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Sep 27, 20242 min read
Haiti's top official grateful for Americans' solidarity with migrants in Springfield, Ohio
UNITED NATIONS - The head of Haiti's transition council, Edgard Leblanc, told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday that he was...


Sep 27, 20242 min read
Palestinian President Abbas urges UN to stop the war in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday to stop the war in the Gaza Strip...


Sep 27, 20242 min read
Japanese man acquitted of 1966 murders after 45 years on death row
TOKYO - A Japanese man said to have spent the world's longest time on death row was acquitted of murder on Thursday, his legal team said,...


Sep 27, 20242 min read
Kenyan school blaze victims mourned at mass funeral
NYERI, Kenya - Grieving relatives and former classmates bid a solemn farewell on Thursday to 21 children who died in a boarding school...


Sep 27, 20241 min read
Polish zoo seeks name for newborn deer of tiny endangered species
WARSAW - Warsaw Zoo is seeking suggestions to name a female baby southern pudu, the second smallest deer species in the world, after its...


Sep 27, 20242 min read
Pope Francis tells wealthy Luxembourg to help developing countries
LUXEMBOURG - Pope Francis on Thursday called on leaders in Luxembourg - a small nation with a thriving economy and the highest density of...


Sep 27, 20242 min read
Hong Kong court jails former editor for sedition, releases another on health grounds
HONG KONG - A Hong Kong court on Thursday night sentenced a former editor to jail for 21 months and immediately released another after...


Sep 27, 20242 min read
Fighting rages as some Gazans voice hope at renewed ceasefire calls
CAIRO - An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced families in the northern Gaza Strip killed at least 14 people on Thursday,...


Sep 27, 20244 min read
Factbox-How many nuclear weapons does Russia have and who controls them?
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin has warned the West that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles,...


Sep 27, 20242 min read
South Korea offers incentives, adoptions ahead of ban on farming dogs for food
SEOUL - South Korea will help rehome almost half a million dogs bred for food and give dog farmers subsidies and incentives to help them...


Sep 27, 20242 min read
Factbox-What are countries doing to get nationals out of Lebanon?
NICOSIA - A sharp escalation in border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has sent Western nations scrambling to update...


Sep 27, 20244 min read
Factbox-Democrats, Republicans battle over election rules in Harris-Trump face off
WASHINGTON - The U.S. presidential contest between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump features an array of legal battles...
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