Yodeling fans in Austria have found an unusual practicing location for their sessions: an underground parking garage in the city of Graz. The garage offers acoustic conditions similar to the Alps. …
Governments across Europe are using subsidies, taxes, and policy changes to help their economies, companies and aggrieved citizens weather an energy crisis caused by wars in Ukraine and the Middle …
Divers in Indonesia have recovered 52 bodies following the capsizing of a ferry in rough seas earlier this month. Officials say 108 people were rescued, but 83 remain missing. The ferry, carrying 243 …
Olena Kalynychenko is among thousands missing after devastating floods hit the Nepal-China border. She was on a spiritual retreat to Mount Kailash with 55 others, mostly from Ukraine. The floods, …
Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming trip to France highlights the country's strict secularism, known as “laïcité.” This approach ensures freedom of belief and requires state neutrality toward religions. …
A month after deadly floods, Nepal's prime minister says the climate-connected catastrophe is a warning to the rest of the world. But given past warnings from the same Himalayans, he wonders if world …
Saudi Arabia's military says it has intercepted six ballistic missiles targeting the country's Red Sea port of Yanbu and the city of Taif. The spokesperson for the Saudi-led coalition fighting …
Powerful Hurricane Polo is sending bands of heavy rain across Mexico’s Pacific coast as Tropical Storm Nolo approaches Hawaii with the potential for catastrophic flooding. Polo was forecast to …
Italy’s conservative government on Thursday has approved a school decree limiting classrooms to 30% of students with insufficient Italian-language skills and banning full-face Islamic veils, …
The Trump administration is considering imposing new restrictions on Cuban officials traveling to the United Nations, another step to squeeze the government in Havana. That is according to U.S. …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Many leaders saying many things about many topics that matter to them, to their regions, to the world: That’s what the U.N. General Assembly invariably produces each …
Police say a former Canadian soldier who opened fire on a police officer outside an Ontario synagogue during Yom Kippur shouted “you’re going to die for the Jews” moments before shooting. …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Competing speeches from Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas commanded attention at the United Nations on Thursday, even though the Palestinian leader wasn't there in person: …
Cardi B adds star power to Milan Fashion Week as she arrives at the Roberto Cavalli runway show. Once she takes her seat next to stylist Kollin Carter, the show begins Thursday. Fausto Puglisi’s …
Argentina’s poverty rate rose sharply in the first half of 2026, marking the first significant setback after more than a year of declines under President Javier Milei. The national statistics …
A far-right activist has been arrested for allegedly slashing a dinghy in the English Channel. A video shows Daniel Thomas, 37, using a knife on an inflatable boat, which was empty of migrants but …
Pakistan says it carried out airstrikes on 10 sites in Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan a day earlier. The attacks were a sharp escalation in their fighting …
Thousands of determined and hungry South Africans descended on a sports stadium in an attempt to break the world record for the biggest cookout. Thursday's record attempt was aiming to better the …
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders gather at the U.N. General Assembly to address wars in Iran, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Congo and Myanmar, along with climate change, inequality, economic turmoil and …
Asian shares are trading mixed, as investors tried to digest the recent swings in oil prices and the U.S. bond market. Benchmarks rose in early Thursday trading in Tokyo, but fell in Sydney, Hong …