ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia's parliament on Friday voted to reintroduce compulsory military service in the European Union and NATO member country. The move comes amid heightened tensions in Europe following the Russian aggression against Ukraine, as well as an apparent arms race and ...

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in London on Friday for talks with two dozen European leaders who have pledged military help to shield his country from future Russian aggression if a ceasefire stops the more than three-year ...

BERLIN (AP) — Mysterious drone flights over the airspace of European Union member countries in recent weeks have alarmed the public and elected officials. Intrusions into NATO's airspace, some of them blamed on Russia, reached an unprecedented scale last month. Some European officials ...

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Forget France: The Louvre Museum jewelry heist was a classic case of German efficiency. Photos of a German-made freight lift that the thieves used in a lightning-fast daylight heist at the Louvre have gone viral. And its manufacturer is now ...

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Less than six months after Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated as Tanzania's first woman president in 2021, the country's most famous cartoonist depicted her in a military general's uniform under the title ...

By CHAN HO-HIM, HUIZHONG WU AND KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China's leaders are vowing to reduce its reliance on foreign advanced technology and spur stronger domestic demand as it weathers "high winds" amid elevated trade tensions with the U.S. An outline of the ...

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Anyone who watched U.S. President Donald Trump vow to condition financial aid to cash-strapped Argentina on the outcome of a "very big" and "very important" vote in the South American country would be forgiven for thinking ...

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is weeks away from parliamentary elections that will set the country's course during one of the Middle East's most delicate moments in years. While the ceasefire in Gaza may have tamped down regional tensions, fears remain of ...

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians filled the streets of Budapest on Thursday in competing demonstrations as supporters of the country's two main political movements staged mutual shows of strength before next spring's national ...

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aiming to cut into oil and gas export earnings that fund Moscow's war against Ukraine. More than 3 1/2 years into the war, the effort remains a ...

By RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday criticized a symbolic vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about annexing the occupied West Bank, saying that it amounted to an "insult" and went against the Trump ...

Michael Smuss, who fought Nazis with Molotov cocktails during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 99 By CLAUDIA CIOBANU, MELANIE LIDMAN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER undefined WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Michael Smuss, a Holocaust survivor and painter, has died at 99. His wife in Israel confirmed his ...

By CLAUDIA CIOBANU, MELANIE LIDMAN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER undefined WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Michael Smuss, who fought Nazi soldiers with Molotov cocktails during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of World War II and became a painter after the war to process his trauma, has died. He was 99. His ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military killed more than 50 Boko Haram militants in response to drone attacks on military bases in the country's northeast, the army said Thursday. Army spokesperson Sani Uba said in a statement that militants launched simultaneous attacks on military bases ...

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The son of Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the country's interim government to lift a ban on Hasina's party, saying an election that excludes it would be a sham. In an interview with The Associated ...

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's prime minister said on Thursday that his European partners must share the risk of using billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets that are held in his country to help keep Ukraine's economy and war effort afloat in coming ...

By RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance criticized on Thursday a symbolic vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about the annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying it amounted to an "insult" and went against the Trump ...

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday he will run for reelection next year, seeking a fourth nonconsecutive term. "I'm turning 80, but you can be sure I have the same energy I had when I was 30. And I'm going ...

LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police arrested three men in London on Thursday on suspicion of spying for Russia. The Metropolitan Police force said that the men, ages 44, 45 and 48, were detained at addresses in the city under the National Security Act "on suspicion of assisting a ...

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — For Donah Falia and the other young people whose weeks of protests paved the way for Madagascar's military coup last week, the change at the top has brought no immediate relief to their lives. The ...