Feral cats have long wandered the gardens and elegant halls of Mexicos' presidential palace. But this week the 19 palace felines made history when the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel …
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By MEGAN JANETSKY
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4/7/24
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Amal Al-Taweel and Rola Sager gave birth in a Gaza hospital on Oct. 7 — the day Hamas militants streamed across the border in a deadly attack that kicked off the war with Israel. The women and …
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By JULIA FRANKEL and WAFAA SHURAFA
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4/7/24
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India's southern Andhra Pradesh state has become a positive example of the benefits of natural farming, a process of using organic matter as fertilizers and pesticides that makes crops more resilient …
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By SHAWN SEBASTIAN and SIBI ARASU
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4/6/24
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Ecuadorian authorities have taken the extraordinarily unusual step of breaking into a foreign embassy to arrest a former vice president facing corruption charges. It's a move that earned the …
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By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GABRIELA MOLINA
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4/6/24
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On Friday night, diplomatic relations between Mexico and Ecuador dramatically imploded after Ecuadorian police burst into Mexico’s embassy in Quito and arrested Jorge Glas, Ecuador’s former vice …
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By MEGAN JANETSKY
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4/6/24
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The world’s oldest man says the secret to his long life is luck, moderation — and fish and chips every Friday. At 111 years old, Englishman John Alfred Tinniswood has been confirmed as the new …
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4/6/24
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A top military commander has renewed Iran’s promise to retaliate after an airstrike earlier this week widely blamed on Israel. The attack destroyed Iran’s consulate in Syria, killing 12 people, …
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4/6/24
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A Virgin Atlantic jet collided with another plane while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries. Virgin said its Boeing 787-9 had completed a flight …
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4/6/24
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CAIRO (AP) — Israel's military said Saturday it had recovered the body of a 47-year-old farmer who was held hostage in Gaza, while negotiators prepared to begin another round of talks on brokering …
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By SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ
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4/6/24
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The Israel-Hamas war has stretched on for half a year and has become one of the most destructive, deadly, and intractable conflicts of the 21st century. Since Hamas’ shocking Oct. 7 cross-border …
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By JULIA FRANKEL
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4/6/24
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Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide against its minority Tutsi as new mass graves are still being discovered across the country in a grim reminder of the scale of the …
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By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA
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4/6/24
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Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday evening the country will break diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito to detain former …
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4/6/24
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The Israeli military says two basic mistakes led to the series of drone strikes that killed seven staffers from the World Central Kitchen charity. The explanation raises a question: If that's the …
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By LEE KEATH
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4/6/24
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It’s the last wish of a dying mother, to see her daughter once more. But six months into Israel’s war, time is running out for Liora Argamani. She has brain cancer and hopes to stay alive long …
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By SAM MEDNICK
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4/6/24
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Rescuers are planning to bring in heavy equipment to try to recover two bodies buried under boulders on a hiking trail, three days after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years. Search and …
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4/6/24
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It was a monumental week for Brazil’s Krenak Indigenous group after decades of being overlooked at best, and at worst, subjugated and tortured. On Tuesday, the Krenak people received a formal …
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By ELÉONORE HUGHES and MAURICIO SAVARESE
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4/5/24
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The Israeli military has dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers on a food-delivery mission. The military says a …
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By JULIA FRANKEL
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4/5/24
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In times of triple-digit inflation, Argentines are used to seeing prices for household goods skyrocket, but even they are shocked by the cost of this season’s must-have item: mosquito repellent. …
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By ISABEL DEBRE
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4/5/24
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The commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard has warned that “our brave men will punish the Zionist regime." He was escalating threats of retaliation Friday against Israel for an …
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By AMIR VAHDAT
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4/5/24
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British lawmakers who may have been targeted in a sexting scam were urged Friday to go to police, after a senior Conservative admitted disclosing the personal phone numbers of some colleagues to an …
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By PAN PYLAS
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4/5/24
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