By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, ELENA BECATOROS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he should be involved in choosing Iran's next supreme leader as the U.S. and Israel hammered the country for a sixth day. Iran kept up ...
CARACAS (AP) — The United States and Venezuela agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations in a major shift in a historically adversarial relationship, the State Department said on Thursday. The move comes after rounds of Trump administration officials have visited the South American nation ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and the U.S. said Thursday they will start talks March 16 ahead of a review of the free trade agreement that has shaped both economies and kept some of their commerce steady despite U.S. President Donald Trump's constantly changing tariff policy. The bilateral trade ...
By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched a series of strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut Thursday after ordering all residents of the densely populated area to evacuate. Traffic was gridlocked in Lebanon 's capital on Thursday as panicked ...
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Czech Republic lawmakers on Thursday rejected a motion to lift the immunity from prosecution of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in a $2 million fraud case involving European Union subsidies. The legislators voted 104-81 to dismiss the measure ...
By AIDA SULTANOVA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan on Thursday accused Iran of a drone attack on its territory that injured four civilians, and it vowed to retaliate as the war in the Middle East reached into another country. Azerbaijan's Foreign ...
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that he would prefer not to repair a damaged oil pipeline that delivers Russian crude to Central Europe despite rising tensions with neighboring Hungary and Slovakia over ...
By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, ELENA BECATOROS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he should be involved in choosing Iran's next supreme leader as the U.S. and Israel hammered the country for a sixth day. Iran kept ...
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — An Iranian warship that was sunk by a U.S. submarine near Sri Lanka had participated in naval exercises hosted by India before heading out into international waters in the Indian Ocean on its way home, New ...
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain's Pedro Sánchez has once again emerged as Europe's most consistently vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump, drawing his ire for refusing to allow the American military to stage operations for its attacks on Iran from ...
By AIDA SULTANOVA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan on Thursday accused Iran of a drone attack on its territory that injured four civilians, and it vowed to retaliate as the war in the Middle East reached into another country. Azerbaijan's Foreign ...
By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Conservative Anglican leaders have restructured their organization, signaling a break from the traditions of the historic Anglican Communion as they seek to reorder the 400-year-old church group. The Global Anglican Future ...
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that he would prefer not to repair a damaged oil pipeline that delivers Russian crude to Central Europe despite rising tensions with neighboring Hungary and Slovakia over ...
By JON GAMBRELL and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For years, Iran's theocratic government warned it would blanket the Middle East with missile and drone fire if it felt its existence was threatened. Now, the Islamic Republic is doing just that. Since ...
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Voting was peaceful in Nepal's first nationwide election Thursday since a violent, youth-led uprising forced the government from power in September. Turnout was about 60% and only a few minor incidents were reported, ...
BERLIN (AP) — Cologne Cathedral, a famous German landmark and popular tourist draw, will start charging an admission fee to visitors as church officials struggle with rising maintenance costs, according to an announcement on Thursday. The Catholic cathedral's chapter said it will start ...
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and VIVIANNE WANDERA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Families of Kenyan recruits duped with promises of work in Russia who ended up on the front lines of the fighting in Ukraine petitioned the country's parliament on Thursday to ban the recruitment of Kenyans ...
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A mine collapse at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo left at least 200 dead, according to Congolese authorities, a number disputed by the rebel group that controls the mine. The collapse took place Tuesday at the Rubaya ...
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Canadian and Australian prime ministers on Thursday called for a de-escalation of the Iran war but added the Iranians must never gain a nuclear weapon. Canada's Mark Carney and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese ...
BERLIN (AP) — A court convicted a Syrian man on Thursday of stabbing and seriously wounding a Spanish tourist at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial just over a year ago, and sentenced him to 13 years on prison. The 20-year-old defendant, whom authorities have identified only as Wassim Al M. in line ...