SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) 鈥� A U.S. citizen who was arrested in the Dominican Republic and faced deportation was found dead in her cell, authorities said Tuesday. The woman, whose name was not released, had been arrested in April because she did not have any identification, according to a statement from the General Directorate […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� Russian drones, missiles and artillery killed at least 16 civilians and injured almost 100 others in Ukraine, officials said Tuesday, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought guarantees of further Western military aid for his country鈥檚 efforts to repel Russia鈥檚 invasion. Russian forces have relentlessly blasted civilian areas of Ukraine throughout the […]
HONG KONG (AP) 鈥� The U.S. consulate in Hong Kong on Tuesday condemned the city’s government for what it called repression of U.S. Independence Day celebrations after local education authorities reportedly cautioned teachers and students not to attend events marking the day and organized by American diplomats. The consulate accused the Hong Kong government of […]
ATHENS, Greece (AP) 鈥� Hundreds of firefighters backed up by aircraft were battling a wildfire burning out of control for the third day on the eastern Aegean island of Chios Tuesday, with authorities issuing multiple evacuation orders. Towering walls of flames tore through forest and agricultural land on the island, where authorities have declared a […]
BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) 鈥� U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a 鈥渃omplete and total ceasefire鈥� soon after Iran launched a retaliatory limited missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar. But the status of a possible ceasefire remained tentative on Tuesday as an Iranian missile barrage struck Israel […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Stocks rallied Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire in the Israel-Iran conflict, although the situation remained unclear as attacks continued. Trump said Israel and Iran had agreed to a 鈥渃omplete and total ceasefire鈥� soon after Iran launched limited missile attacks Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� European nations worked Monday to keep diplomatic efforts to curb the Israel-Iran war alive as the two countries traded strikes following the United States鈥� weekend attack on Iran鈥檚 nuclear program. Calls for Tehran to enter talks with Washington appeared to fall on deaf ears as it reached out to ally Russia for […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) 鈥� The death toll from an attack on a church in Syria has gone up to 25, state media said Monday. The attack Sunday on the Mar Elias Greek Orthodox church during a Divine Liturgy in Dweil鈥檃 near Damascus was the first of its kind in Syria in years, and comes as […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) 鈥� In the days after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed a shellshocked shadow of himself. He looked diminished and downtrodden by the surprise assault that created a national emergency and caused his public support to plummet. Now, as Israel faces another unprecedented crisis in […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� It was an unprecedented attack years in the making, with some last-minute misdirection meant to give the operation a powerful element of surprise. U.S. pilots dropped 30,000-pound bombs early Sunday on two key underground uranium enrichment plants in Iran, delivering what American military leaders believe is a knockout blow […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� The United States attacked three sites in Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into Israel鈥檚 war aimed at destroying the Iranian nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe that prompted fears of a wider regional conflict as Tehran accused Washington of launching “a dangerous war.鈥� U.S. […]
KAKUMA, Kenya (AP) 鈥� At a refugee camp in northern Kenya, Aujene Cimanimpaye waits as a hot lunch of lentils and sorghum is ladled out for her and her nine children 鈥� all born while she has received United Nations assistance since fleeing her violence-wracked home in Congo in 2007. 鈥淲e cannot go back home […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) 鈥� U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Friday that more than two million Syrian refugees and internally displaced people have returned home since the fall of the government of Bashar Assad in December. Speaking during a visit to Damascus that coincided with World Refugee Day, Grandi described the situation in […]
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) 鈥� Authorities in southern Mexico were still assessing damage and watching rising rivers as rain from the remnants of Hurricane Erick doused the region. Torrential rains over steep coastal mountains and the landslides and flooding they could generate became ongoing concern for officials after Erick dissipated following a landfall early Thursday on […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� Crude oil prices rose and Asian shares were trading mixed on Friday as investors awaited more clarity on whether or not the U.S. will join Israel鈥檚 war against Iran. U.S. futures edged lower after Wall Street was closed on Thursday for the Juneteenth holiday. U.S. benchmark crude oil added 15 cents […]
TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday he will impose new tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports on July 21 depending the progress of trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. Carney, who met with Trump at the Group of Seven meetings in Alberta this week, reiterated Thursday that Canada and […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Asian shares retreated Thursday as worries persisted about conflict in the Middle East. Ratcheting up tensions, President Donald Trump warned of the possibility of getting directly involved in the conflict with Israel, while Iran鈥檚 supreme leader rejected U.S. calls for surrender. Oil prices and U.S. futures declined. In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� Israel鈥檚 military warned people Thursday to evacuate the area around Iran鈥檚 Arak heavy water reactor. The warning came in a social media post on X. It included a satellite image of the plant in a red circle like other warnings that proceeded strikes. The Arak heavy water reactor is […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� As Israeli strikes kill top Iranian generals, take out air defenses and damage nuclear sites, many wonder if President Donald Trump will deepen U.S. involvement in the conflict. Trump has long railed against what he refers to as the 鈥渟tupid, endless wars鈥� waged by his predecessors, including in Afghanistan […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration on Wednesday imposed economic sanctions on five high-ranking members of Mexico鈥檚 powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel for their drug trafficking, while also citing their involvement in killings. Previous administrations have also sanctioned the cartel 鈥� one of Mexico鈥檚 most powerful — as the Trump administration also did in […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� A British police force apologized Wednesday to the family of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn who was killed by an American government employee driving on the wrong side of the road near a U.S. airbase. In a statement following the publication of a review into the incident, Northamptonshire Police apologized to Dunn’s family […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� Emergency workers pulled more bodies Wednesday from the rubble of a nine-story Kyiv apartment building demolished by a Russian missile, raising the death toll from the latest attack on the Ukrainian capital to 28. The building in Kyiv鈥檚 Solomianskyi district took a direct hit and collapsed during the deadliest Russian attack […]
HONG KONG (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were mixed and oil prices advanced Wednesday after the escalation of conflict in the Middle East hit Wall Street. U.S. benchmark crude oil was up 24 cents at $73.51 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, was up 28 cents at $76.71 per barrel. Crude prices rose more than […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Oil prices resumed their upward climb and U.S. futures were lower early Tuesday after Israel鈥檚 military issued an evacuation warning to 330,000 people in Iran鈥檚 capital Tehran. Asian shares were mixed. The evacuation warning was for a part of Tehran, a city of 9.5 million, that houses the country鈥檚 state TV and […]
