ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned away a challenger who sought to reverse his authoritarian-leaning changes, securing five more years to oversee the country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia that plays a key role in NATO.
Russia launched ‘largest drone attack’ on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed
May 28, 2023 GMTKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine's capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia's war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday.
China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, another step in what looks like a new space race
May 29, 2023 GMTBEIJING (AP) — China plans to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, which would be another advance in what's increasingly seen as a new space race.
The U.S. aims to put astronauts back on the lunar surface by the end of 2025.
TOKYO (AP) — North Korea on Monday notified neighboring Japan that it plans to launch a satellite in coming days, which may be an attempt to put Pyongyang's first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit.
Thousands evacuated as Philippines warns of possible flooding, landslides from Typhoon Mawar
May 29, 2023 GMTMANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials began evacuating thousands of villagers, shut down schools and offices and imposed a no-sail ban Monday as Typhoon Mawar approached the country’s northern provinces a week after battering the U.S.
ATHENS (AP) — Newly elected Greek lawmakers were sworn in Sunday but the Parliament in which they sit may be dissolved as early as Monday, ahead of fresh elections on June 25.
Right-wing populist Javier Milei gains support in Argentina by blasting ‘political caste’
May 28, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — He believes selling human organs should be legal, climate change is a “socialist lie,” sex education is a ploy to destroy the family and that the Central Bank should be abolished.
Associated Press (AP) — Christian Jonathan's mother was holding the 9-month-old boy in her arms when she was shot dead during an attack on their village in northwestern Nigeria. The assailants cut off one of Christian's fingers and abandoned him by the side of the road with a bullet wound in his tiny leg.
Migrants with children stuck at Poland’s border wall; activists say Belarus won’t let them turn back
May 29, 2023 GMTWARSAW, Poland (AP) — A group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum, including small children, has been stuck at Poland's border wall with Belarus for three days, Polish human rights activists said Sunday.
CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a fragile cease-fire due to expire Monday, as weeks of fighting reached a stalemate in the capital and elsewhere in the African country.
Europe
Venice police investigate bright green liquid in Grand Canal
Asia
Modi opponents boycott opening of new Indian Parliament; PM says it breaks with colonial past
'He's home': Missing 73 years, Medal of Honor recipient's remains return to Georgia
South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison
China's 1st domestically made passenger plane completes maiden commercial flight
Indian official suspended after he drains reservoir to retrieve phone he dropped while taking selfie
'He's home': Missing 73 years, Medal of Honor recipient's remains return to Georgia
South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison
China's 1st domestically made passenger plane completes maiden commercial flight
Indian official suspended after he drains reservoir to retrieve phone he dropped while taking selfie
'He's home': Missing 73 years, Medal of Honor recipient's remains return to Georgia
South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison
China's 1st domestically made passenger plane completes maiden commercial flight
Indian official suspended after he drains reservoir to retrieve phone he dropped while taking selfie
Latin America
A growing number of LGBTQ+ Russians seek refuge from war, discrimination in Argentina
Farmer-turned-policeman is Mexico's eyes and ears at Popocatepetl volcano
Disgusted by racism targeting soccer's Vinícius, his Brazilian hometown rallies to defend him
Guatemala's top court ends candidacy of leading presidential hopeful 1 month before vote
Pope taps successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, again says he might finally return home to visit
Farmer-turned-policeman is Mexico's eyes and ears at Popocatepetl volcano
Disgusted by racism targeting soccer's Vinícius, his Brazilian hometown rallies to defend him
Guatemala's top court ends candidacy of leading presidential hopeful 1 month before vote
Pope taps successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, again says he might finally return home to visit
Farmer-turned-policeman is Mexico's eyes and ears at Popocatepetl volcano
Disgusted by racism targeting soccer's Vinícius, his Brazilian hometown rallies to defend him
Guatemala's top court ends candidacy of leading presidential hopeful 1 month before vote
Pope taps successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, again says he might finally return home to visit
Middle East
Oman's sultan arrives in Iran for two-day visit, meetings with Iranian president and top officials
EgyptAir flight from Cairo blows tire during landing in Saudi Arabia
Iraq announces plans for $17 billion transportation project linking Asia to Europe
UAE releases Lebanese detainees after death in custody raised allegations of mistreatment
Mass protests against Israeli government's plans to change legal system enter 21st week
EgyptAir flight from Cairo blows tire during landing in Saudi Arabia
Iraq announces plans for $17 billion transportation project linking Asia to Europe
UAE releases Lebanese detainees after death in custody raised allegations of mistreatment
Mass protests against Israeli government's plans to change legal system enter 21st week
EgyptAir flight from Cairo blows tire during landing in Saudi Arabia
Iraq announces plans for $17 billion transportation project linking Asia to Europe
UAE releases Lebanese detainees after death in custody raised allegations of mistreatment
Mass protests against Israeli government's plans to change legal system enter 21st week
Africa
Sudan military ruler seeks removal of UN envoy in letter to UN chief, who is 'shocked' by the demand
Clashes between Senegal's police and supporters of opposition leader leave one dead, others hurt
More than 30 abducted women released in Cameroon; some tortured in captivity
Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict
Rwandan genocide suspect appears in court holding Bible after 22 years on the run
Clashes between Senegal's police and supporters of opposition leader leave one dead, others hurt
More than 30 abducted women released in Cameroon; some tortured in captivity
Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict
Rwandan genocide suspect appears in court holding Bible after 22 years on the run
Clashes between Senegal's police and supporters of opposition leader leave one dead, others hurt
More than 30 abducted women released in Cameroon; some tortured in captivity
Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict
Rwandan genocide suspect appears in court holding Bible after 22 years on the run
Stock market today: Asian markets mostly higher after Biden-McCarthy deal on US debt
May 29, 2023 GMTAsian shares are mostly higher after President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement on a deal to raise the U.S.
Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal to avoid US default and now must sell it to Congress
May 29, 2023 GMTSyrian state media: Suspected Israeli airstrikes target Damascus
May 28, 2023 GMTBEIRUT (AP) (AP) — Airstrikes attributed to Israel targeted Syria's capital city late Sunday, the first such strikes in nearly a month, Syrian state media reported.
Syrian air defenses responded to the strikes in the vicinity of Damascus and shot down some of them, state news agency SANA reported.
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won reelection, according to unofficial results, in a victory that extends his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade as the country reels from high inflation and the aftermath of an earthquake that leveled entire cities.
Ukraine’s Kostyuk booed at French Open after no handshake with Belarus’ Sabalenka because of war
May 28, 2023 GMTPARIS (AP) — Unable to sleep the night before her first-round match at the French Open against Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, the Grand Slam tournament's No.
‘Anatomy of a Fall’ wins Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or; 3rd time female director wins top honor
May 28, 2023 GMTJustine Triet's “Anatomy of a Fall” won the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival in a ceremony Saturday that bestowed the festival's prestigious top prize on an engrossing, rigorously plotted French courtroom drama that puts a marriage on trial.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis resumed regular appointments on Saturday, one day after canceling his schedule due to a fever.
LONDON (AP) — Travelers arriving in the U.K. faced long delays Saturday after a technical problem shut electronic border gates at airports across the country for most of the day, forcing everyone to have their passports checked manually on what was expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Florida man charged with human smuggling after four migrants were found dead last year near the Canadian border has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A passenger who opened an emergency exit door during a flight in South Korea told police that he felt suffocated and tried to get off the plane quickly as it approached landing, reports said Saturday.
Avalanche in northern Pakistan kills 11 members of nomadic tribe
May 27, 2023 GMTGILGIT, Pakistan (AP) — A snowy avalanche in northern Pakistan killed 11 people Saturday, including a 4-year-old boy, and injured 25 from a nomadic tribe as they crossed a mountainous area with their goat herds, police said.
Hong Kong denies knowledge about Uyghur student, slams Amnesty for saying he disappeared at airport
May 27, 2023 GMTHONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong on Saturday criticized rights group Amnesty International’s accusation that a Uyghur student disappeared after being interrogated at the airport, and said that government records showed that he had not entered or been refused entry to the city.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Aides to Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Saturday that his experts have begun analyzing a highly contentious law on Russia’s alleged influence in Poland, ahead of his decision on whether to sign it.
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian antiquities authorities Saturday unveiled ancient workshops and tombs they say were discovered recently at a Pharaonic necropolis just outside the capital Cairo.
The spaces were found in the sprawling necropolis of Saqqara, which is a part of Egypt’s ancient capital of Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
From ashes and debris, iconic Beirut museum reopens 3 years after massive damage from port blast
May 27, 2023 GMTBEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Sursock Museum has reopened to the public, three years after a deadly explosion in Beirut's port — set off by tons of improperly stored chemicals — reduced many of its treasured paintings and collections to ashes.