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By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — An agreement between Tehran and the United Nations’ atomic watchdog will provide the U.N. agency access to all of Iran’s nuclear facilities and require Iran to report on the whereabouts of material that was at sites attacked by Israel earlier this year, the head of the agency

By JOHN LEICESTER, JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A day of anti-government action across France on Wednesday saw streets choked with smoke, barricades in flames and volleys of tear gas as protesters denounced budget cuts and political turmoil. The nationwide “Block Everything” campaign presented a challenge to President Emmanuel Macron

By SAM McNEIL Associated Press ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem held talks with Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Wednesday about maritime security and bilateral efforts to fight transnational drug smuggling. Noem said during a joint appearance in Antwerp that various U.S. agencies were cooperating with Belgium to increase

By FATMA KHALED and STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday in Cairo to pave the way for resuming cooperation, including on ways of relaunching inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities. The announcement followed a meeting among Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, his Iranian counterpart

EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Soaring global military expenditures are reducing essential investments in health, education and job creation and don’t guarantee peace, the United Nations chief warned on Tuesday. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the evidence is clear that heavy military spending often undermines peace by “fueling arms races, deepening mistrust

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel has killed multiple senior officials with Hamas and its regional allies since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas-led militants in southern Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. On Tuesday, Israel struck the energy-rich nation of Qatar, which has been mediating ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. Israel targeted

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday appointed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu as new prime minister and tasked him with immediately trying to get the country’s fractious political parties to agree on a budget for one of the world’s biggest economies. Lecornu, 39, was the youngest defense minister

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations is issuing an emergency appeal for nearly $140 million in desperately needed funding to help nearly a half-million people affected by the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan authorities have said the 6.0 magnitude quake on Aug. 31 and ensuing aftershocks killed more than 2,200 people in the

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas’ political leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as the group’s top figures gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The strike on the territory of a U.S. ally marked a stunning escalation

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a major state of the union speech on Wednesday addressing the challenges facing the world’s biggest trading bloc and laying out her vision for tackling them. The commission has enthusiastically billed her speech — modeled on the annual State

By HANNA ARHIROVA and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people stood in line in the open air Tuesday morning to collect their monthly pension. The blast killed at least 24 people and injured 19 others, the Ukraine Emergency Service said.

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY, and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military told Gaza City residents on Tuesday to evacuate ahead of its planned offensive to take control of what it portrays as Hamas’ last remaining stronghold and where hundreds of thousands of people remain struggling under conditions of

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — An international activist group seeking to deliver aid to Gaza on a flotilla said Tuesday one of its main boats was hit by a drone while docked in Tunisia. Tunisian authorities denied the claim, saying they were investigating a life jacket that

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Deep in dense New Zealand forest, a makeshift campsite was the final hiding place of a fugitive New Zealand man who vanished with his three children for several years. On Tuesday, a day after Tom Phillips was shot dead by the police and his children

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The discovery of a World War II bomb in Slovakia’s capital during construction work prompted evacuations on Tuesday, officials said. The emergency measure covered several blocks in downtown Bratislava, including a major bridge across the Danube River. Public transportation and all traffic were halted during the morning rush hour. Experts were

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was one step away from being convicted for attempting a coup, after two Supreme Court justices voted Tuesday to find the right-wing leader guilty of trying to illegally hang onto power. Three members of the five-judge panel trying

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was taken to Bangkok’s Klong Prem Central Prison on Tuesday after the Supreme Court said he must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions related to graft and abuse of power charges. The court’s decision came after

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech. The Himalayan country’s government said last week it was blocking several social