KAPIKOY BORDER CROSSING, Turkey (AP) — A land crossing near eastern Turkey’s Van province is one of the few routes connecting Iranians to the rest of the world amid an airspace shutdown in Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Tehran over a week ago, triggering war in the Middle...
BEIJING (AP) — China said it hopes this year will be a “landmark year” for its relationship with its biggest competitor, the U.S., striking a largely positive tone ahead of an expected summit between the leaders of the two countries later this month. China 's Foreign Minister Wang Yi,...
It 's delicate for any president to watch flag-draped transfer cases return home from overseas, a solemn tradition that honors the dead and shines a spotlight on the human costs of conflict. Donald Trump 's visit Saturday to Dover Air Force Base, honoring the six American service members...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two children were among at least 10 people killed on Saturday in a Russian missile that hit a five-story residential building in Ukraine 's second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said. Sixteen others were wounded. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack and...
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices have soared in the week since the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran, but President Donald Trump on Saturday downplayed the idea of turning to America 's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease the pressure. Trump was asked by reporters on Air Force One...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Iran war exploded further late Saturday as pillars of flame rose above an oil storage facility in Tehran, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised "many surprises" for the next phase of the week-old conflict. Israel 's military confirmed...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Iran’s president said Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a “dream that they should take to their grave." President Masoud Pezeshkian made the statement in a prerecorded address aired by state television. He also...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Intense Iranian fire targeted the Gulf Arab states early Saturday as Israel and the United States kept up their airstrikes targeting the Islamic Republic. There was no foreseeable end to the fighting. US President Donald Trump 's administration approved a...
NEW YORK (AP) – The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the US and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East. The conflict, in which nearly every country in the Middle East has sustained damage from...
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – Preliminary and partial results released Saturday showed a new political party led by an ex-rapper leading Nepal 's parliamentary election, the country 's first since last year 's youth-led revolt. The Rastriya Swatantra, or National Independent, Party, had...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of minority Shiites rallied Friday in Pakistan 's capital and elsewhere in the country to denounce the killing of Iran 's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.S.-Israeli strikes, as the U.S. Embassy In Islamabad issued a security alert warning Americans...
LONDON (AP) — London police said Friday that four men have been arrested on suspicion of aiding Iran by spying on the Jewish community. In a statement, the Metropolitan Police said the suspects — one Iranian and three dual British-Iranian nationals — were taken into custody on suspicion of...
