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By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is closely monitoring any attempts to undermine its peace initiative with the PKK, a senior official said Tuesday, following the militant Kurdish group’s announcement that it is dissolving and ending its decades-long armed conflict with the Turkish state. The PKK, designated as a terrorist organization

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met with members of his Augustinian religious order on Tuesday, visiting the congregation’s headquarters outside St. Peter’s Square. Leo was seen arriving in a black vehicle at around lunchtime at the Agostinianum, the pontifical institute that also serves as the Rome-based residence and headquarters

By IVANA BZGANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — European Council President António Costa on Tuesday criticized Serbia populist president’s trip to Russia’s Victory Day ceremonies last week, but said that he received assurances that the troubled Balkan nation nonetheless will remain on the path toward European Union accession. Costa said in Belgrade — at

By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press KAKANJ, Bosnia (AP) — Like most girls her age, Bosnian teenager Mirnesa Junuzovic splits her days into free time and time reserved for school and house chores. How she spends the former, however, makes her quite unique. The 15-year-old Junuzovic takes daily, hourslong walks with her bull, Cobra, and trains

LONDON (AP) — Police arrested a 21-year-old man Tuesday on suspicion of starting fires at U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s private house, another property linked to Starmer and a car. The Metropolitan Police force said the suspect was detained on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life a day after an early-morning fire on

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Human rights groups launched a court fight Tuesday challenging the U.K. government’s decision to supply parts for F-35 fighter jets, saying they are being used by Israel in Gaza in violation of international law. The legal challenge in the High Court alleges that the government is breaking

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that he will be waiting for Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the Turkish capital this week to conduct face-to-face talks about the more than three-year war amid heavy pressure from the U.S. and European leaders to reach a settlement. Putin

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Tuesday banned the far-right organization “Kingdom of Germany” as a threat to the country’s democratic order and arrested four of its leaders in raids across several states. The group is part of the country’s so-called Reich Citizen, or Reichsbürger, movement that claims the

By The Associated Press President Donald Trump is in Saudi Arabia for the first leg of his three-nation visit to the Middle East this week. His first visit is focused on dealmaking with a key Mideast ally while shared concerns about Iran’s nuclear program and the war in Gaza drag on in the background. In

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is moving to strengthen its alliances with other countries as a counterweight to President Donald Trump’s trade war, presenting a united front with Latin American leaders a day after China and the U.S. agreed to a 90-day truce in their tariffs stalemate. China’s leaders have