More than 300 Syrian refugees headed back home in a convoy on Tuesday, leaving two remote northeastern towns in crisis-stricken Lebanon where feelings against refugees have been increasing in recent months. Lebanese officials have long urged the international community to either resettle the refugees in other countries or help them…
A young Thai activist who advocated for reform of the country’s system of monarchy died Tuesday in a prison hospital, officials said. Netiporn Sanesangkhom, 28, was a member of the activist group Thaluwang, known for their bold and aggressive campaigns demanding reform of the monarchy and abolition of the law…
Two teachers greeted them with a smile at the steel door, and down the concrete stairs the mother and daughter clattered, hand in hand, through another blast door and into the bunker for their first day of school. Hundreds of children began lessons this week at Kharkiv's first purpose-built underground…
A second senior Russian defense official was arrested on bribery charges, officials said Tuesday, days after Putin replaced the defense minister in a Cabinet shake-up that fueled expectations of more such purges. Lt. Gen. Yury Kuznetsov, the 55-year-old chief of the Defense Ministry’s main personnel directorate, was arrested in a…
In a joint press conference in Ankara, Turkey on Monday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan defended Hamas, claiming that more than 1,000 members from Gaza are receiving medical treatment in hospitals across Turkey. Erdogan took issue with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis having categorized Hamas as a "terrorist organization." "If you call…
European Union nations endorsed sweeping reforms to the bloc’s failed asylum system on Tuesday as campaigning for Europe-wide elections next month gathers pace, with migration expected to be an important issue.EU government ministers approved 10 legislative parts of The New Pact on Migration and Asylum. It lays out rules for…
The mother of a U.S. Army soldier visiting a girlfriend says to Digital that if she could write a letter to her son, she would say "I love you, I miss you, [and] I hope you get to come home soon." Melody Jones is speaking out as it is approaching…
According to the court, a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years, repeatedly raping her and fathering seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison. The decision was made by the state court in the town of Krems on Monday. The court…
Two miners were killed and one remains missing after a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine early Tuesday in which 12 other miners were hurt, mining authorities said Tuesday. The cave-in happened around 3:30 a.m. some 2,800 feet underground in an area where 15 miners were working, said Rajmund Horst,…
Rescuers on Tuesday searched in rivers and the rubble of devastated villages for bodies, and whenever possible survivors, of the flash floods that hit Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend. Monsoon rains and a landslide of mud and cold lava from Mount Marapi caused rivers to breach their banks. The…
Georgia’s parliament on Tuesday began the third and final reading of a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union.The bill would require media and nongovernmental organizations and other nonprofits to…
Authorities in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia announced a two-day curfew and banned gatherings on Tuesday after violent unrest erupted in the capital of Noumea and other areas. The French Interior Ministry announced that police reinforcements were being sent to the island. The territory’s top official, High Commissioner…
An Australian judge sentenced a former army lawyer to almost six years in prison on Tuesday for leaking classified information to the media that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. David McBride, 60, was sentenced in a court in the capital, Canberra, to five years and eight months…
Conflicts and natural disasters left a record nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, with violence in Sudan, Congo and the driving two-thirds of new movement, a top migration monitoring group said Tuesday.The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center report found that the number of internally displaced people, or…
Hong Kong leader on Tuesday urged foreign governments to respect its overseas-based trade offices after a staff member in its London branch was charged in Britain for allegedly working for the Chinese city's intelligence service. Chief Executive John Lee said his administration had demanded the British government provide an explanation…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination papers in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi on Tuesday surrounded by his party leaders and supporters to formally enter the ongoing election that is essentially a referendum on his decade in power. The 73-year-old leader hopes to retain his seat in…
JERUSALEM – As Israelis mark the 76th anniversary of the country’s founding in 1948, opponents of the Jewish state (anti-Zionists) seek its destruction. Fanatics, particularly on American college campuses, have launched a campaign to deny Jews their national homeland, the state of Israel, and turn the Mideast’s sole democracy into…
A large billboard collapsed onto a group of pedestrians late Monday evening, killing at least 14 people and injuring 74 others, officials said. According to city officials, a 100-foot-tall billboard fell onto a gas station in the suburb of Ghatkopar in Mumbai on Monday evening. At least 47 people were…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ukraine on Tuesday for an unannounced diplomatic trip to reassure the country amid its war with Russia. After arriving in Kyiv, Blinken was expected to meet with senior Ukrainian officials and emphasize the United States’ enduring support for Ukraine, according to the U.S.…
One of Europe's most notorious human smugglers was detained on Monday in the semi-autonomous northern Iraq region, security officials said. The regional government's security agency reported that they had arrested Barzan Majeed, known as "the Scorpion," in the Sulaymaniyah area, upon a request from Interpol and "after the exchange of…
