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Pakistan’s president and PM approve Asim Munir as military’s first Chief of Defense Forces
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s widely popular army chief was confirmed to the newly created post…
Republican Matt Van Epps is sworn in as the newest House member days after winning election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Matt Van Epps of Tennessee was sworn Thursday as the newest…
CBS News hosting prime-time ‘town hall’ with Erika Kirk, widow of activist Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK (AP) — Turning Point USA leader Erika Kirk will speak about the aftermath…
Police in Spain make 11 arrests over alleged smuggling of 300 foreign workers
MADRID (AP) — Spanish police on Thursday said they had broken up a criminal network…
What to know about the long-running corruption case of former South African president Zuma
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma and his co-accused, the French arms…
Pope Leo XIV’s first full-length US book, ‘Peace Be with You,’ to be released in February
NEW YORK (AP) — The first full-length book by Pope Leo XIV to come out…
Theodor Pištěk, Czech Oscar-winning costume designer, dies at 93
PRAGUE (AP) — Theodor Pištěk, a Czech costume and stage designer and painter who won…
The shooting in DC by an Afghan suspect shouldn’t reflect on all Afghanistan, minister says
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan national charged in the shooting of two U.S. National…
Pakistan allows UN to send relief supplies to Afghanistan through 2 key border crossings
PESHSWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan will allow the United Nations to deliver relief supplies into…
EU’s former chief diplomat quits College of Europe role after being named in fraud probe
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s former foreign policy chief resigned on Thursday as head…
Chinese national named as suspect in Indonesian radioactive contamination probe
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities on Thursday named a Chinese executive of a metal…
Bangladesh tribunal issues arrest warrant against ex-premier Hasina’s son
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh’s capital on Thursday issued an arrest…
Spotify Wrapped 2025 is here and Bad Bunny has dethroned Taylor Swift as most-streamed artist
NEW YORK (AP) — The holiday season is here, and with it, a present for…
Decades-old palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flower for the first – and only – time
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are…
Lithuanian court convicts the leader of a governing party of inciting hatred against Jews
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — A Lithuanian court on Thursday convicted the leader of one of…
What to know about the International Criminal Court as annual meeting lays out challenges
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The mood is grim in The Hague as hundreds of…
Putin calls talks with US on ending the Ukraine war ‘useful’ but also ‘difficult work’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his five-hour talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war…
What to know about Somalia as Trump wants Somalis in the US to leave
U.S. President Donald Trump has called Somali immigrants living in the United States “garbage” and…
Air Force pilot safely ejects before F-16 fighter jet crashes in California desert
TRONA, Calif. (AP) — A fighter jet with the Air Force’s elite Thunderbirds demonstration squadron…
A seal galumphs into a bar. The bartender says ‘Grab the salmon!’
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A seal walked into a bar. Or to use a…
Moldovan police investigate a drone that a resident thought was a toy and took home
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Police in Moldova deployed bomb disposal experts Wednesday to a community…
3 officers and a man have been wounded and a suspect killed in Omaha shootings
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Three Omaha police offers were wounded and a suspect in an…
How 2 killings exposed the depths of cartels’ grip in Mexico’s Michoacan state
APATZINGAN, Mexico (AP) — On a steamy night, a farmer from a village of modest…
Family of Colombian man killed in US strike in the Caribbean files human rights challenge
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The family of a Colombian man has filed the first formal…