COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury resorts, as public anger in the predominantly Muslim nation rises over the war in Gaza. The president’s office said Sunday that the Cabinet decided to change laws to prevent Israeli passport holders from entering the country and…
On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism will trade that next week for the mainland’s solid ground. They go voluntarily — sort…
Russian missiles and drones struck nearly a dozen critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in a major airstrike early on Wednesday, causing serious damage at three Soviet-era thermal power plants, Kyiv officials said. The air force said it shot down 39 of 55 missiles and 20 out of 21 attack drones used in the attack, which…
BELGRADE, Serbia — Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to European ally Serbia on Tuesday falls on a symbolic date: the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade during NATO’s air war over Kosovo. U.S. jets dropped five bombs on the Chinese Embassy compound in the Serbian capital on May 7, 1999, setting it…
NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines — Ruins of a centuries-old town have emerged at a dam parched by drought in the northern Philippines, giving residents a rare spectacle and an extra source of income in a region dependent on rice-growing. Following a prolonged spell with little rain, the dried-up dam has revealed parts of a sunken church…
Share Officers storm UCLA encampment Police officers forcefully enter an encampment set up by pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles this morning. Jae C. Hong / AP Share Some protesters still holding out against police raid at UCLA encampment Almost two hours after California Highway Patrol moved into dismantle the UCLA protest…
LONDON — Gay dating app Grindr is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from hundreds of users who allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third parties without consent, a law firm said on Monday. Austen Hayes, which said the lawsuit is being filed at London’s High Court, said thousands of…
SYDNEY, Australia — Elon Musk said an Australian senator should be jailed and suggested the country’s gun laws were meant to stop resistance against its “fascist government,” escalating his battle over a court order to remove video posts of a bishop being stabbed. After Australia’s federal court told Musk’s platform X to temporarily stop showing…
Polish President Andrzej Duda discussed Ukraine and the Middle East with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a meeting in New York on Wednesday at which the former U.S. president said he was “behind Poland all the way.” Duda, whose term in office expires in 2025, was one of Trump’s preferred international partners during his 2017-2021 presidency…
LONDON — Britain’s Prince William is set to return to official royal duties on Thursday for the first time since his wife Kate, the Princess of Wales, announced she was receiving treatment for cancer. William, the Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, will visit west London and the adjacent county of Surrey to…
