A former Polish prime minister is charged with exceeding his powers over a 2020 election call
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A former Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, was charged Thursday with exceeding his powers when ...
Actor Gene Hackman, prolific Oscar winner, found dead at home at 95 years old
Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and ...
The EU beat COVID and Russian energy coercion. Now it must learn to live without US security help
After President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine three years ago and hiked energy prices to weaken Western ...
Morocco urges people to not buy sheep for Eid al-Adha celebrations
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — With Morocco’s sheep herds dwindling at an alarming rate, King Mohammed VI made a rare break with ...
America First? Not when it comes to stock markets worldwide this year
NEW YORK (AP) — When it comes to stock markets around the world, this year has clearly not been “America First.” The U.S.
2 college students were publicly caned for having gay sex in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh
Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them ...
Austria is getting a new coalition government without far-right election winner
Three parties announced Thursday that they have reached a deal to form a new centrist Austrian government, five months after ...
Turkish politicians meet jailed Kurdish militant leader ahead of widely anticipated call for peace
ISTANBUL (AP) — Senior officials from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish political party were set to meet with Abdullah Ocalan, the ...
Middle East latest: Hamas says it is ready to negotiate the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza
Hamas said Thursday it was ready to negotiate the the next phase of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, after a swap in which it ...
He's in the room. Lin Manuel-Miranda voted in to elite American Academy of Arts and Letters
NEW YORK (AP) — At age 45, Lin-Manuel Miranda already has accomplished enough to receive a lifetime achievement honor.
Japan's birth rate fell for a ninth consecutive year in 2024 to hit a record low
The 720,998 babies born in Japan in 2024 was a drop of 5% on the previous year, according to the Health and Welfare Ministry. It was the lowest number of births since Japan started taking the ...
Nearly a weeklong closure of Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing disrupts trade, movement of people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A nearly weeklong closure of a key crossing on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border has disrupted bilateral trade and the movement of people, causing financial losses to traders ...