Turkey’s Kurds wary of path to peace after PKK declares ceasefire
A momentous ceasefire declaration on Saturday stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, where people ...
Syrians begin fasting during first Ramadan without Assad family rule in decades
Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day Saturday while others opened as usual as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy month of ...
Rocker Victoria De Angelis spins a DJ set as Dolce & Gabbana’s Milan show spills onto the streets
The Dolce & Gabbana runway finished on the streets Saturday, letting the crowd of fashion fans gathered outside share the excitement of the normally closed and exclusive world of ...
Trump says in social media post he plans to pardon the late Pete Rose
President Donald Trump says he plans to issue “a complete PARDON of Pete Rose,” baseball’s late career hits leader who was ...
David Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band the New York Dolls, dies at 75
David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls ...
FedEx cargo plane makes emergency landing following bird strike, engine fire
A FedEx cargo plan made an emergency landing at a busy New Jersey airport on Saturday after a bird strike caused an engine ...
Trump cutoff of humanitarian parole for immigrants from Ukraine, 6 other countries challenged
A group of American citizens and immigrants is suing the Trump administration for ending a long-standing legal tool ...
Cold-water swimmers in the Czech Republic set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip
Czech cold-water swimmers on Saturday set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip. A total of 2,461 participants were involved in the successful attempt on the Most lake in ...
Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator
Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, was laid to rest in the country’s Heroes Acre cemetery on Saturday ...
Judge blocks Trump order threatening funding for institutions that offer care for transgender youth
President Donald Trump’s plan to pull federal funding from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth will remain blocked on a long-term basis under a ...
$75 million was awarded to plant trees in places that badly need them. In anti-DEI push, that’s over
Arthur Johnson has lived in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward for nearly three decades, long enough to appreciate the trees that ...
Pennsylvania Republicans who narrowly won their House seats feel the heat of early votes back home
Newly minted U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan swore he wouldn’t support gutting government benefits such as Medicaid that residents of his northeastern Pennsylvania district ...