leader scrapped a subsidy program that…
Italy announces arrest of minor belonging to international network of…
Italian authorities say police have arrested a minor suspected of being a supporter of the ISIS terror network who…
Malaysia finds 100 old artillery shells on Chinese barge, says it…
Malaysia’s maritime agency says a detained Chinese barge likely plundered two World War II British shipwrecks in…
2 Italian agents, 1 ex-Israeli agent among 4 dead in boat that…
Authorities say two Italian intelligence agents and one retired Israel agent were among the four dead when a sudden…
Brazilian president’s support of Venezuela’s leader mars…
The Brazilian president’s strong support of Venezuela’s authoritarian leader has marred the unity at a South…
Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts say in new…
Scientists and tech industry leaders, including executives at Microsoft and Google, have issued a new warning about…
Central figure in German tax evasion scandal convicted in 2nd case
A central figure in a German tax evasion scandal has been convicted and sentenced to more than eight years in…
Beijing says no meeting between US, Chinese defense chiefs at…
Prospects for a renewed military dialogue between China and the U.S. remain dim, with Beijing saying their defense…
Israeli army says Palestinian gunmen kills Israeli civilian in West…
The Israeli army says Palestinian gunmen have shot and killed an Israeli man near the entrance to a Jewish…
Tesla’s Musk meets Chinese foreign minister, who calls for…
China’s foreign minister has met Tesla CEO Elon Musk and said U.S.-Chinese relations require “mutual respect” while…
Norway says Beluga whale with apparent Russian-made harness swims…
Norwegian authorities say that a beluga whale first spotted in Arctic Norway in 2019 with an apparent Russian-made…
UK government fights demand to hand over Boris Johnson’s…
When Boris Johnson was U.K. prime minister, he established an independent inquiry into his government’s handling of…
Humanitarian group MSF calls for support for refugees in Kenya…
A humanitarian charity says that hundreds of refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab camps have been affected by a cholera…
Japanese court says government’s policy against same-sex…
A Japanese court has ruled that the government's policy against same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, in a closely…
