WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was hosting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for critical talks aimed at ending the war in Gaza and developing a U.S. plan on post-war governance in the war-battered Palestinian territory. The White House talks come at a tenuous moment....
The Philippines has sought to restructure disbursement estimates and project targets for a World Bank loan aimed at enhancing teachers’ competencies, as its implementation stalled due to late budget releases and procurement issues. In a Sept. 28 restructuring paper, the World Bank said that since...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As new tensions rise between Russia and NATO powers, Moscow 's top diplomat insisted to world leaders Saturday that his nation doesn 't intend to attack Europe but will mount a "decisive response" to any aggression. At the same time, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran early Sunday over its nuclear program, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as its people increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to survive and worried about their futures. After...
NEW DELHI (AP) — A stampede at a rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu killed at least 36 people and injured 40 others, the state 's health minister said late Saturday. Ma Subramanian told The Associated Press that the victims were dead by the...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 59 people across Gaza, health officials said Saturday, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire and hostage return deal while Israel 's leader remained defiant about continuing the war. Among the dead were...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday extended an order that allows President Donald Trump 's administration to keep frozen nearly $5 billion in foreign aid, handing him another victory in a dispute over presidential power. With the three liberal justices in dissent, the court...
ALBANY, New York (AP) — A man admitted during a television interview to killing his parents and burying them in the backyard of their upstate New York home eight years ago, then was arrested as he left the studio. The stunning on-camera confession from Lorenz Kraus, 53, came Thursday, a day after...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan 's prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, for talks Thursday at the White House in the latest sign of warming relations between the United States and the South Asian nuclear power. Sharif was among the top officials from eight Arab or Muslim...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Behind the scenes at the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, key countries and regional organizations have been coordinating efforts to try to end the horrific war in Sudan, which has created the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in...
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares fell on Friday after President Donald Trump announced plans for new tariffs including 100% import taxes on pharmaceutical drugs starting Oct. 1. Trump said Thursday on his social media site that foreign makers of furniture and cabinetry were flooding the...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Spain and Italy say they are sending navy ships to where a flotilla of boats carrying activists seeking to break Israel 's blockade of Gaza is sailing, after the activists said they were attacked by drones near Greece. The Global Sumud Flotilla said on Friday it was...
