ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban will shower Kabul with flowers from helicopters to mark the fourth anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan, an official said Thursday. The Taliban seized control of the country on Aug. 15, 2021, weeks before the U.S. and NATO withdrew their forces after a...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials. A jury in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Rossi guilty of a 2008 rape...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation 's capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock....
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Torrential rain battered South Korea 's greater capital region for a second day Thursday, leaving at least one person dead, flooding or damaging hundreds of roads and homes, and forcing more than 1,000 people to evacuate. About 250 to 300 millimeters (7.8 to 11.8...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska on Friday, it will be the latest chapter in the 49th state 's long history with Russia — and with international tensions. Siberian fur traders arrived from across the Bering Sea...
BERLIN (AP) — European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a “constructive” discussion with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday, two days ahead of Trump’s planned meeting in Alaska with Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said. ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president told a top Iranian security official Wednesday that Beirut rejects any foreign intervention in its internal affairs and wants Lebanon to remain stable and secure for the good of its people. Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council,...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Clashes erupted at protests in Serbia between opponents and supporters of the government in an escalation of tensions following more than nine months of persistent demonstrations against populist President Aleksandar Vucic. The skirmishes first started on Tuesday evening...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Heavy rain pounded South Korea’s greater capital region on Wednesday, turning roads into chocolate-colored rivers and disrupting traffic, as authorities issued flood and landslide warnings near water sources and hills. One person was reported as missing in the city of...
CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — Moments after an explosion erupted at a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, company firefighters, local responders and employees raced in to rescue people from the smoldering wreckage. They were able to free one injured worker who was whisked to a hospital. But one more was...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday hinted that ceasefire efforts in Gaza are now focused on a comprehensive deal that would release the remaining hostages all at once, rather than in phases. Arab officials told The Associated Press last week that mediators...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new picture of law enforcement in the nation 's capital began taking shape Tuesday as some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration began arriving. The city 's police and federal officials, projecting cooperation, took the first steps...
