BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military-appointed election commission announced Monday that elections will begin Dec. 28, setting a date for polls that critics have denounced as a sham intended to normalize the army's 2021 seizure of power even as armed conflict rages throughout much of the ...
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker who are wanted by the city's authorities have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia, respectively. Tony Chung, an activist who was imprisoned under Hong Kong's ...
By SAM METZ, NATALIE MELZER and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli protesters demanding a deal to free hostages in Gaza attempted to shut down the country Sunday in one of the largest and fiercest protests in 22 months of war. Organizers, representing the families of ...
By SAMYA KULLAB and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — European and NATO leaders announced Sunday they will join President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Washington to present a united front in talks with President Donald Trump on ending Russia's war in Ukraine and firming up ...
LAUCA Ñ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's charismatic, long-serving ex-President Evo Morales told The Associated Press on Saturday that he didn't know what to do about threats by the right-wing presidential candidates to arrest him if they came to power. From his stronghold in Bolivia's tropics of ...
By ROB GILLIES and RIO YAMAT Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada suspended operations as more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants went on strike early Saturday after a deadline to reach a deal passed, leaving travelers around the world stranded and scrambling during the peak ...
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an Australian beach has allowed paleontologists ...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban leader warned God would severely punish Afghans who are ungrateful for Islamic rule in the country, according to a statement released Friday marking the fourth anniversary of the Taliban's return to power. The Taliban seized Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, as the ...
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group on Friday vowed not to disarm, saying last week's decision by the national government to remove the Iran-backed group's weapons by the end of the year serves Israel's interests. Naim Kassem ...
By ABDOULIE JOHN and MONIKA PRONCZUK Associated Press SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Three women were charged in Gambia over the death of a one-month-old girl who had undergone female genital mutilation, the police said, in the first such case since the country stopped short of reversing a ban ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's new liberal president, Lee Jae Myung, said Friday he will seek to restore a 2018 military agreement with North Korea aimed at reducing border tensions and urged Pyongyang to respond to Seoul's efforts to rebuild ...
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The security firm of former U.S. Navy Seal Erik Prince will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti as part of a one-year deal to quell gang violence there, a person with knowledge of the plans said ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Australia on Friday launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving more than 3,600 military personnel in live-fire drills, battle maneuvers and a beach assault at a Philippine town on the disputed South ...
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey will provide weapons, military equipment, and logistical support to Syria under a newly signed defense cooperation agreement, Turkish Defense Ministry officials said Thursday. The announcement came a day after Turkish Defense ...
By GEIR MOULSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that there will be "very severe consequences" if Russian President Vladimir Putin does not agree to stop the war against Ukraine after the two leaders meet for a summit later this week ...
By OHAD ZWIGENBERG and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank (AP) — Israel's far-right finance minister announced approval Thursday of contentious new settlement construction in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which Palestinians and rights groups worry will scuttle plans ...
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government on Wednesday unveiled a plan to support local companies affected by a 50% tariff imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on several of the country's exports. Dubbed "Sovereign Brazil," the plan provides for a ...
By STEFANIE DAZIO and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The top diplomats of Britain, France, and Germany threatened to reimpose sanctions on Iran as an end-of-the-month deadline nears for the country to resume negotiations with the West over its nuclear program and ...
By ABBY SEWELL and GHAITH ALSAYED Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A U.N.-backed commission that investigated sectarian violence on Syria's coast earlier this year found that there was "widespread and systematic" violence against civilians perpetrated by some government-affiliated ...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Nearly 50 protesters have been detained across Serbia and dozens of people were injured as violence erupted this week between opponents and supports of the government following more than nine months of largely peaceful demonstrations against the populist rule of ...