By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Monday, the day before U.S. President Donald Trump's deadline for imposing higher tariffs on goods imported from China. Oil prices extended declines that began last week on expectations for a possible ...

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A 90-day pause on imposing higher tariffs on China is due to expire on Tuesday and it is unclear if it will be extended. After the most recent round of China-U.S. trade talks, held late last month in Stockholm, Chinese and U.S. ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president will pardon jailed former justice minister and liberal ally Cho Kuk this week, officials said Monday, cutting short his two-year sentence for falsifying academic records to help his children enter prestigious schools. The decision will also ...

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Australia will recognize a Palestinian state, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signaling they would do so. His remarks followed weeks of urging from ...

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAM METZ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended a new military offensive in Gaza that's more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at home and abroad that ...

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Monday his country would inevitably be drawn "kicking and screaming" into any war over Taiwan due to its proximity to the self-ruled island and the presence of large numbers of Filipino ...

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London police said Sunday that 532 people were arrested the previous day when supporters of a pro-Palestinian group recently outlawed as a terrorist organization intentionally broke the law to test the government's ability to enforce the ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban are investigating explicit death threats against dozens of Afghan women working for the United Nations, according to a report published Sunday. In its latest update on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, the U.N. mission to the country said that dozens of ...

By FANNY BRODERSEN and SAM McNEIL Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany won't authorize any exports of military equipment to Israel that could be used in Gaza "until further notice," Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, in a strikingly quick response by one of Israel's strongest ...

By DANICA KIRKA and MEG KINNARD Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday at a stately home south of London, with the two leaders saying the agenda includes global economics and the Israel-Hamas war and Russia's ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Reintegrating Afghan refugees is critical to the country's peaceful future as social cohesion will be reduced without it, a U.N. official said Friday. Some 2.2 million Afghans have crossed the border from Iran and Pakistan since the start of the year, according to the latest ...

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An Australian state lawmaker and convicted rapist, who is in jail awaiting his sentence, quit his seat Friday moments before a vote scheduled by his former colleagues to eject him. Gareth Ward, an independent member ...

By MELANIE LIDMAN, WAFAA SHURAFA and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel said early Friday that it plans to take over Gaza City in another escalation of its 22-month war with Hamas. The decision, taken after a late-night meeting of top officials, came despite ...

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A wealthy businessman on Thursday became the head of Haiti's transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country as a top gang leader underscored the challenges facing the nation ...

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The United States on Thursday announced a pause on all routine visa applications for citizens of Zimbabwe, the latest restriction on travelers from Africa. It came days after the U.S. unveiled a pilot project requiring citizens of ...

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Shiite members of Lebanon's Cabinet walked out a government meeting on Thursday in protest of a proposed plan to disarm the Hezbollah militant group and political organization. The rest of the Cabinet then voted in favor of the U.S.-backed plan ...

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Vladimir Putin may be traveling abroad next week — for potentially pivotal talks with U.S. President Donald Trump — despite the Russian leader facing an International Criminal Court arrest warrant. Putin is wanted by the ...

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A wealthy businessman was slated to become president of Haiti's transitional presidential council on Thursday, marking the first time that the private sector is in control of the country's two executive ...

By MELANIE LIDMAN and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli Security Cabinet is set to meet Thursday to discuss a possible expansion of military operations in the Gaza Strip, a move that would draw fierce opposition internationally and from many in Israel, ...

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators on Thursday requested a warrant to arrest the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol, a day after questioning her over suspicions including bribery, stock manipulation and political ...