MOSCOW (AP) — Russian's transport minister was found dead Monday, hours after being dismissed by President Vladimir Putin, in what officials called an apparent suicide. Roman Starovoyt, who served as Russia's transport minister since May 2024, was fired in a presidential decree earlier in ...

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted twice on Monday, sending a column of volcanic materials up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) into the sky, dumping ash on villages and causing flight cancellations. No casualties ...

By ANDREW WILKS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A total of 32 defendants went on trial on Monday over a deadly fire that tore through a popular Turkish ski resort hotel, killing 78 people and injuring 133 others. The Jan. 21 fire hit the 12-story Grand Kartal Hotel at ...

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. envoy said Monday he was satisfied with the Lebanese government's response to a proposal to disarm the militant Hezbollah group, adding that Washington is ready to help the small crisis-hit nation emerge from its ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington Monday to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been pushing for a ceasefire that might lead to an end to the 21-month war in Gaza. Israel and Hamas are considering a new U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal that would ...

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian woman Erin Patterson was found guilty Monday of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch. The jury in the Supreme Court ...