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Dubai, United Arab Emirates AP  —  Yemen’s Houthi rebels alleged on Monday that a US airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants. The US military had no immediate comment. The strike happened in Yemen’s Saada governorate, a stronghold for the Houthis. Graphic footage aired by their al-Masirah satellite news channel showed what appeared to be dead bodies and others wounded from an explosion at the site. Casualty figures weren’t immediately clear. The US military’s Central Command did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press. The alleged strike comes amid an intensified airstrike campaign by the Trump…

TORONTO (AP) — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election on Monday, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and trade war. After polls closed, the Liberals were projected to win more of Parliament’s 343 seats than the Conservatives. It wasn’t immediately clear, though, if they would win an outright majority — at least 172 — or would need to rely on one of the smaller parties to pass legislation.The Liberals looked headed for a crushing defeat until the American president started attacking Canada’s economy and threatening its sovereignty, suggesting…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Palestinian diplomat told the United Nations’ top court on Monday that Israel is killing and displacing civilians and targeting aid workers in Gaza, in a case that Israel criticized as part of its “systematic persecution and delegitimization.”Israel denies deliberately targeting civilians and aid staff as part of its war with Hamas and did not attend the hearing at the International Court of Justice. In The Hague, Palestinian Ambassador to the Netherlands Ammar Hijazi accused Israel of breaching international law in the occupied territories. “Israel is starving, killing and displacing Palestinians while also targeting and…

April 28, 2025ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had a telephonic conversation on Saturday evening, during which the former welcomed Iran’s readiness to help de-escalate tensions between Pakistan and India, Tehran’s state-run IRNA reported.The April 22 attack in Pahalgam killed 26 people, mostly tourists, and is one the deadliest armed attack in the disputed Himalayan region since the year 2000. Responsibility for the attack was allegedly claimed by the hitherto unknown The Resistance Front (TRF).Since the incident, the nuclear-armed nations have unleashed a raft of measures against each other, with India unilaterally suspending the critical…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The smells of crispy lumpia, caramelized plantains and other Filipino street foods beckoned attendees of a Vancouver festival as they flooded out of a concert on an unusually sunny spring day in the Canadian city.As the sun set, lines for food trucks began to wrap around the block. A slow trickle of cars entered the closed street to replenish vendor supplies. Then, one driver hit the accelerator, killing 11 people and injuring dozens at the Lapu Lapu Day festival Saturday night. So far, none of the victims have been identified publicly.Here is how people witnessed…

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Exit tourists. Enter cardinals.The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88. Francis was buried Saturday after a funeral in St. Peter’s Square that gathered world leaders and hundreds of thousands of others, and a nine-day period of mourning is continuing before the conclave can start. But the church is at the same time turning its attention to the next steps.Key is preparing the Sistine Chapel for the red-robed cardinals who will gather at…

BEIJING – China’s policymakers have emphasized the need to coordinate domestic economic work with international economic and trade struggles, with efforts focused on stabilizing employment, enterprises, markets and expectations while expanding high-standard opening-up, according to a key Party leadership meeting on Friday.At the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which was presided over by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, the country’s top leadership analyzed and studied the current economic situation and related work, and called for solid efforts to counter uncertainties from the fast-changing external environment with high-quality development.The…

WASHINGTON (AP) — One went to the United States. The other went to China. It was a sign of the times.While the Swiss president was in Washington last week to lobby U.S. officials over President Donald Trump’s threatened 31% tariff on Swiss goods, the Swiss foreign minister was in Beijing, expressing his nation’s willingness to strengthen cooperation with China and upgrade a free trade agreement.As Trump’s trade war locks the world’s two largest economies on a collision course, America’s unnerved allies and partners are cozying up with China to hedge their bets. It comes as Trump’s trade push upends a…

April 28, 2025JAKARTA – Amonitor lizard statue built by the Wonosobo administration in Central Java recently went viral for its striking realism and surprisingly low construction budget, sparking widespread online debate over other city monuments many netizens consider “ugly” and overpriced.The 7-meter-tall monument depicts a large black monitor lizard with yellow spots, poised atop a large rock. Located in Krasak Village, Selomerto District, the statue has quickly become a popular photo spot for local residents since its completion last month.The monument was created by local artist Rejo Arianto, a graduate of the Indonesian Institute of the Arts Surakarta, who is…

Shanghai urban skyline and the bund, China.Comezora | Moment | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded mixed Monday as investors assessed China’s promises to support domestic businesses as well as developments in trade negotiations between the U.S. and countries in the region.Over the weekend, China’s finance minister Lan Fo’an said that the Asian powerhouse will “adopt more proactive macroeconomic policies to promote the realization of the expected growth target for the whole year and continue to bring stability and momentum to the global economy,” according to a Google translation of a statement posted on the ministry’s website.Mainland China’s CSI 300 index fell 0.14% to…