May 15 Zelenskyy seeks to rebuild Ukraine's arsenal with visits to European capitals By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, Associated Press President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received a promise of more missiles and attack drones from Britain to support his battle against Russian forces in Ukraine. Continue reading
May 15 UN to commemorate 1948 Palestinian 'catastrophe' for the first time By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The United Nations will officially mark the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus — an action stemming from the U.N.’s partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish… Continue reading
May 15 Turkey presidential election heads to runoff as incumbent Erdogan surges By Suzan Fraser, Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press Election officials say Turkey's presidential election will be decided in a runoff after incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulled ahead of his chief challenger, but fell short of an outright victory that would extend his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third… Continue reading
May 15 78-year-old U.S. citizen sentenced by China to life in prison on spying charges By Associated Press Details of the charges against John Shing-Wan Leung, who also holds permanent residency in Hong Kong, have not been publicly released. Continue reading
May 14 Zelenskyy makes surprise stop in Paris, meets with French President Macron By John Leicester, Frank Jordans, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive… Continue reading
May 14 Watch 6:11 The significance of Turkey's election as Erdogan's control hangs in the balance By John Yang, Ali Rogin, Andrew Corkery Turkey is counting the votes from Sunday’s election to see if President Erdogan will extend his two-decade hold on power. The election’s unified opposition represents the greatest political challenge yet to Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian rule. Soner Cagaptay, director of the… Continue watching
May 14 Watch 2:15 News Wrap: Tropical Cyclone Mocha batters Myanmar coast In our news wrap Sunday, Cyclone Mocha made landfall over Myanmar and lashed refugee camps in Bangladesh, Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy made stops in Berlin and Paris to meet with German Chancellor Scholz and French President Macron, and Homeland Security reported… Continue watching
May 14 Syria's main insurgent group seeks to distance itself from past al-Qaida ties By Ghaith Alsayed, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press The leader of an insurgent group that rules much of northwest Syria is rebranding his organization by cracking down on extremist factions and spreading a message of pluralism and religious tolerance. Continue reading
May 14 Ukraine's Zelenskyy says counteroffensive aims to take back occupied land, not attack Russian territory By Frank Jordans, Associated Press Speaking during a news conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s goal is to free the territories within its internationally recognized borders. Continue reading
May 14 Runoff in Turkey's election appears more likely after dip in voter support for Erdogan By Suzan Fraser, Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with an increasingly firm grip for 20 years, was locked in a tight election race early Monday, with a make-or-break runoff against his chief challenger possible as the final votes… Continue reading