WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has banned American government personnel in China, as well as family members and contractors with security clearances, from any romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, The Associated Press has learned. FILE - Uniformed and plainclothes...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gunfire erupted as thousands of protesters in Haiti clashed with police on Wednesday as they denounced a surge in gang violence and demanded that the government keep them safe. Protesters try to pull down a sign during a protest against insecurity in Port-au-Prince,...
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The mayor of one of North Dakota's largest cities resigned after an investigation into him mistakenly sending a lewd video to the city attorney. Tom Ross, mayor of Minot, N.D., one of North Dakota's largest cities, is photographed in August 2024. On Tuesday, April 1, 2025, Ross...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to arrive in Hungary's capital on Wednesday to meet with the country's nationalist prime minister despite an international arrest warrant for the Israeli leader over the war in the Gaza Strip. FILE - Israeli Prime...
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is traveling to Greenland on Wednesday for a three-day trip aimed at building trust and cooperation with Greenlandic officials at a time when the Trump administration is seeking control of the vast Arctic territory. The motorcade of...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China conducted military drills around Taiwan for a second day Wednesday, focusing on the Taiwan Strait — a crucial conduit for international trade separating the self-governing island democracy from China. This image released by the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense...
Displaced Palestinians carry water in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip on Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi, File) Israel’s military's operation in the Gaza Strip expanding to capture 'large areas' - defense minister JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military operation in the...
President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of White House hype and public anxiety, President Donald Trump is set Wednesday to announce a barrage of self-described "reciprocal" tariffs on friend and foe alike. The new tariffs — coming...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks during the International Women of Courage award ceremony, Tuesday April 1, 2025, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels this week to a gathering of top...
A man walks past a water tank washed onto Sydney's Bondi Beach Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney beachfront properties were flooded and coastal infrastructure damaged after a large swell combined with a king tide to batter the Australian shore,...
Rescuers work through the rubble of a collapsed building following Friday's earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo) BANGKOK (AP) — Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar's capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading...
An aerial view of the volcanic eruption near the town of Grindavik, on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco) GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has erupted repeatedly for more than a year again belched lava...
