By GUILLERMO GARAT and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — The European Union reached a blockbuster free trade agreement Friday with Brazil, Argentina and the three other South American nations in the Mercosur trade alliance, capping a quarter-century of on-off ...

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union said Friday it sent TikTok an urgent request for more information about Romanian intelligence files suggesting that Moscow coordinated influencers on its platform to promote an election candidate who became the surprise ...

By NINIEK KARMINI and ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia and the Philippines signed a deal on Friday to send home a Filipino death-row drug convict who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, as the new administration of President Prabowo Subianto seeks ...

By YONG HO KIM and DAVID RISING Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In the groundswell of fury and defiance that erupted among South Koreans after their president declared martial law, curtailing the country's hard-won freedoms, it was perhaps the iconic moment. As parliamentarians ...

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States deployed a reconnaissance aircraft while Japan and the Philippines sent navy ships in a joint patrol in the disputed South China Sea on Friday, two days after the allied forces condemned actions by Chinese coast ...

By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — As bitcoin reached historic highs, surpassing $100,000 for the first tim e, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele was triumphant on Thursday about his big bet on the cryptocurrency. The adoption of bitcoin — which has ...

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain's armed forces has warned that the world stands at the cusp of a "third nuclear age,'' defined by multiple simultaneous challenges and weakened safeguards that kept previous threats in check. Adm. Tony Radakin, chief of ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada said Thursday it is outlawing another 324 firearm varieties — guns the public safety minister said belong on the battlefield, not in the hands of hunters or sport shooters. Ottawa also said it is working with the government of Ukraine to see how the guns can ...

By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Assocaited Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian insurgents entered the central city of Hama Thursday after days of intense clashes with government forces as they push forward with their week-long offensive that brought large parts of Syria under their ...

By TOM NOUVIAN and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron will address the nation Thursday following the resignation of ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier, a day after a historic no-confidence vote at the National Assembly left France without a ...

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president replaced his defense minister Thursday as opposition parties moved to impeach both men over the stunning-but-brief imposition of martial law that brought armed troops into Seoul ...

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas, saying it has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the ...

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Crime-solving techniques applied to a medieval illuminated manuscript in Paris may have solved a centuries-old puzzle — the true identity of a leading Byzantine painter who injected humanity into the ...

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London's Royal Albert Hall, the gilded concert venue known for an annual "Rule Britannia" singalong, is preparing to host a different kind of spectacle: Sumo wrestling. Camera shutters clicked furiously and reporters "ahhhed" in delight ...

By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes tore through a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza on Wednesday, sparking fires and killing at least 21 people, according to the head of a nearby hospital, in the ...

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Syria's most powerful insurgent group toured the seized city of Aleppo on Wednesday in a surprise visit — the first since the group captured large parts of the city over the weekend as fierce fighting intensifies in the ...

By DAVID RISING and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shocked the nation in a televised address late Tuesday, declaring martial law and calling in troops to secure the National Assembly building where parliament sits. The ...

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Over the past dozen years, Syrian militant leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani has worked to remake his public image and the insurgency he commands, renouncing longtime ties to al-Qaida and consolidating power before emerging from the ...

By SAMY MAGDY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war. It would effectively end Hamas' rule and could ...

WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibia elected its first female leader as Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was declared the winner Tuesday of a presidential election last week that was tarnished by technical glitches that caused a three-day extension to allow votes to be cast, and rejected as ...