MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways plans to launch the world’s longest direct flight next year, a service of up to 22 hours nonstop be…
FILE - A Qantas plane prepares to land at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Australia, Feb. 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
Ukraine hit a Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights at Moscow airports in one of its biggest drone …
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — The memories of Colombia’s six decades of armed conflict are still like open wounds etched on its victims’ bodies and minds.
Blanca Nubia Monroy poses with a photograph of her son, Julian Oviedo, who disappeared in 2008 and whose body was found months later in a clandestine grave, in Bogota, Colombia, , June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Blanca Nubia Monroy shows a tattoo with the name of her son, Julian Oviedo, who disappeared in 2008 and whose body was found months later in a clandestine grave, in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, June 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
FILE - Freed hostage Sigifredo Lopez reunites with his family after his release from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, in Cali, Colombia, Feb. 5, 2009. Lopez was kidnapped in 2002 along with 11 fellow lawmakers and was the sole survivor after the others were killed in captivity. (AP Photo/Christian Escobar Mora, File)
Police patrol past the headquarters of presidential candidate Ivan Cepeda, of the ruling Historic Pact coalition, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that America’s allies in Europe must take the lead on the defense of their o…
Former President Barack Obama is getting a little help from his friends in celebrating the opening of his presidential museum in Chicago. The guestlist for Thursday's dedication ceremony includes Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Christina Aguilera and Bono, along with former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are expected to give remarks. The invite-only celebration will be livestreamed and kicks off a weekend of events centered around the Obama Presidential Center, which opens to the public on Juneteenth. General admission tickets for the center are sold out through the end of October.
