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April 24, 2024, 12:40 p.m.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia vetoes a US-Japan resolution calling for the peaceful use of outer space to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race.
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April 24, 2024, 12:15 p.m.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Iran lashed out at Argentina on Wednesday after the South American country sought the arrest of Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi over his alleged involvement in the deadly 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish ...
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April 24, 2024, 12:05 p.m.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A far-right Greek lawmaker has been charged with criminal assault for allegedly punching a colleague on the sidelines of a parliamentary debate Wednesday. “We can indict the perpetrator of this vile and barbaric attack, to charge ...
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April 24, 2024, 11:57 a.m.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Botswana's foreign minister said his country had been approached by the U.K. to take some of what he called their “unwanted immigrants” but declined the request. Lemogang Kwape's comments in a telephone interview with ...
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April 24, 2024, 11:21 a.m.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s 88-year-old King Salman entered the hospital Wednesday for what state media described as “routine examinations.” The state-run Saudi Press Agency did not elaborate other than to say that he would be at King Faisal Specialist ...
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April 24, 2024, 11:07 a.m.
LONDON (AP) — British army veteran Bill Gladden, who survived a glider landing on D-Day and a bullet that tore through his ankle a few days later, wanted to return to France for the 80th anniversary of the invasion so ...
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April 24, 2024, 10:34 a.m.
LONDON (AP) — A teenage girl was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Wednesday after stabbing a student and two teachers at a secondary school in Wales, police said. The three victims were expected to survive their wounds after being ...
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April 24, 2024, 10:18 a.m.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A big, new package of U.S. military aid will help Ukraine avoid defeat in its war with Russia . Winning will still be a long slog. The arms and ammunition in the $61 billion military aid ...
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April 24, 2024, 10:08 a.m.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is set to vote Wednesday on a resolution sponsored by the United States and Japan calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space. It is likely ...
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April 24, 2024, 9:53 a.m.
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Children dead in the English Channel. Morgues full of migrants reaching capacity in Tunisia. Police in Cyprus patrolling off the island nation’s eastern coast to thwart boats loaded with Syrian refugees. With pivotal June elections for ...
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April 24, 2024, 9:47 a.m.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Neighbors Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday pledged to enhance efforts at a “united front” against Afghanistan-based militants, saying their presence poses a serious threat to regional and global security. The countries, which share a long and porous ...
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April 24, 2024, 9:45 a.m.
LONDON (AP) — Five military horses spooked by noise from a building site bolted during routine exercises on Wednesday near Buckingham Palace , threw off four riders and caused chaos as they galloped loose through central London streets and collided ...
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April 24, 2024, 8:54 a.m.
BANGKOK (AP) — Guerrilla fighters from the main ethnic Karen fighting force battling Myanmar’s military government have withdrawn from the eastern border town of Myawaddy two weeks after forcing the army to give up its defense, residents and members of ...
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April 24, 2024, 8:25 a.m.
LONDON (AP) — A suspect was arrested Wednesday after three people were injured in a reported stabbing at a secondary school in Wales, police said. The victims were being treated for injuries at Amman Valley School in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Dyfed-Powys ...
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April 24, 2024, 8:18 a.m.
CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mixed Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for May rose 15.50 cents at $5.8450 a bushel; May corn fell 1.25 cents at $4.40 a bushel; May oats gained 2.25 ...
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April 24, 2024, 7:39 a.m.
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge agreed Wednesday to probe allegations of corruption made against the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez by a private group with a history of filing lawsuits mainly for right-wing causes. The court based ...
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April 24, 2024, 7:12 a.m.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s electoral commission formally declared Prabowo Subianto president-elect in a ceremony on Wednesday, after the country’s highest court rejected challenges to his landslide victory lodged by two losing presidential candidates. Subianto, who is currently defense minister, ...
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April 24, 2024, 7:08 a.m.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s parliamentary speaker said that he would seek criminal charges against a lawmaker who allegedly punched a colleague during a debate on Wednesday. The member of parliament, who hasn't been named, was suspended for 15 days ...
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April 24, 2024, 6:30 a.m.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials on Wednesday expressed thanks for a fresh batch of U.S. military aid that threw Kyiv’s armed forces a lifeline in their more than two-year war with Russia , even though the new supplies aren’t ...
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April 24, 2024, 6:06 a.m.
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Wednesday that Europe must continue to step up its help for Ukraine even after the approval of a big U.S. aid package , but made clear that he's sticking to his refusal ...
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