By STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors launched a criminal investigation on Wednesday against a far-right populist who won the first round in a canceled presidential election last year, accusing him of election campaign ...
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations' food agency says it has paused aid distribution in Sudan's famine-hit Zamzam displacement camp of a half-million people as fighting intensifies between the country's warring sides, and it warns that thousands could now ...
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British energy company BP confirmed Wednesday that it would slash spending on green ventures and increase its oil and gas production, a change in direction that it hopes will bolster its flagging share price but has been met with incredulity from ...
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it's a time of increased worship, religious reflection, charity and good deeds. ...
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 developed and developing nations gathered in South Africa on Wednesday for a two-day meeting marked by the absence of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and ...
By FATMA KHALED and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The war in Sudan appears to be reaching a critical juncture after nearly two years of fighting that has killed tens of thousands, driven millions from their homes and seen bloody atrocities. For the first time, the military has ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a final statement at his impeachment trial, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his martial law decree that plunged the country into chaos as a bid to inform the public of the danger of the opposition-controlled ...
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli and Hamas officials said Tuesday they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, keeping their fragile ceasefire intact for at least a ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwanese authorities are investigating a Chinese-crewed ship suspected of severing an undersea communications cable in the latest such incident adding to tensions between Taipei and Beijing. Taiwan's coast guard intercepted the Togolese-flagged cargo ship Hongtai in ...
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press It was another chapter in a relationship where physicality has often spoken louder than words as the two men have engaged in an unusual degree of touch since their first meeting early in Trump's first term. At the rendezvous Monday at the White House, Macron ...
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — U.K. authorities said Tuesday that they were punishing Rwanda over its alleged support of the rebels who now control two major cities in eastern Congo. The measures include pausing direct financial aid that doesn't include support ...
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A group of critically injured South African peacekeepers who were hurt in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been evacuated by the United Nations, the South African armed forces said Tuesday. South African National ...
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres says human rights are being "suffocated" around the world, lashing out at voices of division and anger who see them as a barrier to their quest for power and profit. In a speech to the Human Rights Council, Guterres decried Russia's ...
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Provisional results confirmed that mainstream conservatives led by Friedrich Merz won Germany's national election, while a far-right party surged to become the nation's second-largest. Merz, who's promising to unite Europe in the face of ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — On the third anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the U.N. General Assembly is expected to vote Monday on dueling resolutions — Ukraine's European-backed proposal demanding an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not apply if he is sick or even unconscious. And there are no specific norms outlining what happens to the leadership ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. has pressured Ukraine to withdraw its European-backed U.N. resolution demanding an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine in favor of an American proposal that does not mention Moscow's ...
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday Sunday, stressed the importance of telling the tragedy of World War II to younger generations, pledging to contribute to efforts to promote the understanding of history and the determination ...
By MAJDI MOHAMMED and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JENIN, West Bank (AP) — Israeli tanks moved into the occupied West Bank on Sunday for the first time in decades in what Palestinian authorities called a "dangerous escalation," after the defense minister said troops will remain in parts ...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The leaders of the 27 European Union countries will have an emergency summit on March 6 about next steps for Ukraine and Europe's security. European Council President Antonio Costa announced Sunday that he is convening the summit in Brussels. "We are living a defining moment ...