LONDON (AP) — A World War II-era plane flew Saturday over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore to honor of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's health workers by walking laps in his backyard.
MILAN (AP) — Officials at the Pompeii archaeological site in Italy announced Saturday the discovery of an intact ceremonial chariot, one of several important discoveries made in the same area outside the park near Naples following an investigation into an illegal dig.
MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of people streamed to a Moscow bridge overlooking the Kremlin on Saturday to lay flowers and mark the sixth anniversary of the killing of Boris Nemtsov, a top Russian opposition figure.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has summoned its ambassador to Cuba to return to Brussels to explain himself after he reportedly signed an appeal asking U.S. President Joe Biden to lift sanctions against Cuba and begin normalizing ties with the country.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An explosion in a Ukrainian hospital ward where COVID-19 patients are being treated has killed one person and injured another, authorities said Saturday.
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Police in Myanmar escalated their crackdown on demonstrators against this month’s military takeover, deploying early and in force on Saturday as protesters sought to assemble in the country's two biggest cities and elsewhere.
En esta imagen del 9 de febrero de 2020, el presidente de El Salvador Nayib Bukele, acompañado de miembros de las fuerzas armadas, habla con sus simpatizantes a las afueras del Congreso en San Salvador. El paĂs centroamericano celebra elecciones legislativas y municipales el domingo 28 de fe…
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Attackers struck a gas pipeline in eastern Syria on Saturday, leaving it ablaze but causing no casualties, state news agency SANA reported, the latest incidence of sabotage against Syria’s oil and gas infrastructure.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s impoverished southeast experienced wide disruptions of internet service over the past week, internet experts said Saturday, as unrest gripped the remote province after fatal border shootings.
FotografĂa de archivo del 27 de octubre de 2020 de rescatistas y policĂas en el sitio donde explotĂł una bomba en un seminario islámico en Peshawar, Pakistán.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Militant attacks are on the rise in Pakistan amid a growing religiosity that has brought greater intolerance, prompting one expert to voice concern the country could be overwhelmed by religious extremism.
Monjes budistas muestran carteles durante una manifestaciĂłn en contra del golpe de Estado militar, en Mandalay, Myanmar, el 27 de febrero de 2021.
Agentes de policĂa forman una fila para bloquear una calle principal en Mandalay, Myanmar, el 27 de febrero de 2021.
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani counterterrorism police and secret service officials raided a militant hideout Saturday, killing two militants accused of involvement in attacks on security forces, an official said.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — An official says 42 people including 27 students who were abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Disease Control and Prevention Agency has allowed health workers to squeeze extra doses from vials of coronavirus vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and Pfizer.
BERLIN (AP) — Pollina Dinner returned to school in Berlin for the first time this week after two months of lockdown. The 9-year-old third-grader was thrilled to see her classmates and teachers again but frets about the coronavirus pandemic's effect on her life.
ARCHIVO - Lady Gaga canta el himno nacional en la ceremonia de investidura del presidente Joe Biden, en el Capitolio estadounidense, en Washington, el 20 de enero de 2021.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador strongly opposed the military coup in his country and appealed for the “strongest possible action from the international community” to immediately restore democracy, in a dramatic speech to the U.N. General Assembly Friday that drew loud applau…
ARCHIVO - En esta fotografĂa de archivo del 25 de enero de 2021, el recluso Arnel Joseph es conducido de regreso a la PenitenciarĂa Nacional despuĂ©s de que compareciera esposado ante un juez en Puerto PrĂncipe.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The processing of asylum seekers waiting to enter the United States expanded to a third border crossing Friday, even as nongovernmental organizations called for more effort to protect the thousands still in Mexican border cities.
Una familia de migrantes cruza la frontera entre México y Estados Unidos el viernes 26 de febrero de 2021 para ingresar a El Paso, Texas, en Ciudad Juárez, México.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An explosion struck an Israeli-owned cargo ship sailing out of the Middle East on Friday, an unexplained blast renewing concerns about ship security in the region amid escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran.
A woman hangs undergarments stained red as part of a protest against allegations of abuse of minors in government-run homes in Panama City, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.
Activistas por los derechos del niño y estudiantes universitarios protestan contra las acusaciones de abuso de menores en hogares administrados por el gobierno en Ciudad de Panamá, el viernes 26 de febrero de 2021.
Activistas por los derechos del niño y estudiantes universitarios protestan contra las acusaciones de abuso de menores en hogares administrados por el gobierno en Ciudad de Panamá, el viernes 26 de febrero de 2021.
TOKYO (AP) — SoftBank Group Corp. has reached a settlement in a U.S. legal dispute with directors of office space-sharing venture WeWork Inc. and its founder Adam Neumann, the Japanese technology company said Saturday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that Iran should view his decision to authorize U.S. airstrikes in Syria as a warning that it can expect consequences for its support of militia groups that threaten U.S. interests or personnel.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian authorities announced Friday that more than 400 inmates escaped and 25 people died in a prison breakout, making it the country's largest and deadliest one in a decade, with the prison director and a powerful gang leader among those killed.
A choppy day on Wall Street ended with stocks mostly lower Friday, helping push the S&P 500 to its second straight weekly loss.
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the latest in a series of mass kidnappings of students in the West African nation.
An elderly man receives Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a sports hall in Ricany, Czech Republic, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. With new infections soaring due to a highly contagious coronavirus variant and hospitals filling up, one of the hardest-hit countries in the European Union is facing inevitable…
PRAGUE (AP) — With new infections soaring due to a highly contagious coronavirus variant and hospitals filling up, one of the hardest-hit countries in the European Union is facing the inevitable: the tightest lockdown since the start of the pandemic.
Elderly residents sit and wait after receiving Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a sports hall in Ricany, Czech Republic, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. With new infections soaring due to a highly contagious coronavirus variant and hospitals filling up, one of the hardest-hit countries in the European Uni…
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian regulators on Friday authorized AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine for all adults.
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Protesters took to the streets of Algiers and other cities around Algeria Friday in a bid to restart weekly pro-democracy demonstrations.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday demanding that all warring parties immediately institute a “sustained humanitarian pause” to enable the unhindered delivery of COVID-19 vaccines and the vaccination of millions of people in conflict areas.
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Political tensions in Armenia remained high Friday, a day after the prime minister accused top military officers who demanded his resignation of an attempted coup.
ROME (AP) — A U.N. investigation into the attack on a humanitarian convoy in Congo that killed the Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and driver will look into whether the long-planned mission's security protocols were followed and whether information might have leaked to the unknown gunmen i…
La editora de The Associated Press Anna Jo Bratton posa para una fotografĂa en Phoenix, Arizona, el jueves 25 de febrero de 2021. La AP ha nombrado a Bratton como editora de reportajes para EEUU en el Equipo de Reportajes Globales de la cooperativa de noticias.
LONDON (AP) — Former Scottish leader Alex Salmond on Friday criticized the government of his successor and one-time friend for undermining democratic principles and the rule of law, in the latest episode of a political tug of war that threatens to tear apart Scotland’s independence movement.
Un médico realiza una terapia de ventosas en un paciente de COVID-19 en recuperación en un centro de salud administrado por el gobierno en el barrio Coche de Caracas, Venezuela, el jueves 25 de febrero de 2021.
Un médico realiza terapia de acupuntura en un paciente de COVID-19 en recuperación en un centro de salud administrado por el gobierno en el barrio Coche de Caracas, Venezuela, el jueves 25 de febrero de 2021.
Un médico realiza terapia de acupuntura en un paciente de COVID-19 en recuperación en un centro de salud administrado por el gobierno en el barrio Coche de Caracas, Venezuela, el jueves 25 de febrero de 2021.
Un médico realiza terapia de acupuntura en una paciente de COVID-19 en recuperación en un centro de salud administrado por el gobierno en el barrio Coche de Caracas, Venezuela, el jueves 25 de febrero de 2021.
Trabajadores de la salud ayudan a recuperarse a pacientes que tuvieron COVID-19 en el centro de salud administrado por el gobierno en el barrio Coche de Caracas, Venezuela, el jueves 25 de febrero de 2021.
Un quiropráctico atiende a un paciente de COVID-19 en recuperación en un centro de salud administrado por el gobierno en el barrio Coche de Caracas, Venezuela, el jueves 25 de febrero de 2021.
Un médico atiende a una paciente de COVID-19 en recuperación en un centro de salud administrado por el gobierno en el barrio Coche de Caracas, Venezuela, el jueves 25 de febrero de 2021.
Un médico enseña ejercicios de respiración a un paciente de COVID-19 en recuperación en un centro de salud administrado por el gobierno en el barrio Coche de Caracas, Venezuela, el jueves 25 de febrero de 2021.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces fired live ammunition into a crowd of anti-government protesters on Friday in southern Iraq, killing three people, a human rights monitor said.
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