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Pakistan human rights body says an upcoming election is unlikely to be free and fair
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s independent human rights commission says there is little chance of free and fair…
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s independent human rights commission says there is little chance of free and fair…
Continue ReadingSECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey mayor says buses of migrants bound for New York City have been stopping at the town’s train station in an…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A driver fleeing police in Manhattan sped onto a sidewalk and injured seven pedestrians, including a woman who was pinned under a…
Continue ReadingBABA AHMED Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Chad’s transitional government has appointed a former opposition leader who recently returned…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her young children and injuring a third has made an initial court appearance in London.…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German authorities have detained another suspect in connection with an alleged threat of an attack on the world-famous Cologne…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Berlin say that New Year’s Eve celebrations in the German capital were more peaceful compared to last year despite…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet January often means facing down any overspending from the previous month, which can be a downer. But financial…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — One person has died and 21 people have been severely injured in a fire that broke out at a bar in the southeastern Austrian city of…
Continue ReadingMULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s counterterrorism police said they arrested nearly two dozen members of the outlawed militant group, the…
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A labor court in Bangladesh’s capital sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus…
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine during the early hours of the new year, the Ukrainian air force…
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG, NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being shifted out of the…
Continue ReadingHAWTHORNE, Calif. (AP) — Police in California say a woman was killed and four people were wounded in a Los Angeles County shooting shortly after…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — France’s interior minister says the Olympic host country saw fewer of the car burnings that usually blight the arrival of a new…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include Dan Levy’s directorial debut, the return of NBC’s…
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japan has issued tsunami alerts after a series of strong earthquakes shook western areas. The Japan Meteorological Agency reported a…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s minimum-wage workers have more than just the new year to celebrate. A pay bump kicked in Monday…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A survey of factory managers in China shows manufacturing contracted in December in the…
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis is underscoring how much Iowa means to him, campaigning there into…
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will allow Mississippi officials to move forward with creating a…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his military to “thoroughly annihilate”…
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her young children and injuring a third is under…
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts is turning his focus to the promise and shortcomings of artificial…
Continue ReadingDALLAS, Texas (AP) — Trailblazing former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has died at 88. The nurse from Texas helped bring hundreds of millions of…
Continue ReadingELDORET, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say they are investigating the slaying of three-time Ugandan Olympian Benjamin Kiplagat. A local police…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PAIA, Hawaii (AP) — The Maui Police Department in Hawaii says a surfer died in the hospital after being injured in a shark…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood closed out an up and down 2023 with “Wonka” regaining No. 1 at the box office, strong…
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis is reported to have been charged in connection with the death of his wife, Olympic cyclist…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political party has offered one of the party’s first public apologies for the…
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — A U.N. spokesperson says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has closed an international tribunal that was created to investigate the…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — After lithium-ion batteries burned in a large cargo ship’s hold for a number of days, the U.S.…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shecky Greene, the gifted comic and master improviser who became the consummate Las…
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has announced that she plans to leave the throne to make way for her son, Crown Prince…
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sportsbook director Jay Kornegay is anticipating massive crowds at Westgate’s Las Vegas…
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have detained three more people in connection with a reported…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A California law that bans people from carrying firearms in most public places is taking effect on New Year’s Day, even as a…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — John Pilger, an Australia-born journalist and documentary filmmaker known for his coverage of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, has died,…
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi was re-elected for a second five…
Continue ReadingGREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Police in Greensboro, North Carolina, say an off-duty police officer was shot and killed over the weekend after he…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Two of college football’s most storied programs will meet on New Year’s Day in a playoff semifinal at the Rose…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian state news agencies say President Vladimir Putin has praised Russia’s “united society” in his prerecorded New…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman acknowledges having “dark conversations” about harming himself before he hit “the emergency brake”…
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has taken a helicopter flight to check the flooded regions in…
Continue ReadingBy NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press Over the past three years, the world’s oldest democracy has been tested in ways not seen in decades. Former…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Police say four people died and two others have been injured in a Michigan house explosion that could be heard miles away. The…
Continue ReadingBy LUIGI NAVARRA and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Tributes are being paid on the first anniversary of the death of Pope…
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, BASSEM MROUE and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least…
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A senior Taliban official says security forces in Afghanistan killed a number of Tajik and Pakistani nationals and arrested scores…
Continue ReadingBy BINSAR BAKKARA Associated Press MEDAN, Indonesia (AP) — Some 170 likely Rohingya refugees, mostly hungry and weak women and children, have been…
Continue ReadingIstanbul (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has blamed opposition parties for “exploiting” a dispute between two Turkish football…
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military says it shot down two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired toward a container ship by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the…
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has slammed Taiwan presidential front-runner William Lai as a “destroyer of peace” following a televised debate on…
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean capital, Seoul, received the biggest single-day snowfall recorded in December for more than 40 years on…
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine on Saturday night, after promising that strikes on the Russian border city of…
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and DANIEL KOZIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s an annual end-of-year exercise in futility for many. But a clean…
Continue Readingby The Associated Press Australians and New Zealanders are making final preparations to become among the first nations to ring in 2024 as ongoing…
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s Republican leaders are calling for a short 2024 session focused on…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois will usher in 320 new laws on New Year’s Day. The production or…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has released body camera footage showing a deputy fatally shooting a…
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD VOGEL and SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Southern California’s Ventura County issued a…
Continue ReadingBy DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Cade Cunningham had 30 points and 12 assists as the Detroit Pistons ended their NBA record-tying…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will launch three additional military…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Paula Abdul has filed a lawsuit accusing former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the…
Continue ReadingMEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and Venezuela say they have restarted repatriation flights of Venezuelans migrants in…
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press A fake swatting call was made Friday night to the home of Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows. The Maine…
Continue ReadingBy KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s chancellor is using his New Year’s speech to call on his country’s citizens…
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York police sergeant is believed to have fatally shot his wife and two sons before taking…
Continue ReadingMEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuela says it will continue to deploy nearly 6,000 troops until a British military vessel…
Continue ReadingBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Former Florida quarterback Jalen Kitna is heading to UAB in an attempt to resurrect his football career. Kitna has been…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith is urging a federal appeals court to reject former President Donald…
Continue ReadingBy MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said a large cargo ship with an active fire in its hold is being…
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley finally got her wish to see Iowa…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Court records show that Indianapolis Colts tight end Drew Ogletree was arrested Friday on domestic violence…
Continue ReadingChina will soon ease visa restrictions for people visiting from the United States. Starting Jan. 1, American tourists can visit the country without…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli woman who recently returned from captivity in Gaza says she was groped by her Palestinian kidnapper and lived in…
Continue ReadingJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A powerful earthquake has shaken Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua, but there were no immediate reports of…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Tom Wilkinson, the Oscar-nominated British actor known for his roles in “The Full Monty,” “Michael Clayton” and “The…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — The top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East says…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Consulting firm McKinsey and Co. has agreed to pay $78 million to settle claims from insurers and health care…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Tens of thousands of New Yorkers, tourists and celebrities are expected to pack into Times Square on Sunday for the annual New…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Texas and Washington will meet in the Sugar Bowl for a chance to play in the national championship game. The unbeaten and…
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — The Italian city of Venice has announced new limits on the size of tourist groups. Starting in June, groups will be limited to 25…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat in Poland says Moscow won’t provide any explanations about an unidentified object that briefly…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government says that it is giving the country’s world-famous Vienna Boys Choir 800,000 euros ($884,000) to help it out…
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer The New Year is almost upon us. And as the world prepares to ring in 2024, many are winding down from…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press The tradition of Watch Night services in the United States dates back to Dec. 31, 1862, when many Black Americans gathered in…
Continue ReadingBY AYANNA ALEXANDER and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Activists who engage with voters of color are finding lackluster enthusiasm…
Continue ReadingBY AYANNA ALEXANDER and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Activists who engage with voters of color are finding lackluster enthusiasm…
Continue ReadingLAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani election officials have rejected former Prime Minister Imran Khan as a candidate in the country’s February…
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — An Albanian court has ordered house arrest for former Prime Minister Sali Berisha, who…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes. But industry…
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people have rallied in Serbia’s capital, chanting “Thieves!” and accusing…
Continue ReadingBy SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s presidential candidates have expressed desire for peaceful relations with…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Eurostar services to and from London have been canceled after a tunnel under the River Thames became flooded due to heavy rain,…
Continue ReadingAMSTERDAM (AP) — Climate activists have blocked part of the main highway around Amsterdam near the former headquarters of ING bank. They’re…
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African police spokesperson says flash floods killed 21 people in the small town…
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Two members of Iraqi militia groups have told The Associated Press that…
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian officials say 32 Ukrainian drones were detected over Russia, a day after Moscow’s 18-hour aerial barrage of…
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