By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS. Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year's presidential election, said Tuesday that his son-in-law was kidnapped in Venezuela's capital. González ...
By FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — John Mahama was sworn in as president of Ghana for a third time Tuesday against the backdrop of the country's worst economic crisis in a generation. Thousands of Ghanaians from all walks of life attended the ceremony in the ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles to contain rampant gang violence, officials said Tuesday. The number of killings increased by more than 20% compared with all of 2023, according to the ...
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Parts of Guinea's capital have been on lockdown as civil society and opposition groups in the West African nation protested the ruling junta's missed deadline to launch a return to democracy, with the U.S. calling for clear timelines to hold long-delayed ...
By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies, the group's presiding country, Brazil, announced Monday. Indonesia's candidacy was endorsed by BRICS leaders in August 2023, according to the ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Singapore leaders signed an agreement on Tuesday to create a special economic zone to attract global investment and ease the cross-border flow of goods and people. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called the Johor-Singapore special economic ...
By ANTONIO CASTILLO and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — About 100 migrants from various countries wandered directionless and disoriented through the streets of the troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. After walking for a couple weeks through southern Mexico ...
By SARAH EL DEEB and MALAK HARB Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Handcuffed and squatting on the floor, Abdullah Zahra saw smoke rising from his cellmate's flesh as his torturers gave him electric shocks. Then it was Zahra's turn. They hanged the 20-year-old university student from ...
By ZEKE MILLER and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year's presidential election met Monday with U.S. President Joe Biden just days ahead of Maduro's contested ...
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Monday he anticipated "major changes" in the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Mexico during the incoming Trump administration. "There's a lot of fear because of some of the ...
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas once again appear to be inching toward a ceasefire that could wind down the 15-month war in Gaza and bring home dozens of Israelis held hostage there. Both Israel and Hamas are under pressure from outgoing ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Singapore leaders signed an agreement on Tuesday to create a special economic zone to attract global investment and ease the cross-border flow of goods and people. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called the Johor-Singapore special economic ...
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation Monday after nearly a decade in power, bowing to rising discontent over his leadership and growing turmoil within his government signaled by the abrupt departure of his finance ...
By ZEKE MILLER and REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year's presidential election will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday at the White House, a senior ...
By PHILIPP JENNE and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The leader of Austria's Freedom Party received a mandate Monday to try to form a new government, which would be the first headed by the far right since World War II if he succeeds. The anti-immigration and euroskeptic ...
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the stronghold of Kurakhove after a monthslong battle, Russia's Defense Ministry claimed Monday, adding the wrecked town to the Kremlin's list of conquests during the almost three-year ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, appointing an Italian nun, Sister Simona Brambilla, to become prefect of the department responsible for all the Catholic Church's religious orders. The appointment ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday over allegations he received millions from Libya for his 2007 successful presidential campaign, in the latest — and biggest — of a series of legal cases involving him. This ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday fired a ballistic missile that flew 1,100 kilometers (685 miles) before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan, South Korea's military said, extending its weapons testing weeks before ...
By NINIEK KARMINI and DITA ALANGKARA Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's new government started an ambitious project on Monday to fight malnutrition by feeding nearly 90 million children and pregnant women that is expected to cost $28 billion through 2029, although ...