US officials are bound for Europe for top-level talks on Ukraine
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Sunday that top administration officials will meet with European officials this week about how to end the war in Ukraine, nearly three years...
View ArticleEcuador votes for president, with the conservative incumbent and a leftist...
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Polls closed in Ecuador’s presidential election Sunday, which shaped up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when voters chose a young, conservative millionaire over the leftist...
View ArticleKosovo's governing party wins parliamentary election but without majority,...
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Preliminary results showed that Prime Minister Albin Kurti ’s party won Kosovo's parliamentary election Sunday but without the majority needed to govern alone, as talks on...
View ArticleFamine mostly averted but is a danger again if Gaza ceasefire collapses, UN...
CAIRO (AP) — Famine has been mostly averted in Gaza as a surge of aid enters the territory during a fragile ceasefire, the United Nations humanitarian chief said Sunday. But he warned the threat could...
View ArticleSerbian protesters block key bridge, roads to mark 100 days since deadly...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Striking university students in Serbia blocked a bridge in Belgrade as well as roads throughout the Balkan country on Sunday to mark 100 days since the collapse of a concrete...
View ArticleRomanian President Klaus Iohannis announces resignation after pressure by...
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian President Klaus Iohannis announced his resignation on Monday following mounting pressure from populist opposition groups, two months after a top court annulled a...
View ArticleEcuador's conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer advance to presidential...
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador will choose its next president in a runoff election in April between conservative incumbent Daniel Noboa and leftist lawyer Luisa González. Neither won outright in...
View ArticleWith Trump in the White House, Iranians mark the anniversary of the 1979...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tens of thousands of Iranians marked the anniversary of the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, the first such rally since President Donald Trump returned to the White House and...
View ArticleThe South African land law that prompted a Trump executive order is being...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's second biggest political party launched a legal challenge Monday against a new land expropriation law that was roundly criticized by U.S. President Donald...
View ArticleVatican charity says Trump administration's gutting of USAID is 'reckless'...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican's charity said Monday that U.S. plans to gut USAID were “reckless” and could kill millions, while Pope Francis’ point man on development urged the Trump administration...
View ArticlePush to eliminate renewable energy goals in Puerto Rico sparks outrage as...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico legislators on Monday held a contentious public hearing on a governor-backed bill that would eliminate renewable energy goals and extend operations of the...
View ArticleUN suspends its humanitarian work in Houthi rebels' stronghold in Yemen after...
CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations said Monday it suspended its humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they detained eight more U.N. staffers, affecting the global...
View ArticleFormer Colombian President Uribe denies bribery and witness tampering charges...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe on Monday denied charges of bribery and witness tampering as he made his opening statement in the first criminal trial of a former...
View ArticleAt least 55 are dead after a bus plunged into gorge in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — At least 55 people are dead after their bus plunged into a gorge and landed under a bridge Monday on the outskirts of Guatemala’s capital. Investigators from the public ministry...
View ArticleWhat Mexico's richest man thinks Trump should do in his second term
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Carlos Slim, Mexico’s richest man and one of the world's wealthiest, addressed a range of topics at his annual conference on Monday. Despite his extensive holdings in sectors...
View ArticlePope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, and appears to...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their...
View ArticleFamilies bid farewell to victims of Guatemala bus crash
SANTO DOMINGO LOS OCOTES, Guatemala (AP) — Hours before dawn, Julio Arrivillaga and Catalina Pérez Molina boarded a bus with other residents in the center of this humble village for what should have...
View ArticleIraq's top court throws out challenge to new laws, including one increasing...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court on Tuesday threw out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament. The measures — each supported...
View ArticleWhite House fires USAID inspector general after warning about funding...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday, U.S. officials said, a day after his office warned that the Trump...
View ArticleUN food agency worker dies in a Yemeni prison after being detained by Houthi...
CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations World Food Program said Tuesday one of its staffers has died in a Yemeni prison three weeks after his detention by Houthi rebels. The announcement came a day after the...
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