Cartoonist threatened over Prophet Muhammad drawing killed in crash
Lars Vilks lived under police protection and constant threat, including from al Qaeda, after his depiction of the Muslim prophet.
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Koreas reactivate cross-border hotline and speak on it
The on-again-off-again communications link was restored amid rising tensions over the North's latest series of missile tests.
Former top diplomat Fumio Kishida elected Japan's prime minister
He's expected to largely keep existing government policies in place – with a top priority almost certainly being the pandemic, which is front and center in Japanese politics.
Taliban says 5 civilians killed in bomb attack at Kabul mosque
An apparent roadside bomb went off at the gate of the sprawling Eidgah Mosque in Kabul at a time when a memorial service was being held for the mother of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
Ethiopia orders U.N. aid workers to leave Tigray amid famine crisis
U.N. says Tigray famine is "is spiraling out of control," with malnutrition rates of 80% for pregnant and breastfeeding women in the region.
Russia hosts its first royal wedding in more than 100 years
Grand Duke George Mikhailovich Romanov married Victoria Romanovna Bettarini, who is Italian.
Afghan family on life in the largest resettlement complex for evacuees
There are challenges, but also gratitude and hope for families starting a new life and getting their chance at achieving the American dream.
Israeli soccer fans face antisemitism at stadium built by the Nazis
A Jewish youth group says fans at the highly symbolic match at Berlin's Olympic Stadium were "pelted with beer and insulted as '[expletive] Jews,' among other things."
Belarus detains dozens after KGB agent, dissident killed in shootout
The deadly raid on the apartment of an opposition supporter who worked for a U.S. tech company was caught on camera, and has sparked a new crackdown.
Socialite says she accidentally killed police official after massage
In a world exclusive, Jasmine Hartin describes the moments before, during and after shooting the man she called her "protector."
Move over Harry and Meghan, Japan's Princess Mako is going un-royal
Amid public disapproval over an apparent financial dispute, the emperor's niece Princess Mako is giving up her royal birthright to marry her commoner college sweetheart.
An Afghan baby's harrowing escape to the U.S.
A 16-day-old girl was grabbed by an arm and passed over razor wire to a U.S. Marine at the airport in Kabul.
Court allows U.S. to continue expelling migrant families
The Biden administration has maintained a pandemic-era policy enacted under former President Donald Trump to rapidly expel some migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border.
Japan fully drops COVID state of emergency for 1st time in 6 months
"I feel it's a new start," said one man as he headed into the office in Tokyo for the first time in more than a year.
"We felt in danger": Afghan evacuees in U.S. describe fleeing the Taliban
Many families have arrived at Fort McCoy — one of eight U.S. bases helping to resettle more than 60,000 Afghan evacuees — with nothing but the clothes on their backs.
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