China gives suspended death sentences to 2 former defense ministers who were accused of bribery
China gives suspended death sentences to 2 former defense ministers who were accused of bribery
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China gives suspended death sentences to 2 former defense ministers accused of bribery
A Chinese military court has given suspended death sentences to former defense ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe for bribery
Nigerian army says it rescued some children abducted from an orphanage last month
Seven children and two women abducted last month in Nigeria have been rescued by troops
Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, officials say
Three Western intelligence officials from different countries have told The Associated Press that a campaign of targeted killings they blame on Russia has ramped up since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Mount Everest season opens late, with climbers undeterred by huge ice block
Hundreds of climbers are attempting to scale Mount Everest despite high costs and an unstable serac on the key trail
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The small Warsaw soccer club AKS Zły is gaining attention in Poland as the country is led by a president who recalls his own days fighting rival fans
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Pakistan warns of strong response to any attack on anniversary of clash with India
Pakistan’s military warns it will respond strongly to any attack as it marks the anniversary of last year’s conflict with India
How one German artist's remembrance stones turn Berlin sidewalks into Holocaust memorials
German artist Gunter Demnig has installed small Holocaust memorial stones in Berlin for 30 years
Airliner carrying women and children linked to Islamic State group land in Australia
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Paraguay’s president visits Taiwan as pressure from China grows
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Airliners carrying women and children linked to Islamic State group land in Australia
Airliners carrying Australian women and children with alleged ties to the Islamic State group have landed in Australia
Russia says Ukraine launched a major drone attack after Moscow shunned ceasefire offer
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Rubio faces challenge in Pope Leo meeting after Trump's criticism over Iran
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is heading to the Vatican and Italy on a fence-mending visit after President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran have alienated those allies
Polls open in UK local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer's leadership
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China says ties with US remain stable ahead of Trump visit despite ‘disruptions’
China's top diplomat says ties with the U.S. remain generally stable despite many challenges
Kenyan politicians trade accusations of 'goonism' as violence rises ahead of election
Kenya's political word of the moment is “goonism," used to describe gang-related political violence
South Korean court reduces prison sentence for ex-prime minister in martial law case
An appeals court has reduced to 15 years the prison sentence of a former prime minister over his involvement in then President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law in late 2024
Russia is ramping up its attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say
Three Western intelligence officials from different countries have told The Associated Press that a campaign of targeted killings they blame on Russia has ramped up since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine
Southeast Asian leaders will reaffirm core values in veiled Mideast war rebuke
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Congo's president warns next elections can't take place unless conflict is resolved
Congo’s president says the African nation won't be able to hold elections after his term ends in two years unless the conflict that has gripped the country’s east is resolved
Congo's president warns next elections can't take place unless the conflict in the east is resolved
Congo’s president says the African nation won't be able to hold elections after his term ends in two years unless the conflict that has gripped the country’s east is resolved
Militants ambush fruit trucks on the road to Bamako as a blockade of Mali's capital persists
Militants have ambushed a convoy of trucks heading to Mali’s blockaded capital of Bamako
Central African Republic opposition leader denounces seizure of his passport
Central African Republic’s former prime minister and major opposition figure, Anicet Georges Dologuélé, criticized the confiscation of his diplomatic passport as an abuse of power
Hungary returns a seized cash and gold shipment worth $82 million to Ukraine
Hungary has returned a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold worth $82 million to Ukraine's state Oschadbank
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey
Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to figure out if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise
French carrier group moves south of Suez ahead of conditional UK-French Hormuz mission
The French armed forces say that France’s aircraft carrier strike group is moving south of the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea in preparation for a potential future mission as part of a French-British plan for the Strait of Hormuz
Sweden detains sanctioned oil tanker believed to be linked to Russia's shadow fleet
Sweden's coast guard has detained a tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet.”
Family fears for jailed Iranian Nobel Peace laureate's life if she's not moved to a Tehran hospital
Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is in critical condition in an Iranian hospital
EU auditors sound alarm over billions in COVID recovery funds that can’t be clearly traced
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