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By DEREK GATOPOULOS, EFREM LUKATSKY and DMYTRO ZHYHINAS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The commander of sea-drone operations for Ukraine’s military intelligence agency says more complex strikes against Russian forces are expected next year, after Kyiv’s uncrewed fleet succeeded in curbing the movements of Russia’s once-dominant Black Sea navy. In an interview with The

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Hamas is ready to discuss “freezing or storing” its arsenal of weapons as part of its ceasefire with Israel, a senior official said Sunday, offering a possible formula to resolve one of the thorniest issues in the U.S.-brokered agreement. Bassem Naim, a member

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “hasn’t read” a U.S-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump was critical of Zelenskyy after U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators completed three days of talks on Saturday aimed at trying to narrow differences on

By MELANIE LIDMAN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire,” after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza. Netanyahu spoke during a news conference

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Milan’s storied Teatro alla Scala celebrates its gala season premiere Sunday with a Russian opera for the second time since Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. But this year, instead of drawing protests for showcasing the invader’s culture, a flash mob will demonstrate for peace. La Scala’s music

By MATT O’BRIEN and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press Police body cameras equipped with artificial intelligence have been trained to detect the faces of about 7,000 people on a “high risk” watch list in the Canadian city of Edmonton, a live test of whether facial recognition technology shunned as too intrusive could have a place in

By VIRGILE AHISSOU and OPE ADETAYO Associated Press COTONOU, Benin (AP) — Benin President Patrice Talon on Sunday condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the country’s army in his first public comments since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative capital, Cotonou. A group of soldiers appeared on Benin ’s state

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS (AP) — Supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado demonstrated Saturday in several cities worldwide to commemorate her Nobel Peace Prize win ahead of the prestigious award ceremony next week. Thousands of people marched through Madrid, Utrecht, Buenos Aires, Lima and other cities in support of Machado,

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s national security police arrested a man on Saturday in the first publicly confirmed arrest relating to criticism of authorities over a high-rise apartment blaze that killed at least 159 people. Police said he had been accused of posting “information with seditious intention” on social media. “That mainly included (materials

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine overnight into Saturday, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had a “substantive phone call” with American officials engaged in talks with a Ukrainian delegation in Florida, aimed at ending the nearly 4-year war. Russia used

By SAMY MAGDY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar’s prime minister on Saturday said the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as its first phase winds down, with the remains of one Israeli hostage still to be handed over by militants. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told a conference

By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96. Gehry died Friday in his home in Santa Monica after a brief respiratory illness, said Meaghan Lloyd, chief

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — An international body tasked with governing the Gaza Strip under the next phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire is expected to be announced by the end of the year, an Arab official and a Western diplomat said Friday. According to the ceasefire agreement, the authority — known

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s anti-money laundering office has frozen the bank accounts of the Mexican co-owner of Miss Universe as part of an investigation into drugs, fuel and arms trafficking, an official said Friday. The country’s Financial Intelligence Unit, which oversees the fight against money laundering, froze Mexican businessman

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, said Friday that his father decided he should represent their political group and run for president in 2026. Bolsonaro was arrested last month and began serving a 27-year prison sentence after being convicted

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has finally met with his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum. Their long-delayed first face-to-face discussion focused on next year’s World Cup — and included side discussions about trade and tariffs — but immigration was not the top issue. That’s despite Trump’s push to crack down

By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man from Afghanistan was accused of shooting two National Guard members. The expansion would

PARIS (AP) — French officials are investigating an illegal drone overflight of the Atlantic coast base for France’s nuclear-armed submarines, authorities said Friday. French media reported that several drones were detected Thursday night over the Île Longue base in Brittany, western France, but military authorities wouldn’t detail their number or type. The base is the

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Germany’s president laid a wreath Friday at Coventry Cathedral in central England, symbolically atoning for the atrocities of World War II as his country and the United Kingdom seek to bolster an alliance to combat the new war raging in Europe. Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s pilgrimage commemorates the Nazi

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has set forth a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere. The document released Friday by the White House is sure to roil long-standing U.S. allies in Europe for

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Riot police fired tear gas Friday at farmers attempting to block the main access road to the international airport in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, as protests escalated over delays in the payment of European Union-backed agricultural subsidies. Irate farmers have deployed thousands of tractors and other

By The Associated Press Ukraine has condemned two-time Olympic diver Sofiia Lyskun’s switch to represent Russia amid the ongoing war and will try to strip her of awards. The 23-year-old Lyskun told the Russian newspaper Izvestia this week that “coaches’ incompetence” was a factor in her decision. “Most of our coaches are gymnasts or trampoline

By BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk as he spoke before a crowd horrified many and prompted somber conversations

By NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press CHENGDU, China (AP) — French first lady Brigitte Macron caught up with an old friend — a giant panda born in France — at the tail end Friday of a visit to China with President Emmanuel Macron. At a panda reserve in southwest China that Yuan Meng now calls home,

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Friday approved the government’s plan to attract more military recruits as the country tries to boost the ranks of its armed forces in the face of rising concern about the threat posed by Russia. The plan also foresees mandatory medical checks for young men.

ROME (AP) — A preliminary cauldron was lit by the Olympic flame at Italy’s presidential palace on Friday as the countdown to the Milan Cortina Winter Games approached the two-months-to-go mark. International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry and Italy President Sergio Mattarella were in attendance for the ceremony. “The Olympic flame is arriving to a