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Senegal’s government has dissolved a major opposition party and restricted internet service hours after the party’s popular president and opposition leader said a judge ordered his arrest DAKAR, Senegal -- Senegal's government Monday dissolved a major opposition party hours after the party's popular president and opposition leader said a judge ordered his arrest. Ousmane Sonko, a towering opposition figure widely supported by Senegal's youth, was in prison Monday as he awaited trial for new criminal charges, said his party 's communications director, El Malick Ndiaye. It is unclear when the trial will take place. He is accused of calling for insurrection, conspiring against the state, threatening national security and other charges. “I’ve just been unjustly placed under a committal order,” Sonko wrote on his Facebook page Monday, which communications director Ndiaye confirmed. Earlier on Monday, Senegal's interior minister issued a statement claiming Sonko...

The Dutch government says that salvage crews are preparing to tow a car-carrying cargo ship that has been burning for days in the North Sea to a new anchor point after flames and smoke on board subsided THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Salvage crews were preparing Saturday to tow a car-carrying cargo ship that has been burning for days to an anchor point in the North Sea after flames and smoke on board subsided , the Dutch government said. Fire erupted in the Fremantle Highway late Tuesday night near a chain of islands in the northern Netherlands and has been blazing ever since. The ship is carrying 3,783 new vehicles, including 498 electric vehicles, the company that chartered the vessel said. One crew member died and others were injured after the fire broke out on the ship that was heading from Bremerhaven in Germany to Singapore. The crew was evacuated in the early hours of Wednesday. The cause of the fire has not been established. Measurements Friday showed that heat, flames and smoke ...

A New Hampshire woman and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to a faith-based humanitarian organization where the mother works as a nurse. A New Hampshire woman and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to a faith-based humanitarian organization where the mother works as a nurse. Alix Dorsainvil and her child were kidnapped Thursday morning near Port-Au-Prince, according to the organization , El Roi Haiti. They were abducted from El Roi Haiti's campus while "serving in our community ministry," El Roi Haiti president and co-founder Jason Brown said in a statement. "Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family," Brown said in a statement on Saturday. "Alix has worked tirelessly as our school and community nurse to bring relief to those who are suffering as she loves and serves the people of Haiti in the name of Jesus." Dorsainvil is originally from...

Two taxi drivers have been arrested in the Mexican city of Cancun for assaulting a van carrying foreign tourists MEXICO CITY -- Two taxi drivers have been arrested in the Mexican city of Cancun for assaulting a van carrying foreign tourists, prosecutors said Friday. The events in the Caribbean coast resort on Thursday were the latest in a months-long string of assaults on vehicles that medallion-cab drivers suspect of being operated by ride-hailing apps such as Uber. Prosecutors in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo said such behavior will not be tolerated. “Strong action will be taken to ensure that the state is a safe destination for local inhabitants and visitors,” the state prosecutor's office said in a statement. Local residents posted video on social media showing at least two uniformed cab drivers bashing a Chevy Suburban with poles and other objects. The van driver attempts to escape with the vehicle's tailgate open, according to the footage, and the tourists ’...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an interview Thursday on "Good Morning America." LONDON -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that his plan to overhaul his country's judicial system is "a minor correction " to an "activist" court. "It's described as the end of Israeli democracy -- I think that's silly and when the dust settles, everybody will see it," Netanyahu told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in an interview on "Good Morning America." On Monday, Israeli lawmakers approved the first major piece of legislation in Netanyahu's broader plan to reform the country's judiciary, sparking mass protests in the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The new law removes the court system's ability to strike down "unreasonable" decisions by the government. Critics of Netanyahu's plan say it pushes Israel away from democr...

Singapore has executed a man for drug trafficking and is set to hang a woman on Friday KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Singapore executed a man Wednesday for drug trafficking and is set to hang a woman Friday — the first in 19 years — prompting renewed calls for a halt to capital punishment. Mohammed Aziz Hussain, 56, was hanged at Singapore's Changi Prison and has been buried, said activist Kirsten Han of Transformative Justice Collective, which advocates for abolishing the death penalty in Singapore. A citizen of the city-state, he was sentenced to death in 2018 for trafficking around 50 grams (1.75 ounces) of heroin, Han said. Saridewi Djamani, a 45-year-old Singaporean woman , is due to be hanged Friday after she was convicted and sentenced in 2018 for trafficking around 30 grams (1.05 ounces) of heroin, the group and other human rights organizations said. Han said the last woman known to have been hanged in Singapore was 36-year-old hairdresser Yen May Woen, also for drug traff...

Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad JERUSALEM -- Thousands of Israeli doctors walked out of work, labor leaders threatened a general strike and senior justices rushed home from a trip abroad Tuesday, a day after the government approved a law weakening the country's Supreme Court that critics say will erode the system of checks and balances. Four leading Israeli newspapers covered their front pages in black ink — an ominous image paid for by an alliance of high-tech companies. The only words on the pages were in a line at the bottom: “A black day for Israeli democracy.” Monday's vote — on the first of a series of measures that make up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive judicial overhaul — reverberated across the country. It came despite seven months of fierce popular resistance, Netanyahu’s promises of an eventual compromise and a rare warning against the overhaul...

Eight police officers assigned to a security team protecting South Africa’s deputy president have been arrested and are expected to appear in court on Monday after they were caught on video kicking and stomping on two men on a Johannesburg highway this... JOHANNESBURG -- Eight police officers assigned to a security team protecting South Africa’s deputy president have been arrested and are expected to appear in a courtroom on Monday after they were caught on video kicking and stomping on two off-duty trainee soldiers having pulled their car over on a highway in Johannesburg. Some of the plainclothes VIP protection officers were carrying assault rifles when they dragged the men out of their car and attacked them earlier this month. One of the men was kicked unconscious in the attack, which was caught on video by another motorist and shared widely on social media. It’s unclear why the officers pulled the car over as the video only starts as they are dragging one of the men across the road...

Longtime Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has cast his ballot in an election in which his party is all but assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression and intimidation of any real opposition PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Longtime Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen cast his ballot 10 minutes after polls opened at 7 a.m. Sunday, in an election in which his party is all but assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression and intimidation of any real opposition that critics say has made a farce of democracy in the Southeast Asian nation. The European Union, United States and other Western countries refused to send observers, saying the election lacked the conditions to be considered free and fair. That left international officials from Russia, China and Guinea-Bissau to watch as Hun Sun voted at a polling station in his home district outside of the capital, Phnom Penh. He held his ballot high for all to see, before depositing it into the silver metal box and le...

The British government says the European Union made a “regrettable choice of words” when it referred to the U.K.-run Falkland Islands as the Malvinas, the name preferred by Argentina LONDON -- The British government said Thursday that the European Union made a “ regrettable choice of words” when it refer red to the U.K.-run Falkland Islands as the Malvinas, the name p refer red by Argentina. A declaration from an EU-Latin America summit on Tuesday refer red to the South Atlantic archipelago as ”the Islas Malvinas/Falkland Islands.” That was hailed as a diplomatic triumph by Argentina, which has long claimed the islands. It was seen by some in the U.K. as a snub to Britain, which left the EU in 2020 and was not at the summit to make its case. Max Blain, spokesman for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, said EU officials had since “clarified their position.” He said “it would have been entirely unacceptable for the EU to question the Falkland Islanders’ right to decide their own future.” “To be...

Pricey concert tickets for big-name acts like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are making some fans take out their passport. For die-hard concert fans, heading out to see a favorite artist perform live doesn’t typically include a transatlantic flight. But, with ticket prices rising in the U.S., international trips can be an enticing way for some fans to enjoy the show for less. Mercedes Arielle flew from her Dallas home to Stockholm in May to see Beyoncé perform live. The cost of her concert ticket, flight, four nights in a hotel, and a 40-hour layover in Paris was less than $700. Mercedes Arielle said she traveled to Stockholm to see Beyonce live. ABC News "When I saw the ticket price to Stockholm was under 15,000 [frequent flyer] miles each way, I bought my ticket before I even bought my concert ticket," Arielle told "Nightline." MORE: Taylor Swift fans in court over Ticketmaster fiasco Arielle, a Travel content creator, shared money-saving tips with her TikTok follower...

A former Venezuelan spymaster close to the country’s late leader Hugo Chávez has been extradited to New York from Spain to face decade-old drug trafficking charges MADRID -- A former Venezuelan spymaster close to the country's late leader Hugo Chávez has been extradited to New York from Spain on Wednesday to face decade-old drug trafficking charges . Retired Maj. Gen. Hugo Carvajal will enter a not guilty plea at his initial appearance Thursday in Manhattan federal court, his lawyer, Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma, told The Associated Press. Nicknamed “El Pollo” (The Chicken), Carvajal advised Chávez for more than a decade. He later broke with Chávez's handpicked successor, Nicolás Maduro, and threw his support behind his U.S. backed opponents. He did so in dramatic fashion: releasing a videotaped speech from an undisclosed location calling on his former cohorts in the military to rebel against their commander in chief a month into mass protests seeking to replace Maduro with lawma...

The U.S.-led United Nations Command is trying to secure the release of an unidentified U.S. soldier who entered North Korea from the South Korean side of a border village SEOUL, South Korea -- The U.S.-led United Nations Command is trying to secure the release of an unidentified American soldier who entered North Korea from the South Korean side of a border village. It’s not immediately clear what motivated the soldier to cross into North Korea during a time of high tensions as the pace of both the North’s weapons demonstrations and U.S.-South Korean joint military training have intensified in a cycle of tit-for-tat. There have been cases of Americans cross ing into North Korea over the past years , including a small number of U.S. soldiers. Some of the Americans who crossed were driven by evangelical zeal or simply attracted by the mystery of a severely cloistered police state fueled by anti-U.S. hatred. Other Americans were detained after entering North Korea as tourists. In one tra...