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Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to let the firing of whistleblower agency head proceed

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants the Supreme Court to permit the firing of the head of the federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, according to documents obtai...

Colombian superstar Shakira cancels her concert in Lima after being hospitalized

LIMA (AP) — Colombian superstar Shakira canceled her Sunday concert in Lima after being hospitalized with an abdominal condition, the singer said. Shakira shared a statement on her Instagram...

The Latest: Heavy rain brings the race to an hourslong halt

It’s NASCAR’s turn to throw its version of the Super Bowl, and the Daytona 500 is trying hard to match the hype, though the race has been substantially delayed due to rain. Captain America a...

Francesco Friedrich of Germany locks up World Cup bobsled 4-man, combined season titles again

LILLEHAMMER, Norway (AP) — Francesco Friedrich won two more World Cup bobsled overall titles on Sunday, the 21st and 22nd of the German star’s career. Friedrich drove to a second-place finis...

Trump attends the Daytona 500 and says the spirit of NASCAR will 'fuel America's Golden Age'

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump, attending Sunday's Daytona 500, for the second time as president, called the opening event of the NASCAR series a unifying event that possesses a s...

Europe tries to muscle up as US plots mediation to help end Russia's war in Ukraine

MUNICH (AP) — European leaders took steps Sunday to answer assertive U.S. efforts to end Russia's war against Ukraine, as France announced a meeting of continental leaders and Baltic countri...

Congo says Rwanda-backed rebels occupy a 2nd major city in its mineral-rich east

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels have “occupied” a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, Congo's government said Sunday, as M23 rebels positioned themselves at the govern...

Suspect in fatal stabbing in Austria had an 'Islamic terror motive,' officials say

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian authorities said Sunday the stabbing of six people that left a 14-year-old boy dead was carried out by a man with possible connections to the Islamic State group who a...

In Ukraine, a potential arms-for-minerals deal inspires hope and skepticism

KIROVOHRAD REGION, Ukraine (AP) — The mineral ilmenite is extracted from mounds of sand deep in the earth and refined using a method that summons the force of gravity, resulting in a substan...

Israel's Netanyahu signals he's moving ahead with Trump's idea to transfer Palestinians from Gaza

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday signaled that he was moving ahead with U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to transfer the Palestinian population out ...

A year after Navalny’s death, the Russian opposition struggles without its charismatic leader

The stunning news came in a terse statement from the Russian penitentiary service a year ago: Opposition leader Alexei Navalny had died in the Arctic Circle penal colony where he was serving...

US presented Ukraine with a document to access its minerals but offered almost nothing in return

MUNICH, Germany (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he directed his ministers not to sign off on a proposed agreement to give the United States access to Ukraine’s rare earth...