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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The first publicly known cases have emerged of Russian authorities penalizing people under a court ruling that outlawed LGBTQ+ activism as extremism, Russian media and rights groups have reported, with at least three people who displayed rainbow-colored items receiving jail time or fines. The Supreme Court ruling in November banned what the government called the LGBTQ+ …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Monday at the start of his fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, hoping to press ahead with a potential cease-fire deal and postwar planning while tamping down regional tensions. But on all three fronts he …

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than 100 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police have fled their posts and taken shelter in Bangladesh to escape fighting between Myanmar security forces and an ethnic minority army, an official with Bangladesh’s border agency said Monday. It is the first time that Myanmar forces have been known to flee into Bangladesh since an alliance …

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Aya al-Sudani, a bubbly toddler with a toothy smile, will mark her first birthday on Tuesday, but there will be no celebration with cake and presents. The day also marks a dark memory. On Feb. 6, 2023, a massive earthquake hit Syria and Turkey and the baby girl was pulled alive from the rubble of her …

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is holding parliamentary elections this week but many voters are disillusioned and wonder if the balloting can bring any real change in a country mired in political feuding, a seemingly intractable economic crisis and resurgent militancy. Forty-four political parties will compete on Thursday for a share of the 266 seats in the National Assembly, or the …

HARARE, Zimbabue (AP) — Hage Geingob, presidente de Namibia, una de las democracias más estables de África, murió el domingo en un hospital local donde recibía tratamiento, según anunció su oficina. El equipo médico de Geingob en el hospital Lady Pohamba hizo todo lo que pudo para ayudarle, pero el mandatario murió rodeado de su esposa, Monica Geingos, y sus …

PARÍS (AP) — Los parisinos votaron el domingo para sacar las camionetas SUV de las calles de la capital francesa al hacer que estacionarlas sea mucho más caro, la más reciente iniciativa de la alcaldesa socialista Anne Hidalgo para que la ciudad anfitriona de los Juegos Olímpicos de este año sea más ecológica y respetuosa con los peatones y los …

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Tens of thousands of Indonesians flocked to presidential campaign rallies on Saturday to air their concerns over the state of democracy in the country. President Joko Widodo is facing mounting criticism over his lack of neutrality after he threw his support behind frontrunner Prabowo Subianto, who has picked Widodo’s son as his running mate. Widodo has …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Britain struck 36 Houthi targets in Yemen on Saturday in a second wave of assaults meant to further disable Iran-backed groups that have relentlessly attacked American and international interests in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. But Washington once more did not directly target Iran as it tries to find a balance between …

TOKIO (AP) — Un hombre que falleció en un hospital de Japón esta semana dijo a las autoridades antes de morir que era uno de los prófugos más buscados del país y que había evadido la justicia durante casi 50 años por ser integrante de un grupo radical que perpetró ataques con bombas en la década de 1970, informó la …