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US and Iran have agreed to wording of a deal to end their war, Pakistan's prime minister says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister said Friday the United States and Iran have agreed to wording of an agreement aimed at ending their war in the Middle East and that mediators were working with both sides to finalize a deal.

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Head of Palestinian soccer says he wasn't granted US visa to attend World Cup

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The head of the Palestinian Football Association is waiting in Mexico City for permission to enter the United States with other federation heads attending the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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Migrants deported from US, including an Iranian woman, arrive in Central African Republic

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A flight carrying at least two dozen migrants, including an Iranian woman facing persecution in her home country, landed in the Central African Republic on Friday. It is the latest example of the Trump administration’s widely criticized deals with African and Latin American nations to take third-country deportees.

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Díaz-Canel announces economic reforms to attract investment and involve Cubans abroad

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday announced a package of economic reforms aimed at attracting investment, expanding participation by Cubans living abroad in the economy and decentralizing parts of the country’s administration.

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As officials again say Iran war could soon end, some Trump objectives are unfulfilled

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said the U.S. is close to signing a deal with Iran to wind down the war, with a memorandum of understanding to be signed in the coming days.

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Pope tells traffickers of migrants in the Canary Islands: Stop, repent or face God's wrath

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV warned people smugglers on Friday that they will face God's wrath for exploiting the desperation of migrants, demanding they stop and repent during his final day in this epicenter of the African migration route to Europe.

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Argentina's inflation slows to 8-month low in a boost for President Milei

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's inflation slowed for the second straight month in May, economic data released Thursday showed, providing some welcome news for President Javier Milei after almost a year of stubbornly persistent price increases that threatened to undermine the libertarian leader's signature achievement.

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US puts up $750K to evacuate an American who was aboard hantavirus cruise ship from remote island

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration put up $750,000 to charter a private yacht to evacuate a single American citizen from a remote South Pacific island after she had been aboard a cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak, a move that has further strained the State Department's emergency budget.

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Slovenia's new government lifts entry ban on Netanyahu and other measures against Israel

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's new conservative government on Thursday abolished an entry ban on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of his ministers, marking a shift in policies toward Israel that had been pursued by the previous center-left government.

2 days ago

El Nino is here and scientists fear it'll be big, bad and costly with heat, floods, droughts, fires

WASHINGTON (AP) — El Nino, Nature's chaotic climate agent, has formed in a warmed-up Pacific Ocean and is expected to grow to historic strength, meteorologists announced Thursday.

2 days ago

The 'King of the North' seeks a path to becoming Britain's next leader in a special election

ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, England (AP) — About 75,000 voters in a pocket of northwest England are about to make a momentous decision. They will cast ballots in a contest that may well pick the U.K.’s next prime minister, or plunge Britain's febrile politics into even more turmoil. Possibly both.

2 days ago

Pope slams world's indifference to migrants while visiting onetime 'dock of shame' in Canary Islands

ARGUINEGUÍN, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV traveled to a once-notorious epicenter of the European migration debate on Thursday, challenging countries to uphold migrants’ rights while shaming those leaders, including Christians, who turn them away with indifference.

2 days ago

Courthouse glimpse of prominent Gaza doctor renews calls for his release from Israeli detention

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court was weighing whether to extend the detention of a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 17 months ago in Gaza and appeared via video conference before the judges to challenge his imprisonment.

2 days ago

A fire on the Spanish island of Mallorca kills 2 people and injures several

MADRID (AP) — A fire that broke out early Thursday at a home in a tourist area on the Spanish island of Mallorca killed two people and injured several others, authorities said.

2 days ago

Saudi Arabia lifts 5-year ban on Lebanese imports, marking a thaw in Gulf-Lebanon ties

BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday the end of a ban it imposed on Lebanese imports five years ago, marking a major step in attempts to rebuild relations between Lebanon and Gulf countries.

2 days ago

The Latest: Iran and US exchange fire for second day as hostilities escalate in Mideast region

Iran retaliated against U.S. air and cruise missile strikes as hostilities escalated Thursday with attacks against Kuwait and Bahrain in renewed fighting after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations.

2 days ago

A mass funeral is held for 22 Pakistani soldiers who died in a helicopter crash in Kashmir

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers recovered the remains of all 22 soldiers aboard a military helicopter that crashed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir the previous day, officials said Thursday, confirming there were no survivors, as senior government and military officials attended a mass funeral for the victims.

2 days ago

Mexico City installed a chandelier in its metro for the World Cup. Then came the crush of memes

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The sound of construction roared over the most memed metro station in Mexico City as workers hammered at marble floors under a chandelier and rows of lamps reminiscent of a scene from “Harry Potter” or “Titanic,” racing to finish ahead of the FIFA World Cup opening ceremony Thursday.

3 days ago

Amnesty accuses Israel's government of 'ethnic cleansing' of Palestinians from the West Bank

JERUSALEM (AP) — Amnesty International accused Israel on Wednesday of carrying out a campaign of “ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians from the occupied West Bank with the intention to annex the Palestinian territory.

2 days ago

FBI seizes 13 websites that officials say were used by China to target and recruit US workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has seized more than a dozen websites that officials say were part of a Chinese effort to target American workers who have access to classified or sensitive government information, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

3 days ago

Somali soccer referee denied entry to US for World Cup is welcomed home as a hero

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A leading soccer referee from Somalia who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup tournament was warmly received by a crowd of supporters and officials on Wednesday as he arrived home.

3 days ago

Carney says opening of Canada-US bridge may take 'a little longer'

TORONTO (AP) — A new Canadian-built bridge across the Detroit River that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to block may take longer to open than anticipated, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.

2 days ago

David Briscoe, AP journalist who chronicled Philippines' democratic revolution, dies at 82

David Briscoe, a journalist for The Associated Press who chronicled the collapse of dictatorship and the rebirth of democracy during a dramatic period of upheaval in the Philippines, has died, his family said. He was 82.

3 days ago

Deadly Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan end a month of calm

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Pakistan launched deadly new airstrikes on Afghanistan early Wednesday, ending a month of calm following what Islamabad previously described as “open war” between the neighbors that has defied international efforts to bring a lasting peace.

3 days ago

Colombian President Gustavo Petro defends use of ‘Heil Hitler’

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who severed relations with Israel in 2024, faced criticism over his recent use of “Heil Hitler” on X.

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UN nuclear watchdog board demands urgent Iran cooperation and access to nuclear sites

VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog's board on Wednesday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency, provide complete information about its stockpile of near weapons-grade nuclear material and grant its inspectors access to Iranian nuclear sites.

3 days ago

Mass shooting leaves 12 dead and at least 9 hurt in an impoverished South Africa community

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An armed gang opened fire in a poor neighborhood in South Africa’s biggest city, killing 12 people and wounding at least nine, before fleeing in a minibus, police said Wednesday.

3 days ago

A Thai woman is in custody after an American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar

BANGKOK (AP) — An American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar's largest city, the U.S. State Department said, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has been detained by police in connection with the investigation.

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Pakistan army helicopter crashes in Kashmir because of technical fault, killing all on board

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani army MI-17 helicopter crashed because of a technical fault in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, killing all military personnel on board, the military said. The military didn't immediately disclose how many people were aboard the helicopter.

3 days ago

Hong Kong charges 7 people and 2 firms over massive fire that killed 168

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday charged seven people and two building companies with offenses including manslaughter and conspiracy to defraud over the city's deadliest fire in decades.

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Insider tour of the Sagrada Familia reveals 5 divine enigmas and hidden treasures

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Sagrada Familia basilica features sandcastle-like spires, stone carved to look like lush flora, a kaleidoscopic interior and a trove of treasures, some hiding in plain sight. Even regular worshippers at Barcelona’s world-famous landmark find themselves dumbstruck with wonder.

UK leaders call for calm as protests break out after Belfast street stabbing

LONDON (AP) — U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of trying to kill a man in a vicious stabbing on a Belfast street sparked fiery anti-immigration protests because the suspect is an asylum seeker.

3 days ago

Israel is tightening its grip on east Jerusalem with evictions and demolitions

JERUSALEM (AP) — Fakhri Abu Diab fought for decades to save his home. But when Israeli authorities arrived with bulldozers two years ago, he was powerless to stop them.

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Aftershocks complicate Philippine recovery from quake that killed 45 and displaced thousands

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of rescuers in hard hats scrambled out of a partially collapsed grocery in a southern Philippine city Wednesday as it was rattled by an aftershock from a powerful earthquake that left at least 45 people dead and 17 others missing in the region.

AP Interview: Albania's leader defends Kushner-linked luxury development

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is vowing to press ahead with a luxury development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump ’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, despite a surge in protests against it there.

32,000 people displaced by the Philippine earthquake that killed at least 37

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) — Rescuers searched ruined buildings in the southern Philippines on Tuesday to ensure no one was still trapped a day after one of the strongest earthquakes to hit the country in a half-century killed at least 37 people and displaced more than 32,000.