By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, among the first of 10,000 troops Mexico has sent to its northern frontier following tariff ...
By PRABHJOT GILL Associated Press
AMRITSAR, India (AP) — A U.S. military plane carrying 104 deported Indian migrants arrived in a northern Indian city on Wednesday, the first such flight to the country as part of a crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, airport officials said.
The ...
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina's president has ordered the country's withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to "profound differences" with the U.N. agency, a presidential spokesperson said Wednesday.
President Javier Milei 's decision ...
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians will mark this year the 77th anniversary of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, an event that is at the core of their national struggle.
But in many ways, that experience pales in comparison to the calamity now ...
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine wants to collaborate with partner countries on postwar projects worth billions of dollars not just in mining rare earth elements, but also in energy and construction sectors to help rebuild the country, Ukrainian Foreign ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Saeed Abu Elaish's wife, two of his daughters and two dozen others from his extended family were killed by Israeli airstrikes over the past 15 months. His house in northern Gaza was destroyed. ...
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina's president has signed a decree banning gender-affirming care for people under age 18, a presidential spokesperson said Wednesday.
The announcement comes days after a massive mobilization of the LGBTQ+ collective in repudiation of President Javier Milei's speech ...
By JUSTIN KABUMBA, JEAN-YVES KAMALE and MONIKA PRONCZUK Associated Press
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels gained ground in eastern Congo on Wednesday despite the unilateral ceasefire they declared earlier this week, taking control of a town 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the ...
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press
BRASILANDIA, Brazil (AP) — The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development will deliver a major blow to efforts including humanitarian assistance in Colombia, conservation efforts in Brazil and coca eradication in Peru — South ...
By CHINEDU ASADU and JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels were expanding their presence in eastern Congo after capturing Goma, the region's major city, the U.N. said Friday, also expressing concerns over executions it learned were carried out by the ...
By HARRIET MORRIS Associated Press
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Figure skaters and others killed in the mid-air collision near Washington, D.C. this week will be honored when the world championships are staged in Boston in March.
International Skating Union president Jae Youl Kim held back ...
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A mountain in New Zealand considered an ancestor by Indigenous people was recognized as a legal person on Thursday after a new law granted it all the rights and responsibilities of a human being.
Mount Taranaki — ...
By VIRGILE AHISSOU Associated Press
COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Two associates of Benin's president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison, following their arrest last year on suspicion of plotting a coup in the small West African country.
Olivier Boko, a businessman and longtime friend of ...
By CHINEDU ASADU and JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo's largest city said Thursday they want to take their fight to the far-off capital, Kinshasa, while Congo's president called for a massive military mobilization to resist ...
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar's military government on Friday announced another six-month extension of its mandate to rule in preparation for elections it has said will be held this year, as the country enters its fifth year of crisis.
However, it did not announce an exact date for the polls.
The ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Five Thai workers held captive in the enclave were also freed in a separate deal with Thailand. Thursday's ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Thursday formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash, a move that humanitarian officials warn could have a disastrous impact on aid ...
By NICOLAS GARRIGA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press
NANTERRE, France (AP) — Dominique Pélicot, the convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his then wife so other men could rape her, is now caught up in other cases.
Pélicot is serving a 20-year prison term after he was found ...
By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas-led militants freed eight hostages on Thursday in the latest release since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold earlier this month. Israel was expected to release another 110 ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. offered on Friday to remove a U.S. missile system from the Philippines if China halts what he called its "aggressive and coercive behavior" in the disputed South China Sea.
The U.S. Army ...