By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's main opposition coalition said Tuesday it won't take part in the North African country's upcoming presidential election unless President Kais Saied's political opponents are freed and judicial independence is ...
By TIA GOLDENBERG and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7-month-long war, ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is determined to launch a ground offensive against Hamas in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost town, a plan that has raised global alarm because of the potential for harm to more than a million Palestinian civilians sheltering there.
Even ...
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The world's nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings.
Coming into Ottawa, many feared the effort would stall to ...
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A 98-year-old woman in Ukraine who escaped Russian-occupied territory by walking almost 10 kilometers (6 miles) alone, wearing a pair of slippers and supported by a cane has been reunited with her family days after they were separated ...
MILAN (AP) — Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations committed Tuesday to phase out coal power by 2035, marking the first time the G7 has explicitly referenced a phase-out, but left flexibility for countries heavily reliant on coal.
The final ...
By CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The torrential rains and deadly floods that have hit Kenya since March have been some of the most catastrophic in the country in recent years.
At least 169 people have died due to the heavy rains, with more than 91 missing, ...
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African police were investigating Tuesday if former President Jacob Zuma's new political party forged supporters' signatures to register for national elections next month.
The MK Party, which has been highly critical of ...
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's taking control of its oil sector from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year. The 1938 nationalization is a point of pride for millions of Mexicans including President Andrés Manuel López ...
By AYAKA MCGILL and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press
FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan (AP) — The town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists.
Known for a number of scenic photo spots that offer a near-perfect shot of Japan's iconic Mount Fuji, the town on Tuesday began constructing a large ...
By BABA AHMED Associated Press
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A senior Islamic State group commander wanted in connection with one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. forces in Africa was killed in an operation by Mali's security forces, the country's army said.
Abu Huzeifa, known by the alias Higgo, ...
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerians were queuing for hours to buy fuel across major cities on Tuesday as the West African nation struggled with its latest fuel shortage, causing more hardship for millions already struggling in an economic crisis.
The fuel ...
By ALEX TURNBULL Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — Several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gathered near the Paris Olympics organizers' headquarters on Tuesday and called for limiting Israel's participation at the Summer Games in the French capital.
About 300 people attended the rally at ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — When interviewed about his plans after a shock electoral victory last fall, Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei gave his go-to answer in a blink: "To exterminate inflation."
"After that ..." he trailed off, as though ...
By DAKE KANG Associated Press
SHANGHAI (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility — a sign of the Beijing's continuing pressure on scientists conducting research ...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels Tuesday near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, damaging both in the latest flare-up in an increasingly tense territorial conflict.
There were no immediate reports of injuries in ...
By NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — French police evicted migrants from a makeshift tent-camp next to Paris City Hall early on Tuesday, the latest clear-out of people without homes that aid groups allege is a campaign to beautify the French capital ahead of the Summer ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore of the enclave and building out a floating platform for the operation that the Pentagon has said will ...
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BEIJING (AP) — China's Shenzhou-17 spacecraft returned to Earth Tuesday, carrying three astronauts who have completed a six-month mission aboard the country's orbiting space station.
The three, Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin, landed at the Dongfeng ...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's new government will include a former intelligence chief who has fostered close ties with Russia and is sanctioned by the United States, the country's prime minister-designate said Tuesday.
Aleksandar Vulin will serve as one of several vice-premiers, said ...