LAUCA Ñ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia 's charismatic, long-serving ex-President Evo Morales told The Associated Press on Saturday that he didn 't know what to do about threats by the right-wing presidential candidates to arrest him if they came to power. From his stronghold in Bolivia...
TOKYO (AP) – Japan paid tribute Friday to more than three million war dead as the country marked its surrender that ended World War II 80 years ago, as concern grows about the rapidly fading memories of the tragedy of war and the bitter lessons from the era of Japanese militarism. Prime Minister...
VATICAN CITY (AP) – When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile romp around Saint Peter’s Square, it almost seemed as if some of the informal spontaneity that characterized Pope Francis’ 12-year papacy had...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Long before whales were majestic, gentle giants, some of their prehistoric ancestors were tiny, weird and feral. A chance discovery of a 25 million-year-old fossil on an Australian beach has allowed paleontologists to identify a rare, entirely new species that could...
CHOSITI, India (AP) — Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 176 people and left scores others missing in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous districts in the neighboring...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan that India will punish its neighbor if there are future attacks on India as he marked 78 years of independence from British colonial rule. Modi 's remarks Friday come three months after nuclear-armed rivals India and...
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon 's militant Hezbollah group on Friday vowed not to disarm, saying last week 's decision by the national government to remove the Iran-backed group 's weapons by the end of the year serves Israel 's interests. Naim Kassem said the government...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump is meeting face-to-face with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday for a high-stakes summit that could determine not only the trajectory of the war in Ukraine but also the fate of European security. The sit-down offers Trump a...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban leader warned God would severely punish Afghans who are ungrateful for Islamic rule in the country, according to a statement released Friday marking the fourth anniversary of the Taliban 's return to power. The Taliban seized Afghanistan on Aug. 15, 2021, as the...
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Friday for a peaceful end to the "increasingly deafening violence" of wars around the world as he celebrated a Catholic feast day on the same day as a high-stakes U.S.-Russia summit over the war in Ukraine. History 's first American pope...
SEOUL, South Korea — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday dismissed South Korean claims the North is removing some of its loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border, mocking the government in Seoul for clinging to hopes of renewed diplomacy between the war-divided...
BELGRADE, Serbia — Clashes erupted between Serbian anti-government protesters and supporters for a second day Wednesday in a major escalation after more than nine months of persistent demonstrations against autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic. The president 's supporters repeatedly hurled...
