By JAMES BROOKS and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Thursday called an early general election for March 24 as the country digests the recent standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump over his designs on the ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claimed his nuclear-armed country could "completely destroy" South Korea if its security were threatened, reiterating his refusal to engage with Seoul, state media said Thursday. However, he left ...
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union said on Thursday it would back efforts to financially support women seeking access to abortions, after a multiyear campaign by more than a million citizens across the 27-nation bloc to expand support for women in nations ...
By MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Islamic militant groups have stepped up attacks and deepened their presence in border areas of Benin, Niger and Nigeria in West Africa over the past year, a crisis monitoring group said Thursday. From 2024 to 2025, the number of ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to stand with Israel in "opposing terrorism and its supporters" as he wrapped up a two-day visit on Thursday focused on boosting cooperation on security issues and defense. The two countrues also announced they would hold ...
BERLIN (AP) — A German court said Thursday that the country's domestic intelligence agency can't label the Alternative for Germany party a proven right-wing extremist group while it considers a complaint by the opposition party against last year's designation. The BfV intelligence agency ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran pushed back Wednesday against U.S. President Donald Trump's pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran's nuclear program, alternating between calling his remarks "big lies" and saying negotiations ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on four commanders of Sudan's warring paramilitary force suspected of atrocities against civilians that U.N. experts said showed "hallmarks of genocide." The four commanders in the Rapid ...
By MATTHEW LEE and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday defended the Trump administration's military operation to capture Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, telling Caribbean leaders, many of whom objected to that ...
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia freed and deported an American man Tuesday after he spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then-girlfriend's mother on the island of Bali, but he's still on the hook for federal charges back ...
By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press JUIZ DE FORA, Brazil (AP) — Families of those killed in the devastating floods in southeastern Brazil began burying the dead on Wednesday, as the death toll climbed to at least 46 in the state of Minas Gerais. All the victims ...
By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As the sun rose, a handful of women opened tattered beach umbrellas in the heart of Port-au-Prince and scanned the horizon before opening their fruit and vegetable stands. It was unusually quiet in Carrefour ...
By JULIA FRANKEL and NATALIE MELZER Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a rousing welcome from Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday at the start of a two-day visit as he promised "friendship, respect and partnership" with Israel at a time when its world ...
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada announced Wednesday it is sending $8 million Canadian (US$6.7 million) in food aid to people in Cuba as the island faces an escalating fuel crisis as oil shipments have slowed following U.S. threats of tariffs. Foreign Affairs Minister ...
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The United States has said it will wind down health assistance to Zimbabwe after negotiations collapsed on a U.S.-proposed funding deal that the African nation rejected in part over a requirement to share sensitive health data. The ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer had a narrow escape this month, when tremors from the Jeffrey Epstein files shook his leadership and threatened to bring him down. He faces new danger this week from a special election Thursday in northwest ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. and South Korean militaries said on Wednesday they will conduct their annual springtime exercises next month to bolster their countries' combined defense capabilities against a backdrop of a deepening diplomatic freeze ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East, Iranians are warily awaiting the next round of talks with the U.S. in Geneva this week — negotiations that many see as a last ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As the United States assembles its greatest military firepower in decades in the Middle East, Iranians are warily awaiting the next round of talks with the U.S. in Geneva this week — negotiations that many see as a last ...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A special commission of Venezuela's National Assembly announced Tuesday that over 3,200 people have been fully released since the amnesty law took effect four days ago. This group includes both former detainees and those previously under house arrest or other ...