By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli airstrike targeting top leaders in Yemen's Houthi rebels in August killed the chief of staff of its military, officials said Thursday, further escalating the tensions between the group and Israel even as a ...
By JOHN LEICESTER and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived two votes of no-confidence Thursday that could have toppled his fragile new government and plunged France deeper into political chaos. The National Assembly votes clear ...
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — The military has seized power in a coup in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar and ousted President Andry Rajoelina, who has fled the country. Here's a timeline of major events leading up to the takeover in the former French colony off Africa's east ...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay's senate passed a law decriminalizing euthanasia on Wednesday, putting the South American nation among a handful of other countries where seriously ill patients can legally obtain help to end their lives. It makes Uruguay the first country in predominantly ...
By SAM METZ, SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel received the remains of two more hostages Wednesday, hours after the Israeli military said that one of the bodies previously turned over was not that of a hostage. The confusion added to tensions over the ...
By JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves further restricted access to abortion Wednesday, limiting it to situations when the mother's life is in danger. The country's previous regulations also allowed abortions if a pregnancy ...
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo accepted the resignations of three top security officials Wednesday as the fallout from Sunday's admission that 20 gang members had escaped from prison continued. The prisoners, all members of the Barrio 18 gang, had apparently ...
By BRIAN INGANGA, NQOBILE NTSHANGASE and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — The leader of Madagascar's military coup told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he is "taking the position of president" and that the armed forces would be in charge of the African ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Germany on Wednesday pledged more than $2 billion in military aid for Ukraine, as the government in Kyiv signaled that it would need $120 billion in 2026 to stave off Russia's nearly four-year all-out war. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius ...
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday announced a ceasefire following days of the deadliest clashes in years that killed dozens of people on both sides of the border. The pause came after appeals from major regional powers, including Saudi ...
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France could sink deeper into political crisis Thursday when the prime minister faces two attempts in Parliament to topple his fragile new government, which could leave President Emmanuel Macron with no palatable option other than calling ...
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France could sink deeper into political crisis Thursday when the prime minister faces two attempts in Parliament to topple his fragile new government, which could leave President Emmanuel Macron with no palatable option other than calling ...
MOSCOW (AP) — Syria's interim leader, who led a swift rebel offensive last year that ousted former Syrian President Bashar Assad despite years of Moscow's support, held talks Wednesday in Russia during his first visit to the country that gave asylum to the deposed autocrat. Welcoming interim ...
By MICHELLE GUMEDE and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Many supposedly invincible leaders have been forced to flee their countries to avoid incarceration, execution, or political retaliation by successor governments due to revolutions, military coups or mass ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Israeli military said Wednesday that one of the bodies handed over by Hamas the previous day as part of the ceasefire deal is not that of a hostage who was held in Gaza, adding to tensions over the fragile truce ...
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan said Wednesday it agreed to a 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan following days of violence that have killed dozens of people on both sides of the border. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said the ceasefire was at Afghanistan's ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO's two newest members, Finland and Sweden, said Wednesday that they would buy more weapons from the United States to give to Ukraine, a day after data showed that foreign military aid to the war-torn country had declined sharply in recent ...
By EDWARD ACQUAH Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A group of 14 people have become the latest West Africans deported from the U.S. to Ghana under an accord between the countries, said a lawyer whose group filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the arrangement. Oliver ...
By SAMY MAGDY and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — As the Gaza ceasefire holds, Hamas security forces have returned to the streets, clashed with armed groups and killed alleged gangsters in what the militant group says is an attempt to restore law and order in areas where ...
By EMMANUEL TUMANJONG, NGALA KILLIAN CHIMTOM and MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Cameroon opposition candidate Issa Tchiroma Bakary claimed victory Tuesday in the Oct. 12 presidential election ahead of the release of official results, urging President Paul Biya, ...