By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Trumpets and drums played solemnly at Havana's airport Thursday as white-gloved Cuban soldiers marched out of a plane carrying urns with remains of the 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on ...
By CHAN HO-HIM and DIDI TANG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The United States and Taiwan reached a trade deal Thursday that cuts tariffs on Taiwanese goods in exchange for $250 billion in new investments in the U.S. tech industry. The deal is the latest President Donald Trump has ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza on Thursday killed nine people, including three women, a day after the U.S. announced that the fragile ceasefire would advance to its second phase. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain's Conservative Party, which governed the country from 2010 until it suffered its worst-ever electoral defeat two years ago, was plunged into fresh turmoil Thursday after its leader sacked the man widely seen as her greatest rival for ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief lashed out Thursday at countries that violate international law and called the concentration of power and wealth by the world's richest 1% "morally indefensible." At the start of his final year at the helm ...
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The White House says it is moving into the second phase of President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan – breathing new life into a proposal that aims to rebuild the war-ravaged area and reshape the wider Middle East. Trump's Mideast ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the U.S. announcement that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza would advance to its second phase as largely symbolic, raising questions about how its more ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to meet Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by ...
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban soldiers wearing white gloves marched out of a plane on Thursday carrying urns with the remains of the 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela as trumpets and drums played solemnly at ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy, which has responded with a deadly crackdown and shutting down the internet. Tehran is still reeling ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Wednesday her government would continue releasing prisoners detained under former President Nicolás Maduro's rule in what she described as "a new political moment" since his ...
By JON GAMBRELL and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian officials signaled Wednesday that fast trials and executions lay ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests, while the Islamic Republic promised retaliation if the U.S. or Israel ...
VICTORIA, British Columbia (AP) — Canada's Pacific coast province of British Columbia is ending its three-year experiment in decriminalizing possession of small amounts of drugs. British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne announced Wednesday the province is not seeking an extension of ...
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Canada's French-speaking province of Quebec announced Wednesday he is stepping down because he is unpopular. The Coalition Avenir Québec party will have a short time to choose a new leader to replace Premier François Legault ...
By JINTAMAS SAKSONCHAI and WASAMON AUDJARINT Associated Press NAKHON RATCHASIMA, Thailand (AP) — A construction crane crashed onto a moving passenger train in northeastern Thailand on Wednesday, triggering a derailment that killed at least 32 people and injured dozens more. The crash ...
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Iranian demonstrators' ability to get details of bloody nationwide protests out to the world has been given a strong boost, with SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service dropping its fees to allow more people to circumvent the Tehran ...
By EMMA BURROWS AP European Security Correspondent NUUK, Greenland (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that NATO should help the U.S. acquire Greenland and anything less than having the island in U.S. hands is unacceptable, hours before Vice President JD Vance was to host Danish ...
By CHAN HO-HIM AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald Trump's onslaught of higher ...
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Iranian demonstrators' ability to get details of bloody nationwide protests out to the world has been given a strong boost, with SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service dropping its fees to allow more people to circumvent the Tehran ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An independent counsel on Tuesday demanded the death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion charges in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024. Yoon, who was ...