Britain’s government has confirmed that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is …
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By SYLVIA HUI
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1/15/25
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Officials now say they are closer than ever to reaching an agreement to pause the Israel-Hamas war and release hostages held in the Gaza Strip. But even if a deal is reached, the torment experienced …
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By MELANIE LIDMAN, SAM MEDNICK and WAFAA SHURAFA
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1/15/25
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Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine. They have languished there for over two months during a standoff …
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY
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1/15/25
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Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives for its nuclear enrichment program in an act of sabotage. That's according to a top Iranian official, former foreign minister …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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1/15/25
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PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — It’s late evening in the city of Prayagraj and the roadside vendors selling snacks are packing up their wares to shut for the night. Under the large fig trees, between two …
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By ASHWINI BHATIA
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1/15/25
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Poland after the two countries reached an agreement on a longstanding source of tensions between them: the exhumation of Polish victims of World …
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1/15/25
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Bangladesh Supreme Court acquits ex-Prime Minister Zia, clearing the way for her to run in elections
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last corruption case against her, paving the way for her to run in elections that an interim government says will …
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By JULHAS ALAM
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1/15/25
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained after a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound that ended a weeks-long stand-off between his bodyguards and the …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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1/15/25
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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will take the “strongest action possible” if Russia has harmed an Australian who was taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine. …
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By ROD McGUIRK
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1/14/25
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Schools and some businesses were closed in the town of Huitzilac, south of Mexico's capital, and few people walked the streets, hours after five people were gunned down on the same street where …
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By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ
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1/14/25
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South Korean law enforcement authorities have arrived at impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s official residence in the capital Seoul. They're there to begin their second attempt to detain him over …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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1/14/25
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If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting will stop in Gaza for 42 days, and dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be …
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By LEE KEATH and SAMY MAGDY
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1/14/25
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Britain's Princess of Wales says that her cancer is in remission following a visit to the hospital where she received treatment. In a statement on social media, the princess offered her heartfelt …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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1/14/25
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The European Union's border agency Frontex says that irregular migration into the European Union fell sharply in 2024. The agency said Tuesday that it registered a significant drop in irregular …
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By VANESSA GERA
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1/14/25
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow is open for talks with President-elect Donald Trump. He also praised Trump for describing NATO’s plan to embrace Ukraine as a root of the nearly …
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By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
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1/14/25
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Lebanon’s prime minister-designate has vowed to rebuild the country following years of economic meltdown and a 14-month war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group. Nawaf Salam spoke after …
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By BASSEM MROUE
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1/14/25
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The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has told judges that Israeli objections to the investigation into the 13-month war in Gaza should be rejected. Karim Khan submitted his formal …
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By MOLLY QUELL
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1/14/25
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The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement within Haiti has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people. The situation has been largely caused by gang violence in the …
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1/14/25
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte says the alliance is launching a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region. Rutte said Tuesday at a meeting in Helsinki with the leaders of …
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1/14/25
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has held further discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron about the possibility of Western troops deploying in Ukraine to safeguard any peace …
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By YEHOR KONOVALOV
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1/14/25
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