By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australians vote Saturday in general elections being dominated by the soaring cost of living, the economy, energy and China. Affordable housing is in short supply, interest rates remain high and the major political parties are ...
NEW DELHI (AP) — A deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir last week has plunged relations between India and Pakistan to new lows, with both sides hinting at imminent military action. India accuses Pakistan of backing the massacre, in which 26 men, mostly Indian Hindus, were ...
By OMAR ALBAM and OMAR SANADIKI Associated Press SAHNAYA, Syria (AP) — Israel said Wednesday that it carried out an attack in Syria on a group targeting members of a minority sect as a new round of clashes left at least 11 people dead, most of them members of the country's security ...
By JILL COLVIN and ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada's federal election was the first major test of Donald Trump 's influence on the affairs of a longtime U.S. ally since he returned to power 100 days ago. And he lost it badly. The U.S. president's attacks on Canadian ...
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor, sparking outrage by bypassing a U.N. agency that regulates deep ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An estimated 4,700 North Korean soldiers have been killed or wounded while fighting alongside Russia against Ukrainian forces, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Wednesday. The assessment came two days after North Korea ...
By SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is ready to sign an agreement that would give the U.S. access to its valuable rare minerals in the hopes of ensuring continued American support for Kyiv in its grinding war with Russia, senior Ukrainian ...
By PRABHJOT GILL, SHEIKH SAALIQ and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ATTARI, India (AP) — Pakistan said Wednesday it had "credible intelligence" that India is planning to attack it within days, as soldiers exchanged gunfire along borders and Pakistanis heeded New Delhi's orders to leave the ...
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United States told the International Court of Justice Wednesday that Israel must provide aid to Gaza, but the country does not have to work with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. The top court of the United Nations ...
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe's economy grew more strongly in the first three months of the year, only to see hopes for an ongoing recovery quickly squelched by U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war. Gross domestic product in the 20 eurozone ...
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Workers were installing benches at a park in the ancient Greek port city of Thessaloniki when their excavator pushed brown soil off a fragile white skull. They turned off the motorized equipment and set to work with pickaxes ...
BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts landed back on Earth on Wednesday after six months on China's space station. The crew's landing module came down slowly after separating from the return vehicle, descending on a red-and-white parachute, in Dongfeng, in China's northern Inner Mongolia ...
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — As Canada's Liberals celebrated election victory in a stunning turn of fortune, the country would not know until later Tuesday whether the party of Prime Minister Mark Carney would have an outright majority or need help in ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican's "trial of the century" announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for "the good of the church," ending days of drama that had ...
BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts' return to Earth has been postponed owing to weather conditions. The astronauts, Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze, were originally due to land Tuesday in Dongfeng, in China's northern Inner Mongolia region, after spending six months in space. ...
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The cause of Spain and Portugal's widespread blackouts remained a mystery on Tuesday, with some isolated disruption remaining after power was largely restored to both countries. One of Europe's most severe blackouts grounded flights, ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday that his country and the Philippines would start talks on two proposed defense pacts to further boost their security alliance and would continue to fight aggression in disputed ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press What is a conclave? VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian "con clave" (with a key) to underscore that cardinals are sequestered until they find a winner. Cardinals have no contact ...
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — President Donald Trump is pushing Ukraine to cede territory to Russia to end the war, threatening to walk away if a deal becomes too difficult — and causing alarm bells in Europe about how to fill the gap. Ukraine's European allies view the ...
TORONTO (AP) — The Liberal Party has won the federal election in Canada, culminating a process marked by U.S. President Donald Trump threats on a trade war and of making the country the 51st American state. With this result, the Liberal Party's leader and current prime minister, Mark Carney, ...