By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K., Australia and Canada formally recognized a Palestinian state on Sunday, prompting an angry response from Israel, which ruled out the prospect. The coordinated initiative from the three Commonwealth nations and longtime allies reflects ...
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada recognized a Palestinian state on Sunday, despite opposition from the U.S, with the hope it paves the way for peace based on two states living side by side. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on the social platform X that Canada had ...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Fallout from a cyberattack that disrupted check-in systems at several European airports extended into a second full day on Sunday, as passengers faced dozens of canceled and delayed flights — and the impact poised to worsen for at least one major airport. Brussels Airport, ...
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban government on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to retake Bagram Air Base, four years after America's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan left the sprawling military facility in the Taliban's hands. Trump on Saturday renewed his call ...
By JON GAMBRELL and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pakistan's defense minister says his nation's nuclear program "will be made available" to Saudi Arabia if needed under the countries' new defense pact, marking the first specific acknowledgment that ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union should slap new sanctions on Russia's exports of liquefied natural gas, its shadow fleet of aging oil tankers and major energy companies over its war on Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on ...
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will replicate a policy announced Thursday by U.S. President Donald Trump and designate antifa a terrorist organization, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Friday. Antifa, short for "anti-fascist," is an umbrella term for ...
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Three members of a federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico's finances, who were recently fired by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit in federal court on Thursday alleging their firings were ...
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States once again vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution Thursday that had demanded an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, saying that the effort did not go far enough in condemning ...
By JUSTIN SPIKE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that he has ...
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group on Friday called on Saudi Arabia to "open a new page" after years of tension and animosity, saying that the weapons of the Iran-backed group are directed toward Israel and not the oil-rich kingdom. Naim ...
By JON GAMBRELL and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli fighter jets over the Red Sea launched ballistic missiles to target Hamas leaders in Qatar last week, a U.S. defense official said, in what was a novel method likely designed to overcome the ...
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. returned the first migrant to France on Thursday under a new " one in, one out" exchange policy for asylum-seekers who enter the country without authorization. A man who arrived by boat in August was flown back to France, the Home Office said. More deportations are ...
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — After well over a century under construction, Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica is ready to raise its immense central tower and become the tallest Christian church in Europe. The basilica's General Director Xavier Martínez said ...
By NICOLAS GARRIGA, THOMAS ADAMSON and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Protesters hit France with transport strikes, notably hobbling the Paris Metro, demonstrations and traffic slowdowns and blockades Thursday, pitting the power of the streets against President Emmanuel ...
By MUNIR AHMED and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both — a key accord in the wake of Israel's strike on Qatar last week. The kingdom has ...
By MUNIR AHMED and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact that defines any attack on either nation as an attack on both — a key accord in the wake of Israel's strike on Qatar last week. The kingdom has ...
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's defense minister renewed threats that his country would take over self-ruled Taiwan as he opened a security forum in Beijing on Thursday. The "restoration" of Taiwan to China "is an integral part of the post-war ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Nine hours of frantic negotiation with the Israeli military. A last-minute scramble to find trucks in a devastated Gaza Strip, where fuel is in short supply. Six hours of frantic packing, carefully stacking cardboard boxes on open flatbed ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Nine hours of frantic negotiation with the Israeli military. A last-minute scramble to find trucks in a devastated Gaza Strip, where fuel is in short supply. Six hours of frantic packing, carefully stacking cardboard boxes on open flatbed ...