By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's prime minister said on Thursday that his European partners must share the risk of using billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets that are held in his country to help keep Ukraine's economy and war effort afloat in coming ...
By RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance criticized on Thursday a symbolic vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about the annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying it amounted to an "insult" and went against the Trump ...
By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday he will run for reelection next year, seeking a fourth nonconsecutive term. "I'm turning 80, but you can be sure I have the same energy I had when I was 30. And I'm going ...
LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism police arrested three men in London on Thursday on suspicion of spying for Russia. The Metropolitan Police force said that the men, ages 44, 45 and 48, were detained at addresses in the city under the National Security Act "on suspicion of assisting a ...
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — For Donah Falia and the other young people whose weeks of protests paved the way for Madagascar's military coup last week, the change at the top has brought no immediate relief to their lives. The ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia appointed a prominent ultraconservative scholar late Wednesday as the country's new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar. Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan, 90, took over the position, the ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday that its latest missile tests involved a new hypersonic system aimed at strengthening its nuclear war deterrent, as leader Kim Jong Un continues to build up weapons designed to overwhelm South Korea ...
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. Security Council members warned Haiti's leaders on Wednesday that time is running out to restore security and hold general elections as the deadline to install a new government nears. Haiti's transitional presidential ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance sought Wednesday to ease concerns in Israel that the Trump administration was dictating terms to its closest ally in the Middle East, as he and other top U.S. envoys visit Israel this week to support ...
By THOMAS ADAMSON and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Louvre's director on Wednesday acknowledged a "terrible failure" at the Paris tourist attraction after a daylight crown jewel heist over the weekend, and said that she offered to resign but it was refused. The world's ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Thieves took less than eight minutes to steal 88 million euros ($102 million) worth of crown jewels in a weekend heist at the world's most visited museum, the Louvre, shocking the world. French officials have described how the intruders rode ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Leaders of six Western Balkan nations met British and European officials in London on Wednesday for talks on migration, security and economic growth in a volatile region where Russia seeks to wield influence. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told ...
By MICHELLE GUMEDE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A Pretoria High Court on Wednesday ordered former South African President Jacob Zuma to pay back the Office of the State Attorney 28.9 million rand (about $1.6 million) for the legal fees incurred over the years in his private ...
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations chief delivered a strong defense of science and meteorology on Wednesday, praising the U.N. weather agency for helping save lives by keeping watch for climate disasters around the world. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke to the World Meteorological ...
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice said on Wednesday that Israel must allow the U.N. aid agency in Gaza, known as UNRWA, to provide humanitarian assistance to the war-torn territory. The U.N. General Assembly asked the court ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Two journalists, one imprisoned in Belarus and the other in Georgia, have won the European Union's top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced on Wednesday. Andrzej Poczobut is a ...
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A British woman will avoid execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement signed Tuesday between the two nations to repatriate her and another Briton serving a life sentence. Lindsay Sandiford, 68, has been ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants have so far released the remains of 15 hostages that were held in Gaza for the past two years as part of the ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war. But the process of returning the bodies of the last 13 ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea performed its first ballistic missile tests in five months Wednesday, days before U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders are expected to meet in South Korea. South Korea's military said it ...
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan's exports grew 4.2% in September, according to government data Wednesday, on robust shipments to Asia that offset a decline in exports to the U.S., which were impacted by President Donald Trump's tariffs. Japan's exports to Asia ...