Greece plans to establish two large marine parks aiming to safeguard biodiversity and marine ecosystems.Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the expansion of marine protected areas by 80 percent will involve banning harmful fishing practices and implementing new monitoring technologies.Greece intends to build marine parks in the Ionian and Aegean Seas,…

Australian police are now saying that the stabbing of a church bishop and priest during a livestreamed mass outside of Sydney is a “terrorist incident.” A 16-year-old male suspect, who has not been publicly identified, remains in custody Tuesday following the attack Monday night at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd…

Emergency crews have recovered the bodies of a 3-year-old girl and her mother, who were both victims of a deadly landslide in Indonesia, authorities said Tuesday.Rescuers were searching around the South Makale village in the Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province on Tuesday when they found the girl and…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The U.S. Secretary of State assured allies bordering the Black Sea on Monday that they could depend on his country’s support to make the region more secure, prosperous and integrated.Addressing the attendees of the Second Black Sea Security Conference in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, via a…

JERUSALEM — With all eyes focused on a brewing high-intensity war between Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran, the state of Tehran’s illicit nuclear weapons program has come under the microscope.Iran’s sprawling aerial attack, with over 300 suicide drones and missiles, on Israel has raised pressing new questions about the…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy rainfall caused flash flooding in Oman on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, killing at least 17 people as rescuers searched for survivors, authorities said Monday. In one incident, a group of school children and a driver died when their vehicle was…

PARIS (AP) — World donors pledged more than $2.1 billion in humanitarian aid for Sudan after a yearlong war that has pushed its population to the brink of famine, French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday.Macron spoke at the end of an international conference in Paris aimed at drumming up support…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Monday led a high-level delegation on a two-day visit to Pakistan, which is seeking help in overcoming one of its worst economic crises.SAUDI ARABIA PUSHES FOR US DEFENSE PACT AS 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LOOMSPrince Faisal bin Farhan’s visit comes a week after…

Authorities in North Macedonia say 17 police officers serving at a prison in the country’s capital Skopje were detained Monday on suspicion of assisting in the separate escapes last year of two inmates, including a murder convict.The office of public prosecution said six of the officers are suspected of involvement…

Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said Monday that Iran’s failed attack on Israel over the weekend was “pretty telling” about Tehran’s weapons capabilities. A reporter had asked Ryder what lessons the U.S. learned from the attack and what they said about the capabilities of Iran and those of the…