By OPE ADETAYO Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara was reelected to a fourth term in an election marked by low turnout and empty streets in the economic capital of Abidjan, provisional results showed Monday. Ouattara, 83, who first came ...
By DAVID RISING Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The president of East Timor told The Associated Press on Monday that he would be willing to intercede personally to try and break the impasse in the region's most challenging problem — Myanmar's raging civil war, one day ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Markets in Argentina rallied, the peso surged and government bonds jumped on Monday as President Javier Milei hailed his party's resounding victory in midterm congressional elections as a mandate to press ahead with radical ...
MOSCOW (AP) — North Korea's top diplomat visited the Kremlin on Monday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which followed last month's meeting between the countries' leaders. The show of deepening ties came as U.S. President Donald Trump visits Asia. In a separate meeting with ...
By SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Hourslong peace talks between Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan entered a third day Monday in Istanbul, officials from both sides said, but they were unable to reach an agreement by the end of the day. The talks ...
By NALOVA AKUA and NGALA KILLIAN CHIMTOM Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The world's oldest president, Cameroon 's 92-year-old Paul Biya, has won election again, the country's top court said Monday, after days of protesters' clashes with security forces left at least four people ...
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Britain on Monday signed a deal worth 8 billion pounds ($10.7 billion) for 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets. The agreement to enhance Turkey's air capabilities was signed in Ankara during British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's ...
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania's prime minister said Monday that her country has drawn up plans to shut its border crossings with Belarus indefinitely, after flights at the capital's airport were disrupted repeatedly by suspected sightings of balloons used to smuggle cigarettes across ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei won decisive victories in key districts in midterm elections Sunday, clinching a crucial vote of confidence that strengthens his ability to carry out his radical free-market ...
PARIS (AP) — Paris prosecutors announced Sunday the first arrest of suspects in connection with the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre, a week after the heist at the world's most visited museum. The arrests took place on Saturday evening. Here's what we know about the timeline: Oct. ...
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday he will solve the Afghanistan-Pakistan crisis "very quickly," as peace talks between the warring neighbors entered a second day. The two countries are embroiled in a bitter security row, with each ...
By CHAN HO-HIM AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China's ambition to challenge Boeing and Airbus with its own homegrown passenger jet is running into turbulence, with deliveries of finished aircraft likely to fall far short of its target announced for this year. The C919 jet -- a ...
By JUSTIN SPIKE and RENATA BRITO Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Israel will not allow Turkish troops to take part in an international peace force that the United States is seeking to create to oversee the ceasefire agreement in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Israel's top diplomat ...
PARIS (AP) — Ten people will go on trial on Monday over cyberbullying of Brigitte Macron after they allegedly made "malicious" comments online spreading claims that President Emmanuel Macron 's wife is a man. The Paris prosecutor's office said the eight men and two women are accused of ...
Associated Press undefined JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has been stripped of his citizenship by after he was ousted during a military takeover just over a week ago. Rajoelina, whose whereabouts remains unknown after he fled the country following protests ...
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Ireland's president for the next seven years is an independent lawmaker who has long spoken in support of Palestinians and has been vocal about her distrust of European Union policies. Left-wing independent Catherine Connolly, 68, secured 63% ...
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, DAVID RISING and EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A trade deal between the United States and China is drawing closer, officials from the world's two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for President Donald Trump and ...
By SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas has expanded its search for bodies of hostages in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian group said Sunday, a day after Egypt deployed a team of experts and heavy equipment to help retrieve them. Under the U.S.-brokered ...
By STELLA MARTANY and CINAR KIPER Associated Press QANDIL, Iraq (AP) — A militant Kurdish group announced on Sunday that it is withdrawing its fighters from Turkey to Iraq as part of a peace effort with the Turkish government. The statement delivered in northern Iraq by the Kurdistan ...
By DAVID RISING, EILEEN NG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations welcomed East Timor as its newest member Sunday, which its prime minister said was a "dream realized" for the tiny nation. Meanwhile, Cambodia and ...