TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Monday held North Korea responsible for the human rights violations of four plaintiffs lured to the North by Pyongyang 's postwar false promise of living in “paradise on Earth,” ordering its government to pay them 22 million yen ($143,000) each, a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump gives. And he takes away. Offended by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney 's increasingly assertive posture toward the U.S., Trump revoked an invitation to join his Board of Peace. Many Western allies are suspicious of the organization, which is...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two days of talks involving representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the United States wrapped up Saturday with "constructive" discussions on "possible parameters" for ending the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Negotiators will return to the United Arab...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America 's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal, intensifying a feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney, a rising voice in the West 's pushback to...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Voting began on Sunday in Myanmar in the final round of a three-stage general election, capping a nearly monthlong process that has already ensured the country 's military rulers and their allies will command a parliamentary majority to form a new government. Critics...
CAIRO (AP) — Top U.S. envoys met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, urging his government to move into the second phase of the ceasefire in Gaza. Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump 's envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump 's son-in-law and...
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese panda fans are gathering Sunday for the final public viewing at Tokyo 's Ueno zoo before twins Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei return to China. Their departure Tuesday will leave Japan with no pandas for the first time in half a century, and the chances of getting a replacement...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – The bloodiest crackdown on dissent since Iran 's 1979 Islamic Revolution is slowly coming into focus, despite authorities cutting off the Islamic Republic from the internet and much of the wider world. Cities and towns smell of smoke as fire-damaged mosques...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region would be a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi for talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion. The UAE’s foreign ministry said the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Olena Janchuk spends another day of freezing isolation in her high-rise apartment. The former kindergarten teacher suffers from severe rheumatoid arthritis, and has been trapped for weeks on the 19th floor of her Kyiv tower block, 650 steps from the ground. Long daily...
DALLAS (AP) – More than 8,000 flights across the US set to take off over the weekend have been canceled as a major storm expected to wreak havoc across much of the country bears down, threatening to knock out power for days and snarl major roadways. Roughly 140 million people were under a winter...
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump took center stage in his whirlwind visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, overshadowing the yearly gabfest among national leaders, executives and other elites in the Swiss Alpine snows. While some experts highlighted business...
