DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi doctoral student at Leeds University in Britain has been freed after seeing her 34-year sentence for her activity on Twitter in Saudi Arabia drastically reduced, a rights group said Monday
Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two, had been sentenced to 34 ...
By STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced his resignation on Monday following mounting pressure from populist opposition groups, two months after a top court annulled a presidential election in the ...
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China's tit-for-tat duties on U.S. imports took effect Monday, just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he wants to slap new duties on all steel and aluminum imports to the U.S.
The rapid-fire shots of tariffs ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador will choose its next president in a runoff election after conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González garnered enough votes Sunday to beat 14 other candidates.
The contest, set for April ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A performer at Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show unfurled a flag emblazoned with the words Sudan and Gaza in a protest over the two wars that are roiling the Middle East.
Security at the stadium detained the ...
By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press
MUGHRAQA, Gaza Strip (AP) — New details and growing shock over emaciated hostages renewed pressure Sunday on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend a fragile Gaza ceasefire beyond the first phase, even as U.S. President ...
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Preliminary results showed that Prime Minister Albin Kurti 's party won Kosovo's parliamentary election Sunday but without the majority needed to govern alone, as talks on normalizing ties with rival Serbia remain stalled and ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa stunned voters when, with only a brief stint as a lawmaker and no established political machinery, he outperformed several presidential candidates in the 2023 snap election and advanced to a runoff against the ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — A lawyer with limited political experience, Luisa González is vying for Ecuador's presidency for a second time, but unlike the 15 other candidates on Sunday's ballot, including incumbent Daniel Noboa, her quest has more to ...
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt announced Sunday that it will host an emergency Arab summit on Feb. 27 to discuss "new and dangerous developments" after U.S. President Donald Trump proposed to resettle Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
Trump's suggestion, made at a White House meeting with Israeli Prime ...
By ELIASER NDEYANALE, FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press
OSHAKATI, Namibia (AP) — Sam Nujoma, the fiery, white-bearded freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 years, coming to be known as the ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday told soldiers, police and other law enforcement officials from around the world that armed force can only be used for legitimate defense and must always respect international law.
The pontiff reappeared in public for the first time since he was ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas are in the midst of a six-week ceasefire during which Hamas is releasing dozens of the hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
The sides have carried out four swaps since the ceasefire went into effect ...
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court could jeopardize trials and investigations at the world's only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide.
The ...
By DASHA LITVINOVA and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even being outlawed and forced to operate from exile abroad. Many survived despite ...
BEIJING (AP) — China on Friday lashed out at what it called U.S. "coercion" after Panama declined to renew a key infrastructure agreement with Beijing following Washington's threat to take back the Panama Canal.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said at a briefing that China "firmly ...
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo goes to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election expected to be a key test for Prime Minister Albin Kurti after his governing party won in a landslide four years ago.
Eligible voters, including those ...
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza despite international rejection of President Donald Trump's plan to empty the territory of its population. Egypt has launched a diplomatic blitz behind the scenes ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — People on the streets of Ecuador can rattle off the places they have encountered criminals: On the bus, at the park, on the sidewalk, in a cab, by the mall, next to a restaurant.
And, while finger-counting, they can just as ...
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's government declared a state of emergency on Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week.
The ministry of civil protection's announcement will provide authorities ...