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South Africa president says persecution of whites a 'false narrative' as Musk repeats genocide claim
Read full article: South Africa president says persecution of whites a 'false narrative' as Musk repeats genocide claimSouth African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the claim that white people are being persecuted in his country is a “completely false narrative.”.
Trump says he'll put a 25% tariff on countries that buy Venezuelan oil, though the US does so itself
Read full article: Trump says he'll put a 25% tariff on countries that buy Venezuelan oil, though the US does so itselfPresident Donald Trump says he will place a 25% tariff on all imports from any country that buys oil or gas from Venezuela.
Congo rebel leader says sanctions, any minerals deal with the US won’t stop fighting in the east
Read full article: Congo rebel leader says sanctions, any minerals deal with the US won’t stop fighting in the eastThe leader of the rebels who captured two key cities in eastern Congo tells The Associated Press that international sanctions and Congo’s proposed minerals deal with the United States in search of peace will not stop the fighting.
Brazil's top court to decide if ex-President Bolsonaro will face charges. What could happen next?
Read full article: Brazil's top court to decide if ex-President Bolsonaro will face charges. What could happen next?A panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court will open proceedings Tuesday to decide whether former President Jair Bolsonaro and several of his associates will stand trial on five counts, including attempting to stage a coup d’etat.
Philippine defense chief calls China's claims in the South China Sea 'the biggest fiction and lie'
Read full article: Philippine defense chief calls China's claims in the South China Sea 'the biggest fiction and lie'The Philippine defense chief has called China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea as “the biggest fiction and lie” that no Southeast Asian country will accept.
Andrew and Tristan Tate check in at police station in Romania, complying with judicial measures
Read full article: Andrew and Tristan Tate check in at police station in Romania, complying with judicial measuresInfluencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate checked in at a police station near Romania's capital on Monday, complying with judicial requirements in the case in which they are charged with human trafficking and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.
Heathrow defends its response as questions grow about why a fire shut the airport for so long
Read full article: Heathrow defends its response as questions grow about why a fire shut the airport for so longHeathrow executives are defending their response to a fire that shut down Europe’s busiest air hub for almost a day.
Thai officials secretly planned to deport Uyghurs while making repeated public denials
Read full article: Thai officials secretly planned to deport Uyghurs while making repeated public denialsTestimony from parliamentary inquiries and other evidence shows that top Thai officials secretly decided to hand a group of Uyghur detainees over to China while denying plans to do so in public, giving the detainees and their advocates no chance to make a last-ditch appeal before they were bundled off and sent back to a country where where U.N. experts say they could face torture or other punishment.
Greenland's leader laments 'mess' as US vice president's wife to visit island coveted by Trump
Read full article: Greenland's leader laments 'mess' as US vice president's wife to visit island coveted by TrumpGreenland's people are bracing for another visit from U.S. President Donald Trump’s inner circle.
US holds separate talks with Russians after meeting Ukrainians to discuss a potential ceasefire
Read full article: US holds separate talks with Russians after meeting Ukrainians to discuss a potential ceasefireU.S. negotiators are working with Russian representatives on a proposed partial ceasefire in Ukraine.
Comedian's jokes about an Indian state leader are being investigated as potential defamation
Read full article: Comedian's jokes about an Indian state leader are being investigated as potential defamationPolice in India’s western city of Mumbai are investigating whether a popular comedian's jokes about a state politician were defamatory.
Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill scores in Gaza as Egypt offers new ceasefire proposal
Read full article: Middle East latest: Israeli strikes kill scores in Gaza as Egypt offers new ceasefire proposalGaza's Health Ministry says Israeli strikes have killed more than 65 Palestinians including women and children.
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting president after impeachment overturned
Read full article: South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo reinstated as acting president after impeachment overturnedSouth Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo has been reinstated as the acting president as the Constitutional Court overturned his impeachment.
A legal showdown looms in Israel as Netanyahu moves to oust top officials
Read full article: A legal showdown looms in Israel as Netanyahu moves to oust top officialsPolitical tensions are surging in Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has moved to fire top security and legal officials.
Expelled South African ambassador returns home and says will wear US sanction as 'badge of dignity'
Read full article: Expelled South African ambassador returns home and says will wear US sanction as 'badge of dignity'The South African ambassador who was expelled from the United States and declared persona non grata by the Trump administration has been welcomed home at an airport by hundreds of supporters who sang songs praising him.
Greenlanders embrace pre-Christian Inuit traditions as a way to proudly reclaim ancestral roots
Read full article: Greenlanders embrace pre-Christian Inuit traditions as a way to proudly reclaim ancestral rootsGreenlanders in recent years have been embracing pre-Christian Inuit traditions like drum dancing or getting Inuit tattoos.
America's European allies are trying to pry their unspent money back from USAID
Read full article: America's European allies are trying to pry their unspent money back from USAIDThree European allies have been pressing the Trump administration to get back money they sent to the United States to help low-income countries.
Turkish court orders Erdogan rival jailed pending trial on corruption charges as protests grow
Read full article: Turkish court orders Erdogan rival jailed pending trial on corruption charges as protests growA court has formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's key rival and ordered him jailed pending trial on corruption charges.
Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel has struck the largest hospital in the territory's south
Read full article: Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel has struck the largest hospital in the territory's southGaza’s Health Ministry says Israel’s military has struck the largest hospital in the territory's south, killing two people and wounding others.
The US lifts bounties on senior Taliban officials, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, says Kabul
Read full article: The US lifts bounties on senior Taliban officials, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, says KabulThe Taliban say the U.S. has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government.
Timeline of Pope Francis' longest hospital stay as he returns home to Vatican
Read full article: Timeline of Pope Francis' longest hospital stay as he returns home to VaticanPope Francis has returned home to the Vatican after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of pneumonia.
Father of the last living American hostage in Gaza hopes Trump can bring his son home
Read full article: Father of the last living American hostage in Gaza hopes Trump can bring his son homeThe father of the last living American hostage being held by Hamas in Gaza is hoping that the Trump administration's negotiators can help bring his son home safely.
Pope Francis to be released from hospital Sunday after 5 weeks fighting life-threatening pneumonia
Read full article: Pope Francis to be released from hospital Sunday after 5 weeks fighting life-threatening pneumoniaPope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, his doctors have said, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs.
Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts mean fewer balloon launches
Read full article: Experts say US weather forecasts will worsen as DOGE cuts mean fewer balloon launchesWith massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations.
Sudan's army says it seized key buildings in Khartoum after retaking the Republican Palace
Read full article: Sudan's army says it seized key buildings in Khartoum after retaking the Republican PalaceSudan’s military has consolidated its grip on Khartoum, retaking more key government buildings a day after it gained control of the capital's Republican Palace from a notorious paramilitary group.
Prosecutors request formal arrest of Istanbul mayor and top challenger to Turkey's Erdogan
Read full article: Prosecutors request formal arrest of Istanbul mayor and top challenger to Turkey's ErdoganProsecutors have requested that detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the top challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, be formally arrested over allegations of corruption and terror links.
3 people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia despite truce talks
Read full article: 3 people killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia despite truce talksUkrainian officials say Russian drones have struck the city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people and wounding 14.
UK government orders probe into Heathrow shutdown that sparked concern over energy resilience
Read full article: UK government orders probe into Heathrow shutdown that sparked concern over energy resilienceThe British government has ordered an investigation into the country's “energy resilience” after an electrical substation fire shut Heathrow Airport for almost a day.
A weak Pope Francis is wielding power and rewriting the narrative of how popes exercise authority
Read full article: A weak Pope Francis is wielding power and rewriting the narrative of how popes exercise authorityOver 12 years, Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome power of the papacy.
Japan, China and South Korea discuss trilateral cooperation
Read full article: Japan, China and South Korea discuss trilateral cooperationForeign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea sought common ground in areas like aging, low birth rates, natural disasters and cultural exchange at a meeting that took place at a time of growing tensions.
A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America
Read full article: A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of AmericaA lawsuit filed by Voice of America reporters, some unions and a press freedom group charged the Trump administration with unlawfully shutting down the news outlet.
Pope Francis advisers say he'll recover from pneumonia and a 'new stage' is opening for him
Read full article: Pope Francis advisers say he'll recover from pneumonia and a 'new stage' is opening for himTwo of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate will open after he is released.
Hegseth to fly to the Philippines and Japan in first visit to Asian treaty allies at odds with China
Read full article: Hegseth to fly to the Philippines and Japan in first visit to Asian treaty allies at odds with ChinaA Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to Asia next week, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against aggression in the disputed South China Sea.
Kosovo ex-president Thaci visits father's tomb after Hague court bars him from attending funeral
Read full article: Kosovo ex-president Thaci visits father's tomb after Hague court bars him from attending funeralKosovo ex-President Hashim Thaci has been released from a court based in the Netherlands to visit the tomb of his father who died last weekend.
A look at some of history's worst air travel disruptions before a fire shut Heathrow
Read full article: A look at some of history's worst air travel disruptions before a fire shut HeathrowA fire that closed London’s Heathrow Airport has sparked one of the most serious disruptions to air travel in years.
What we know about the fire that brought London's Heathrow Airport to a standstill
Read full article: What we know about the fire that brought London's Heathrow Airport to a standstillHundreds of flights to and from London’s Heathrow Airport were canceled after a fire at a nearby substation knocked out power to Europe’s busiest airport.
Thousands rally in Istanbul as Erdogan issues warning against protests over mayor's arrest
Read full article: Thousands rally in Istanbul as Erdogan issues warning against protests over mayor's arrestProtests erupted across multiple Turkish cities denouncing the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul even as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a stern warning that demonstrations would not be tolerated.
Russian drones strike Ukrainian city of Odesa, underlining challenges for even limited truce
Read full article: Russian drones strike Ukrainian city of Odesa, underlining challenges for even limited truceRussian drones have pummeled the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, injuring three people and sparking fires.
Western officials say Russia is behind a campaign of sabotage across Europe. This AP map shows it
Read full article: Western officials say Russia is behind a campaign of sabotage across Europe. This AP map shows itWestern officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago.
The Latest: Heathrow coming back to life hours after fire shut down busy hub
Read full article: The Latest: Heathrow coming back to life hours after fire shut down busy hubHeathrow Airport is stirring back to life, with flights slowly resuming about 18 hours after an inferno at an electrical substation caused a power outage that shuttered Europe’s busiest air travel hub and left 200,00 passengers stranded.
Sudan's military says it has retaken Khartoum's Republican Palace, seat of country's government
Read full article: Sudan's military says it has retaken Khartoum's Republican Palace, seat of country's governmentSudan’s military says it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last heavily guarded bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting.
US senator and Trump supporter Steve Daines is visiting Beijing as tariff fight grows
Read full article: US senator and Trump supporter Steve Daines is visiting Beijing as tariff fight growsU.S. Senator Steve Daines is visiting Beijing as the U.S. and China swap tariff threats and harsh words over each others’ handling of the illegal trade in fentanyl.
Deportees from the US in Panama go embassy to embassy in desperate scramble to seek asylum
Read full article: Deportees from the US in Panama go embassy to embassy in desperate scramble to seek asylumMigrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama are hopping door-to-door at embassies and consulates desperately seeking asylum in any country that would accept them.
World Glacier Day: Trekking the blue ice of Perito Moreno in Argentina
Read full article: World Glacier Day: Trekking the blue ice of Perito Moreno in ArgentinaFriday, March 21 marks the inaugural World Glacier Day, an international observance established by the United Nations to raise awareness about the rapid retreat of glaciers worldwide.
Israel returns to war in Gaza with wider aims and almost no constraints
Read full article: Israel returns to war in Gaza with wider aims and almost no constraintsIsrael’s renewed military offensive in the Gaza Strip threatens to be even deadlier and more destructive than the last, as it pursues wider aims with far fewer constraints.
London's Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe's busiest airport
Read full article: London's Heathrow slowly resumes flights after a fire cut power to Europe's busiest airportA fire at an electrical substation knocked out power to Heathrow Airport for most of Friday, forcing Europe’s busiest hub to shut down for roughly 18 hours, causing widespread cancellations and rerouting headaches, and stranding roughly 200,000 passengers.
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts, prompting alert level to be raised
Read full article: Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts, prompting alert level to be raisedThe Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia has erupted, sending an ash column 26,000 feet high and prompting authorities to expand the danger zone around the volcano.
North Korean leader reaffirms support for Russia's war in Ukraine in talks with top official
Read full article: North Korean leader reaffirms support for Russia's war in Ukraine in talks with top officialNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his unwavering support for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine during a meeting with a top Russian security official in Pyongyang, North Korean state media said Saturday.
Israeli hostage freed after 491 days asks: Where was the United Nations, the Red Cross, the world?
Read full article: Israeli hostage freed after 491 days asks: Where was the United Nations, the Red Cross, the world?Freed Israeli hostage Eli Sharabi has expressed his anger during an appearance at the U.N. Security Council for having to suffer for so long and worry every day about being killed.