TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has completed the identification of the bodies of two more hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday, as U.S. Vice President JD Vance sounded a buoyant note about progress in Gaza’s fragile ceasefire during a visit to Israel. Authorities identified the deceased hostages as Arie Zalmanovich and Tamir […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new foreign minister said Wednesday his country plans to show its determination to further build up its defense to rapidly adapt to changing warfare realities and growing tension in the region when U.S. President Donald Trump visits Tokyo next week. Trump is expected to hold talks next Tuesday with Japan’s Prime […]
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday on selling of technology shares following a lackluster day on Wall Street. U.S. futures edged higher, while crude oil prices rose about $1 a barrel. Chinese markets retreated after U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt on whether or not he will meet with Chinese leader Xi […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A large-scale Russian drone and missile attack across Ukraine killed at least six people, including a woman and her two young daughters, officials said Wednesday, as U.S.-led efforts to end the war floundered and Ukraine’s president appealed for more military help. Repeated waves of missiles and drones throughout the night shook […]
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — At least 80 miners became trapped in the Dominican Republic on Tuesday, with rescue efforts underway and no injuries or deaths reported, according to government officials. The miners became trapped when a portion of a zinc and copper mine in the Cerros of Maimón collapsed, according to a statement […]
HA LEJONE, Lesotho (AP) — In the wake of massive U.S. cuts in foreign aid as well as tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration, the small southern African country of Lesotho faces deep uncertainty over its fight to end the HIV epidemic and its economy. Lesotho long had the world’s second-highest HIV infection rate. […]
MADRID (AP) — Spain will extradite to the United States the former executive director of a United Nations office who is accused of accepting bribes in exchange for diverting nearly $60 million in grants to companies linked to a British businessman, the National High Court announced Tuesday. Ukrainian Vitaly Vanshelboim, former director of the U.N. […]
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s only major league team will have an entire country behind it during the World Series and has a chance of claiming the championship of America’s pastime at a time when U.S.-Canada relations remain near historic lows. The Toronto Blue Jays host the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 on Friday night […]
PARIS (AP) — France’s Culture Minister said on Tuesday that the security apparatus installed at the Louvre worked properly during a dramatic weekend heist in which historic jewels were stolen from the world’s most-visited museum. Questions have arisen about the Louvre security — and whether security cameras might have failed — after thieves rode a […]
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian markets advanced on Tuesday, with Japan’s benchmark approaching the symbolically important 50,000 level for the first time as conservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi was poised to become the country’s first female prime minister. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo was up 0.8% at 49,595.72 as Japanese lawmakers prepared to elect Takaichi. She is […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The small Central American nation of Belize has signed a “safe third country” agreement with the United States, the two sides said on Monday, as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up deportations and dissuade migration north. What the agreement entails wasn’t immediately clear, but it comes as U.S. President Donald […]
LONDON (AP) — Internet users around the world faced widespread disruption early on Monday because of a problem at Amazon’s cloud computing service that took down dozens of major online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and chat app Signal. About three hours after the outage began, Amazon Web […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Special envoy Steve Witkoff and the U.S. president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were in Israel Monday to shore up the tenuous ceasefire that’s holding in Gaza, a day after the fragile deal faced its first major flareup with Israel threatening to halt aid transfers after it said Hamas militants had killed […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his reportedly tense meeting with U.S President Donald Trump last week was “positive” — even though he did not secure the Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine — and emphasized what he said is continued American interest in economic deals with Kyiv. Zelenskyy said Trump reneged on the […]
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s first conservative president-elect in 20 years, Rodrigo Paz, injected a sharp note of realism into his plans to tackle Bolivia’s economic crisis on Monday, a day after his surprise electoral victory signaled the end of decades of leftist rule in the South American nation. After years of government antipathy […]
TORONTO (AP) — One win from their first World Series, the Seattle Mariners never got off the ground Sunday night. Seattle bounced into inning-ending double plays in three straight turns at bat and made a season-high three errors in a 6-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays that forced the American League Championship Series to […]
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Wall Street pointed toward gains before the open Monday, overcoming worries about bank lending and the trade war with China. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.4% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq were up each up 0.3%. Markets were largely unperturbed by […]
HONG KONG (AP) — A cargo aircraft skidded off a Hong Kong airport runway into the sea when landing early Monday, with two people confirmed dead. The flight, arriving from Dubai, was landing at Hong Kong International Airport around 3:50 a.m., according to Hong Kong’s airport authority. Four crew members on the plane have been […]
PARIS (AP) — Thieves reportedly stole nine pieces from the jewelry collection of Napoleon and the Empress in the Louvre, using a basket lift to reach the museum on Sunday morning. The daring heist at the world’s most visited museum occurred as tourists were inside the Galerie d’Apollon, where part of the French Crown Jewels […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones overnight struck a major gas processing plant in southern Russia, sparking a fire, according to a Russian governor and the Ukrainian military. The Orenburg plant, run by state-owned gas giant Gazprom and located in a region of the same name near the Kazakh border, is part of a production […]
BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency of carrying out cyberattacks on its national time center following an investigation, saying any damage to related facilities could have disrupted network communications, financial systems and power supply. The Ministry of State Security alleged in a WeChat post that the U.S. agency had […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan and Pakistan, embroiled in fighting that has killed dozens of people and injured hundreds, pledged on Sunday to respect a ceasefire. The truce, mediated by Qatar and Turkey, came into effect immediately and is intended to pause hostilities. Violence has escalated between the neighbors since earlier this month, with each country […]
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago cautioned Americans on Saturday to stay away from American government facilities on the twin-island nation. It was an unusual warning that came as tensions grow between the United States and Venezuela over deadly U.S. strikes in Caribbean waters targeting suspected drug traffickers. Venezuela is […]
CAIRO (AP) — The Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday raided a U.N. facility in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, a U.N. official said, but all staff were reported to be safe. Jean Alam, a spokesman for the U.N. resident coordinator for Yemen, said Houthi security forces entered the U.N. compound in Sanaa. He told The Associated Press […]
