By THIAGO MOSTAZO and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — As the FIFA World Cup approaches, the image of one of Brazil's most recognizable footballers lives on in Santos, the one-time home of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, far better known as Pelé. Tourists like ...

By ZANA CIMILI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party won the most votes in an early parliamentary election in Kosovo on Sunday, early results showed. But it remained unclear whether the outcome will bring an end to a political impasse in the small ...

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The leaders of the U.K., Ukraine, France and Germany discussed the "urgent need" to ramp up production of weapons to combat Russia's powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missiles in a meeting in London on Sunday. British Prime Minister Keir ...

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, SAMY MAGDY, MELANIE LIDMAN and CARA ANNA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched missiles at Israel in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, raising the possibility of a return to heavy fighting and complicating ...

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats transiting in Latin America have killed more than 200 people since September, when the Trump administration began an operation it has justified as necessary to stem ...

By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press BUNIA, Congo (AP) — At least 282 cases of Ebola disease have been confirmed in Congo's growing outbreak, the central African nation says, as more joyful stories from recovered medical workers emerge. One nurse spoke of his "indescribable joy" at beating ...

By CHAN HO-HIM and TAIJING WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Nvidia on Monday unveiled new powerful chips that would bring advanced artificial intelligence functions into laptops and desktop computers, with the new personal computer models from brands including Microsoft and Dell ...

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A panel of international arbitrators has rejected a multimillion-dollar claim by Rwanda against the United Kingdom linked to a refugee resettlement deal that Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped immediately after taking office ...

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India said it will continue engaging with Myanmar after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks Monday with the leader of the country's military-backed government, despite Western sanctions imposed after the military seized power in ...

By BASSEM MROUE, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in the deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter-century, the military said Sunday, ...

By MEGAN JANETSKY and ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Tough-on-crime outsider Aberaldo de la Espriella took the lead in Colombia's presidential race in the first round of voting Sunday night, setting up a runoff with Iván Cepeda, an ally of Colombia's outgoing ...

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Brooklyn Rivera, a renowned Indigenous leader from Nicaragua who spent years fighting for the rights of his community and was imprisoned by the government in September 2023, has died. The Nicaraguan government issued a ...

By SYLVIE CORBET and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A huge crowd of supporters gathered peacefully near the Eiffel Tower on Sunday to celebrate Paris Saint-Germain's second Champions League title victory, which was marred by violent clashes overnight across France and led ...

By BARAA ANWER and MARIAM FAM Associated Press ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims from around the world congregated on Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for intense prayers on Tuesday, the second official day and the climax of the annual Islamic pilgrimage. Despite the sweltering ...

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BLETCHLEY, England (AP) — Artificial intelligence is "an unstoppable force" that is being weaponized in ways that fall just short of traditional warfare, Britain's cyberspying chief warned Wednesday. Anne Keast-Butler, director of the communications ...

By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A group led by a Roman Catholic bishop in the Philippines launched a fact-finding body Wednesday to document accounts of witnesses and other details of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody anti-drugs crackdown ...

By ASHWINI BHATIA Associated Press DHARAMSHALA, India (AP) — Penpa Tsering was sworn in Wednesday for a second consecutive term as the president of Tibet's government-in-exile following his reelection earlier this year. Tsering, 58, has led the exile government based in Dharamshala, ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel carried out a pair of airstrikes in Gaza City late Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring 12, hospital officials said. The strike took place on the eve of Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday. In a joint statement, Israeli Prime Minister ...

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Parents' groups in France called Tuesday for more attention to long-ignored child abuse scandals as a rare public trial opened of a school assistant accused of sexually assaulting nine young children in Paris. Inspired by Gisèle Pelicot 's ...

By MAURICIO MUÑOZ Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — A global heritage foundation that works to improve conditions at famous archaeological sites offered on Tuesday to work with Peruvian authorities on the famed Machu Picchu, where tourists often face hours of lines, overcrowding and ...