ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities detained over 500 May Day demonstrators on Friday for attempting to march in areas declared off-limits. Protests marking International Workers' Day, a national holiday in Turkey, are frequently marred by clashes with authorities, which have declared ...
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A China policy giving Africa's biggest economies tariff-free access to its market for the next two years came into effect Friday while its economic rival the United States seeks to impose new import taxes under President ...
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A little more than a year ago, the government's military was on the back foot in Myanmar 's bloody civil war, pushed out of great swaths of the country's north by an alliance of seasoned militias, and forced into defensive action around the ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government said Thursday that the country is facing an antisemitism emergency and pledged to increase security for Jewish communities after a string of arson attacks and a double stabbing that have sparked fear and anger among ...
By JON GAMBRELL and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader defiantly vowed Thursday to protect the Islamic Republic's nuclear and missile capabilities, which U.S. President Donald Trump has sought to curtail through airstrikes and as part of ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian authorities said Sunday that local elections in a single Gaza community and the Israeli-occupied West Bank were a success and called them a step toward a long-delayed presidential election in the territories and eventual statehood. The Palestinian Authority, ...
