LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, has released a video saying she has completed her chemotherapy treatment for cancer. She announced in March that she had been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer that was detected after abdominal surgery earlier in the year and would begin the treatment. Her updated statement Monday says
SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court convicted two Pakistani religious and political leaders in their absence Monday over calls to their followers to murder anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders , the leader of the Party for Freedom that won last year’s general election in the Netherlands. Wilders has lived under round-the-clock security for nearly 20
LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales , announced Monday that she has completed chemotherapy treatment for cancer and plans to return to some public duties. It comes after a difficult few months for the royals in which both 42-year-old Kate and King Charles III were treated for cancer. Charles, 75, has been easing back
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s repressive control over women and girls in Afghanistan is unparalleled and will jeopardize the country’s future, the U.N. rights chief warned Monday. Volker Türk said new morality laws that ban women’s voices and bare faces in public, along with sweeping bans on education and most jobs , were outrageous and
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s military says the national police director, other high-ranking police officials and a fugitive banker were among nine people killed in a military helicopter crash in a rural part of the country. The cause of the crash on Sunday night is under investigation. It occurred after the banker
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s government ordered temporary controls at all land borders on Monday as a response to irregular migration and to protect the country from extremist threats. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said at a news conference that the government is extending temporary border controls that it already has in place at some of its
The people of East Timor gave Pope Francis a rousing welcome Monday as he arrived in the country to continue his tour of Southeast Asia. The Pope will address government officials and diplomats later after an official welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace. The people of East Timor gave Pope Francis a rousing welcome Monday
Dogs in the Polish military have been awarded the rank of private at a ceremony in Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki. The animals are primarily used for detecting explosives. (AP video: Rafal Niedzielski) Dogs in the Polish military have been awarded the rank of private at a ceremony in Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki. The animals are primarily used
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians have circulated a draft U.N. resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the West Bank within six months. The proposed General Assembly resolution, which was obtained by The Associated Press, follows a ruling by the top United Nations court in July that said Israel’s presence
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Francine formed Monday off the coast of Mexico and was expected to drench the Texas coast with up to a foot (30 centimeters) of rain before coming ashore in Louisiana Wednesday night as a hurricane. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Francine is located about 245 miles (395
