MANILA, Philippines (AP) 鈥� U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday that the Trump administration would boost military ties with the Philippines to strengthen deterrence against 鈥渢hreats from the communist Chinese鈥� and ensure freedom of navigation in the disputed South China Sea. Hegseth spoke during a meeting with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the Philippines, […]
HONG KONG (AP) 鈥� Asian stocks were mostly lower Friday as investors mulled uncertainties brought by U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 latest tariffs. Tokyo鈥檚 benchmark Nikkei 225 sank 2.2% to 36,952.34 on renewed heavy selling of auto-related shares following Trump鈥檚 announcement he plans to impose 25% tariffs on auto imports. Toyota Motor Corp. shares lost 2.7% […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� Greenlandic lawmakers on Thursday agreed to form a new government, banding together to resist U.S. President Donald Trump鈥檚 efforts to annex the Arctic island, local media reported. Four of the five parties elected to Greenland鈥檚 parliament earlier this month have agreed to form a coalition that will have 23 of 31 seats […]
TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that he would speak with U.S. President Donald Trump in the coming days after Trump announced 25% tariffs on auto imports. Carney, who hasn’t spoken with Trump since becoming Canada’s new leader nearly two weeks ago, said that the U.S. president reached out Wednesday night […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) 鈥� Iranian state media said Thursday that Iran has sent an official response to a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump to the Iranian supreme leader that was seen as an attempt to jumpstart talks over Tehran’s nuclear program. The Iranian response was 鈥渁ppropriately sent through Oman鈥� on Wednesday, state-run IRNA news […]
MOSCOW (AP) 鈥� Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s push for control over Greenland wasn’t surprising given longtime U.S. interest in the mineral-rich territory. Speaking at a policy forum in the Artic port of Murmansk, Putin noted that the United States first considered plans to win control over Greenland in the […]
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) 鈥� Cyprus said Thursday its will adopt recommendations of a security initiative with the United States to fight money laundering, sanctions evasion and other financial crimes during which a team from FBI was seconded to the Mediterranean island nation for nine months. The FBI helped train Cypriot police in identifying and prosecuting […]
GENEVA (AP) 鈥� The head of leading vaccines group Gavi alliance said Thursday it has not received confirmation from the U.S. government that it might be losing more than $1 billion in pledged funding as part of a reported proposal by U.S. authorities to cut support for international aid groups. According to a leaked 281-page […]
PARIS (AP) 鈥� The plaintiffs’ lawyers called French actor G茅rard Depardieu a sexual predator and a 鈥渕isogynist鈥� Thursday in their final plea at a Paris trial over accusations that he sexually assaulted two women who were working on a film with him. The actor, 76, is accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� The Trump administration promised a tougher stance against Yemen鈥檚 Houthi rebels, and its new airstrike campaign appears to be more intense and more extensive, according to an Associated Press review of the operation. The strikes against the Iran-backed rebels began March 15 and continue. Here’s what to know about […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� A new American airstrike campaign against Yemen鈥檚 Houthi rebels appears more intense and more extensive, as the U.S. moves from solely targeting launch sites to firing at ranking personnel as well as dropping bombs in city neighborhoods, an Associated Press review of the operation shows. The pattern under U.S. […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) 鈥� The United States has given an initial approval for the energy-rich Mideast nation of Qatar to buy eight armed MQ-9B Predator drones for its military, an estimated purchase worth nearly $2 billion. The State Department approval announced early Thursday for Qatar comes after Doha had been trying to purchase […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Brazilian President Luiz In谩cio Lula da Silva swiped Thursday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to raise U.S. tariffs on a wide range of products, saying Trump should consider the potential harm to the American and global economies. Lula made the comments while wrapping up a 4-day visit to Japan, where Trump’s […]
TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Shares sagged Thursday in Asia, apart from China, after President Donald Trump announced he will slap 25% tariffs on imported cars. Trump said he was raising duties on auto imports to encourage more manufacturing in the U.S., but the impact will be complicated since U.S. automakers and even foreign manufacturers with factories […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� After three days of intense negotiations, the Trump administration, Ukraine and Russia agreed to a limited ceasefire in which the key details, including what was covered and how it will start, were disputed by the warring sides, indicating the road to a complete truce will be long and mired with contention. […]
TORONTO (AP) 鈥� Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war is hurting Americans, noting that American consumer confidence is at a multi-year low. Carney also said the kinship that exists between U.S. and Canada is under more strain than at any point in the two countries storied histories. 鈥淗is […]
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) 鈥� Four U.S. Army soldiers have gone missing at a training area outside of Lithuania’s capital, and a search is underway, the U.S. military said Wednesday. A statement from U.S. Army Europe and Africa public affairs in Wiesbaden, Germany said the soldiers were conducting scheduled tactical training at the time. It said […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� China protested Wednesday after the U.S. added dozens of companies to its export control list, including more than 50 based in China that it says sought advanced knowhow in supercomputing, artificial intelligence and quantum technology for military purposes. Companies from Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and United Arab Emirates also were included […]
ISTANBUL (AP) 鈥� U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio 鈥渞equested Turkey鈥檚 support for peace in Ukraine鈥� during his first meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the State Department said late Tuesday. Fidan is on a two-day trip to Washington, where he is seeking to shore up Turkey-U.S. ties that became increasingly frayed under Joe […]
BANGKOK (AP) 鈥� Asian markets opened higher on Wednesday after a quiet session on Wall Street as buying slowed after a broad rally the day before fueled by hopes that President Donald Trump鈥檚 tariffs may not be as sweeping as earlier feared. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged 0.2% higher to 23,396.49, while the Shanghai Composite […]
LONDON (AP) 鈥� As wake-up calls go, the alarms don鈥檛 get much louder. Allies of the United States see the group chat between top U.S. officials about a planned attack in Yemen that accidentally included a journalist as a jaw-dropping security breach which casts doubt on intelligence-sharing with Washington and the security of joint military […]
PARIS (AP) 鈥� G茅rard Depardieu once seemed larger than France itself. With his hulking frame, crooked nose, and volcanic charisma, he reigned over cinema for half a century 鈥� a national icon as familiar as the baguette. But this week, the actor who starred in more than 230 films 鈥� and who inspired writer John […]
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) 鈥� The U.S. government used an 18th-century wartime law to deport more than 200 Venezuelan immigrants earlier this month to El Salvador, where they were immediately transferred to the country’s maximum-security gang prison. And while a federal judge in Washington tries to determine whether the U.S. government defied his order […]
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) 鈥� Sahar Diab had visited Damascus鈥� famed Umayyad Mosque previously. But as the Syrian lawyer went there to pray during her country鈥檚 first Ramadan after the end of the Assad family鈥檚 iron-fisted rule, she felt something new, something priceless: A sense of ease. 鈥淭he rituals have become much more beautiful,鈥� she said. […]
