18 hours ago

Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe

LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom smashed a century-old temperature record for the second time in 24 hours on Tuesday as a spring heat wave scorches parts of Western Europe, triggering government warnings about risks to life. Several drownings were reported in Britain and France as people tried to cool down.

2 hours ago

In Congo displacement camp, fighting Ebola with sand, oatmeal and one thermometer but no water

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — There is one handwashing station and one infrared thermometer to fight the Ebola epidemic in a camp for 10,000 displaced people in Bunia, a city at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo.

21 hours ago

Israel and Hezbollah clash along a strategic Lebanese river after overnight strikes

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel's military clashed with the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group Tuesday along a strategic river in southern Lebanon as Israeli troops pushed farther north, days ahead of talks in Washington between Lebanese and Israeli delegations.

7 hours ago

Israel says it targets new Hamas leader in Gaza as Palestinians report 3 dead

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel carried out a pair of airstrikes in Gaza City late Tuesday, killing at least three people and injuring 12, hospital officials said. The strike took place on the eve of Eid al-Adha, a major Muslim holiday.

13 hours ago

A rare public trial opens in Paris child abuse case as parents seek a national wake-up call

PARIS (AP) — Parents’ groups in France called Tuesday for more attention to long-ignored child abuse scandals as a rare public trial opened of a school assistant accused of sexually assaulting nine young children in Paris.

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Cuban government publishes 2,010 names of prisoners pardoned in April

The Cuban government’s copies of the "Gaceta Oficial de la República" released on Monday included the names of the 2,010 prisoners who were pardoned in April.

1 day ago

Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Vatican's role in legitimizing slavery

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the Holy See's role in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.”

1 day ago

Estranged husband of former Scottish leader admits $540K embezzlement of party funds

LONDON (AP) — The estranged husband of former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon pleaded guilty on Monday to embezzling more than 400,000 pounds ($540,000) from the Scottish National Party to fund a lavish lifestyle when he was its chief executive.

1 day ago

Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha receives royal pardon for treason sentence

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was granted a royal pardon on Monday from a 27-year prison sentence for treason, a month after an appeals court affirmed his conviction and punishment.

2 days ago

Muslims begin the annual Hajj in sweltering heat against a backdrop of war concerns

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, officially began Monday.

1 day ago

Cypriot social media star Fidias will keep his European Parliament job after winning Cyprus seat

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot YouTuber and TikToker Fidias Panayiotou, who translated his online popularity into a meteoric political career at home and in Europe, said Monday that he’ll hold onto his European Parliament seat, despite winning one in Cyprus’ House of Representatives.

1 day ago

4 dead, 17 mostly workers still missing, in collapse of unfinished hotel in the Philippines

ANGELES, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers pulled out three people Monday from an immense pile of rubble that was all that remained of a nine-story hotel which collapsed while under construction in a northern Philippine city, bringing the death toll to four with 17 others still missing, officials said.

1 day ago

Australian spy boss says he shifted resources from counterterrorism before Hanukkah attack

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian spy agency boss told an inquiry on Monday he had pivoted resources away from counterterrorism to espionage and foreign interference investigations a few years before two gunmen massacred 15 people at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration.

1 day ago

Drone attacks raise fears as Colombians vote to elect a new president

JAMUNDI, Colombia (AP) — Gladys Marín only has to cross the street to reach a school where polling stations will open Sunday in her small town in Colombia. But she's still not sure she'll make the short walk, because fears for her safety could outweigh the chance to vote for the country’s next president.

2 days ago

Young men storm a Congo hospital treating Ebola patients to demand bodies of their kin

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Angry young men stormed a hospital treating Ebola patients at the heart of the latest outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo on Sunday evening, forcing the medical staff to scramble to evacuate the patients as gunfire rang out in the area.

3 days ago

Britain's navy prepares to clear mines in the Strait of Hormuz while waiting for a peace deal

ABOARD THE RFA LYME BAY (AP) — Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to the Strait of Hormuz that is still in doubt.

2 days ago

Turkish police storm offices of the main opposition CHP party, firing tear gas and rubber bullets

ANKARA (AP) — Police stormed the offices of Turkey's main opposition CHP party on Sunday, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at party supporters and officials who had been holed up inside for three days.

2 days ago

Trump says not to rush as details emerge of a potential Iran deal

CAIRO (AP) — The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday, though U.S. President Donald Trump said he told representatives “not to rush into a deal.”

3 days ago

Building under construction in Philippines collapses, leaving 1 dead and 21 trapped

ANGELES, Philippines (AP) — A nine-story building under construction in a city north of the Philippine capital collapsed before dawn on Sunday, leaving at least one Malaysian tourist dead and at least 21 mostly workers trapped in the rubble, officials said. Two were located alive but could not be immediately extricated.

3 days ago

Protesters clash with police after an anti-government rally in Serbia's capital

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Clashes erupted between groups of protesters and riot police after a huge anti-government rally on Saturday in the Serbian capital of Belgrade by tens of thousands of opponents of the country's autocratic President Aleksandar Vucic.

3 days ago

A second Ebola treatment center is set ablaze in eastern Congo, with 18 suspected cases fleeing

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there said Saturday. It was the second such attack in the region in a week.

3 days ago

Marines conduct a rapid response exercise at the US Embassy in Venezuela's capital

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. military conducted a rapid response exercise involving Marines and military aircraft in Venezuela’s capital on Saturday, more than four months after the ouster of then-President Nicolás Maduro.

3 days ago

South African Gaza flotilla activists allege they were shocked with electricity in Israeli detention

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African activists who were detained when their boats were intercepted while trying to breach Israel's blockade of Gaza alleged Saturday they were beaten and tortured by Israeli soldiers in a detention facility.

3 days ago

France bans Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir after 'unspeakable' flotilla detainee taunts

PARIS (AP) — France on Saturday banned Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, citing his "unspeakable" behavior targeting activists from a flotilla to Gaza who were detained by his police force.

Deadliest coal mine explosion in China in years kills at least 82 people, local officials say

BEIJING (AP) — A gas explosion at a coal mine in China’s northern Shanxi province killed at least 82 people, local officials said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest mining accident in recent years.

3 days ago

Ukrainian drone attack triggers fire at a Russian oil terminal

A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at another Russian oil terminal overnight, local officials in Russia’s Krasnodar region said Saturday, in what appeared to be the latest attack on Moscow’s vital oil industry.

Rubio arrives in India ahead of Quad talks as US tries to reset strained ties

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in India on Saturday ahead of a meeting next week with his counterparts from India, Australia, and Japan, members of the Indo-Pacific strategic alliance known as the Quad.

Flotilla activists describe beatings, tasers and mistreatment by Israeli forces

Activists detained when their flotilla attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza say they have been mistreated at the hands of Israeli soldiers, describing beatings, tasers and attack dogs.

3 days ago

South Floridians react as protests erupt in Havana over Raúl Castro indictment

Thousands gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana on Friday to protest the Justice Department’s indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro, while people across South Florida reacted to the demonstrations and the renewed tensions between Cuba and the United States.

Ugandans rue link to Bundibugyo, the Ebola virus type named after a district of cocoa farmers

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Boon-dee-BOO-joh.

Congo curtails funeral wakes in Ebola outbreak as WHO upgrades risk assessment

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in northeastern Congo banned funeral wakes and gatherings of more than 50 people Friday in an effort to curb a rapidly spreading Ebola outbreak in a region where medical workers have struggled with a lack of resources and pushback from angry residents.

3 days ago

Miami Lakes woman says her brother vanished after Israel intercepted flotilla near Gaza

Rita Martinez was wearing a pink “Palestine” jersey by Wear The Peace on Friday in Miami Lakes, as she talked about her brother, a Global Sumud Flotilla activist.

Rare public appearances, low profile mark Raúl Castro's life since stepping down as Cuba's president

HAVANA (AP) — Former President Raúl Castro was last seen surrounded by tens of thousands of people attending a state-organized rally for International Workers' Day along Havana’s famed seawall.

Rubio reports 'slight progress' in Iran talks as Pakistan renews efforts to mediate a peace deal

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday that “slight progress” was made during talks with Iran as Pakistan's army chief traveled to Tehran in a renewed effort to mediate a peace deal and uncertainty loomed over whether the war would resume.

NATO allies bewildered by Trump's about-face on US troop moves in Europe

HELSINGBORG, Sweden (AP) — NATO allies and defense officials expressed bewilderment Friday at U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would send 5,000 U.S. troops to Poland just weeks after ordering the same number of forces pulled out of Europe.

Trump's Cuba strategy echoes his Venezuela playbook. But there are key differences

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's strategy against Cuba is looking a lot like the playbook for Venezuela: An oil blockade, a growing U.S. military presence, federal charges and repeated threats of intervention.