KYAUKME, Myanmar (AP) — Ten days after it was recaptured by Myanmar’s military government, the town of Kyaukme stands eerily silent. Schools have reopened but the town’s once-busy market is mostly empty. Vendors at some stalls closed them at the sight of the visiting journalists, visibly nervous. The once-thriving town in Myanmar’s Shan State is […]
CAIRO (AP) — At least 53 people, including 14 children and 15 women, were killed in an attack by Sudanese paramilitaries that hit a shelter in a besieged Darfur city, a doctors’ group said Saturday. The shelling attack late Friday by the Rapid Support Forces on the city of el-Fasher also wounded another 21 people, […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — María Corina Machado has long been the face of resistance to Venezuela’s 26-year ruling party. Now, she may become a symbol of peace, too. Machado, the Venezuelan opposition powerhouse who commandeered millions of Venezuelans to reject President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s election, on Friday was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize […]
HONG KONG (AP) — China has hit U.S.-owned vessels docking in the country with tit-for-tat port fees, in response to the American government’s planned port fees on Chinese ships, expanding a string of retaliatory measures before trade talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Vessels owned or operated by American companies […]
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso says it has refused a proposal from the Trump administration to accept deportees from the United States. The West African country was asked whether it would accept non-citizens expelled by the U.S., in addition to its own nationals, Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré said Thursday on national television. “Naturally, […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military said Friday that the ceasefire agreement with Hamas came into effect at noon local time, and that troops are withdrawing to the agreed-upon deployment lines. The announcement comes after Palestinians reported heavy shelling Friday morning in northern Gaza.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares mostly fell on Friday, after a respite from Wall Street’s recent feverish rally. The price of gold also pulled back from record highs following recent torrid runs. U.S. futures and oil prices were higher. Nealy all Asian indexes were down, with the exception of South Korea’s Kospi, which climbed […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province Friday morning, seismologists said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu said hazardous waves were possible within 300 kilometers (186 miles) of the epicenter. There was not a wider danger of a tsunami, it said.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the U.S. military actions in recent weeks in the waters off the South American country. Venezuela made the request in a letter addressed to Russia’s ambassador to the U.N. and council president, Vassily Nebenzia, that […]
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The U.S. has granted Trinidad and Tobago permission to negotiate a gas deal with neighboring Venezuela without facing any U.S. sanctions, the Caribbean nation’s attorney general said Thursday. The U.S. Treasury Department granted an Office of Foreign Assets Control license on Wednesday that allows parties to engage in a transaction that […]
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV urged labor union leaders from Chicago on Thursday to advocate for immigrants and welcome minorities into their ranks, weighing in as the Trump administration crackdown on immigrants intensifies in the pontiff’s hometown. “While recognizing that appropriate policies are necessary to keep communities safe, I encourage you to continue to […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed Thursday that Qatar could serve as “mediator” so that the United States would end its military deployment in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, where it has attacked small boats it says were carrying drugs. Petro’s comments while on a trip to Brussels came a […]
CAIRO (AP) — A breakthrough deal pausing the war in Gaza has been reached. But will it lead, as U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed, to “a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace”? It took pressure on both Israeland Hamas from the United States, Arab countries and Turkey, each saying it was time to end a 2-year-old […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Thursday after US stocks hit records again following a brief stumble. Markets in mainland China gained more than 1% as they reopened following a weeklong holiday, while U.S. futures declined. Oil prices fell back after Israel and Hamas agreed Wednesday to pause fighting in Gaza […]
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the contentious Keystone XL pipeline project with U.S. President Donald Trump during his White House visit this week, a government official familiar with the matter said Wednesday. A Canadian company pulled the plug on it four years ago after the Canadian government […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Wednesday there were “signs” that the last small boat attacked by the U.S. military off the coast of Venezuela was carrying Colombian citizens. “A new front in the war has opened: the Caribbean,” Petro wrote on the social platform X. “Signs show that the last bombed […]
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica put forward Wednesday long-time diplomat and former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as a candidate to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations. The economist is currently the secretary-general of U.N. Trade and Development in Geneva. She was a major player in the U.N. effort to ship […]
LONDON (AP) — Lingering doubts about the economic promise of artificial intelligence technology are starting to get the attention of financial institutions that raised warning flags this week about an AI investment bubble. Officials at the Bank of England on Wednesday flagged the growing risk that tech stock prices pumped up by the AI boom […]
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Texas bishop on the front lines of the U.S. immigration crackdown met Wednesday with Pope Leo XIV and brought him a packet of letters from immigrant families “terrorized” by fear that they and their loved ones will be rounded up and deported as the Trump administration’s tactics grow increasingly combative. […]
CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas entered a third day of peace talks at an Egyptian resort Wednesday, with more senior officials from the United States, Israel and mediating countries expected to join — a sign that negotiators aim to tackle the toughest issues of an American plan to end the war in Gaza. Hamas […]
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Across Myanmar and in the refugee camps along its borders, the suffering unleashed by the United States’ gutting of its foreign aid program has been severe and deadly, particularly for children, The Associated Press found. In interviews with 21 Myanmar refugees, five people trapped in internment camps inside Myanmar and […]
MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family’s food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food. On May 21, exactly […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s top court on Tuesday approved the extradition of an Argentine businessman to face drug trafficking and money laundering charges in the United States, the latest development in a politically explosive case that has tainted a key ally of President Javier Milei. The Argentine Supreme Court ruled that the businessman, […]
CAIRO (AP) — Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have detained nine employees of the United Nations as part of a long-running crackdown on the organization, the U.N. said. The detentions brings the number of detained U.N. workers in Houthi-held territories in Yemen to 53 since 2021, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement late Monday. […]
