Tel Aviv — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make another trip to the Middle East next week as the U.S. attempts to ramp up support for a cease-fire proposal in the Israel-Hamas war announc
2024-06-07
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Blinken to visit Middle East in effort to rally support for cease-fire
France's intel agency detains Ukrainian-Russian man suspected of planning violent act after he injured himself in explosion
France's domestic intelligence agency has detained a 26-year-old Russian-Ukrainian man on suspicion of planning a violent act after he injured himself in an explosion, prosecutors said on Wednesday. T
2024-06-06
8 dead, dozens hospitalized after drinking bootleg alcohol in Morocco
Eight people in Morocco have died and dozens of others were hospitalized after drinking homemade liquor, the health ministry said on Wednesday."Serious complications from poisoning" led to the death o
2024-06-05
2 new giant pandas are returning to Washington's National Zoo from China
Washington's National Zoo is preparing to welcome a pair of new giant pandasby the end of the year about six months after it sent its three pandas back to China.The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Cons
2024-05-29
7 young elephants found dead in Sri Lanka amid monsoon flooding
Wildlife authorities in Sri Lanka on Sunday found seven carcasses of young elephants believed to have drowned in the biggest single loss of the animals in five years.An official said the onset of the
2024-05-27
Fire at amusement park in western India kills at least 20, police say
A massive fire broke out Saturday in an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, leaving at least 20 people dead, police said.The fire erupted at the park in the city of Rajkot in Gujarat sta
2024-05-25
2 climbers die on Mount Everest, 3 still missing on world's highest mountain: "It is a sad day"
A Kenyan and a Nepali climber have died close to Mount Everest's summit, tourism officials said Thursday, taking this season's toll on the world's highest mountain to at least four. Three mountaineers
2024-05-23
Archaeologists search English crash site of World War II bomber for remains of lost American pilot
In recent months, the U.S. Department of Defense has accounted for dozens of missing airmen killed in combat — and for each of them, there's a harrowing story of the their final moments. One ser
2024-05-21
Gordon Black, U.S. soldier jailed in Russia, pleads guilty to theft, Russian state media say
Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, a U.S. soldier jailed in the Russian city of Vladivostok, has entered a guilty plea to theft charges and is cooperating with investigators in the case, Russia's state-run news
2024-05-16
3 surfers from Australia and the U.S. were killed in Mexico's Baja California. Here's what we know.
Two Australians and an American were doing what they loved on the stunning, largely isolated stretch of Baja California's Pacific coast. Their last images on social media showed them sitting and gazin
2024-05-07
Tensions rise at Columbia protests after deadline to clear encampment passes. Here's where things stand.
Tensions rise at Columbia after deadline to clear encampment passes
2024-04-29
Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power
Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence. Henry presented his
2024-04-25
