By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Anyone who watched U.S. President Donald Trump vow to condition financial aid to cash-strapped Argentina on the outcome of a "very big" and "very important" vote in the South American country would be forgiven for thinking ...
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is weeks away from parliamentary elections that will set the country's course during one of the Middle East's most delicate moments in years. While the ceasefire in Gaza may have tamped down regional tensions, fears remain of ...
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians filled the streets of Budapest on Thursday in competing demonstrations as supporters of the country's two main political movements staged mutual shows of strength before next spring's national ...
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aiming to cut into oil and gas export earnings that fund Moscow's war against Ukraine. More than 3 1/2 years into the war, the effort remains a ...
By RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday criticized a symbolic vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about annexing the occupied West Bank, saying that it amounted to an "insult" and went against the Trump ...
Michael Smuss, who fought Nazis with Molotov cocktails during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 99 By CLAUDIA CIOBANU, MELANIE LIDMAN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER undefined WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Michael Smuss, a Holocaust survivor and painter, has died at 99. His wife in Israel confirmed his ...
By CLAUDIA CIOBANU, MELANIE LIDMAN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER undefined WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Michael Smuss, who fought Nazi soldiers with Molotov cocktails during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of World War II and became a painter after the war to process his trauma, has died. He was 99. His ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military killed more than 50 Boko Haram militants in response to drone attacks on military bases in the country's northeast, the army said Thursday. Army spokesperson Sani Uba said in a statement that militants launched simultaneous attacks on military bases ...
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The son of Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the country's interim government to lift a ban on Hasina's party, saying an election that excludes it would be a sham. In an interview with The Associated ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's prime minister said on Thursday that his European partners must share the risk of using billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets that are held in his country to help keep Ukraine's economy and war effort afloat in coming ...
By RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance criticized on Thursday a symbolic vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about the annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying it amounted to an "insult" and went against the Trump ...
By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday he will run for reelection next year, seeking a fourth nonconsecutive term. "I'm turning 80, but you can be sure I have the same energy I had when I was 30. And I'm going ...
LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police arrested three men in London on Thursday on suspicion of spying for Russia. The Metropolitan Police force said that the men, ages 44, 45 and 48, were detained at addresses in the city under the National Security Act "on suspicion of assisting a ...
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — For Donah Falia and the other young people whose weeks of protests paved the way for Madagascar's military coup last week, the change at the top has brought no immediate relief to their lives. The ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia appointed a prominent ultraconservative scholar late Wednesday as the country's new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar. Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan, 90, took over the position, the ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday that its latest missile tests involved a new hypersonic system aimed at strengthening its nuclear war deterrent, as leader Kim Jong Un continues to build up weapons designed to overwhelm South Korea ...
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. Security Council members warned Haiti's leaders on Wednesday that time is running out to restore security and hold general elections as the deadline to install a new government nears. Haiti's transitional presidential ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance sought Wednesday to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration was dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East, as he and other top U.S. envoys visit Israel this week to support ...
By THOMAS ADAMSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Louvre's director on Wednesday acknowledged a "terrible failure" at the Paris tourist attraction after a daylight crown jewel heist over the weekend, and said that she offered to resign but it was refused. The world's ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal 88 million euros ($102 million) worth of crown jewels in a weekend heist at the world's most visited museum, the Louvre, shocking the world. French officials have described how the intruders rode ...