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By ADAM GELLER, SAM MEDNICK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a 20-point proposal supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that would end the war in Gaza and free remaining hostages, leaning heavily into conditions that Hamas has previously rejected. The U.S. president, who has

By STEVEN GRATTAN Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Suriname’s government has pledged to permanently protect 90% of its tropical forests, a move conservationists say is among the most ambitious commitments to climate and biodiversity ever made by an Amazonian nation. The announcement came during Climate Week in New York City. Foreign Minister Melvin W.J.

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam evacuated thousands of people from its central and northern provinces Sunday as Typhoon Bualoi raced toward the country faster than expected and made landfall in the early hours of Monday. The storm came ashore in northern coastal province Ha Tinh and forecasters said it would

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban on Sunday freed a U.S. citizen from an Afghan prison, weeks after they said they had reached an agreement with U.S. envoys on a prisoner exchange as part of an effort to normalize relations. The deputy spokesperson for the Taliban Foreign Ministry, Zia Ahmad Takal,

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — The last Giorgio Armani collection signed by the late designer himself and marking the 50th anniversary of his signature line was shown Sunday night in a solemn runway show that gathered Hollywood stars and Italian friends in tribute. Richard Gere, Lauren Hutton, Glenn Close and Spike

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — all nations in the thick of the unrest that has pervaded the Middle East — confronted the crisis in the region at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, with Egypt’s top diplomat warning that

PARIS (AP) — French authorities announced the discovery Sunday of a body on a beach used as one of the launch points for migrants attempting the perilous sea crossing from northern France to the U.K on flimsy inflatable boats. The prefecture of northern France’s Pas-de-Calais region said the body of a young man, “very likely”

By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party has taken a decisive lead in a critical parliamentary election that was overshadowed by Russian interference claims. The race was widely viewed as a geopolitical choice between a path to the European Union or a drift back into Moscow’s fold. The tense

By EMILIE CHETTY Associated Press VICTORIA, Seychelles (AP) — With no outright winner in Seychelles’ presidential election, the country will hold a rerun vote between the two main contenders, the electoral authority said Sunday. The date for the rerun hasn’t been announced yet. Opposition figure Patrick Herminie received 48.8% of the vote, while the incumbent,

NEW DELHI (AP) — The death toll following a stampede at a political rally for a popular Indian actor and politician in the southern state of Tamil Nadu has climbed to 40, the state’s health minister said Sunday, as medics treated at least 124 injured in hospitals. Ma Subramanian told The Associated Press that 36

By DEREK GATOPOULOS, ILLIA NOVIKOV and ELISE MORTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, killing at least four people, with Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault. It was the first major bombardment since an air attack on Ukraine’s capital left at least 21

By SAMY MAGDY, MELANIE LIDMAN and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — On the eve of meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel is working on a new ceasefire plan with the White House, but details are still being sorted out. Netanyahu has come

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Keir Starmer never had much of a political honeymoon. Now some members of his political party are considering divorce. Little more than a year after winning power in a landslide, Britain’s prime minister is fighting to keep the support of his party, and to fend off

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Russell M. Nelson, the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Saturday night at the age of 101, church officials announced. Nelson died at his home in Salt Lake City, church spokesperson Candice Madsen said in a statement. Nelson, a former heart surgeon, spent four

By JON GAMBRELL and AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s theocracy prepared Sunday for a possible confrontation with the West after the United Nations reimposed sanctions over its nuclear program, even as some pushed for continued negotiations to ease the economic pain squeezing the country. The sanctions imposed before dawn

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press In 2007, eight years after becoming Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez revoked the license of the country’s oldest private television station. Eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump suggested revoking the licenses of U.S. television stations he believes are overly critical of him. Since he returned to office in

By JON GAMBRELL and AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Nations reimposed sanctions on Iran early Sunday over its nuclear program, further squeezing the Islamic Republic as its people increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to survive and worried about their futures. After last-minute diplomacy

By YVES LAURENT GOMA Associated Press LIBREVILLE, Gabon (AP) — The oil-rich central African nation of Gabon on Saturday voted in the country’s first legislative and local elections since a 2023 military coup ended a 50-year-old political dynasty. More than 900,000 Gabonese are eligible to elect parliament members and local councilors to replace officials appointed

By ILLIA NOVIKOV and VOLODYMYR YURCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant entered its fifth day running on emergency generators Saturday, prompting mounting safety concerns. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, announced a $90 billion arms agreement with the United States and criticized Hungary for carrying out “dangerous” intelligence-gathering drone activities

BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of the German capital on Saturday in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. The demonstrators called for a conclusion to the Israel-Hamas war, shouting slogans like “free, free Palestine,” and they demanded an end to the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Around 50,000 people

LONDON (AP) — Harrods, the luxury British department store, has warned some customers that their personal data may have been taken in a breach of its online systems. The company said late Friday that some names and contact details of its online customers were taken after one of its third-party provider systems was compromised. “We

By JENNIFER PELTZ and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As new tensions rise between Russia and NATO powers, Moscow’s top diplomat insisted to world leaders Saturday that his nation doesn’t intend to attack Europe but will mount a “decisive response” to any aggression. At the same time, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tensions between the United States and Colombia have escalated with the State Department announcing it was revoking a visa for Gustavo Petro, president of the Latin American country, after he participated in a New York protest where he called on American soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump’s

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 59 people across Gaza, health officials said Saturday, as international pressure grows for a ceasefire and hostage return deal while Israel’s leader remained defiant about continuing the war. Among the dead were those hit