By ROB GILLIES and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies publicly showed their consensus on Ukraine and Sudan on Wednesday, but stayed away from contentious issues like the U.S. military strikes on ...
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia's renewed attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure cause rolling blackouts ahead of winter, a major embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving the state-owned nuclear power company has put top officials under ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday sent a letter to Israel's president asking him to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a long-running corruption trial that has bitterly divided the country. It was the latest attempt by ...
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's decision that the United States government boycott the Group of 20 summit next weekend in South Africa is "their loss," South Africa's leader said Wednesday. South African President Cyril ...
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press. VIENNA (AP) — The International Atomic Energy Agency has not been able to verify the status of Iran's near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel and the United States struck the country's nuclear sites during the 12-day war in June, ...
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press. VIENNA (AP) — The International Atomic Energy Agency has not been able to verify the status of Iran's near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel and the United States struck the country's nuclear sites during the 12-day war in June, ...
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan wants to deepen its ties with Israel despite criticism over its war in Gaza because Israel has shown support for Taiwan unmatched by other countries in the Middle East, the island democracy's foreign minister told reporters ...
By FATMA KHALED undefined CAIRO (AP) — At least 42 people are missing and presumed dead after a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya last week, the U.N.'s migration agency said on Wednesday. Seven survivors have been located after the vessel's engine failed in high waves ...
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian army overran three settlements in the southern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Kyiv's top military commander said Wednesday, as Moscow's forces expand their efforts to capture more Ukrainian territory. Dense fog enabled ...
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar says it has commissioned Russian helicopters and Chinese airplanes into its air force as the two nations continue to supply the military-run government with equipment despite international pressure to end its bloody civil war. The ...
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar says it has commissioned Russian helicopters and Chinese airplanes into its air force as the two nations continue to supply the military-run government with equipment despite international pressure to end its bloody civil war. The ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. declared a state of emergency on Thursday after Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least 114 people dead and hundreds missing in central provinces in the deadliest natural disaster to hit the country ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday denounced the Trump administration's latest sanctions targeting cybercrimes that help finance its illicit nuclear weapons program, accusing the United States of harboring "wicked" hostility toward ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un led a state funeral for the country's longtime ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong Nam, who died this week at age 97. Kim Jong Un and other senior officials from a 100-member funeral committee ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered officials on Wednesday to submit proposals for a possible resumption of nuclear tests in response to President Donald Trump's statements last week that appeared to suggest the U.S. will restart its own atomic tests. Speaking at a meeting ...
By RAJESH ROY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indians lit up social media on Wednesday to celebrate Zohran Mamdani's election win as New York City mayor after he thanked his Indian-born parents, quoted a historic speech by India's first prime minister and turned the victory rally into a ...
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said Wednesday it would slash carbon emissions by 90% by 2040, in an agreement widely seen as a weakening of the 27-nation bloc's previous climate goals, after an overnight debate ahead of the U.N. climate conference in ...
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of a hostage in Gaza, Staff Sergeant Itay Chen, have been returned for burial in Israel, the military said Wednesday, in the latest sign of progress under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire. Chen, 19, of the 77th Battalion of the 7th ...
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A nail-biter national election in the Netherlands came down to postal votes from Dutch citizens living abroad, with the centrist D66 party eking out a win over anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders' far-right Party for Freedom, ...
CAIRO (AP) — The Grand Egyptian Museum opened its doors to the public on Tuesday after an extravagant inaugural ceremony attended by royals and heads of state. The $1 billion megaproject has been promoted as the world's largest museum dedicated to a single civilization, with nearly 50,000 ...