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Alsu Kurmasheva, an editor for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Tatar-Bashkir service, holds child's drawings during a court hearing in Kazan, Russia on Friday, May 31, 2024. A court in Russia on Friday ordered a detained Russian American journalist to be held until at least Aug. 5, pending investigation and trial, a further step in the Kremlin's crackdown on dissent and free speech. (AP Photo)
Russian court extends the detention of a Russian-US journalist
MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia on Friday ordered a detained Russian American journalist to be held until at least Aug. 5, pending investigation and trial, a further step in the Kremlin’s … more
The Associated Press has obtained rare drone footage of the destroyed ruins of the embattled town of Vovchansk in northeast Ukraine. The footage captures the scene in the town in the Kharkiv region from sunrise to nightfall on 28-29 May. The images in Vovchansk is a haunting repetition of other towns and cities incinerated by Russian forces in their quest to capture the Ukrainian region known as the Donbas.
Rare drone video shows scale of destruction in embattled northeast front line town
VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Smoking piles of rubble and the bombed-out shells of residential buildings are all that remains of the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s northeast, rare drone video … more
Police and firefighters are deployed following an incident on Mannheim's market square, Germany, Friday, May 31, 2024. An assailant with a knife attacked and wounded several people in a square in the southwestern German city of Mannheim on Friday, police said. Police shot at the attacker, who also was hurt. (Rene Priebe/dpa via AP)
Police say several people have been hurt in a stabbing in the German city of Mannheim
Police say an assailant with a knife has attacked and wounded several people in a square in the southwestern German city of Mannheim. Police shot at the attacker, who also was hurt. Police said the … more
CORRECTS DATE - In this image taken from video, drone footage shows the landslide in Yambali village, in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, Monday, May 27, , 2024. Emergency responders say that up to 8,000 people might need to be evacuated as the mass of boulders, earth and splintered trees that crushed the village of Yambali in the nation's mountainous interior on Friday, May 24 becomes increasingly unstable. (Juho Valta/UNDP Papua New Guinea via AP)
Papua New Guinea prime minister visits site of massive landslide estimated to have killed hundreds
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s prime minister on Friday visited the site of a massive landslide that is estimated to have buried hundreds of villagers in the South Pacific island … more
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FILE - Police wait for the arrival of French President Emmanuel Macron at the central police station in Noumea, New Caledonia, Thursday, May 23, 2024. French authorities in New Caledonia regained full control of their Pacific territory's capital, the French interior and overseas minister said on Friday May 31, 2024 after two weeks of unrest that had left seven people dead and significant destruction in the archipelago with decades of tensions between those seeking independence and those loyal to France. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP)
French authorities regain full control of New Caledonia's capital after days of deadly unrest
The French interior minister says French authorities in New Caledonia have regained full control of their Pacific territory’s capital after two weeks of unrest that left seven people dead. Gerald … more
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Firefighters put out a fire an apartment building damaged in the Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, May, 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)
Russian missiles kill 4 people in Kharkiv after Biden OKs a Ukrainian response using U.S. weapons
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The German government says Ukraine can use weapons it delivers against attacks from positions just over the Russian border. The government said in a statement Friday that, … more
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MK Party supporters dance in the middle of the street in Mahlbnathini village in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on Thursday May 30, 2024. MK Party is currently leading in the provincial poll against the ANC, who've held the stronghold in the province for the last 20 years. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
South Africa heading for 'coalition country' as partial election results have ANC falling under 50%
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa was heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time Friday as partial election results put the ruling African Nation Congress … more
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak issues a statement after British and US forces struck Houthi targets in Yemen, at 10 Downing Street, London, Friday May 31, 2024. The U.S. and Britain struck 13 Houthi targets in several locations in Yemen on Thursday in response to a recent surge in attacks by the Iran-backed militia group on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden over the Israel-Hamas war. (Yui Mok/Pool Photo via AP)
Houthi rebels say at least 16 killed, 35 others wounded in joint US-British airstrikes in Yemen
Joint British-U.S. airstrikes targeting Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others. That's according to the rebels' comments Friday. The attack marked the highest … more
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United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak with the media prior to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at the Czernin Palace, in Prague, Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, Pool)
NATO ministers meet in Prague as allies ease restrictions on Ukraine's use of their weapons
PRAGUE (AP) — NATO foreign ministers were meeting in the Czech capital Friday to prepare for this summer’s leaders’ summit as the alliance boosts support for Ukraine and countries one-by-one … more
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Patricia Owtram who was a serving Wren at the time of D-Day, shows a photograph of herself in wartime uniform, at her home in London, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Alied forces during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Pat Owtram used her language skills to listen in on German U-boats during WWII
LONDON (AP) — Pat Owtram didn’t need to go to war. It came to her. As the Nazis took control of Germany and Austria, her father hired Jewish refugees to cook and clean at the family home in … more
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Dorothea Barron who was a serving Wren at the time of D-Day, holds up a photograph of herself in uniform during WWII, at her home near Sawbridgeworth, in England, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Allied forces during World War II. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Dorothea Barron watched over men who tested portable harbors for D-Day
LONDON (AP) — Dorothea Barron got a preview of the D-Day invasion from a watchtower on the coast of Scotland. During the spring and summer of 1943, she and her colleagues kept watch over the … more
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Christian Lamb who was a serving Wren at the time of D-Day, looks through a photograph album at her home in London, Thursday, April 11, 2024. D-Day, took place on June 6, 1944, the invasion of the beaches at Normandy in France by Alied forces during World War II.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Christian Lamb made maps to guide the crews landing crafts at Normandy on D-Day
LONDON (AP) — Working alone in a tiny office in London, Christian Lamb tried to make sure British troops were in exactly the right place when they scrambled onto Normandy's beaches under enemy fire … more
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