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Judge pauses Trump administration plans to end temporary legal protections for Venezuelans

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge on Monday paused plans by the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans, a week before they were scheduled t...

Mar 31, 2025

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking office for 5 years, a political earthquake

PARIS (AP) - A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years - a hammer blow to the far-right leader's presidential hopes and ...

Mar 31, 2025

UAE court sentences 3 people to death in killing of Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Zvi Kogan

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced three people to death for the killing of Israeli-Moldovan Zvi Kogan, state media reported Monday. The state-run WAM...

Mar 31, 2025

French court finds far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty in embezzlement case

PARIS (AP) - A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty Monday in an embezzlement case but didn't immediately say what her sentence might be and how it might impact the far-right leader's political fut...

Mar 31, 2025

Israeli military orders evacuation of most of Rafah

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Israeli military has issued sweeping evacuation orders covering most of the southern city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. The orders issued Monday come after Israel en...

Mar 31, 2025

Deaths from devastating earthquake in Myanmar climb past 1,700

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) - The death toll from the earthquake that hit Myanmar has risen to more than 1,700 as more bodies have been pulled from the rubble, the country's military-led government said Mo...

Mar 30, 2025

Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to take case challenging Elon Musk's $1 million payments

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court on Sunday refused to hear a last-minute attempt by the state's Democratic attorney general to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 m...

Mar 30, 2025

Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump's letter

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's president said Sunday that Tehran had rejected direct negotiations with the United States in response to a letter from President Donald Trump over its rapidly...

Mar 30, 2025

5.1 magnitude earthquake hits near Mandalay in Myanmar, the latest in a string of aftershocks

BANGKOK (AP) - A 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Myanmar's second-largest city on Sunday, the USGS said, the latest in a string of aftershocks following Friday's devastating temblor. People in the s...

Mar 30, 2025

Myanmar's earthquake death toll jumps to more than 1,000 as more bodies recovered from the rubble

Bangkok (AP) - The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to more than 1,000 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that colla...

Mar 29, 2025