JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas are in the midst of a six-week ceasefire during which Hamas is releasing dozens of the hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. The sides have carried out four swaps since the ceasefire went into effect ...
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court could jeopardize trials and investigations at the world's only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide. The ...
By DASHA LITVINOVA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even being outlawed and forced to operate from exile abroad. Many survived despite ...
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday lashed out at what it called U.S. "coercion" after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with Beijing following Washington's threat to take back the Panama Canal. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a briefing that China "firmly ...
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo goes to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to be a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti after his governing party won in a landslide four years ago. Eligible voters, including those ...
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza despite international rejection of President Donald Trump's plan to empty the territory of its population. Egypt has launched a diplomatic blitz behind the scenes ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — People on the streets of Ecuador can rattle off the places they have encountered criminals: On the bus, at the park, on the sidewalk, in a cab, by the mall, next to a restaurant. And, while finger-counting, they can just as ...
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government declared a state of emergency on Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week. The ministry of civil protection's announcement will provide authorities ...
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday seized a second plane belonging to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro 's government that is currently in the Dominican Republic. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio watched ...
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday that while an Israeli ban has not yet forced the agency to cease operations, it faces an "existential threat" in the long run. "I have been very clear that despite all the ...
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Whether to allow transgender athletes to compete in women's sports already was a key debate among Olympic leaders before U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that puts pressure on them before the 2028 Summer Games in Los ...
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press GWADAR, Pakistan (AP) — There was a time when few people in the coastal Pakistani city of Gwadar understood what climate change was. After a decade of extreme weather, many more do. Rain battered Gwadar for almost 30 consecutive hours last February. ...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — One U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed Thursday when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said. The aircraft was conducting a routine mission "providing ...
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's new government is struggling to deal with a host of issues, including a stumbling economy and human rights violations, left behind by the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina six months ago. Hasina fled to ...
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — "Every day, people pay the price for the drugs you buy." Amid record cocaine seizures and deadly shootings, the slogan is simple and aims to raise awareness among France's millions of recreational drug users that their habits are fuelling ...
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza despite international rejection of President Donald Trump's plan to empty the territory of its population. Egypt has launched a diplomatic blitz behind the scenes ...
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff ...
By PRABHJOT GILL Associated Press AMRITSAR, India (AP) — A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian migrants arrived in a northern Indian city on Wednesday, the first such flight to the country as part of a crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, airport officials said. The ...
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina's president has ordered the country's withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to "profound differences" with the U.N. agency, a presidential spokesperson said Wednesday. President Javier Milei 's decision ...
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians will mark this year the 77th anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, an event that is at the core of their national struggle. But in many ways, that experience pales in comparison to the calamity now ...