By MIKE CORDER Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for two high-ranking Russian military officers on charges linked to attacks on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine that judges said happened "pursuant to a state ...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's border and coast guard agency has a duty to inform Libyan authorities about migrant boats in trouble in the country's waters and will keep doing so, the head of Frontex insisted Tuesday, after a charity accused Libya's coast guard of threatening its crew ...
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech and French presidents said Tuesday their countries remain united in their support of Ukraine's fight against Russian aggression and are ready to look for new ways of helping the Ukrainians succeed.
"We agree that the only option ...
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's president on Tuesday formally signed a bill approving Sweden's NATO bid, removing the last obstacle after 18 months of delays that frustrated the alliance as it sought to expand in response to Russia's war in ...
By MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press
SAN JOSÉ LAS FLORES, El Salvador (AP) — Nestled in the mountains of northern El Salvador, near the Honduras border, San José Las Flores has been a bastion of leftist resistance for decades.
Now its residents, many veterans of the country's civil war, ...
By RAF CASERT Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Tuesday outlined ambitious plans to boost its defense industry as it responds to the threat posed by Russia's war on Ukraine and seeks to wean member nations off an over-dependence on the U.S. defense industry.
The plans ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JORGE RUEDA Associated Press
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's highly anticipated presidential election will take place July 28 – the birthday of the country's late fiery leader Hugo Chávez – officials announced Tuesday, plowing ahead with a tight ...
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — A ruinous conflict raging for about a year between rival generals in Sudan risks creating the world's largest hunger crisis, the top U.N. food official warned Wednesday as global attention has been focused on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Cindy ...
By JOEAL CALUPITAN and AARON FAVILA Associated Press
ABOARD BRP SINDANGAN (AP) — The Philippines will not allow China to remove a Philippine military outpost in a fiercely disputed South China Sea shoal, a navy official said Wednesday, a day after four Filipino navy personnel were injured ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels damaged a ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest in a campaign of assaults by the group over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The attack ...
By YURAS KARMANAU and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — As part of Russian President Vladimir Putin's ever-increasing clampdown on dissent, authorities in recent years have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and ...
By SAMY MAGDY, TIA GOLDENBERG and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — Three days of negotiations with Hamas over a cease-fire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages failed to achieve a breakthrough Tuesday, Egyptian officials said, less than a week before the start of the ...
EVENS SANON and BERT WILKINSON Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian politicians started Wednesday creating alliances to lead the country crumbling under gang attacks that have shuttered the main airport and prevented embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning ...
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said Wednesday it has reached a deal with the International Monetary Fund to increase a bailout loan to $8 billion.
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly announced the news in televised comments on Wednesday. Egypt has for months negotiated ...
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — A total of 8,565 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, the U.N. migration agency said Wednesday, a record high since it began tallying deaths a decade ago.
The International Organization for Migration said the biggest ...
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — The woman in the Instagram video appeared shaken. Her face was swollen and bruised. Sitting beside her husband, she began recounting her ordeal.
"Something happened to us that we wouldn't wish on anyone," she said in Spanish, with ...
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer
BEIJING (AP) — China's blueprint for its economy in 2024 is replete with goals and promises, but it's also notable for not spelling out specific moves to attain long-promised reforms that foreign businesses and investors have been hoping for.
The ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese and Philippine coast guard vessels collided in the disputed South China Sea and four Filipino crew members were injured Tuesday in high-seas confrontations as Southeast Asian leaders gathered for an Asian summit where alarm ...
By RAF CASERT Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — Top European Union officials on Tuesday outlined ambitious plans to boost its defense industry at an unprecedented pace as the bloc seeks to respond to the threat posed by Russia's war on Ukraine and a trans-Atlantic partner that could be ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea called the ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills a plot to invade the country, as it threatened Tuesday to take unspecified "responsible" military steps in response.
The North's warning came a day after the South ...