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 ...
By JON GAMBRELL, ELENA BECATOROS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Explosions sounded in Iran's capital city Wednesday as its war with the U.S. and Israel entered a fifth day following earlier strikes on an Iranian nuclear site and retaliatory strikes by ...
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions flared as questions mounted at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday over the Trump administration's shifting rationale for war with Iran as lawmakers demand answers over the strategy, exit plan and costs to Americans in ...
By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that "someone from within" the Iranian regime might be the best choice to take power once the U.S.-Israel military campaign is completed — but said "most of the people we had in ...
By AMY TAXIN, CLAIRE GALOFARO, SAFIYAH RIDDLE and ED WHITE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Many in the Iranian American diaspora spent several days glued to their televisions, watching the news of U.S. and Israeli bombs falling on Iran, some clinging to hope it might bring a brighter ...
By JON GAMBRELL, ELENA BECATOROS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel said it launched airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site Tuesday, and Iran struck back against Israel and across the Gulf region, targeting U.S. ...
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — If the adage "geography is destiny" holds true, then Cyprus should be a prime candidate as its poster child. Whether it's the Greeks, Persians, Romans, Ottomans or the British, tiny Cyprus has been a prized possession for ...
By JON GAMBRELL, ELENA BECATOROS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel said it launched airstrikes against Iranian missile launchers and a nuclear research site Tuesday, and Iran struck back against Israel and across the Gulf region, targeting U.S. ...
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN undefined PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday ordered France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to move from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean to help protect allied assets during the ongoing war in the Middle East. Macron said the Charles de ...
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East from Iranian drone strikes highlights the rapid growth of data centers in the region, as well as the industry's vulnerability to conflict. The company's cloud computing ...
By ABBY SEWELL and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israel sent troops into southern Lebanon on Tuesday and warned residents of more than 80 villages to evacuate as the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group said it was ready for an "open war" with Israel in the wake of the ...
By ELENA BECATOROS and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes over the weekend did not just shake Iran. It has reverberated across the Shiite Muslim world, raising the specter of a broader backlash ...
By JON GAMBRELL and MAE ANDERSON Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The widening war in Iran has ground tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to a halt and oil prices have soared, highlighting the important role the narrow passageway plays in global energy ...
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — As U.S. and Israeli forces pounded Iran, and Tehran and its affiliates retaliated by firing missiles at targets across the Mideast on Monday, the international legal order was caught in the crossfire. At the heart of the ...