LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's main religious political party rallied in Lahore on Friday against the United States and Israel over the war in Gaza. An estimated 15,000 people attended the rally called by Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, whose head, Naeem Ur Rehman, ...
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — In a polarized political landscape, Ecuadorian voters will choose Sunday between an incumbent young millionaire and a leftist lawyer to lead the South American country for the next four years. President Daniel Noboa and leftist challenger Luisa González will face off ...
By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul's jailed opposition mayor appeared in court Friday in one of multiple cases against him. Hundreds of supporters gathered outside Silivri prison, west of Istanbul, where the hearing was taking place. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has established diplomatic relations with Syria's new Islamist government, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday, months after a rebel coalition ousted President Bashar Assad, who had maintained close ties with North ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ten Palestinians detained from Gaza by Israeli troops were freed and returned to the territory on Thursday, saying they had suffered constant abuse while imprisoned. Israel has detained thousands of Palestinians since it ...
SURREY, British Columbia (AP) — Three drug labs in Canada's Pacific coast province of British Columbia have been dismantled, police said Thursday, adding that two of the labs are believed to have been used to produce fentanyl while the purpose of the third remains "undetermined." The Royal ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A nearly two-year-old war has engulfed Sudan in the world's largest humanitarian crisis and led the African country to become the only nation experiencing famine, a senior U.N. official said Thursday. Nearly 25 million people — ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina will be able to tap another $5 billion from China in a deal announced Thursday, easing some pressures on the South American nation's dwindling foreign reserves and underscoring the strategic importance of its ...
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's trains and subways were disrupted, flights grounded, grain shipments interrupted, deliveries halted and banks shuttered as unions held a general strike Thursday against the libertarian government of President ...
Associated Press undefined LONDON (AP) — Police in London arrested six people on Thursday after environmental activists from Greenpeace poured 300 liters (79 gallons) of blood-red dye into a pond in front of the U.S. Embassy in a protest against arms sales to Israel. The Metropolitan ...
EL AMRA, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities this week dismantled dozens of makeshift camps housing African migrants as part of a sweeping operation to clear areas along the country's Mediterranean coastline and ease tensions with residents. The makeshift camps, located on privately owned ...
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan said Thursday that thousands of Afghan migrants who have applied for resettlement in third countries could face forced expulsion if they are not relocated by host nations before the end of April. Deputy Interior Minister Talal ...
By LORNE COOK and DAVID McHUGH undefined BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive commission said Thursday it will put trade retaliation measures on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump's pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated ...
By JON GAMBRELL and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Moscow freed a Russian American convicted of treason in exchange for a Russian German man jailed on smuggling charges in the U.S., a prisoner swap that was completed Thursday as the two countries met to ...
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The number of dead in a roof collapse at an iconic nightclub in the Dominican Republic surged to 218 on Thursday, an official said. Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Center of ...
By LORNE COOK and DAVID McHUGH undefined BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's executive commission said Thursday it will put trade retaliation measures on hold for 90 days to match President Donald Trump's pause on his sweeping new tariffs and leave room for a negotiated ...
By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey and Israel have held "technical talks" aimed at preventing conflict between their troops in Syria, a Turkish official said Thursday. The first discussions were held in Azerbaijan on Wednesday to establish a "de-escalation mechanism ...
By ERIKA KINETZ, JOHN LEICESTER and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press ROME (AP) — Two videos, two different stories about Russia's war in Ukraine. In one of them, the prisoners appear to live. In the other, they die. The Associated Press has obtained a video from a Ukrainian drone showing ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, widely seen as the front-runner in a presidential by-election triggered by the removal of Yoon Suk Yeol last week, announced his presidential bid Thursday, vowing to heal a starkly ...
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press BINH DUONG, Vietnam (AP) — Lego opened a $1 billion factory in Vietnam on Wednesday that it says will make toys without adding planet-warming gas to the atmosphere by relying entirely on clean energy. The factory in the industrial area of Binh Duong, ...