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By BARRY HATTON Associated Press European officials welcomed Monday what they said were steps in the right direction at talks in Geneva on U.S. peace proposals seen as heavily favoring Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, but they offered few details and warned the discussions still have a long way to go. “The negotiations were

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. refused to respond on Monday to an allegation by his estranged sister, a senator, that he has been a longtime drug addict whose cocaine dependence has undermined his governance, saying with a somber tone that he didn’t want to discuss a

By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The death toll in widespread flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in Southeast Asia mounted on Monday with another person reported killed in Vietnam, and five others in Thailand with tens of thousands of people displaced. The total number of confirmed dead in Vietnam is

By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Two suicide bombers and a gunman attacked the headquarters of a security force in northwestern Pakistan on Monday morning, killing three officers and wounding 11 others, police and rescue officials said. The attack took place in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

By SUZAN FRASER and AYSE WIETING Associated Press HEYBELIADA, Turkey (AP) — As Pope Leo XIV prepares to embark on his first trip abroad with a visit to Turkey to mark a key event that shaped the foundations of Catholic and Orthodox Christianity, there has been a surge of renewed optimism over the possible reopening

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is set to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization. But the entity that the U.S. government alleges is led by Maduro is not a cartel

LONDON (AP) — Pressure is increasing for the former Prince Andrew to give evidence to a U.S. congressional committee investigating the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain’s prime minister suggested he should testify. Keir Starmer declined to comment directly about King Charles III’s disgraced younger brother, but told reporters traveling with him for the

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Japan “crossed a red line” with comments by its new leader suggesting a potential military intervention over Taiwan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday. Remarks earlier this month by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi that a Chinese naval blockade or other action against Taiwan could

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenians on Sunday rejected in a referendum a law that allowed terminally ill patients to end their lives, according to preliminary results released by the election authorities. The near-complete count showed that around 53% voted against the law while around 46% supported it. The no-votes also represented more than 20% of

CARACAS (AP) — International airlines increasingly canceled flights to Venezuela on Sunday after t he U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned pilots to use caution when flying in the country’s airspace because of worsening security and heightened military activity. Marisela de Loaiza, president of the Airlines Association in Venezuela, told The Associated Press that six carriers

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — On his first full day in jail, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro told a judge on Sunday he had violated his ankle monitoring the day before at his house arrest because of a nervous breakdown and hallucinations caused by a change in his medication. Supreme Court

By YEHOR KONOVALOV and EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press Mass graves and bullet-scarred churches mark the torment of past Russian occupation in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where traumatized residents now face a new anguish: a U.S.-led peace proposal that would offer a blanket post-war amnesty for the perpetrators of atrocities. For the survivors of Bucha,

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and MICHELLE GUMEDE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Poorer nations attending the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have used the meeting to push leaders on climate action and high levels of debt, issues directly affecting the developing world. They have also sought to position themselves as economic partners with much

By PETER PRENGAMAN Associated Press This year’s U.N. climate conference in Brazil had many unique aspects that could have been part of an historic outcome. COP30, as it’s called, was hosted in Belem, a city on the edge of the Amazon rainforest, a crucial regulator of climate and home to many Indigenous peoples who are

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped captivity and are now with their families, the school authority said Sunday, as the pope called for the immediate release of those still missing. The schoolchildren, aged between 10

By JOHN LEICESTER, SAMUEL PETREQUIN and WILLIAM JARRETT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The date was May 7, 2017. Addressing cheering supporters, the newly elected leader of France, Emmanuel Macron, made a promise that now, in his waning 18 months as president, lies in tatters. The rival that Macron defeated that day, Marine Le Pen,

By BEN FINLEY, OPE ADETAYO and SAM METZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria’s government to counter violence against Christians, signaling a broader strategy since he ordered preparations for possible military action and warned that the United States could go in “guns-a-blazing” to wipe out

By ASSANA SAMBU AND CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau began voting on Sunday as President Umaro Sissoco Embalo seeks a second term in the nation that has endured multiple coups. The presidential and parliamentary elections come at a critical time in West Africa, where democracy has recently been challenged by disputed

By MELINA WALLING Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Indigenous people filled the streets, paddled the waterways and protested at the heart of the venue to make their voices heard during the United Nations climate talks that were supposed to give them a voice like never before at the annual conference. As the talks, called

By MELINA WALLING, ANTON L. DELGADO and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — After two weeks of negotiations, this year’s United Nations climate talks ended Saturday with a compromise that some criticized as weak and others called progress. The deal finalized at the COP30 conference pledges more money to help countries adapt to

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — As Franco Parisi tells it, he has suddenly become the most sought-after man in Chile. A populist economist who placed third in Chile’s presidential election last weekend, Parisi told The Associated Press on Saturday that he has been fielding calls all week from left-wing government officials

By ROB GILLIES and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — Lawmakers critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war said Saturday they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a “wish list” of the Russians

By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military on Saturday launched airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza in the latest test of the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said five senior Hamas members were killed. Health officials in Gaza reported at least 24

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and LUCAS DUMPHREYS Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. The decision laid bare some of the country’s divisions, with many uncorking Champagne outside

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Western allies rallied around the war-torn country on Saturday as they pushed to revise a U.S. peace plan seen as favoring Moscow despite its all-out invasion of its neighbor. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed Ukrainians “will always defend” their home. A Ukrainian delegation, bolstered by representatives from France, Germany and

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. The tally was changed “after a verification exercise and a