By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum on Wednesday met in Venezuela with acting President Delcy Rodríguez in the latest sign of the Trump administration's intent to exercise control over the South American country's ...
By CLARA PREVE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Nahuel Gallo, the Argentine military police officer who had been detained in Venezuela since December 2024, urged the international community on Wednesday to seek the release of 24 foreign nationals still held in the infamous ...
By JOSEPH WILSON, AAMER MADHANI and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A diplomatic tussle between the United States and Spain over the war in Iran intensified on Wednesday when the governments exchanged contradictory statements over the possible use of Spanish military ...
By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel's military issued warnings to residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate "immediately" Wednesday as airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut intensified and Hezbollah claimed more ...
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The unfolding Iran war has ricocheted across the region and beyond, with nearly every country in the Middle East sustaining damage from missile hits, drone strikes or shrapnel, many reporting casualties, and key embassies, economic ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Opposition politicians accused U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday of weakening Britain's "special relationship" with the United States by differing from U.S. President Donald Trump over Iran and drawing his ire. Trump on Tuesday ...
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Iran war's disruption of Middle East oil and gas supplies and soaring prices are strengthening Russia's ability to profit from its energy exports, a pillar of the Kremlin's budget and a key to paying for its own war in ...
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Russian-flagged tanker carrying liquefied natural gas exploded and erupted in flames before sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, authorities in the North African country said Wednesday. Russia asserted that an attack by Ukrainian sea ...
LONDON (AP) — Three men suspected of spying for China were arrested Wednesday, London police said. One of the three men is the husband of a lawmaker from the governing Labour Party. The three allegedly assisted a foreign intelligence service in violation of the National Security Act of 2023, ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has long been considered a contender to the post of the country's next paramount ruler — even before an Israeli strike killed his father at ...
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — A torpedo fired by a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, whose navy said Wednesday it recovered 87 bodies and rescued 32 people. The Iranian vessel sunk in the Indian ...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba said Wednesday it has filed terrorism charges against six suspects it claims were aboard a Florida-flagged speedboat that is alleged to have opened fire on soldiers in waters off the island's north coast. The Prosecutor's Office said in a statement that the suspects of ...
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China's ceremonial legislature is set to meet Thursday, where it will unveil the country's policy direction and economic goals for the coming years. The meeting is held in Beijing, where the National People's Congress and its advisory body ...
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African anti-apartheid veteran and former defense minister Mosiuoa "Terror" Lekota has died at the age of 77 after a long illness, his political party said on Wednesday. Lekota was a prominent activist against white minority ...
Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador and the United States have begun joint military operations against organized crime groups in the South American country, the U.S. military said, but neither government has given details of the location and scope of the operation. U.S. ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States and Israel hit Iran's capital and other cities in multiple airstrikes on Wednesday, the fifth day of the war with Iran. Israel targeted the Iranian leadership and security forces as the Islamic Republic responded with missile barrages and ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has long been considered a contender to the post of the country's next paramount ruler — even before an Israeli strike killed his father at ...
By Rod McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday he regretted the Iran war was an extreme example of a rupturing world order in which countries increasingly act without respect for international norms and laws. Carney was ...
By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The first flight repatriating French citizens stranded in the Middle East because of the war in Iran landed in Paris early Wednesday. French authorities booked about 100 seats onboard for vulnerable people on a priority list, the minister responsible ...
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — European shares opened higher on Wednesday after another day of sell-offs in Asia, where South Korea's benchmark plunged more than 12%. U.S. futures were 0.3% lower. Oil prices climbed more than 3% as the United States and Israel ...