ISTANBUL (AP) — Women took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence. Women chant slogans during a protest marking International Women's Day in Istanbul, Turkey,...
BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than 1,000, a war monitoring group said Saturday, making it one of the deadliest acts of violence since...
TORONTO (AP) — A dozen people were injured in a shooting at an eastern Toronto pub in what police called a reckless act of violence by three men who entered the bar and fired randomly without warning. Police attend the scene of a shooting at a pub in Toronto, Canada, Saturday, March 8, 2025....
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he rejects a U.S. push for talks between the two countries because they would be aimed at imposing restrictions on Iranian missile range and its influence in the region. In this photo released by an official website of the...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said that it would send a delegation to Qatar on Monday “in an effort to advance the negotiations” around the ceasefire in Gaza , while Hamas reported “positive signals” in talks with Egyptian and Qatari mediators on starting negotiations on the...
ROME (AP) — As he recovers from pneumonia in the hospital, Pope Francis has increasingly handed off his day-to-day responsibilities to cardinals as questions swirl about the near and long-term future of his papacy. Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days, the Vatican said Saturday. But his doctors have decided to keep his prognosis as guarded, meaning that he’s not out of danger yet. Candles and...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in southern India said Saturday that they arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman. Police officials search for the male travelers who were pushed into the canal by three men accused of gang-raping two women, in Koppal...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol was released from prison on Saturday, a day after a Seoul court canceled his arrest to allow him to stand trial for rebellion without being detained. Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol greets his...
NEW YORK (AP) — A total lunar eclipse will flush the moon red Thursday night into Friday morning across the Western Hemisphere. FILE - Light shines from a total lunar eclipse over Santa Monica Beach in Santa Monica, Calif., Wednesday, May 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File) The best views...
Makati City Mayor and senatorial candidate Abby Binay proposed on Friday, March 7, to convert part of the local government's cash aid into maintenance medicines for senior citizens, ensuring they have access to essential medications while allowing the remaining funds for their other needs. Binay...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With his flurry of tariffs , government layoffs , and spending freezes , there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the US economy than to fix it. PRESIDENT Donald Trump walks up the stairs of Air Force One at...
