Bangladesh court sentences Nobel laureate Yunus to 6 months in jail. He denies violating...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A labor court in Bangladesh’s capital Monday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for...
Russia launches record number of drones in Ukraine, and Putin says Moscow will intensify...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones across Ukraine during the early hours of the new year, and Russian President...
Israel is pulling thousands of troops from Gaza as combat focuses on enclave’s main...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being shifted out of the Gaza Strip, the military said Monday, in the first...
3 killed and several wounded in separate shootings early New Year’s Day in Los...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two people were killed and eight others were wounded in a shooting early New Year's Day at a party in...
Olympic host country France sees less New Year’s Eve disorder as it celebrates 2024’s...
PARIS (AP) — France saw fewer of the car burnings that usually blight the arrival of a new year as the Olympic host country...
Japan issues tsunami warnings after a series of very strong earthquakes shook its western...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan issued tsunami alerts and ordered evacuations following a series of earthquakes on Monday that started a fire and trapped people...
The Empire State rings in the new year with a pay bump for minimum-wage...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's minimum-wage workers had more than just the new year to celebrate Monday, with a pay bump kicking in...
Chinese factory activity slows in December in a 3rd straight month of contraction
BANGKOK (AP) — A survey of factory managers in China shows manufacturing contracted in December in the latest sign the world’s second-largest economy remains...
On New Year’s Eve, DeSantis urges crowd to defy odds and help him ‘win...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — To underscore how much Iowa means to Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor was unwilling to put his campaigning...
Judge allows new court in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital, rejecting NAACP request to stop it
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that he will allow Mississippi officials to move forward with creating a state-run court in...