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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations on Thursday urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to bring “a lasting end to hostilities” to protect civilians, after days of fighting killed dozens of people in both countries and injured hundreds more. It’s the deadliest crisis between the neighbors since 2021, when the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan following the

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo appeared in public Wednesday for the first time since being sentenced to death in absentia for treason and war crimes, meeting other leaders in Kenya in an attempt to establish a political group in opposition to Congo’s current president. Joseph Kabila was

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Two hostages released by Hamas were reunited Wednesday in a Jerusalem cemetery for a final goodbye. Surrounded by hundreds of mourners, Matan Angrest, who had returned to Israel just two days earlier, stood before the freshly dug grave cradling his 22-year-old commander, Capt. Daniel

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and ANDREA VULCANO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is looking to provide an additional $20 billion in financing for Argentina through a mix of financing from sovereign funds and the private sector. That would come on top of the $20 billion credit swap line that the U.S. Treasury pledged

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press TARASIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has displaced millions, scattering families across the country and abroad. For many, heavy fighting in the east means crowded shelters, borrowed beds and fading hope. About 400 miles west of the front line, however, a privately built settlement

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — From the Andes to the Himalayas, a new wave of protests is unfolding across the world, driven by generational discontent against governments and anger among young people. This week, Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina was forced out of power and out of the country after a military

By AAMER MADHANI, SEUNG MIN KIM and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is redoubling his efforts to end the war in Ukraine, announcing a second meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin one day before sitting down with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House. Trump’s announcement came shortly after finishing a