KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian and European officials on Wednesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of faking interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no signs of a breakthrough, although negotiations were expected to continue. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Putin should “stop wasting the […]
BEIJING (AP) — China on Wednesday blasted the U.K. government’s latest delay in deciding whether to approve the construction of a huge Chinese Embassy in London. British authorities said Tuesday that a planned decision by Dec. 10 would be pushed back to Jan. 20, following mounting security concerns. “The U.K.’s repeated delay in granting approval […]
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle killed three officers in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said, marking the third such attack in as many days. The blast occurred in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border, police official Sajjad Khan said. He gave […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said Wednesday he’s weighing a possible apology to North Korea over suspicions that his ousted conservative predecessor intentionally sought to raise military tensions between the war-divided rivals in the buildup to his brief martial law declaration in December 2024. Speaking to reporters on the […]
BEIRUT (AP) — Pope arrives at site of 2020 Beirut port blast site that has become symbol of impunity. The Associated Press
VIENNA (AP) — The United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing, alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Experts say these threats from the world’s two largest nuclear powers put pressure on nonproliferation efforts and endanger global peace and security. “Because of other countries’ testing […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces on Tuesday shot and killed two suspected Palestinian assailants wanted in a pair of attacks that wounded three Israelis in the occupied West Bank. It was the latest burst of violence in the territory, where fighting has spiked in recent weeks. The Israeli military said that troops shot and killed […]
TURMUS AYYA, West Bank (AP) — The olive harvest that was marked by violence is complete in the West Bank, but fear still hangs over many Palestinian villages, where residents keep constant watch for armed Israeli settlers. In recent months, the community of Turmus Ayya has endured near-daily incursions by settlers, residents say, including one […]
BATANG TORU, Indonesia (AP) — Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies Tuesday after the death toll from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides surged past 1,200 in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand, with more than 800 people missing. Days of heavy monsoon rains inundated vast areas, leaving thousands stranded and many […]
