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By The Associated Press Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter, and expressed “extreme concern” over the U.S. potentially providing Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. Kyiv regional Gov. Mykola Kalashnyk said two employees of Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK were wounded in Russian

By SARAH TETAUD and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar’s president said Sunday that an attempted coup was underway in the Indian Ocean country, just a day after members of an elite army unit joined youth-led protests against the government and called for the president to step down. President Andry Rajoelina’s office

By SAMY MAGDY, SARAH EL DEEB and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel said Sunday it expected all living hostages held in Gaza to be released Monday in its breakthrough ceasefire deal with Hamas, as Palestinians awaited the release of hundreds of prisoners held in Israel and a surge of aid into the

By NALOVA AKUA and WILSON MCMAKIN Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon voted in an election Sunday that could see Africa’s oldest leader extend his rule by another seven years. Analysts have predicted a victory for President Paul Biya. Now 92, he would be 99 by the time his term finishes. He first came

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press ZICHRON YAACOV, Israel (AP) — On Tal Hartuv’s chest is a jagged scar, one of 18 stab wounds on her body from a brutal attack outside Jerusalem in 2010 that killed her friend. Next to the 7-centimeter (3-inch) mark rests a dog tag inscribed with the words “Our heart is

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan said Sunday it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace. Pakistan’s army gave far lower casualty figures, saying 23 troops were killed. Earlier in the week, Afghan authorities accused Pakistan of bombing the capital, Kabul, and

By EMILIE CHETTY Associated Press VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — Opposition leader Patrick Herminie won the presidential election in Seychelles, defeating incumbent leader Wavel Ramkalawan in a runoff vote, according to official results released early Sunday. Herminie garnered 52.7% of the vote, with Ramkalawan taking 47.3%, the results showed. Herminie represents the United Seychelles party, which

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — At least 237 people were arrested Saturday in Ivory Coast during a protest against what activists called the country’s authoritarian drift, according to a statement by the Minister of the Interior and Security on national television. Protesters reported the use of tear gas and makeshift roadblocks near the planned start

By ABDEL KAREEM HANA, SAM METZ, SARAH EL DEEB and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Gaza ceasefire held in its second day as tens of thousands of Palestinians returned to their neighborhoods Saturday and Israelis cheered Monday’s expected release of remaining hostages. “Gaza is completely destroyed. I have no

L’HAY-LES-ROSES, France (AP) — France’s newly re-appointed prime minister acknowledged Saturday that there weren’t ″a lot of candidates″ for his job — and that he might not last long in the post given the country’s deep political divides. Sebastien Lecornu, renamed by President Emmanuel Macron late Friday after a week of political chaos, called for

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Walking along the broad pedestrian street that runs along the base of Athens’ famed Acropolis Hill, visitors can now enjoy something not seen in decades: an unobstructed, scaffolding-free view of the Parthenon temple. The scaffolding set up along the 5th century B.C. temple’s western façade for conservation work about 20 years

By The Associated Press Power was restored to over 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday, a day after Russia launched major attacks on the Ukrainian power grid that caused blackouts across much of the country, and European leaders agreed to proceed toward using hundreds of billions of frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine’s war effort.

By LEE KEATH, JULIA FRANKEL and JALAL BWAITAL Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The most popular and potentially unifying Palestinian leader — Marwan Barghouti — is not among the prisoners Israel intends to free in exchange for hostages held by Hamas under the new Gaza ceasefire deal. Israel has also rejected freeing other

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace efforts, despite not winning a Nobel, and voiced hope for securing an agreement to extend a pivotal nuclear arms pact with Washington for another year. Asked by reporters whether he thinks Trump was unjustly passed

By ABDEL KAREEM HANA and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza started walking north Friday toward homes they were forced to flee — or what remains of them — after the Israeli military announced a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

By SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Bombardment stopped and Israeli troops pulled back in Gaza on Friday under a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. But will the agreement lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”? It took pressure on Israel and Hamas from

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban government on Friday blamed Pakistan for striking the Afghan capital and bombing a market in the country’s east, accusing its neighbor of violating national airspace. A blast struck before 10 p.m. local time on Thursday in the Abdul Haq Square area of Kabul, close to several ministries and the national

By The Associated Press Tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza were starting to walk north to return to their homes Friday, after the Israeli military said the ceasefire agreement with Hamas came into effect at noon local time and that its soldiers were withdrawing to the agreed-upon deployment lines. Palestinians had reported heavy shelling

By SALLY ABOU ALJOUD Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s foreign minister arrived in Lebanon’s capital on Friday as the two neighbors attempt to reset relations which have been tense for decades. Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani held talks with his Lebanese counterpart, President Joseph Aoun, and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam. It was the first high-profile

By ABDEL KAREEM HANA, WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip on Friday as a U.S.-brokered ceasefire came into effect in a deal that raised hopes for ending the Israel-Hamas war. All the remaining hostages

By MIKE PESOLI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and — most vocally — himself. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it was honoring her