By JON GAMBRELL, ABDEL KAREEM HANA and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar's prime minister said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "killed any hope" of releasing hostages still held in the Gaza Strip after Israel attacked Hamas leaders in Doha.
The comments ...
By OPE ADETAYO AND EDWARD ACQUAH Associated Press
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — A group of 14 West Africans deported from the U.S. arrived in Ghana, the country's president said. The country joins Eswatini, Rwanda and South Sudan as African countries that have received migrants from third countries ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and LORNE COOK Associated Press
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched another round of heavy airstrikes in Yemen on Wednesday, killing dozens just days after Houthi rebels carried out a drone attack that struck an Israeli airport.
The Israeli ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — When David Bowie died in 2016, he left a vast musical legacy – and a trove of unrealized projects.
Tantalizing details of those abandoned and unfinished ideas are revealed in Bowie's archive, which opens to the public this week.
The 90,000 ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The administration of Argentina's President Javier Milei resurrected the country's interior ministry on Wednesday in a rare bid to build alliances with opposition governors days after his party lost by a landslide in a key ...
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen broke Wednesday with her pro-Israel stance and announced plans to seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over its military campaign in Gaza.
The 27-nation EU is ...
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers on Wednesday voted down a bill that would have granted recognition to same-sex partnerships in the Chinese city, despite the rights offered being limited, in a major setback to the LGBTQ+ movement.
The Registration of ...
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A court in Johannesburg sentenced seven Chinese nationals on Wednesday to terms of 20 years in prison each for trafficking people from Malawi and forcing them to work at a factory in South Africa.
The group was convicted on Feb. 25 ...
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held talks with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Wednesday about maritime security and bilateral efforts to fight transnational drug smuggling.
Noem said during a joint appearance in ...
By LORNE COOK Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's most powerful official warned Wednesday that Europe is battling against a series of threats posed by Russia, new global trade challenges and even other major world powers and must stake claim to its independence.
In a ...