Month: July 2025

By EILEEN NG, JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Thailand and Cambodia agreed Monday to an unconditional ceasefire during a meeting in Malaysia, in a significant breakthrough to resolve five days of deadly border clashes that have killed dozens and displaced tens of thousands. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and

By HANNA ARHIROVA and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Since his release from a Russian prison in April, Stanislav Tarnavskyi has been in a hurry to build the life in Ukraine he dreamed about during three years of captivity. The 25-year-old has proposed to his girlfriend, bought an apartment and adopted a

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press KFAR SABA, Israel (AP) — As Israel has announced steps to increase humanitarian aid in Gaza, a former Israeli-Argentinian hostage knows firsthand what that could mean for captives of the Hamas militant group. Iair Horn, who spent a year and a half in captivity, said hostages could tell when more

By GABE LEVIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Lights flicker, doors hang off their hinges and holes in the walls expose pipes in the apartment building where Hesham, an Egyptian migrant worker, lives in Dubai, an emirate better known for its flashy skyscrapers and penthouses. His two-bedroom rental unit is carved up

By EDITH M. LEDERER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is bringing high-level officials together this week to promote a two-state solution to the decades-old Israel-Palestinian conflict that would place their peoples side by side, living in peace in independent nations. Israel and its close ally the United

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump once suggested his golf course in Scotland “furthers” the U.S.-U.K. relationship. Now he’s getting the chance to prove it. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived Monday for a meeting with Trump at a golf course owned by the president’s family near Turnberry

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong conglomerate that’s selling ports at the Panama Canal said Monday it may seek a Chinese investor to join a consortium of buyers, a move that could please Beijing but bring more U.S. scrutiny to the geopolitically fraught deal. CK Hutchison Holdings’ initial plan

By DIDI TANG and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When top U.S. and Chinese officials meet in Stockholm, they are almost certain to agree to at least leaving tariffs at the current levels while working toward a meeting between their presidents later this year for a more lasting trade deal between the world’s