By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chileans face perhaps the starkest choice in the history of their country's young democracy when they vote next month in a presidential runoff that pits hard-right José Antonio Kast against communist Jeannette Jara. Neither ...
By HANNA ARHIROVA, JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON, VOLODYMYR YURCHUK and DMYTRO ZHYHINAS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Friends often ask Mykhailo whether the Ukrainian power plant worker hides in a shelter when Russia bombards the energy system. "If all the turbine operators hid during ...
By CHINEDU ASADU and TUNDE OMOLEHIN Associated Press MAGA, Nigeria (AP) — A schoolgirl who was abducted with 24 others from a dormitory in northwestern Nigeria has escaped and is safe, the school's principal told The Associated Press on Tuesday, as hunters joined security forces in the ...
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Eswatini on Tuesday became the first African country to receive lenacapavir, the first twice-yearly HIV prevention injection hailed by global health officials as a game-changer in the fight against a virus that has killed tens of ...
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s estranged sister, a senator, publicly accused him Monday of being a longtime drug addict whose alleged cocaine dependence has led to problems in his governance, including corruption, ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration's blueprint to secure and govern Gaza won strong approval at the United Nations on Monday, a crucial step that provides international support for U.S. efforts to move the devastated territory toward peace ...
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and one of her close aides were sentenced to death Monday over her crackdown on a student uprising last year that killed hundreds of people and led to the toppling of her 15-year ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN and SAM METZ Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli settlers on Monday rampaged through a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank, torching homes and cars in the latest in a string of settler attacks in recent weeks. The violence drew a rare condemnation ...
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa's foreign minister on Monday criticized a plane that arrived in the country with more than 150 Palestinians on board as part of a "broader agenda" to clear out Gaza and the West Bank through a network of chartered ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Ukraine on Monday signed a letter of intent to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes, drones, air defense systems and other key equipment from France over the next 10 years, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's long-term ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is set to vote Monday on a U.S. plan for Gaza that would provide international backing for a stabilization force and envisions a possible future pathway to an independent Palestinian state. But a big ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Ukraine on Monday signed a letter of intent to buy up to 100 Rafale warplanes, drones, air defense systems and other key equipment from France over the next 10 years, as part of efforts to strengthen the country's long-term ...
BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Monday that it's lifting its restrictions on exports of military equipment to Israel, weeks after the ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in early August that Berlin wouldn't authorize any exports of ...
BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Monday that it's lifting its restrictions on exports of military equipment to Israel, weeks after the ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in early August that Berlin wouldn't authorize any exports of ...
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan's economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in July-September as President Donald Trump's tariffs hit exports and private residential investment plunged. Data released by the government Monday showed that on a quarter-by-quarter basis, ...
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press DUKOVANY NUCLEAR PLANT, Czech Republic (AP) — The eight huge cooling towers of the Dukovany power plant overlook a construction site for two more reactors as the Czech Republic pushes ahead with plans to expand its reliance on nuclear energy. Mobile ...
By GONZALO SOLANO and GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorians voted Sunday to strike down a proposal that would have let foreign countries run military bases in the South American country where drug gangs are extorting communities and killing politicians as they ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign minister said Sunday that Tehran is no longer enriching uranium at any site in the country, trying to signal to the West that it remains open to potential negotiations over its atomic program. Answering a question from an ...
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is working to resume prisoner exchanges with Russia that could bring home 1,200 Ukrainian prisoners, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday, a day after his national security chief announced progress in negotiations. "We are ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics and other major South Korean companies on Sunday announced fresh domestic investment plans at a meeting with President Lee Jae Myung, who hopes the moves will counter concerns that the firms would prioritize ...