Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, sits in a car as he heads to a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Kim Sung-min/Yonhap via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lawyers representing South Korea’s impeached president said Thursday he will refuse...
Palestinians struggle for food at a distribution center in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations said Wednesday that it’s ready to ramp up the delivery of desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza following a...
Palestinians celebrate the announcement of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip,...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed on Wednesday to use his country’s presidency of the European Union to push forward with Ukraine’s membership quest as the two sides reported progress in recent days on a major irritant in their relations. Polish Prime Minister...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Wednesday launched a major ballistic and cruise missile attack on regions across Ukraine, targeting energy production and compelling authorities to shut down the power grid in some areas despite freezing winter weather, officials said. The Russian Defense Ministry...
U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. FILE - Pez candy, which contains red dye no. 3, is on display at a store in Lafayette, Calif., March 24, 2023. (AP...
Bangladesh's former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File) DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Wednesday acquitted former...
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — The World Health Organization said Wednesday an outbreak of suspected Marburg disease has killed eight people in a remote part of northern Tanzania. “We are aware of 9 cases so far, including 8 people who have died,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets after the commissioning of INS Surat at a naval dockyard in Mumbai,, India, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) MUMBAI, India (AP) — India's navy on Wednesday simultaneously launched a submarine, a destroyer and a frigate built at a...
An 81-year-old man with a history of epilepsy was saved by a medical team after accidentally swallowing his dentures during an epileptic episode in Peru on Monday, Jan. 6. A surgeon from Sabogal Hospital explained that the patient had experienced pain and breathing difficulties for four...
Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he presides over the Sunday mass at King Baudouin Stadium, in Brussels Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that...
A helicopter drops water while fighting the Auto Fire in Ventura County, Calif., on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) LOS ANGELES (AP) — A beefed-up firefighting force was staged around Los Angeles to attack flare-ups or new blazes and anxious residents prepared for more fire danger...
