Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday hosted Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to the Kremlin by an EU leader since Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico shake hands during...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people streamed into a central square in Serbia's capital on Sunday for a rally against populist President Aleksandar Vucic and his government, whose tight grip on power has been challenged by weeks of street protests led by university students. People...
President Joe Biden (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government protested Sunday the latest American announcements of military sales and assistance to Taiwan, warning the United States that it is "playing with fire." U.S. President Joe Biden authorized...
Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he exchanges season greetings with Vatican employees, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is suffering from a cold and will deliver his Sunday blessing from indoors, the...
Citizens pay tribute to deaths outside St. John's Church near a Christmas Market, where a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening, in Magdeburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noorozi) MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Germans on Saturday mourned both the victims and their shaken...
People play in the water at Ulee Lheue beach which was one of the areas hardest hit by Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her...
The Capitol is pictured in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed legislation early Saturday to boost Social Security payments for millions of people, pushing a longtime priority for former public employees through Congress in one of...
In this photo released by South Korean President Office via Yonhap, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks at the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 14, 2024. (South Korean Presidential Office/Yonhap via AP, File) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP, File) TORONTO (AP) — Embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his Cabinet Friday. The prime minister's office confirmed late Thursday that Trudeau will participate in the swearing-in...
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, speaks with European Council President Antonio Costa as they arrive for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders insisted...
Palestinians carry U.N.-donated flour in Khan Younis, central Gaza Strip, on Saturday Dec. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File) CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas appear closer than they have been in months to agreeing to a ceasefire that could wind down the 14-month war in Gaza and...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma man who killed a 10-year-old girl in a cannibalistic fantasy died by lethal injection Thursday in the nation’s 25th and final execution of the year. FILE - Kevin Ray Underwood arrives in the courtroom for his formal sentencing in Purcell, Okla., on April 3,...
