MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A military court in Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous state of Puntland sentenced to death six Moroccans believed to be foreign fighters for the Islamic State extremist group in Somalia. The individuals entered Somalia to cause harm to Muslims and Somalis and incite unrest in the country, the presiding judge in the Puntland
ANTALYA, Turkey (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán confirmed Friday that he will visit Donald Trump in Florida next week, and described a possible comeback by the former U.S. president as the “only serious chance” for an end to the war in Ukraine.Addressing a diplomacy forum in Turkey, Orbán also suggested that Trump’s possible
The Venezuelan ruling socialist party has closed Caracas’ main highway for thousands of supporters to march and protest against U.S. “imperialism,” as declared 20 years ago by late president Hugo Chávez. (AP Video: Juan Pablo Arraez) The Venezuelan ruling socialist party has closed Caracas’ main highway for thousands of supporters to march and protest against
The central African nation of Congo is known for its mineral riches. Now the country is looking to expand the oil drilling that so far has taken place only in its far west and off its Atlantic coastline. (AP video: Nqobile Ntshangase/Sebabatso Mosamo) The central African nation of Congo is known for its mineral riches.
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Vice President Han Zheng pledged Friday to provide more opportunities for foreign companies in China as the government tries to restore confidence in the world’s second largest economy.Han told an audience of American business people in Beijing that the government would continue to open up more industries to foreign investment and
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian police were overwhelmed by a series of coordinated violent attacks by gang members across the capital in which four officers were killed, a national police spokesman said Friday.The attacks Thursday in Port-au-Prince were led by gunmen who opened fire on targets including Haiti’s international airport and seized control of two
IRAPUATO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s presidential campaigns officially launched Friday with underdog opposition coalition candidate Xóchitl Gálvez leveraging the country’s ongoing security problems to differentiate herself from Claudia Sheinbaum, the choice of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.Gálvez got the early jump on the campaign, holding an event in the violence-torn central state of Zacatecas just
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court ruled Friday that an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity committed by Venezuelan security forces under President Nicolás Maduro ’s rule during a crackdown on anti-government protests in 2017 may proceed.Appeals panel Presiding Judge Marc Perrin de Brichambaut said that the court “rejects
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian singer who won a Grammy presented by U.S. first lady Jill Biden has been sentenced to more than three years in prison over his anthem supporting the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. Shervin Hajipour posted on Instagram on Friday, the same day that Iran
NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Zigman goes back to the 1940s in composing “Émigré,” an oratorio portraying Jews who fled Nazi Germany for Shanghai.His 90-minute, two-act work, given its U.S. premiere by the New York Philharmonic on Thursday night, evokes a World War II-era sound reminiscent of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.While the oratorio’s
