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By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States has given initial approval to sell $3.5 billion worth of air-to-air missiles for Saudi Arabia’s fighter jets, the latest proposed arms deal for the region ahead of President Donald Trump ‘s planned trip to the region later this month. The sale,

By EILEEN NG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporeans were voting Saturday in a general election that is seen as the first key test of support for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, who took office last year. His People’s Action Party is widely expected to comfortably extend its 66-year dominance in the city-state. But the election

By JIM MORRIS Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A Canadian judge on Friday ordered a man accused of ramming his sport utility vehicle through a Filipino heritage festival crowd, killing 11 people and injuring dozens, to receive a mental health assessment to determine if he’s fit to stand trial. A publicity ban prevents

By ROD McGUIRK and TRISTAN LAVELETTE Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Anthony Albanese claimed victory as the first Australian prime minister to clinch a second consecutive term in 21 years on Saturday and suggested his government had increased its majority by not modeling itself on U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. “Australians have chosen to

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Several thousand Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of the northern half of ethnically divided Cyprus’ capital Nicosia on Friday to protest what they say is Turkey’s attempt to erode their secular roots and to strengthen the hold of political Islam over their society. Rain showers

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. on Friday officially designated a powerful gang coalition in Haiti as a foreign terrorist organization, raising concerns the move could deepen the country’s humanitarian crisis at a critical time. The Viv Ansanm coalition, which means “Living Together,” joins a list of eight

By MOHAMED JAHJOUH and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Screaming in anguish as the desperate crowd crushes them against a barrier, young children and adults frantically wave pots and pans at charity workers, begging for a portion of some of the last food aid left in Gaza: Rice. The chaos

By BRIAN MELLEY and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Russell Brand got out of a sleek black Mercedes on Friday and took his first steps toward a court where he faces charges of rape and sexual assault in a scene far removed from a walk down a Hollywood red carpet. The actor-comedian, wearing

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier to remain in the Middle East for a second time, keeping it there another week so the U.S. can maintain two carrier strike groups in the region to battle Yemen-based Houthi rebels, according

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces were preparing on Friday to carry out home demolitions across two northern urban refugee camps in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the governor of one of the camps and Israeli military documents shared with The Associated Press by the United Nations. Abdallah Kamil, the

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday that he will visit U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. The high-stakes meeting comes as Trump continues his trade war and annexation threats. Carney’s Liberal Party scored a stunning comeback victory in a vote widely seen

By BRIAN MELLEY and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry said that he wants to reconcile with his family after losing a court battle Friday over his publicly funded security that he said led his father, King Charles III, to stop talking to him. “I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small plastic pool. When he surfaces for air, some of them exchange wide smiles. The soft rustle of rainforest leaves punctuated by bird song

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British retailer Marks & Spencer said Friday that it’s “working day and night” to resolve a cyberattack nearly two weeks ago that has left it unable to process any online orders, a day after luxury London department store Harrods confirmed it had become the latest target. With

By SAM MEDNICK and RENATA BRITO Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Drones attacked a vessel carrying aid to Gaza on Friday in international waters off Malta, the group organizing the shipment said, in the latest confrontation over efforts to send assistance to the Palestinian territory devastated by nearly 19 months of war. A

By JAMEY KEATEN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German domestic intelligence service said Friday it has classified the Alternative for Germany party, which placed second in national elections in February, as a “right-wing extremist” organization — making it subject to greater and broader surveillance of its activities. The Federal Office for

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Preparations for the conclave to find a new pope accelerated Friday with the installation of the chimney out of the Sistine Chapel that will signal the election of a successor to Pope Francis. Vatican firefighters were seen on the roof of the Sistine Chapel installing the

By GHAITH ALSAYED and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel’s air force struck near Syria’s presidential palace early Friday after warning Syrian authorities not to march toward villages inhabited by members of a minority sect in southern Syria. The strike came after days of clashes between pro-Syrian government gunmen and fighters who

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top United Nations court on Friday wraps a week of hearings on what Israel must do to ensure desperately needed humanitarian aid reaches Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. Last year, the U.N. General Assembly asked the International Court of Justice to

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of people in Serbia on Thursday marked six months since a train station tragedy in the country’s north killed 16 people and triggered a wave of anti-corruption protests that have shaken populist President Aleksandar Vucic’s tight grip on power. Workers’ unions joined university students in

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — John Goldsmith was too young to fight in World War II, but he remembers the rationing, the blackouts and the bombs that devastated his neighborhood in east London. And he remembers the party when peace returned to Europe. Church bells rang across the city, bonfires were lit

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The hard-right party Reform UK led by Nigel Farage snatched a seat in Parliament from the governing Labour Party and won hundreds of local council seats from the opposition Conservatives in elections that Farage hailed Friday as a turning point towards ending the two parties’ political dominance.

By ISHFAQ HUSSAIN Associated Press MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Neelum Valley in northern Pakistan attracts some 300,000 tourists each summer who marvel at its natural beauty. But the threat of war with nearby India has emptied its hotels. Gunmen last week killed 26 people in the Indian resort town of Pahalgam, fueling tensions between the

By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — “Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of historical trivia. Here are some facts about conclaves

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A 15-year-old Nigerian has set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest art canvas to raise awareness for autism. Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo-Okeke, who is autistic, executed a painting featuring a multi-colored ribbon — the symbol for autism — surrounded by emojis, covering 12,304 square meters. That’s

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The discussions have taken place in an ornate Kremlin hall, on the polished marble of St. Peter’s Basilica and in a famously contentious session in the Oval Office of the White House. What’s emerged so far from the Washington-led effort to end the war in Ukraine

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When the U.S. and Iran met for nuclear talks a decade ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu railed against an emerging deal from the world’s most public stages, including in a fiery speech to Congress seen as a direct challenge to the Obama administration as it was

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday he will run in next month’s presidential election and would seek to lessen the powers of the office and ease strife-ridden domestic politics if he wins. Han’s entry heats up the scramble among conservatives to unify

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press DELFT, Netherlands (AP) — Ben Buitenhuis doesn’t get hungry. He never really has since the end of World War II, when he had to use his wits to scavenge for milk powder or wait in line for a meager ration of a meal made from flower bulbs. “My wife used

By EILEEN NG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Singaporeans will vote Saturday in a general election that is set to return to power the city-state’s long ruling party, and it will be closely watched as a gauge of public confidence in Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s leadership. The People’s Action Party has won every election since