BANFF, Alberta (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday that they are signing a trade deal that will slash tariffs on goods from both countries. The deal does not include tariffs on steel, an especially important piece of bilateral trade. Instead, talks are still going on about whether steel tariffs […]
BEIRUT (AP) 鈥� After Israeli strikes landed near the hotel where he was staying in the Iranian province of Qom, Aimal Hussein desperately wanted to return home. But the 55-year-old Afghan businessman couldn’t find a way, with Iranian airspace completely shut down. He fled to Tehran after the strike Sunday, but no taxi would take […]
GENEVA (AP) 鈥� The U.N. human rights chief said Israel’s warfare in Gaza is inflicting 鈥渉orrifying, unconscionable suffering” on Palestinians and urged government leaders on Monday to exert pressure on Israel’s government and the militant group Hamas to end it. Volker T眉rk made the comments at the opening of the latest Human Rights Council session […]
HONG KONG (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were mixed on Monday and oil prices extended gains on worries that escalating Iran-Israel tensions could disrupt the flow of crude around the world. U.S. benchmark crude oil added 20 cents to $73.18 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, gained 95 cents to $75.18 per barrel. In share […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� The world may be rethinking the American dream. For centuries, people in other countries saw the United States as place of welcome and opportunity. Now, President Donald Trump鈥檚 drive for mass deportations of migrants is riling the streets of Los Angeles, college campuses, even churches 鈥� and fueling a global rethinking about […]
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) 鈥� President Donald Trump would have unique influence over the operations of U.S. Steel under the terms of the investment being made by Nippon Steel. Administration officials over the past few days provided additional insight into the 鈥済olden share鈥� arrangement that the federal government made as a condition for supporting the partnership. […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day on Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses to strike buildings in the heart of the country. Planned talks on Iran’s nuclear program, which could provide an off-ramp, were called off. The region […]
NUUK, Greenland (AP) 鈥� The first direct flight from the U.S. to Greenland by an American airline landed in the capital city of Nuuk on Saturday. The United Airlines-operated Boeing 737 Max 8 departed from Newark International Airport in New Jersey at 11:31 a.m. EDT (1531 GMT) and arrived a little over 4 hours later, […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� A sharp rise in global oil prices following Israeli strikes on Iran will benefit Russia and bolster its military capabilities in the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday in comments that were under embargo until Saturday afternoon. Speaking to journalists in Kyiv, Zelenskyy said the surge in oil […]
PARIS (AP) 鈥� A top-level U.N. conference on a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians scheduled for next week has been postponed amid surging tensions in the Middle East, French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday. France and Saudi Arabia were due to co-chair the conference hosted by the U.N. General Assembly in New York […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) 鈥� An unusual request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights about Cuban medical brigades that operate worldwide and provide much needed help has roiled countries in the Caribbean and the Americas. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the commission asks members of the Organization of American States, […]
HONG KONG (AP) 鈥� Oil prices surged and Asian shares were lower Friday after Israel struck Iranian nuclear and military targets in an attack that raised the risk of all-out war between them. U.S. benchmark crude oil rose by $3.93, or 5.8%, to $71.97 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, increased by $3.82 to […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Australia’s defense minister dismissed concerns Thursday that a deal between the U.S., Australia and Britain to provide his country with nuclear-powered submarines could be in jeopardy, following a report that the Pentagon had ordered a review. Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles told Sky News Australia that he had known about the review […]
VIENNA (AP) 鈥� The U.N. nuclear watchdog鈥檚 board of governors on Thursday formally found that Iran isn鈥檛 complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore United Nations sanctions on Tehran later this year. Iran reacted […]
CAIRO (AP) 鈥� A unit of the Hamas-run police force said it killed 12 members of an Israeli-backed militia after detaining them early Thursday in the Gaza Strip. Hours earlier, an Israel-supported aid group said Hamas attacked a bus carrying its Palestinian workers, killing at least five of them. The militia, led by Yasser Abu […]
GENEVA (AP) 鈥� The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people forcible displaced by violence and persecution around the world has risen to more than 122 million, up by about 2 million from last year and a near-doubling over the last decade. UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi nonetheless pointed to some 鈥渞ays of hope鈥� over […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� There will be a sixth round of negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran鈥檚 rapidly advancing nuclear program this weekend, Oman鈥檚 foreign minister said Thursday. Badr al-Busaidi made the announcement on the social platform X. 鈥淚 am pleased to confirm the 6th round of Iran US talks […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Asian shares were trading mixed early Thursday after Wall Street鈥檚 rally stalled as investors appeared not to react much to the results of the latest round of China-U.S. trade talks. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices slipped. Japan’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.5% to 38,213.20. Hong Kong鈥檚 Hang Seng sank 0.5% to 24,234.80, […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) 鈥� Denmark’s Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to allow the United States to have military bases on Danish soil, a move that comes as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to take control of the kingdom’s semi-autonomous territory of Greenland. Critics say the vote ceded Danish sovereignty to the U.S. The legislation […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Asian shares mostly rose Wednesday after China and the U.S. said they had reached agreement on a framework for following up on the trade truce reached last month in Geneva. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged 0.5% in morning trading to 38,385.37. Data from the Bank of Japan data showed wholesale inflation slowed […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� The U.S. and China held a second day of talks Tuesday in London aimed at easing their trade dispute, after President Donald Trump said China is 鈥渘ot easy鈥� but the U.S. was 鈥渄oing well鈥� at the negotiations. A Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier He Lifeng met U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, […]
JERUSALEM (AP) 鈥� Activist Greta Thunberg is being deported from Israel, Israel鈥檚 Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, after the Gaza-bound ship she was on was seized by the Israeli military. In a post on X, the Foreign Ministry shared a photo of Thunberg on a plane, saying that she was headed for France. Thunberg was one […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� Waves of Russian drone and missile attacks killed one person and wounded at least eight others in two major Ukrainian cities in the early morning hours on Tuesday, Ukraine officials said. One person was killed and four injured in the southern port city of Odesa said regional governor Oleh Kiper. A […]
NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) 鈥� An Australian television journalist was hit in the leg by a nonlethal round Sunday while reporting live from downtown Los Angeles on the large-scale protests over President Donald Trump鈥檚 immigration crackdown and subsequent deployment of California National Guard troops to the city. Video of the incident released by 9News shows correspondent […]
