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Man charged with plotting to attack a Jewish center in New York was in Canada...

NANAIMO, British Columbia (AP) — A Pakistani man arrested last week in Quebec and accused of plotting to attack a Jewish center in Brooklyn came to Canada on a student visa, Canada's Immigration...

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Israel releases video of a Gaza tunnel where it says Hamas militants killed 6...

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Tuesday released video footage of a Gaza tunnel where it says six hostages were recently killed by Hamas. The video shows a low, narrow passageway deep...

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Mexico's ruling party appears likely to get Senate votes needed for...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — As Mexican senators weigh a contentious plan to overhaul the country’s judiciary, it appeared Tuesday that the country’s ruling party may get the votes it needs in the Senate to jam...

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Explosion reported at US military facility near Baghdad airport ahead of...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security officials said an explosion targeted a site used by the U.S. military next to Baghdad airport late Tuesday, one day before an expected visit by Iran's president. The...

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Harris' suggestion that Poland could be next if Ukraine loses the war...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Wanda Kwiatkowska eagerly read reports on Wednesday morning about the U.S. presidential debate — and they convinced her that a second Trump presidency would be a grave threat to...

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Human rights group calls on governments to protect Venezuelan and Haitian...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday called on Latin American governments to improve protection schemes, grant legal status and reverse “onerous visa requirements” for...

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CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Wildfires plague U.S. West and Brazil, Yagi rampages in Vietnam

Extreme weather is striking multiple places around the world, including wildfires in California, a hurricane that threatens Louisiana, drought and wildfires in the Amazon, flooding in Nigeria and a...

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Canada's Conservative leader says his party plans no-confidence motion...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday his party plans to put forward a no-confidence motion “at the earliest possible opportunity” in hopes of...

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli airstrikes on Palestinian territories kill...

Israeli airstrikes across Gaza killed dozens more Palestinians on Wednesday, according to local officials. They said strikes on a U.N. school being used as a shelter and two homes killed at least 34...

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Algeria election results are being questioned by the opposition candidates...

Algerians expected an uneventful election that would bestow President Abdelmadjid Tebboune a second term. Instead, they got the president himself calling into question the vote count and legal...

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US and UK pledge almost $1.5B in aid for Ukraine during diplomats' visit to Kyiv

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The United States and Britain pledged nearly $1.5 billion in additional aid to Ukraine on Wednesday during a visit to Kyiv by their top diplomats as Ukrainian officials renewed...

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Mexico’s Senate approves a contentious judicial overhaul after protesters...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate voted early Wednesday to overhaul the country’s judiciary, clearing the biggest hurdle for a controversial constitutional revision that will make all judges stand...

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South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward the North’s...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the North’s eastern waters on Thursday, South Korea's military said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a brief...

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Brazil's Lula pledges to finish paving road that experts say could worsen...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — In a visit to see the damage caused by drought and fire in the Amazon, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledged to pave a road that environmentalists and some in his own...

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A trial begins for lawyers who once represented the Kremlin's late foe Alexei...

PETUSHKI, Russia (AP) — Three lawyers who once represented the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny went on trial Thursday in Russia, part of the Kremlin's unrelenting crackdown on dissent that has...

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Severe drought drops water level to historic low on the Paraguay River, a...

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — A powerful drought in Brazil's Pantanal region led on Monday to the lowest water levels on the Paraguay River in more than a century, disrupting commerce on the major...

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Pope marvels at Singapore's skyscrapers and asks that the lowest migrant...

SINGAPORE (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday praised Singapore’s economic strength as a testament to human ingenuity but urged the city-state to look after the weakest, too, especially foreign workers,...

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Catholic leaders discuss family and fraternity during congress in Ecuador

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The world is wounded, Catholic leaders said Thursday in Ecuador. But an emphasis on supporting the family could be a path towards healing. Catholic leaders from more than 50...

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Ukraine says Russia has started a counteroffensive in its Kursk border region

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has launched a counteroffensive in its Kursk region to dislodge Ukraine's forces who stormed across the border five weeks ago and put Russian territory under foreign...

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Blinken wraps up Ukraine-focused Europe trip in Poland with arms requests on...

WARSAW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a three-nation, Ukraine-focused European tour in Poland on Thursday after hearing repeated appeals from Ukrainian officials to use...

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