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By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland and slap tariffs on its backers pose a challenge to Europe’s security, principles and prosperity, a top EU official said on Wednesday. “All these three dimensions are being tested in the current moment of transatlantic relations,” European Council President

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press. SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court ruled Wednesday that the 2024 imposition of martial law by then President Yoon Suk Yeol constituted an act of rebellion as it sentenced his prime minister to 23 years in prison for his involvement. Ex-Prime Minister Han Duck-soo became the first

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump will appear Wednesday with other high-profile government and business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day after the elite event produced contentious statements and economic threats arising from tensions between the U.S. and Europe. Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from 130 countries, plus an

By ANDERS KONGSHAUG Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — More than 15 years ago, Danish platoon commander Martin Tamm Andersen was leading his countrymen and U.S. Marines through the heat and sand of southern Afghanistan after a Taliban attack. As Andersen’s vehicle moved at the rear of the column, everything was normal — until in

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday. The case has revealed decades of cozy ties between Japan’s governing party and a controversial South Korean church. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, earlier admitted to killing Abe in

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that he has agreed to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in a departure from an earlier stance when his office criticized the makeup of the board’s committee tasked with overseeing Gaza. Norway and Sweden, meanwhile, said they

By NAYARA BATSCHKE Associated Press LIRQUÉN, Chile (AP) — Some are frightened, others are dehydrated, most are burned. In order to provide aid to the furry friends and other animals affected by the raging fires in Chile, the national police’s canine brigade and teams of volunteers are working against the clock to provide first aid

By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump heads to the World Economic Forum in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday where his ambitions to wrest control of Greenland from NATO ally Denmark could tear relations with European allies and overshadow his original plan to use his

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister issued the most direct threat yet Wednesday against the United States after Tehran’s bloody crackdown on protesters, warning the Islamic Republic will be “firing back with everything we have if we come under renewed attack.” The comments by Abbas Araghchi, who