By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — The head of the U.N. atomic agency on Tuesday emphasized to Japan's government the importance of transparency in its ongoing discharges of treated radioactive wastewater at the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
International ...
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has implemented a controversial citizenship law that has been widely criticized for excluding Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government.
The rules ...
By MOHAMMED JAHJOUH and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — It was a somber scene as Randa Baker and her family sat on the ground in their tent in southern Gaza at sunset Monday for their meal breaking their first day of fasting in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Three ...
By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press
Lagos, NIGERIA (AP) — The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for the continent's rich supplies of oil or critical minerals used in smartphones and electric car batteries, deals that have helped China gain ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's government criticized senior doctors at a major hospital Tuesday for threatening to resign in support of the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital ...
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press
ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE (AP) — The French navy frigate, bristling with weaponry and powering through frigid Norwegian seas not so far from Russia, awoke at 7:30 a.m. sharp to what, in the circumstances, was a surreal sound.
The 1967 " Summer ...
By DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press
MOSCOW (AP) — Russians are finding a few imported staples, like fruit, coffee and olive oil, have shot way up in price. Most global brands have disappeared — or been reincarnated as Russian equivalents under new, Kremlin-friendly ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict warned Israel on Monday that the finding of "clear and convincing information" that some hostages taken by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel were subjected to ...
By HANNA ARHIROVA and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine awoke Monday to another day of war — Russian drones blasted buildings in the Kharkiv and Odesa regions — but also the news it had won its first Oscar.
The best documentary victory for Mstyslav Chernov's ...
BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany's train drivers has called for another strike in a long and bitter dispute with the state-owned main railway operator over working hours and pay, drawing sharp criticism from the country's transport minister.
The GDL union called on drivers ...
PARIS (AP) — Ukraine will need more than a billion dollars to rebuild scientific infrastructure that was damaged or destroyed during two years of Russia's war on its neighbor, the United Nations' cultural and scientific agency said on Monday.
More than 1,443 scientific facilities, many ...
PARIS (AP) — The French government said Monday that several of its services have been targeted by cyberattacks of "unprecedented intensity," and a special crisis center was activated to restore online services.
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's office said in a statement that the attacks ...
By SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of Tibetans in exile marched on the streets of New Delhi on Sunday to commemorate the 65th Tibetan National Uprising Day against China.
Over 300 protesters gathered near India's Parliament House and chanted slogans including ...
By EVENS SANON Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave.
The aircraft flew to the embassy compound, the U.S. Southern Command said, ...
GENEVA (AP) — Five cross-country skiers — including members of the same Swiss family — were found dead along a high Alpine ridge after going missing over the weekend near Switzerland's famed Matterhorn. Swiss police said Monday. Another skier remains missing.
Christian Varone, commander ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — Sweden's national flag was raised at NATO headquarters on Monday, cementing the Nordic country's place as the 32nd member two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine persuaded its reluctant public to seek safety under the alliance's security ...
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Monday marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country's northern coasts. Nearly 20,000 people died, whole towns were wiped out and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was destroyed, creating deep fears ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — French president Emmanuel Macron has announced new legislation to legalize "aid in dying" that will allow adults facing end-of-life illness to take lethal medication, a first in the country.
The move follows last year's report indicating that ...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria is importing massive amounts of beef and lamb to confront an explosion in demand for meat expected throughout the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, hoping to stabilize prices as the country's economy continues to struggle.
The oil-rich North African nation is ...
By ROBERT BADENDIECK and EMRAH GUREL Associated Press
ISTANBUL (AP) — In the heart of Istanbul, on top of the towering minarets that dot the city's skyline, 68-year-old Kahraman Yildiz toils away at a craft that has illuminated the Muslim holy month of Ramadan for generations.
Yildiz, a ...