LONDON (AP) 鈥� Police in London arrested six people on Thursday after environmental activists from Greenpeace poured 300 liters (79 gallons) of blood-red dye into a pond in front of the U.S. Embassy in a protest against arms sales to Israel. The Metropolitan Police said the six people had been arrested on suspicion of criminal […]
NEW DELHI (AP) 鈥� The United States has extradited one of the suspected plotters of the 2008 Mumbai attacks in which 166 people were killed over three days, India鈥檚 premier investigating agency said on Thursday. India’s National Investigation Agency, which deals with anti-terror crimes, said Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Pakistani-born Chicago businessman and Canadian citizen, […]
ROME (AP) 鈥� Two videos, two different stories about Russia鈥檚 war in Ukraine. In one of them, the prisoners appear to live. In the other, they die. The Associated Press has obtained a video from a Ukrainian drone showing soldiers with Russian uniform markings killing Kyiv’s forces who had surrendered to them. It also has […]
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) 鈥� Rescue crews in the Dominican Republic on Thursday dug through the remains of a legendary nightclub whose roof collapsed earlier this week, killing at least 184 people, but hope of finding survivors was slim. Meanwhile, dozens of people in the capital of Santo Domingo still searched for their loved […]
PANAMA CITY (AP) 鈥� U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Wednesday focused again on China’s presence in the western hemisphere, one day after calling the world power a threat to the Panama Canal. Speaking at a regional security conference, Hegseth said that China-based companies were controlling land and critical infrastructure in strategic sectors. 鈥淐hina鈥檚 […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) 鈥� Iran’s president again pledged Wednesday that his nation is 鈥渘ot after a nuclear bomb鈥� ahead of talks between Tehran and the United States, going as far as dangling the prospect of direct American investment in the Islamic Republic if the countries can reach a deal. The comments by reformist President Masoud […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� China again vowed to 鈥渇ight to the end鈥� against Donald Trump’s tariffs in a lengthy policy statement published Wednesday, arguing that trade between the two countries is in balance as a 104% tax on the country’s exports to the U.S. came into effect. The government declined to say whether it would negotiate […]
ISLAMABAD (AP) 鈥� U.S. companies are seeking to invest in Pakistan’s largely untapped minerals sector that boasts one of the world’s largest copper and gold deposits, the Pakistani government said Wednesday. Eric Meyer, Senior Bureau Official for the State Department鈥檚 Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, conveyed that interest directly to Pakistani Prime Minister […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Asian shares sank again on Wednesday as the latest set of U.S. tariffs, including a massive 104% levy on Chinese imports, was due to take effect. Japan鈥檚 Nikkei 225 index initially lost nearly 4% and markets in South Korea, New Zealand and Australia also declined. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 dropped 1.6% […]
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) 鈥� Octavio Dotel, who pitched for 13 major league teams in a 15-year career and won a world championship with the St. Louis Cardinals, was among the dead after a roof collapsed at a nightclub in his native Dominican Republic where he was attending a merengue concert. He was 51. […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) 鈥� A senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed Washington鈥檚 commitment to peace and stability in East Africa during a visit to Rwanda on Tuesday and urged for a resolution to the insurgency in neighboring Congo. The conflict in eastern Congo escalated in January when the Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advanced and […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) 鈥� Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Washington this week for a hastily organized White House visit bringing a long list of concerns: Iran’s nuclear program. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The surging influence of rival Turkey in Syria. And the 18-month war in Gaza. Netanyahu appeared to leave Monday’s meeting […]
PANAMA CITY (AP) 鈥� U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth credited Panama President Jos茅 Ra煤l Mulino on Tuesday with improving security cooperation between their nations after the two men met. Hegseth did not comment as he left the meeting to head to a ribbon cutting for a new U.S.-financed dock on a former U.S. base, […]
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) 鈥� The three Americans convicted on charges of participating in a botched coup attempt in Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States days after the country commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment, an official said Tuesday. The three will serve their sentences in the U.S. following the repatriation […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� Iran’s foreign minister said Tuesday that he and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff will be in indirect talks in Oman over Tehran鈥檚 nuclear program. Abbas Araghchi made the comments to Iranian state television while on a visit to Algeria. There was no immediate acknowledgement from the U.S. that Witkoff would […]
BEIJING (AP) 鈥� China threatened to 鈥渞esolutely take countermeasures to safeguard its own rights and interests,鈥� in response to President Donald Trump鈥檚 threat of an additional 50% tariff on Chinese imports. The Commerce Ministry statement issued early Tuesday said the U.S.鈥榮 imposition of 鈥渟o-called 鈥榬eciprocal tariffs鈥欌�� on China is 鈥渃ompletely groundless and is a typical […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Asian markets opened higher on Tuesday, with Japan鈥檚 Nikkei 225 share benchmark up 5.5% after it fell nearly 8% a day earlier. The rebound followed a wild day on Wall Street as U.S. stocks careened after President Donald Trump threatened to crank his double-digit tariffs higher. The Nikkei 225 had jumped to […]
BOBRYK, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� As uncertainty in U.S.鈥揢kraine relations grows, informal ties with some U.S. philanthropists built over three years of war with Russia are holding firm. One such benefactor is Howard G. Buffett, a Republican and son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett. He’s making his 18th visit to Ukraine since Russia鈥檚 full-scale invasion of […]
GENEVA (AP) 鈥� With the normally brisk Easter season around the corner, the mood in Switzerland鈥檚 chocolate business is bittersweet, thanks to high cacao prices and 鈥� now 鈥� the newly added U.S. tariffs on imports. Many Swiss, from the government to chocolatiers to watchmakers and other businesses, are sensing 鈥渟hock鈥� over the tougher American […]
BEIJING (AP) 鈥� China on Monday accused the U.S. of unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying with tariffs. 鈥淧utting the U.S. first over international rules is a typical act of unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying,鈥� Foreign Affairs spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters. Trump announced sweeping tariffs last week and China and other governments retaliated quickly. Lin […]
MOSCOW (AP) 鈥� An appellate court in Russia鈥檚 far east on Monday reduced the prison sentence for an American soldier convicted of stealing and making threats of murder, Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti reported. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to the Pacific port city of Vladivostok to see his girlfriend and was arrested […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) 鈥� Israel has dramatically expanded its footprint in the Gaza Strip since relaunching its war against Hamas last month. It now controls more than 50% of the territory and is squeezing Palestinians into shrinking wedges of land. The largest contiguous area the army controls is around the Gaza border, where the […]
KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) 鈥� Windswept and remote, set in the cattle-rustling lands of Kenya鈥檚 northwest, Kakuma was never meant to be permanently settled. It became one of Africa鈥檚 most famous refugee camps by accident as people escaping calamity in countries like South Sudan, Ethiopia and Congo poured in. More than three decades after its first […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Japan鈥檚 share benchmark nosedived on Monday after the meltdown Friday on Wall Street over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes. Tokyo鈥檚 Nikkei 225 index lost nearly 8% shortly after the market opened and Australia鈥檚 S&P/ASX 200 tumbled more than 6%. South Korea鈥檚 Kospi lost 4.4%. U.S. futures also were lower.
