US will gradually resume avocado inspections in conflictive Mexican state,...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. government inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican state of Michoacan will gradually resume, U.S. Ambassador Ken Salazar announced Friday, a week after they were...
View ArticleEl Salvador death toll rises to 19 as heavy rains continue
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The torrential rains hitting El Salvador caused the deaths of another six people on Friday when two girls and four adults were killed after being buried in their...
View ArticleIsraeli strikes on tent camps near Rafah kill at least 25 and wound 50, Gaza...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians outside Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50,...
View ArticleIvory Coast sets up mobile enrollment for a health coverage program...
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Health authorities in Ivory Coast launched mobile enrollment centers for the country’s universal health coverage program, which has been criticized since its 2019 inception...
View ArticleA vocational school student stuns China by besting university competitors in...
A 17-year-old vocational school student from rural China became a celebrity on social media after reaching the final round of a math competition, beating many others from top universities and raising...
View Article3 dead in bombing of Kharkiv as Russia launches missiles on Ukrainian energy...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At least three people were killed in a Russian bombing attack on Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, on Saturday afternoon, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Another 38...
View ArticleEmperor and Empress of Japan arrive in the UK ahead of a long-awaited state...
LONDON (AP) — Emperor Naruhito of Japan and his wife Empress Masako arrived in the U.K. on Saturday ahead of a long-awaited official state visit originally scheduled for 2020 before the coronavirus...
View ArticleIran overturns death sentence of rapper famous for lyrics about the death of...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of a government critic and a popular hip-hop artist, Toomaj Salehi — who came to fame over his lyrics about the...
View ArticleAt least 39 people killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza, officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 39 people were killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday, as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors beneath the rubble, according to...
View ArticleUS aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as a show of force against...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean...
View ArticleWith its new pact with North Korea, Russia raises the stakes with the West...
Behind the smiles, the balloons and the red-carpet pageantry of President Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea last week, a strong signal came through: In the spiraling confrontation with the U.S....
View ArticleCoup-hit Niger was betting on a China-backed oil pipeline as a lifeline. Then...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin, both as...
View ArticleThousands of Iran-backed fighters offer to join Hezbollah in its fight...
BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of fighters from Iran-backed groups in the Middle East are ready to come to Lebanon to join with the militant Hezbollah group in its battle with Israel if the simmering...
View ArticleAerial drone likely launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels hits ship in the Red Sea
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An aerial drone likely launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels struck and damaged a vessel in the Red Sea on Sunday, officials said, the latest attack by the group...
View ArticlePhilippines says it won't back down, but won't start a war, after clash with...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The president of the Philippines said Sunday his country would not yield to “any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at least two...
View ArticleGunmen kill 15 police officers and several civilians in Russia's southern...
MOSCOW (AP) — More than 15 police officers and several civilians, including an Orthodox priest, were killed by armed militants in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan on Sunday, its governor Sergei...
View ArticleSome visitors to Israel have a new stop on their tours: Hamas' destruction in...
KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. For celebrities, politicians, influencers and others, no trip is complete without a...
View ArticleJapanese emperor to reconnect with the River Thames in state visit meant to...
LONDON (AP) — Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan attends a banquet hosted by King Charles III, lays a wreath at Westminster Abbey or tours one of Britain’s premier biomedical research institutes, he'll...
View ArticleNetanyahu says Israel is winding down its Gaza operations. But he warns a...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the current phase of fighting against Hamas in Gaza is winding down, setting the stage for Israel to send more troops to its...
View ArticleLeader of NATO member Poland visits China, expecting to talk to Xi about Ukraine
BEIJING (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda is in China on a visit that brings the leader of a NATO member to a country that has backed Russia in its full-on invasion of Ukraine. “I am trying to...
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