By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration's blueprint to secure and govern Gaza won strong approval at the United Nations on Monday, a crucial step that provides international support for U.S. efforts to move the devastated territory toward peace ...
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death Monday over her crackdown on a student uprising last year that killed hundreds of people and led to the toppling of her 15-year ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN and SAM METZ Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli settlers on Monday rampaged through a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, torching homes and cars in the latest in a string of settler attacks in recent weeks. The violence drew a rare condemnation ...
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's foreign minister on Monday criticized a plane that arrived in the country with more than 150 Palestinians on board as part of a "broader agenda" to clear out Gaza and the West Bank through a network of chartered ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Ukraine on Monday signed a letter of intent to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes, drones, air defense systems and other key equipment from France over the next 10 years, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's long-term ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is set to vote Monday on a U.S. plan for Gaza that would provide international backing for a stabilization force and envisions a possible future pathway to an independent Palestinian state. But a big ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Ukraine on Monday signed a letter of intent to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes, drones, air defense systems and other key equipment from France over the next 10 years, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's long-term ...
BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Monday that it's lifting its restrictions on exports of military equipment to Israel, weeks after the ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in early August that Berlin wouldn't authorize any exports of ...
BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Monday that it's lifting its restrictions on exports of military equipment to Israel, weeks after the ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in early August that Berlin wouldn't authorize any exports of ...
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in July-September as President Donald Trump's tariffs hit exports and private residential investment plunged. Data released by the government Monday showed that on a quarter-by-quarter basis, ...
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press DUKOVANY NUCLEAR PLANT, Czech Republic (AP) — The eight huge cooling towers of the Dukovany power plant overlook a construction site for two more reactors as the Czech Republic pushes ahead with plans to expand its reliance on nuclear energy. Mobile ...
By GONZALO SOLANO and GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians voted Sunday to strike down a proposal that would have let foreign countries run military bases in the South American country where drug gangs are extorting communities and killing politicians as they ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign minister said Sunday that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country, trying to signal to the West that it remains open to potential negotiations over its atomic program. Answering a question from an ...
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring home 1,200 Ukrainian prisoners, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, a day after his national security chief announced progress in negotiations. "We are ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics and other major South Korean companies on Sunday announced fresh domestic investment plans at a meeting with President Lee Jae Myung, who hopes the moves will counter concerns that the firms would prioritize ...
By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful members of Congress and ...
MIAMI (AP) — Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown walked out of a Miami jail on Thursday, released on $25,000 bail after pleading not guilty to a second-degree attempted murder charge. Brown, 37, embraced attorney Mark Eiglarsh outside the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione is still waiting to log in. Months after a judge said he could have a laptop in jail to review evidence, lawyers for the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson say the device has yet to be delivered. The delay, Mangione's lawyers said in a ...
By ROB GILLIES and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies publicly showed their consensus on Ukraine and Sudan on Wednesday, but stayed away from contentious issues like the U.S. military strikes on ...
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia's renewed attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure cause rolling blackouts ahead of winter, a major embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving the state-owned nuclear power company has put top officials under ...