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BEIJING (AP) — A human rights group says two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. It’s part of an ongoing crackdown by the ruling Communist Party on its critics. Human Rights Watch said Monday that Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to 14 years and Ding Jiaxi to

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers marched Monday to an evacuated West Bank settlement, in a defiant signal that Israel’s most right-wing government in history is determined to accelerate settlement building on occupied lands despite international opposition. The mass rally also threatened

By STEPHEN McGRATH and VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors have carried out forensic searches of electronic devices in the case of Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who is under house arrest on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, his lawyer says. Tate, a British-U.S. citizen, was initially detained

MARSEILLE (AP) — Two bodies were found Monday in the rubble following an explosion that collapsed a building in the southern French city of Marseille, bringing the confirmed death toll to four as rescuers continue searching for four more people who are unaccounted-for. Two other bodies had previously been found overnight. The judicial authority will

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A vice president at Greece’s Supreme Court has resigned in a legal dispute over an attempt by the government to ban a far-right political party from participating in next month’s general election. Judge Christos Tzanerikos, one of 10 serving vice presidents at the court, tendered his resignation after the government introduced

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven Cabinet ministers marched Monday to an evacuated West Bank settlement, in a defiant signal that Israel’s most right-wing government in history is determined to accelerate settlement building on occupied lands despite international opposition. The march also poses a

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press BOHOYAVLENKA, Ukraine (AP) — In a small village in eastern Ukraine the sounds of war echo in the distance while 10-year old Khrystyna Ksenofontova plays. She pets the neighborhood cats, paints and, like everyone else here, hopes the fighting will end soon. The small village of Bohoyavlenka, in Donetsk province,

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s central bank says that Pakistanis living abroad sent $2.5 billion home in March, responding to the cash-strapped government’s appeal for more hard currency remittances. The sum represents a 27.4%  increase compared to February and is the highest in seven past months. That’s according to a tweet

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey says he’ll seek a fourth term, bringing unmatched name recognition in Pennsylvania politics to his party’s defense of a seat in a presidential battleground state. Casey’s announcement Monday gives Democrats a boost ahead of a difficult 2024 Senate map. Casey is a key