By JOSEPH KRAUSS, JON GAMBRELL and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of more Israeli strikes Wednesday and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause "irreparable ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran carried out executions at "an alarming rate" last year with at least 975 people killed, the United Nations chief said in a report that also cited other human rights abuses, from barriers to freedom of expression to the use of ...
By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday directed security agencies to hunt down the perpetrators of a weekend attack that killed at least 150 people in the country's northcentral, as he faces growing pressure over a ...
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Israeli strikes kill top Iranian generals, take out air defenses and damage nuclear sites, many wonder if President Donald Trump will deepen U.S. involvement in the conflict. Trump has long railed against what he ...
By SAM McNEIL undefined BARCELONA (AP) — Iran is boasting that it has hypersonic missiles and says it already has begun firing the cutting-edge weapons at Israel. There is no evidence that Iran has unleashed the missiles, and experts are skeptical of the claim. But the use of these ...
By SAM McNEIL undefined BARCELONA (AP) — Iran is boasting that it has hypersonic missiles and says it already has begun firing the cutting-edge weapons at Israel. There is no evidence that Iran has unleashed the missiles, and experts are skeptical of the claim. But the use of these ...
By JON GAMBRELL, MELANIE LIDMAN and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched blistering attacks on the heart of Iran's nuclear and military structure Friday, deploying warplanes and drones previously smuggled into the country to assault key ...
By JOSEPH KRAUSS, JON GAMBRELL and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of blistering Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia poses a direct threat to the European Union through acts of sabotage and cyberattacks, but its massive military spending suggests that President Vladimir Putin also plans to use his armed forces elsewhere in the future, the EU's top ...
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILANDIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil auctioned off several land and offshore potential oil sites near the Amazon River on Tuesday as it aims to expand production in untapped regions despite protests from environmental and Indigenous groups. The event ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — To outsiders, the Facebook group chat reads like a snarl of nonsensical emojis and letters. To uninsured Argentine cancer patients, it's a lifeline. The surreptitious network connects advocates who have spare drugs to ...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A federal court on Tuesday granted a request by former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in Buenos Aires. Judges ruled that Fernández, 72, can serve time in the apartment where ...
By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 51 Palestinians were killed and more than 200 wounded in the Gaza Strip while waiting for U.N. and commercial trucks to enter the territory with desperately needed food, according to ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior Cuban diplomat has accused the Trump administration of trying to discredit the thousands of Cuban doctors working around the world and deprive the country of an important source of income. Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos ...
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — For Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the bilateral meetings scheduled on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Canada Tuesday were even more important than the summit itself and her first face-to-face dialogue with U.S. ...
By JULIA FRANKEL and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel stunned and hobbled Iran last week when it pulled off an intelligence and military operation years in the making that struck high-level targets with precision. Guided by spies and artificial intelligence, the ...
By SAMYA KULLAB and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — An overnight Russian missile and drone bombardment of Ukraine killed 15 people and injured 156, local officials said Tuesday, with the main barrage demolishing a nine-story Kyiv apartment building in the ...
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Iran-Israel conflict has shuttered airspace across the Middle East as the two bitter enemies launch attacks and reprisals at one another. The worsening security situation has seen foreigners scramble to evacuate. But, with so much ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina used to have an extensive, free public health system that pretty much ensured that everybody who couldn't afford private insurance was covered for everything. But in the year-and-a-half since President Javier Milei ...
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The conflict between Israel and Iran has wreaked considerable damage in both countries and caused casualties on both sides. As Israel pummels Iran with airstrikes and Iran sends volleys of ballistic missiles towards Israel, here's a ...