By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his "humble, simple and essential'' life, the archbishop who administers the basilica said Friday. Francis, who ...
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Gabon's constitutional court confirmed Friday that Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Gabon's interim president who staged a 2023 coup, won the Central African nation's April 12 presidential election. Oligui Nguema won the election with 58,074 votes, which accounts for ...
By ABBY SEWELL and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria's foreign minister attended a U.N. Security Council briefing Friday after raising his country's new flag at the international body's headquarters. It was the first public appearance by a high-ranking Syrian ...
By SILVIA STELLACI Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — In the streets around the Vatican, where Pope Francis used to make impromptu outings, some of the shopkeepers are mourning the man they knew, not as the leader of a church or head of state, but as an ordinary person. They prayed for ...
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss president says Switzerland is among 15 countries with which the United States plans to conduct "privileged" negotiations to help reach a deal in the wake of sweeping U.S. tariffs on dozens of countries that have shaken global ...
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis' doctor has recounted the pontiff's final moments in a pair of newspaper interviews published Thursday, saying the pope had his eyes open but was unresponsive after being stricken by illness early Monday morning. "He died without ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Friday called his indictment on bribery charges "unjust," accusing prosecutors of abusing their power in what he called a politically motivated investigation. Moon's comments came a ...
OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — The Polish and Israeli presidents joined thousands of Israeli youth and others in an annual march Thursday at the former Auschwitz death camp on Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day. The group included Holocaust survivors and former Israeli hostages who were captured by ...
By SONJA SMITH Associated Press WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — New Namibian President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced Thursday that her government will introduce free higher education at state universities and technical colleges starting next year. Nandi-Ndaitwah, who was sworn in as Namibia's ...
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — The mayor of Amsterdam apologized Thursday for the role the Dutch capital played in the persecution of its Jewish citizens during World War II, saying the government at the time "let its Jewish residents down terribly." Speaking at an event ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean government's fact-finding commission suspended its groundbreaking investigation into the extensive fraud and abuse that tainted the nation's historic foreign adoption program, a decision stemming from internal ...
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected turnout, closing the basilica for just an hour ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestine Liberation Organization on Thursday announced the creation of a vice presidency under 89-year-old leader Mahmoud Abbas, who has not specified a successor. The PLO Central Council's decision came as Abbas seeks greater relevance and a role in postwar ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece have arrested six people on the island of Crete in connection with an alleged antiquities smuggling ring that was attempting to sell dozens of ancient artifacts, police said Thursday. The arrests came after a sting operation on Wednesday, during ...
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Appeals judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday ordered a pretrial panel to reconsider an Israeli appeal against the court's jurisdiction over Gaza and the West Bank. The decision comes amid ongoing litigation ...
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania's main opposition party said Thursday that two of its senior officials were arrested on their way to court to attend the proceedings against their party leader who faces treason charges for calling for reforms ahead of October elections. The opposition ...
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government said Thursday it was lifting sanctions against a dozen Syrian entities, including government departments and media outlets, to help the country rebuild after President Bashar Assad was toppled from power in a lightning ...
By ANDY WONG Associated Press JIUQUAN, China (AP) — A spaceship carrying three astronauts docked Thursday with China's space station in the latest crew rotation, marking a further step in the country's ambitions for a crewed mission to the moon and explore Mars. The Shenzhou 20 spaceship ...
By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's health condition has worsened following bowel surgery nearly two weeks ago, his doctors said Thursday. The medical team at the DF Star Hospital in Brasilia, where Bolsonaro continues to ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain announced a major investment in wind power Thursday as it hosted an international summit on energy security — with Europe and the United States at odds over whether to cut their reliance on fossil fuels. U.K. Prime Minister Keir ...