Nation and World
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Dozens of Israeli air force vets threaten not to serve after Netanyahu resumes judicial overhaul
Jun 28, 2023 1:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel - Dozens of Israeli air force reservists said Wednesday they'll refuse to show up for duty if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government ...
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Ukraine accuses local man of directing missile strike that killed 10 at popular pizza restaurant
Jun 28, 2023 1:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man they accused of helping Russia direct a missile strike that killed at least 11 people, including three ...
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London jury seated in Kevin Spacey sex assault trial on allegations over a decade old
Jun 28, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - Jurors who will decide the fate of actor Kevin Spacey were sworn in Wednesday in a London court as the Oscar winner faces charges of sexually assaulting four me...
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Muslims at Hajj pilgrimage brave intense heat to cast stones at pillars representing the devil
Jun 28, 2023 1:00 am - MINA, Saudi Arabia - Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims on Wednesday braved intense heat to perform the symbolic stoning of the devil during the Hajj pilgrimage in...
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Recruitment of children by armed groups in Syria is on the rise, even as fighting subsides
Jun 28, 2023 1:00 am - QAMISHLI, Syria - A 13-year-old Kurdish girl went missing on her way home from a school exam last month, after being approached by a man from an armed group. Her parents...
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France heightens security after unrest prompted by police shooting of 17-year-old
Jun 28, 2023 1:00 am - NANTERRE, France - France's government on Wednesday announced heightened police presence around Paris and other big cities and called for calm after scattered violence e...
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Is it a 'richcession'? Or a 'rolling recession'? Or maybe no recession at all?
Jun 28, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The warnings have been sounded for more than a year: A recession is going to hit the United States. If not this quarter, then by next quarter. Or the q...
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Activist detained in Hong Kong begins final appeal for recognition of his overseas same-sex marriage
Jun 28, 2023 1:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - An activist detained in Hong Kong began his final appeal Wednesday seeking recognition for his same-sex marriage registered overseas, in a landmark case...
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Prigozhin has moved to Belarus, and Russia won't press charges for mutiny
Jun 27, 2023 1:00 am - Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of the private army of prison recruits and other mercenaries who have fought some of the deadliest battles in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, esca...
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The reason U.S. response to the Russia rebellion has been decidedly cautious
Jun 27, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - On the surface, the turmoil in Russia would seem like something for the U.S. to celebrate: a powerful mercenary group engaging in a short-lived clash with R...