CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Aid organizations fear a new humanitarian crisis in the restive eastern Congo region, where the renowned armed rebel group M23 is in the midst of a new advance that threatens to cut off a major city and leave millions of people struggling for food and medical help.Eastern Congo has
It was the winter of 2021 when Philbert Shorty’s family found his abandoned car stuck in the mud outside the small community of Tsaile near the Arizona-New Mexico state line. “We knew something happened from the get-go,” said his uncle, Ben Shorty. “We couldn’t find any answers.”Family members reported the 44-year-old man missing. And for
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Five Argentines and one Mexican were killed in a car crash on a highway that links beach resorts on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, an accident Mexico’s president described Monday as “ugly, very ugly.”Prosecutors in the coastal state of Quintana Roo said the accident occurred Sunday on the highway between the resorts of
HONG KONG (AP) — Lionel Messi made another conciliatory gesture to fans in Hong Kong and mainland China on Monday by releasing a video on social media to explain why he didn’t play in an exhibition match this month, and insisted that there were no political reasons behind his decision. Messi disappointed fans in Hong
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times was honored Monday with George Polk Awards for Foreign Reporting and Photojournalism for its coverage of the war between Israel and Hamas. Photographers Samar Abu Elouf and Yousef Masoud captured “gripping and unforgettable images” as they chronicled the conflict from its opening hours on Oct. 7 until
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican soldiers killed 12 gunmen in a shootout near the Texas border, authorities said. The security department of the northern border state of Tamaulipas said late Sunday the confrontation took place in the township of Miguel Aleman, across the border from Roma, Texas. The department wrote on its social media accounts
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow has vowed to continue his fight against the Kremlin while authorities denied his mother access to a morgue where his body is believed to be held (Feb 19). Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s widow has vowed to continue his fight against the Kremlin while authorities denied his mother access
The Russian military on Monday morning said its forces had taken control of the Avdiivka coke and chemical plant and had raised a Russian flag on the building. (Feb. 19) The Russian military on Monday morning said its forces had taken control of the Avdiivka coke and chemical plant and had raised a Russian flag
Revelers recreated the Glorious Costume Diving, an event that was once a Rio de Janeiro tradition up to the 1960s, on Sunday, as they enjoyed the last day of the carnival in the city. Revelers recreated the Glorious Costume Diving, an event that was once a Rio de Janeiro tradition up to the 1960s, on
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A tribal clash in Papua New Guinea’s remote highlands in which more than 20 people were shot dead on Sunday has put a growing internal security problem under the microscope in the strategically vital South Pacific island nation that has garnered closer military attention from the United States and China.The rival
