DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s strict abortion law went into effect Monday, immediately prohibiting most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. Iowa’s Republican leaders have been seeking the law for years and gained momentum after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. The
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s police on Monday arrested the deputy chief at a radical Islamist party on the charge of ordering the killing of the chief justice over his alleged support to the minority Ahmadi community , officials said. Zaheerul Hassan Shah was arrested a day after a video went viral on social media
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military said Monday it was holding nine soldiers for questioning following allegations of “substantial abuse” of a detainee at a shadowy facility where Israel has held Palestinian prisoners throughout the war in Gaza . The military did not disclose additional details surrounding the alleged abuse, saying only that
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A diplomatic spat has erupted between Poland and Hungary that lays bare the deep tensions within Europe over how to deal with with Russia when it is waging war on Ukraine . Poland, like Germany, France and most other European nations, is a staunch ally of Ukraine while Hungary’s populist Prime
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece ordered nationwide restrictions for goat and sheep Monday to combat a deadly viral outbreak that is a fresh blow to the domestic livestock industry. Costas Tsiaras, the minister of agriculture and rural development, announced the ban on the commercial slaughter of goats and sheep as well as movement
It’s a tail as old as time. You’re in the right place at the right moment and the next thing you know, you’re living in the White House. That’s what happened to a stray, gray, green-eyed cat named Willow, who turned up at a Joe Biden rally in Pennsylvania in 2020, jumped onstage and left
PARIS (AP) — Eurosport has dropped an Olympic swimming commentator from its Paris coverage for an “inappropriate” comment about women. British journalist Bob Ballard said on air after Australia won the 4×100-meter freestyle relay on Saturday: “Well, the women just finishing up. You know what women are like … hanging around, doing their makeup.” Co-commentator
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Bob Bowman teared up, just as he used to do watching Michael Phelps win Olympic gold medals. This time it was Leon Marchand, Bowman’s latest pupil to shine on the world stage, who pulled off a dominant victory in the 400-meter individual medley in front of a raucous French home crowd
LONDON (AP) — A man was arrested after a reported stabbing in northwest England on Monday in which several people were hurt. Merseyside Police said officers were called at about noon on Monday to an address in Southport, near Liverpool. It said “there are a number of reported casualties” and called it a “major incident.”
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping called for further cooperation with Italy on Monday at a meeting with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, saying the two countries were the ends of the historical Silk Road trade route. Meloni pulled Italy out of China’s Belt and Road Initiative — whose name refers to the ancient
