US journalist Masha Gessen is convicted in absentia in Russia for criticizing the military
U.S. journalist and author Masha Gessen was convicted in absentia Monday by a Moscow court on charges of spreading false information about the military...
Ukraine needs 25 Patriot air defense systems and more F-16 warplanes, President Zelenskyy says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine needs 25 Patriot air defense systems to fully defend its airspace and protect the entire country from Russian missile...
Thailand is set to roll out a controversial $13.8 billion handout plan in digital...
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's prime minister said Monday that eligible businesses and individuals can register from August for digital cash handouts, a controversial program...
Pakistan’s government accuses ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan of treason, deepening political turmoil
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government plans to file treason charges against imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan for wrongfully dissolving parliament in 2022 and...
Gambia upholds its ban on female genital cutting. Reversing it would have been a...
BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in the West African nation of Gambia on Monday rejected a bill that would have overturned a ban on...
6 firefighters have died battling a bushfire in South Africa after storms batter other...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Six firefighters have died battling a bushfire in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa and another two...
Police arrest a man in Kenya’s capital after dismembered bodies of 9 women are...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya said Monday they have arrested the main suspect after nine dismembered bodies of women were found in...
Two suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels strike ships in the Red Sea
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Two suspected attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted ships in the Red Sea on Monday, as a new...
Man charged with two counts of murder after body parts found in suitcases on...
LONDON (AP) — A 34-year-old Colombian man appeared in a London court on Monday, charged with murdering two men whose remains were found in...
Rwandans vote in presidential election that’s set to extend the 30-year rule of Paul...
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandans are voting Monday in a presidential election that is expected to extend the long rule of President Paul Kagame,...