International News (Page 146)

Natalia Titova, 62, had lived in the northern city of Chernihiv, Ukraine, for over 30 years. Her home was destroyed after weeks of shelling by Russian forces. (Video: Reuters, Photo: Reuters)Today at 1:01 a.m. EDT|Updated today at 9:02 a.m. EDTToday at 1:01 a.m. EDT|Updated today at 9:02 a.m. EDTAustrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer is set to…Continue Reading

JERUSALEM — Mimi Reinhard, a secretary in Oskar Schindler’s office who typed up the list of Jews he saved from extermination by Nazi Germany, has died in Israel at the age of 107.Reinhard died early Friday and was laid to rest Sunday in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv, her son Sasha Weitman confirmed.She was one of…Continue Reading

LONDON — A jury deliberated for just 18 minutes Monday before finding a fervent Islamic State supporter guilty of stabbing lawmaker David Amess to death a slaying that shocked the nation and sparked calls for increased police protection for politicians.Ali Harbi Ali, 26, was found guilty by London’s Central Criminal Court of murder and preparing…Continue Reading

LONDON — Britain on Monday announced sanctions against Bosnian-Serb politicians Milorad Dodik and Zeljka Cvijanovic, censuring them for attempts to undermine the legitimacy and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.The sanctions, which include asset freezes and travel bans, are the first to be announced by the U.K. under the Bosnia and Herzegovina sanctions regime. Foreign…Continue Reading

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron may be ahead in the presidential race so far, but he warned his supporters that “nothing is done” and his runoff battle with far-right challenger Marine Le Pen will be a hard fight. And she’s ready for it.The duel is starting Monday, after the two came out on top…Continue Reading

Ukraine is bracing for a large onslaught in its eastern region as civilians tried to escape the Donetsk and Luhansk areas in the face of Russian attacks along the route. “Russian troops will move to even larger operations in the east of our state,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the nation late Sunday. “But we…Continue Reading

The Biden administration on Monday directed agencies to no longer use medical debt as a fact in underwriting loans through federal programs. Americans should be able to apply for rural housing service loans without fear that their medical debt could keep them from getting a mortgage from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the White House…Continue Reading

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani lawmakers convened Monday to choose a new prime minister, capping a tumultuous week of political drama that saw the ouster of Imran Khan as premier and a constitutional crisis narrowly averted after the country’s top court stepped in. But lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, or Pakistan Justice Party, resigned collectively just…Continue Reading

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged South Korea on Monday to provide his country with arms to help it fight Russia‘s military. Zelenskyy made the request in a video address to South Korean lawmakers that came hours after Seoul’s Defense Ministry confirmed it had rejected a Ukrainian request for anti-aircraft weapons…Continue Reading