Thousands took to the streets in Martinique Saturday night in defiance of the government’s ban on demonstrations and curfew, following violent protests last week. Thousands took to the streets in Martinique Saturday night in defiance of the government’s ban on demonstrations and curfew, following violent protests last week. Published [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]
In camps in Deir al-Balah, thousands of displaced Palestinians wait every day for the arrival of food and water. Most of it comes through aid deliveries which have been trickling into Gaza over recent months. (AP video shot by Abed Al-Kareem Hana, Production by Wafaa Shurafa) In camps in Deir al-Balah, thousands of displaced Palestinians
EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales in a street melee Sunday, the second such violent escalation this week as fears grew of further unrest in the Andean nation. The protesters and counterprotesters hurled firecrackers, small dynamite bombs and stones at each other
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As world leaders meeting in the United Nations this week discuss the future of efforts to rein in the gangs strangling Haiti, Haitians are expressing hopelessness that an international response can turn the tide of violence. Thus far, a UN-backed force of 400 police from Kenya and about two dozen Jamaican
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Sunday his country would transform the Tirana-based Bektashi Muslims, an Islamic Sufi order, into a sovereign state to promote moderation, tolerance and peaceful coexistence. Speaking at the United Nations, Rama pointed out that Albania, a tiny Western Balkan country, saved Jewish refugees from the Nazis
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Under extraordinarily tight security, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday visited the Pennsylvania ammunition factory that is producing one of the most critically needed munitions for his country’s fight to fend off Russian ground forces. His visit to the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant kicked off a busy week in the United
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi , continuing a multiday U.S. visit, addressed a cultural celebration on Long Island Sunday, where he praised the United States’ return of nearly 300 antiquities to India and relayed news of his country’s dual win at the Chess Olympiad in Budapest, Hungary, to an enthusiastic crowd.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar rejected accusations by Mexico’s president that the U.S. was partly responsible for a surge in cartel warfare in northern Sinaloa over the weekend. Sinaloa has been eclipsed by violence as two warring factions of the Sinaloa cartel have clashed in the state capital of Culiacan in what
FATIMA, Portugal (AP) — An estimated 180,000 motorcyclists gathered Sunday at the Our Lady of Fatima shrine in central Portugal for the ninth annual Pilgrimage of the Blessing of Helmets. Carlos Cabecinhas, the rector of the Sanctuary of Fatima, said the event has steadily increased in prominence — renowned for its conviviality as well as
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday condemned the slaying of an environmental activist in Honduras, adding to a growing number of international voices that have raised concern over the killing. The environmental leader, Juan López, was gunned down earlier this month in the municipality of Tocoa in rural northern Honduras after spending years
