France bids farewell to its sporting summer at Paralympics closing ceremony

Saint-Denis, France — This time, it really is au revoir

Greece to tax cruise ships to protect popular islands from overtourism

Athens — Greece plans to impose a 20-euro ($22) levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Sunday

Greek opposition leader Kasselakis ousted by his Syriza party

Athens, Greece — Greek opposition leader Stefanos Kasselakis was ousted by his party’s central committee Sunday via a motion of no confidence, just a year after his election to the post by party cadres who accused him of being an authoritarian and no[..]

Russian troops take Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk

Moscow — Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow's forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines

Wildfire east of LA threatens thousands of homes and forces evacuations

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif

For many leaving China, it's Japan — not the US — that's the bigger draw

TOKYO — One by one, the students, lawyers and others filed into a classroom in a central Tokyo university for a lecture by a Chinese journalist on Taiwan and democracy — taboo topics that can't be discussed publicly back home in China

US volunteer delivers aid, helps fortify trenches for Ukraine’s military 

American Benjamin Hoerber says he has discovered his calling helping Ukraine’s military

Authorities find SUV belonging to person of interest in Kentucky highway shootings

LONDON, Ky

Sinner, of Italy, sweeps US Open title for second Grand Slam triumph

New York — Jannik Sinner beat Taylor Fritz 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 with a relentless baseline game to win the U

Israel-Hamas war claims more lives as US hints at more detailed cease-fire proposal

The Israel-Hamas war continues to claim lives as analysts warn that the suffering won’t end unless a cease-fire deal is achieved

Kyrgyzstan follows regional trend, takes Taliban off terrorist list

washington — Shunned by the West for over three years, Afghanistan's Taliban scored a diplomatic victory of sorts this week when the small Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan quietly removed the group from its list of banned terrorist organizations

Fierce border clashes erupt between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Islamabad — Border security forces of Pakistan and Afghanistan were engaged in intense clashes Saturday, reportedly resulting in several casualties on both sides

Typhoon Yagi kills at least 4 in Vietnam, 3 in China

HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making landfall Saturday afternoon in the north of the country

Visiting Papua New Guinea, pope says natural resources must benefit all

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea — Pope Francis visited Papua New Guinea Saturday, where he called for vast natural resources to benefit the entire community — a politically charged demand in a nation where many believe their riches are being stolen or[..]

Violence in Central Sahel has not improved, experts say, as some Russian mercenaries depart

Russian mercenaries hired to provide security in Burkina Faso began leaving the country in late August — they say to resist Ukraine's recent incursion into Russia