By JAVIER CÓRDOBA ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Conservative populist Laura Fernández won Costa Rica's presidency, promising to continue the aggressive reorienting of the Central American nation's politics started by her political sponsor, outgoing President Rodrigo ...
By SAMY MAGDY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step in the Israel-Hamas ceasefire but a mostly symbolic one as few people will be allowed to travel in either direction and no goods will ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France's delayed budget for this year is set to pass Monday, clearing the way for higher military spending promised by President Emmanuel Macron to confront threats linked to Russia's war in Ukraine and Mideast conflicts. The expected ...
By JON GAMBRELL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran said Monday it had summoned all of the European Union ambassadors in the Islamic Republic to protest the bloc's listing of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard as a terror group. The move came as ...
By ILLIA NOVIKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia's war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday, with negotiations taking place against a backdrop ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Activists filed two impeachment complaints against Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte Monday, accusing her of large-scale corruption after an initial attempt to unseat her a year ago was shot down by the Supreme Court on a legal ...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan's government says the national cricket team will be allowed to take part in the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup but must boycott its group game against arch rival India. India and Sri Lanka are co-hosts for the 20-team tournament, which starts Saturday. Pakistan will ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Sunday she plans to send humanitarian aid to Cuba this week, including food and other humanitarian aid. Sheinbaum's comments came after U.S. President Donald Trump said he asked the Mexican leader to suspend oil shipments to ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a "regional war" in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic ...
By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz is 22, he's the youngest man ever to win all four of the major titles in tennis, and he had to achieve what no man previously has done to complete the career Grand Slam in Australia. The top-ranked Alcaraz dropped the ...
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said the United States was beginning to talk with Cuban leaders as his administration puts greater pressure on the communist-run island and cuts off key oil supplies. He made the ...
ZURICH (AP) — An 18-year-old Swiss national has died in a Zurich hospital from injuries sustained in a Swiss Alpine bar fire, bringing the death toll to 41 a month after the tragedy. The victim died on Saturday, according to the Swiss public prosecutor. The prosecutor said in a statement ...
By MEHMET GUZEL Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Iran's foreign minister announced Friday that his country is ready for dialogue to resolve tensions but that there are no concrete plans for talks with the United States — even as Tehran faces the threat of U.S. military action in response ...
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog's board held a special session Friday to discuss risks to nuclear safety in Ukraine as concerns mount that relentless Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure pose an increasing danger of a nuclear ...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark unveiled a legal reform on Friday allowing foreigners who have been sentenced to at least one year of unconditional imprisonment for serious crimes to be deported. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the measure would affect any foreign national convicted ...
By SAM METZ Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said Friday that it will reopen the pedestrian border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt in both directions over the weekend, marking an important step forward for U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan. COGAT, the ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa declared Israel's deputy ambassador persona non grata on Friday and ordered him to leave the country within 72 hours. The South African Foreign Ministry said that it was expelling Ariel Seidman, the charge d'affaires at the embassy, because of ...
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's acting President Delcy Rodríguez on Thursday signed a law that opens the nation's oil sector to privatization, reversing a tenet of the self-proclaimed socialist movement that has ruled the country for more than ...
By HOGIR AL ABDO Associated Press ROJ CAMP, Syria (AP) — Foreign women linked to the Islamic State group and living in a Syrian camp housing more than 2,000 people near the border with Iraq are hoping that an amnesty may be on the horizon after a government offensive weakened the ...
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — This time felt different. The 25-year-old Iranian fashion designer hoped that mass protests nearly four years ago would improve civil rights in the Islamic Republic. Not much changed, though. Being on those streets, she ...