By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defense minister were sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case alleging Yoon ordered drone flights over Pyongyang in 2024 to heighten tensions with North Korea ...
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Thousands of Puerto Ricans are struggling with water shortages so severe that the governor of the U.S. territory has activated the National Guard and emergency responders are fielding calls every day. Officials have not ...
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press VINNYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — The two burly men stare straight ahead, hands intertwined on a pottery wheel, fingers buried in the clay. They sense each other's presence through touch alone. One is a veteran who lost his sight in combat and now teaches ...
By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at ...
By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 100 Cuban migrants attempting to enter Brazil on its northern border with Guyana were rescued from human smugglers, Brazilian police said. The 108 migrants were in custody in Roraima state while authorities regularize ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday sought to encourage Spain's young people to persevere in their faith, as he presided over an evening rally that was notable for its frank discussion of depression, domestic violence and ...
By MALAK HARB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Christian religious leaders from Lebanon's southern port city of Tyre on Tuesday called on the international community and Lebanese officials to act quickly to prevent Israel from attacking the city's Christian ...
By MANUEL RUEDA and ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella on Tuesday urged prosecutors to investigate whether rebel groups coerced citizens in remote municipalities into voting for governing party candidate Sen. ...
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block will open soon, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Gordie Howe International Bridge, ...
By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press TOCANTINIA, Brazil (AP) — Fire began crackling like approaching rain on a recent morning in the Xerente Indigenous Territory in Tocantins in northern Brazil. But the Indigenous residents weren't afraid and didn't rush to put it out. The flames ...
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A former Air Canada pilot has been charged after flying for years without a proper license, Canadian police said Tuesday. Geoffrey Wall, of Barrie, Ontario, is alleged to have operated as an airline captain between 2009 and 2025 without a ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China's Xi Jinping is traveling to North Korea for the first time in nearly seven years in a trip that offers North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a stage to showcase an increasingly assertive foreign policy anchored ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called a U.S. push for the denuclearization of North Korea an "anachronistic dream," saying Sunday the North will steadily expand its nuclear arsenal in the face of U.S.-led ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged Spaniards on Saturday to stop "fanning the flames of polarization" as he arrived in Spain at a moment of political turmoil for the Socialist-led government and a credibility crisis for the Catholic ...
By THIAGO MOSTAZO and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — As the FIFA World Cup approaches, the image of one of Brazil's most recognizable footballers lives on in Santos, the one-time home of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, far better known as Pelé. Tourists like ...
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The leaders of the U.K., Ukraine, France and Germany discussed the "urgent need" to ramp up production of weapons to combat Russia's powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missiles in a meeting in London on Sunday. British Prime Minister Keir ...
By ZANA CIMILI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party won the most votes in an early parliamentary election in Kosovo on Sunday, early results showed. But it remained unclear whether the outcome will bring an end to a political impasse in the small ...
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, SAMY MAGDY, MELANIE LIDMAN and CARA ANNA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched missiles at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats transiting in Latin America have killed more than 200 people since September, when the Trump administration began an operation it has justified as necessary to stem ...
By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press BUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 282 cases of Ebola disease have been confirmed in Congo's growing outbreak, the central African nation says, as more joyful stories from recovered medical workers emerge. One nurse spoke of his "indescribable joy" at beating ...