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Uganda’s longtime president will be sworn in for another term as his son emerges as de facto ruler

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Forty years. That's how long Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power. The 81-year-old will be sworn in Tuesday to extend his presidency over a further five-year term that may well be his last - although not necessarily the last ...
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Brian Hooker’s boat seized by Coast Guard after wife goes overboard in Bahamas: Sources

(NEW YORK) -- The husband of a woman who was reported missing in the Bahamas after going overboard on a dinghy was questioned and then released by police without charges on Monday, according to his attorney.Lynette Hooker, 55, of Michigan, has been missing for ...
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Explosion damages homes in Brazil’s Sao Paulo, injuring three people

SAO PAULO, May 11 (Reuters) - A fire set off by a potential gas explosion damaged around 10 homes and left three people injured in Brazil's biggest city Sao Paulo on Monday, the local fire department said. Images from local media showed destroyed rooftops and ...
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Israeli lawmakers set up a special tribunal and allow for death penalty for Hamas-led 2023 attackers

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli lawmakers approved a bill on Monday setting up a special tribunal that would try and have the authority to sentence to death Palestinians convicted of taking part in the 2023 Hamas-led attack that triggered the war in Gaza. The measure passed ...
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Venezuela’s acting president defends country’s territory and rejects Trump’s 51st state remarks

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Venezuela 's acting President Delcy Rodríguez told journalists Monday that her country had no plans to become the 51st U.S. state after President Donald Trump said he was "seriously considering" the move. Rodríguez was speaking at the International Court of ...
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Israeli troops get prison for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

JERUSALEM (AP) - Two Israeli soldiers will spend weeks in military prison for desecration of a Christian object after one stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon and the other photographed it. The photo of the ...
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Prosecutors cite terrorist intent in bomb attack on headquarters of Dutch ruling party

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A 37-year-old man accused of a bomb attack on the Dutch premier's party headquarters is suspected of acting with terrorist intent, prosecutors said Monday as he faced an arraignment hearing where a judge ordered his detention extended by two ...
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ICC unseals arrest warrant for a prominent Philippine senator over drug war killings under Duterte

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The International Criminal Court unsealed Monday an arrest warrant for a prominent Philippine senator linked to the deadly "war on drugs" overseen by ex-President Rodrigo Duterte, which allegedly involved the extrajudicial killings of suspects. The warrant, originally issued confidentially in ...
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Aid group says Libyan-linked vessels fired on a migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean

ROME (AP) - Armed vessels linked to the Libyan coast guard opened fire Monday on a humanitarian rescue ship shortly after it saved about 90 migrants from an overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean, the group operating the vessel said. Sea-Watch, a German nongovernmental organization, ...
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South Africa to establish impeachment committee after president’s cash scandal is revived

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The South African Parliament said Monday it will establish an impeachment committee to reinvestigate four-year-old allegations that President Cyril Ramaphosa committed serious misconduct by hiding the theft of more than half a million dollars in cash, which had ...
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Former Polish justice minister who faces prosecution at home says he’s traveled from Hungary to US

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A former Polish justice minister sought in his homeland for alleged abuse of power says he has traveled from Hungary to the U.S., prompting prosecutors in Poland to say Monday that they're investigating whether he was assisted in evading liability. Zbigniew ...
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Norwegian court to deliver verdict in rape trial of crown princess’s son on June 15

OSLO, Norway (AP) - A Norwegian court said Monday that it will announce its verdict next month in the trial of the eldest son of Norway's crown princess on charges including rape, following proceedings that cast a shadow over the royal family. The Oslo District ...
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