BEIRUT (AP) — A top Iranian official held talks Friday with Lebanese leaders on the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah, which came as the United States continued actively pushing both sides to agree to a new cease-fire deal. Thick smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli airstrike on...
MADRID (AP) — At least 10 people died and others were injured in a blaze at a nursing home near Zaragoza, Spain, before firefighters managed to extinguish the flames, local authorities said Friday. Relatives wait for news outside the nursing home where least 10 people have died in a fire in...
As requested by the Philippines, the World Bank has extended by two more years its soon-to-lapse loan for a big-ticket infrastructure project aimed at mitigating flooding in Metro Manila, which had been plagued by delays and underspending due to government inefficiency. Official documents showed...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Biden administration is determined in its final months to help ensure that Ukraine can keep fighting off Russia's full-scale invasion next year, sending it as much aid as possible so that it might hold Russian forces at bay and possess a strong hand in any potential peace...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is making a victor's return to Washington. FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Annual inflation may have risen in October for the first time in seven months, a sign that price increases might be leveling off after steadily cooling for more than two years. FILE - A customer shops at a grocery store in Chicago, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of soldiers and police fanned out across a neighborhood on a recent night in the Turks & Caicos Islands just days after the archipelago reported a record 40 killings this year. FILE - A DEA agent shows a gun allegedly seized from a suspected drug dealer...
WASHINGTON (AP) — For a man who loves the spotlight, Donald Trump has been conspicuously out of view since his triumph in last week's presidential election. There have been no rallies, no press conferences, no speeches. Instead, Trump has spent most of his first week as president-elect behind...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump moved to build out his national security team Tuesday, announcing he is nominating Fox News host and Army veteran Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary and former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe to lead the...
Hotels come in all shapes and sizes, from ancestral-themed homes to sleek, modern designs. But have you ever visited a chicken-shaped hotel? Not just one with a statue of a chicken, but an entire hotel you can stay in that’s actually shaped like one? Campuestohan Highland Resort’s newest...
The World Bank has approved a $750 million loan to support the Philippines' digital transformation, aiming to boost economic growth and improve access to essential services. In a statement, the Washington-based multilateral institution, said the Second Digital Transformation Development Policy...
Beneficiaries of the poverty-alleviating Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) can expect to continue receiving their conditional cash grants as the World Bank has extended the validity of the Philippine government's $600-million (over P35-billion) loan for the country's flagship safety net....
