By SAM METZ Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — As the bodies of two dozen Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes arrived at hospitals in Gaza on Wednesday, the director of one asked a question that has echoed across the war-ravaged territory for months. "Where is the ceasefire? Where are ...

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States will hold talks Friday in Oman, their latest over Tehran's nuclear program after Israel launched a 12-day war on the country in June and the Islamic Republic launched a bloody crackdown on ...

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government agreed Wednesday to release documents casting light on the decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, despite his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, as it tries to stem mounting anger over the ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Pan American Health Organization, PAHO, issued a new epidemiological alert following a surge of measles cases across the Americas, with Mexico reporting the highest numbers. It also called for urgent vaccination campaigns, highlighting that 78% of recent cases involved ...

By TUNDE OMOLEHIN and DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press SOKOTO, Nigeria (AP) — Armed extremists killed at least 162 people during attacks on two villages in western Nigeria, a lawmaker said Wednesday, in one of the deadliest assaults in recent months. One rights group estimated the death ...

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes pounded Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 24 Palestinians, including two babies, according to health officials in the territory, where a fragile ceasefire is under increasing ...

By SERGIO FARELLA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge on Wednesday requested the extradition from the United States of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured by the U.S. military last month and now faces federal charges of ...

PRAGUE (AP) — The new Czech government of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš survived on Wednesday a parliamentary no-confidence vote called by the opposition over the handling of a dispute with the country's president. Only 84 opposition lawmakers in the 200-seat lower house of ...

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's Culture Minister Nikola Selakovic and three other officials went on trial on Wednesday on charges of abuse of office and falsifying documents in connection with a real estate project that was to be financed by a company of ...

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A Hungarian court on Wednesday sentenced a German anti-fascist activist to eight years in prison for taking part in assaults against participants of a far-right rally in February 2023. Authorities allege the 25-year-old defendant, ...

By KANIS LEUNG and CHAN HO-HIM Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's CK Hutchison Holdings said Wednesday its subsidiary has started arbitration proceedings against Panama, after that country's Supreme Court ruled a concession for the subsidiary to operate Panama Canal ports was ...

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday the country should make "any sacrifice necessary" to preserve the independence of the country in the face of threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. Harper, a Conservative prime ...

By RAJESH ROY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers from the ruling coalition praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday for striking a deal with the U.S. that seeks to reduce tariffs on Indian goods, while the opposition raised questions on the impact on sensitive ...

By SAMY MAGDY, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Many hoped the reopening of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza would bring relief to the war-battered territory, but for the first few Palestinians allowed to cross, it proved more harrowing ...

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics: A breakaway group attached to the traditional Latin Mass announced plans to consecrate new bishops without papal consent in a threatened revival of ...

By DAVID RISING and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A year after Vietnam elevated its relations with Washington to the highest diplomatic level, an internal document shows its military was taking steps to prepare for a possible American "war of aggression" and ...

By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's relationship with Syria is "radically different" since the fall of former President Bashar Assad, the senior Lebanese minister tasked with managing the country's relations with its neighbor said on Tuesday. "Under the Assad regime, ...

By PAOLA FLORES and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The almost monthlong disappearance from public view of Bolivia's towering socialist icon, ex-leader Evo Morales, shortly after the Jan. 3 U.S. seizure of his close ally former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, is ...

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia's war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday, with negotiations taking place against a backdrop ...

By JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Conservative populist Laura Fernández won Costa Rica 's presidency, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation's politics started by her political sponsor, outgoing President Rodrigo ...