NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The war in Iran is driving up jet fuel prices and worsening supply strains for African airlines, forcing carriers to review routes and raising fresh concerns about the stability of the continent’s aviation network. The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) says the...
CAIRO (AP) — Iranians are living between confusion and exhaustion as the country and its economy are squeezed between war and multiplying crises at home . U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he called off fresh strikes on Iran as he claimed a deal to end the war was imminent....
Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries, depots and pipelines. Tanker trucks attacked and left ablaze along the land corridor from Russia to Crimea. Motorists waiting in long lines at gas stations. In a new blow to the Kremlin 's narrative that Moscow is winning the 4-year-old war in Ukraine,...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated the Sagrada Familia Basilica as a masterpiece of “stones, colors and light,” as he marked the centenary of the death of its architect, Antoni Gaudí, with a Mass on Wednesday to inaugurate its final soaring sandcastle spire. Leo called...
KASHIWAZAKI, Japan (AP) — Japan has resumed operations at the world’s largest nuclear power plant to help the country meet huge electricity demands during a global oil crisis, but the reboot highlights a big problem: Japan is running out of space for spent nuclear fuel and has no viable plans...
TORONTO (AP) — A new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to block will open soon, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Gordie Howe International Bridge, jointly owned by Canada and the U.S. state...
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — More than 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo, a grim toll as officials intensify efforts to slow the disease discovered weeks late. Attacks on health workers from angry residents, skepticism...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Southern Baptists are beginning their annual meeting Tuesday morning, where church representatives in the staunchly conservative evangelical denomination are expected to vote on a constitutional amendment that would formally ban churches with women pastors. Church...
TOKYO (AP) — A wandering bear that scared residents of a Japanese city just north of Tokyo was captured on Tuesday after several days of panic during which all schools were closed. The bear was first spotted on Saturday near a park in Utsunomiya, a city north of Tokyo with a population of half a...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Nordic and Baltic leaders who were in Estonia for a regional summit Tuesday, a visit that comes amid friction over Ukrainian drones straying into the region in recent months. The drones have crashed into the chimney of a...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV found himself in the midst of Spain’s two classic culture wars as he landed in Barcelona on Tuesday during his weeklong visit to the country. The U.S.-born pontiff had rubbed Barcelona’s soccer fans the wrong way by saying he roots for Real Madrid instead...
LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office called for calm Tuesday after police said they arrested a Sudanese suspect over a stabbing in residential Belfast in Northern Ireland that drew national attention because of graphic videos of the attack shared online. Police said the...
