MOSCOW (AP) — Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa visited Moscow on Wednesday for the second time in less than four months, and Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized his readiness to help the country rebuild its war-battered economy. “I know that there is a lot that’s necessary...
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish amusement park was fined nearly $590,000 on Wednesday in connection with a roller coaster derailment that left one passenger dead and nine others injured, including several children. Witnesses at the Gröna Lund park described how the front of the Jetliner ride appeared...
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A global crackdown on human traffickers and migrant smugglers coordinated by Interpol led to the arrest of more than 3,700 suspects and aided over 4,400 potential trafficking victims around the world, the law enforcement organization said Monday. Interpol said 14,000...
The U.S. workweek opened with yet more snow dumping on the Northeast under the tail end of a colossal winter storm that brought ice and power outages, impassable roads, canceled flights and frigid cold to much of the southern and eastern United States. At least 13 weather-related deaths have...
BEIRUT (AP) — Gas-rich Qatar on Monday announced investments in Lebanon worth hundreds of millions of dollars to improve the crisis-hit nation’s crumbling electricity sector and to continue support for the Lebanese armed forces and the return home of Syrian refugees. Qatar’s...
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...
