By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese and Syrian defense officials reached an agreement late Monday for a ceasefire to halt two days of clashes along the border, Syria's state-run SANA news agency reported. The agreement also stipulates "enhanced coordination and ...

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — International donors on Monday pledged almost 6 billion euros ($6.5 billion) in aid for Syria, hoping to encourage the new leaders of the conflict-ravaged country toward a peaceful political transition following the ouster of President Bashar ...

By MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo's mineral-rich east said Monday they were withdrawing from peace talks this week with the Congolese government, saying that international sanctions on the group's members have ...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Calls were mounting in Serbia on Monday for an independent investigation into reports that security forces used a prohibited sonic weapon on crowds at a huge peaceful anti-corruption rally last weekend, even though authorities vehemently denied it. Serbian rights ...

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Saturday it will only release an American-Israeli and the bodies of four other hostages if Israel implements their ceasefire agreement, calling it an "exceptional deal" aimed at getting the truce back on track. Israeli airstrikes ...

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States under President Donald Trump has launched a new campaign of intense airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels. This weekend's strikes killed at least 53 people, including children, and wounded others. ...

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities said Sunday many bodies have been found at the bottom of a well in the capital, Khartoum, a few days after the military cleared the area from a notorious paramilitary group. The bodies of 11 people, including women and ...

Associated Press undefined DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Ordnance from Syria's 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing more than a dozen people, the Syrian Civil Defense said Sunday. The paramedic group known as the White Helmets said it worked ...

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded heavy aerial blows overnight, with both sides on Saturday reporting more than 100 enemy drones over their respective territories. The attacks comes less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin met ...

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A letter U.S. President Donald Trump wrote to Iran's supreme leader in an attempt to jump-start talks over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program has arrived in the Iranian capital. While the text of the letter hasn't ...

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer LA MALBAIE, Canada (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of 7 industrialized democracies gathered in Canada on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump's trade and foreign policies have thrown the bloc's once solid unity into disarray. The meeting began ...

By GHAITH ALSAYED and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria's interim president on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that leaves the country under Islamist rule for five years during a transitional phase. The nation's interim rulers have struggled to exert ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Finland on Thursday announced a new arms package for Ukraine amounting to around 200 million euros ($217 million) and pledged more defense cooperation with Kyiv. The aid package for Ukraine involves artillery ammunition, "which is in great need right now," said ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Veteran conservative lawmaker Constantine Tassoulas was sworn in as Greece's new president Thursday, as the government grapples with lingering public anger over a deadly rail disaster two years ago. The 65-year-old lawyer and former parliamentary speaker will serve a ...

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — United Nations-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Israel of "the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence" in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The allegations came in one of the most extensive ...

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump threw a curve ball at China by linking the fentanyl issue to his tariffs on imports. The Chinese government is swinging back. First it issued a report detailing its efforts to control the illegal trade in fentanyl, specifically the ingredients for ...

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's President Andrzej Duda again called on the United States to deploy nuclear weapons to Poland as a deterrent to Russia, the latest indication that the frontline NATO nation is increasingly considering nuclear protection as fears of Russia grow. Duda made his ...

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers decided unanimously Wednesday to eliminate so-called "sitting and standing" balloting — one of the four methods they use to vote in the National Assembly — agreeing that it discriminated against a parliamentarian who uses ...

By SARA ESPAÑA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine retirees and fans of several soccer teams clashed with police Wednesday during a protest in front of Congress in the capital, Buenos Aires, against the economic policies implemented by the government of President ...

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and PHILIPP JENNE Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The new Austrian government said Wednesday that family reunion procedures for migrants will be immediately halted because the country is no longer able to absorb newcomers adequately. The measure is temporary and ...