Congo's army says a suspected extremist attack at a church in the country's east killed at least 10 people and wounded more than three dozen. A military spokesperson told The Associated Press on …
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By JUSTIN KABUMBA and AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO
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1/15/23
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Most people think of “carpaccio” as the thinly sliced raw beef appetizer made famous by Venice’s iconic Harry’s Bar. Few people know that the dish is named for Renaissance painter Vittore …
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By TRISHA THOMAS
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1/15/23
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Somalia has launched what is being called the most significant military offensive against the al-Shabab extremist group in more than a decade. And this time, Somali fighters are in the lead. Citizens …
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By OMAR FARUK
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1/15/23
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In a Ukrainian hospital ward for wounded soldiers, where daylight barely penetrates, a father talks to his injured son for hours. Serhii Shumei feels that caring for his son, Vitalii, is his …
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By HANNA ARHIROVA
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1/15/23
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has received an honor guard welcome on a trip to the United Arab Emirates. The UAE is where Seoul hopes to expand its military sales while finishing its …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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1/15/23
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A passenger plane with 72 people on board has crashed near Pokhara International Airport in Nepal, the daily newspaper Kathmandu Post reports. The plane was carrying 68 passengers and four crew …
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1/15/23
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The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections. That comes after the government announced nearly 60,000 virus-related deaths …
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1/15/23
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Prince Harry has said he had enough material for two memoirs. But Harry said in an interview published in British newspaper The Telegraph on Saturday that he held back because he didn't think his …
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1/14/23
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Egyptian authorities say archaeologists have unearthed an ancient tomb in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, known for its treasures dating back to the pharaohs. Mostafa Waziri, the …
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1/14/23
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China has reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints it was failing to release data about the status of the pandemic. An official says the …
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By JOE McDONALD
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1/14/23
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The Australian cardinal who decried the papacy of Pope Francis as a “catastrophe” is receiving tributes, including from the pontiff himself, at his funeral in St. Peter's Basilica. Cardinal …
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1/14/23
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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. will provide Challenger 2 tanks and other artillery systems to support Ukraine. Sunak’s Downing Street office said in a statement Saturday that he …
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By HANNA ARHIROVA
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1/14/23
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Western officials say violence against civilians in Mali has risen in the year since hundreds of Russian mercenaries have started working alongside the West African country's armed forces to stem a …
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By SAM MEDNICK
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1/14/23
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Iran says it has executed a dual Iranian-British national who once worked for its defense ministry, despite an international outcry over his death sentence and those of others held amid nationwide …
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1/14/23
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Brazil’s Supreme Court has agreed to investigate whether former president Jair Bolsonaro incited the far-right mob that ransacked the country’s Congress, top court and presidential offices, a …
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By DAVID BILLER and CARLA BRIDI
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1/14/23
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claimed Friday that its forces captured the fiercely contested salt-mining town of Soledar in what would mark a rare victory for the Kremlin after a series of setbacks …
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By ANDREW MELDRUM
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1/13/23
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A high-ranking Brazilian security official who flew to the U.S. just before a riot that some some have called an attempted coup must return within three days or his country willl request his …
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By DAVID BILLER and CARLA BRIDI
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1/13/23
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MONTREAL (AP) — A Russian tribunal found figure skater Kamila Valieva bore “no fault or negligence” in a doping case that rocked last year's Winter Olympics, the World Anti-Doping Agency said …
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1/13/23
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The Israeli military arrested and interrogated hundreds of Palestinian teenagers in 2022 in the occupied West Bank without ever issuing a summons or notifying their families. That's according to an …
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By ISABEL DEBRE
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1/13/23
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The horde of rioters who invaded government buildings on Jan. 8 in an attack on Brazil’s democracy left behind a trail of destruction whose full scope is only now coming into full view. Following a …
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By MARIO LOBAO and DAVID BILLER
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1/12/23
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