Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador’s fragile security
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador's fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of more than 50...
Zelenskyy says Ukraine has developed a long-range weapon, a day after a strike deep...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday his country has developed a weapon that hit a target 700 kilometers (400 miles)...
Niger’s military regime orders police to expel French ambassador and revokes his diplomatic immunity
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Niger's military junta has revoked the diplomatic immunity of France's ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the West...
Sudan’s army chief warns that the country will be fragmented if the deadly conflict...
CAIRO (AP) — The head of Sudan’s army warned Thursday that the northeast African country will be divided if the conflict between the military...
Iran accuses Israel of supplying potentially exploding parts for ballistic missile program
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran accused Israel on Thursday of trying to sabotage its ballistic missile program through faulty foreign parts that...
Some in Africa are celebrating the coups. Many are fed up and desperate for...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — After mutinous soldiers in Gabon announced they had deposed the country’s president, many residents danced in the streets and declared...
North Korea says it simulated nuclear attacks on South Korea and rehearsed occupation of...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday its latest missile launches simulated “scorched earth” nuclear strikes on South Korea and that it’s...
EU examines its training of African armies as another coup rocks the continent
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ministers expressed deep concern Thursday at the growing number of military coups across Africa as the bloc draws up...
Greece reinforces firefighting forces as a massive wildfire in the northeast burns for a...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities further reinforced firefighting forces in the country’s northeast Thursday, where a massive blaze in its 13th day has...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appoints new defense secretary after Ben Wallace resigns role
LONDON (AP) — Grant Shapps, one of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s staunchest Cabinet allies, was named U.K. defense secretary on Thursday as Sunak...