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A South Korean court issues arrest warrant for ex-defense minister over martial law imposition

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for the former defense minister in connection with last week's martial law imposition. The Seoul Central District Court said...

Dec 10, 2024

France flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal

PARIS (AP) - France flew out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad on Tuesday, signaling the beginning of the withdrawal of its military forces from the former French colony in Central ...

Dec 10, 2024

Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start 'in the winter,' Poland's leader Tusk says

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that negotiations over the war in neighboring Ukraine could start "in the winter," as his country prepares to take over the rotat...

Dec 10, 2024

Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start 'in the winter,' Poland's leader Tusk says

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that negotiations over the war in neighboring Ukraine could start "in winter," as his country prepares to take over the rotating ...

Dec 10, 2024

Israel's Netanyahu takes the stand in long-running corruption trial

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption, setting off what's expected to be a weekslong spectacle th...

Dec 10, 2024

Mass evacuation of Philippine towns underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas and deb...

Dec 09, 2024

Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas a...

Dec 09, 2024

Polygamous sect leader gets 50 years in prison in scheme to orchestrate sex involving children

PHOENIX (AP) - A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual "wives" including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years...

Dec 09, 2024

6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Six Guatemalans are charged with human smuggling linked to a semi-trailer truck crash in Mexico in 2021 that killed more than 50 migrants and were arrested in Guatemala and Texas ...

Dec 09, 2024

Ghana's ex-leader is declared the winner of the presidential election

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Ghana's former leader John Dramani Mahama was officially declared the winner of the presidential election on Monday evening, after voters vented anger at the government's handling ...

Dec 09, 2024