Serbian lawmakers on Thursday voted into office a new government that reinstated two pro-Russia officials who are sanctioned by the United States, reflecting persistent close ties with Moscow despite the Balkan nation’s proclaimed bid to join the European Union.Prime Minister Miloš Vučević’s government got backing in a 152-61 vote in…

Broadband internet was disrupted in many parts of Nepal on Thursday as Indian vendors from whom most Nepali private operators source the bandwidth stopped providing the services because of payment defaults.Private internet service providers in Nepal issued notices saying their services were either disrupted or connections were slow. The state-run…

Double land mine blasts killed one person and wounded at least 18 on Thursday in Pakistan’s southwest, a police officer said.The first mine exploded when a truck was passing through a valley in coal-rich Duki district in Baluchistan province. The second detonated when counter-terrorism officials and civilians were examining the…

Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime minister was announced.The attacks began late Wednesday in neighborhoods including Solino and Delmas 18,…

Hamas said Thursday that it was sending a delegation to Egypt for further cease-fire talks, in a new sign of progress in attempts by international mediators to hammer out an agreement between Israel and the militant group to end the war in Gaza.After months of stop-and-start negotiations, the cease-fire efforts…

Mexican authorities said Thursday they have found tents and questioned three people in the case of two Australians and an American who went missing over the weekend in the Pacific coast state of Baja California.María Elena Andrade Ramírez, the state’s chief prosecutor, would not say whether the three people questioned…

A rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda this week seized Rubaya, a mining town in eastern Congo known for producing a key mineral used in smartphones, the group said Thursday in a statement.In a statement shared with The Associated Press, a spokesperson for the M23 rebel group said the…

The European Union announced Thursday an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — much of which will go to boost border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked country across the Mediterranean Sea to Cyprus and Italy.The…

Belarus’ exiled opposition leader said Thursday that she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for 421 days.Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said holding her husband incommunicado is part of the government’s repressive policies.BELARUS’ AUTHORITARIAN LEADER TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER THE COUNTRY’S RELIGIOUS GROUPSSiarhei Tsikhanouski has been behind bars since being arrested in 2020 after…

The head of Greece’s extreme far-right Golden Dawn party was granted conditional early release from prison Thursday, after serving part of his sentence for running a criminal organization blamed for violent hate crimes.A council of judges accepted the request by Nikolaos Michaloliakos, 66, who had served the minimal legal requirement…