By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday that it has conducted successful cruise missile tests, the latest display of its growing military capabilities and one that came a day before U.S. President Donald Trump visited ...
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Wednesday that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.076 billion (923.9 million euros) for Holocaust survivors ' home care around the globe for ...
By SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan have failed in Istanbul after four days of negotiations, Pakistan's information minister said early Wednesday, accusing the Taliban government in Kabul of refusing to act ...
By DÁNICA COTO and JOHN MYERS JR. Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Heavy floodwaters swept across southwestern Jamaica, winds tore roofs off buildings and boulders tumbled onto roads Tuesday as Hurricane Melissa pummeled the Caribbean island as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, ...
By NALOVA AKUA Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Opposition leaders in Cameroon Tuesday contested the official results of the Oct. 12 presidential election after the country's top court declared the world's oldest leader Paul Biya winner as protests continued across the ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The announcement Monday that Hamas had released the body of another hostage offered hope to 13 families and an Israeli public desperately waiting for the remains of loved ones to come back from Gaza. Then came word from Israeli ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA and RENATA BRITO Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli army launched a barrage of attacks in Gaza on Tuesday as tensions with Hamas grew two weeks into a fragile ceasefire, and the militant group responded by saying it would delay handing over the ...
Associated Press undefined BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Mali told American citizens Tuesday to leave the country by plane because of the threats of terrorism and a severe fuel crisis stemming from a jihadi group's blockade of fuel tankers entering the landlocked West African ...
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Lawyers for Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro filed an appeal to reduce his prison sentence for attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat. Judges in September convicted Bolsonaro of trying to overthrow democracy ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday that it has conducted successful cruise missile tests, the latest display of its growing military capabilities and one that came a day before U.S. President Donald Trump visited South ...
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and SAM METZ Associated Press PARIS (AP) — More than 100 investigators are racing to piece together how thieves pulled off the brazen heist at the Louvre Museum in Paris, working to recover the stolen gems and bring those responsible to justice. The daytime theft ...
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Mike Waltz is approaching his new role as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and a mandate from President Donald Trump to cut funding for what were once longtime American priorities the same way he set about representing Florida ...
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Russian oil company Lukoil says it is selling its international assets in response to sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump that aim to push Russia to agree to a ceasefire in its war against Ukraine. The company said ...
By EILEEN NG and DAVID RISING Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — China signed an expanded version of a free trade agreement Tuesday with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with Premier Li Qiang pitching expanded economic ties with Beijing as an alternative to the ...
By OPE ADETAYO Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara was reelected to a fourth term in an election marked by low turnout and empty streets in the economic capital of Abidjan, provisional results showed Monday. Ouattara, 83, who first came ...
By DAVID RISING Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The president of East Timor told The Associated Press on Monday that he would be willing to intercede personally to try and break the impasse in the region's most challenging problem — Myanmar's raging civil war, one day ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Markets in Argentina rallied, the peso surged and government bonds jumped on Monday as President Javier Milei hailed his party's resounding victory in midterm congressional elections as a mandate to press ahead with radical ...
MOSCOW (AP) — North Korea's top diplomat visited the Kremlin on Monday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which followed last month's meeting between the countries' leaders. The show of deepening ties came as U.S. President Donald Trump visits Asia. In a separate meeting with ...
By SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Hourslong peace talks between Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan entered a third day Monday in Istanbul, officials from both sides said, but they were unable to reach an agreement by the end of the day. The talks ...
By NALOVA AKUA and NGALA KILLIAN CHIMTOM Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The world's oldest president, Cameroon 's 92-year-old Paul Biya, has won election again, the country's top court said Monday, after days of protesters' clashes with security forces left at least four people ...