NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union 's energy commissioner said Wednesday that while there is no immediate threat to jet fuel supplies, the possibility of a longer-term shortage cannot be ruled out. Commissioner Dan Jørgensen told reporters that any shortage will depend on how the...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked targeted Ukraine 's capital with a mass drone and missile attack early Thursday morning that killed at least one and injured 33 people, local authorities said. Ukraine’s Air Force said its air defenses shot down or jammed 693 targets overnight,...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Foreign ministers from the BRICS nations began a two-day meeting in New Delhi on Thursday as the expanding bloc faces divisions over the war in Iran, rising energy prices and growing global economic uncertainty. The meeting brings together diplomats from Brazil, Russia, India,...
BEIJING (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for his hotly anticipated talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the Iran war, trade and U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. The meat of the summit doesn 't start until Thursday, when the leaders hold bilateral talks,...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Russian drones targeted areas of Ukraine on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, hours after another barrage of civilian areas killed at least eight people. "Russia continues its strikes and is doing so brazenly — deliberately targeting our railway...
The company that operates the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak told The Associated Press Wednesday that it expects to know by the end of the week if the vessel will keep to its cruising schedule for the rest of the summer, as it previously indicated it would. The Dutch-flagged MV...
BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli drones struck three vehicles on the main highway south of Beirut Wednesday, killing eight people, including a woman and her two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas in southern Lebanon,...
BEIJING (AP) — As Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump prepare for a highly anticipated summit, both China and the United States say their ties have been broadly stable in recent months — and they are planning on keeping it that way. But many issues are at stake in one of the world 's...
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III on Wednesday will deliver the government 's legislative program for the coming year to lawmakers with all the pomp and historic trappings that accompany the ceremonial opening of Britain 's Parliament. The question is whether Prime Minister Keir Starmer...
TOKYO (AP) — The packaging on some snacks in Japan is turning a somber black-and-white, as the war in Iran disrupts the supply of an ingredient used in colored ink. Tokyo-based Calbee Inc., which makes potato chips and cereal, said what 's inside remains the same. Calbee 's popular...
BEIJING (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for a state visit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence. "We 're the two superpowers," Trump told reporters as he departed the White...
BEIJING (AP) — It 's a verbal tightrope American presidents have had to walk for nearly 50 years, where even small slip-ups when stating official U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China can trigger geopolitical alarm bells. The way the U.S. views Taiwan under the "One China" policy recognizes...
