By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and SALEH MWANAMILONGO Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The U.S. imposes new sanctions on Rwanda's military and four top commanders over support for the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo. On Monday, the U.S. Treasury Department targets the Rwandan Defence Forces and ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's largest trade union group on Monday filed a lawsuit to block a sweeping labor reform promoted by President Javier Milei and aimed at radically altering labor relations in the South American country. The reform, which was approved Friday by Congress, ...

Haiti opens registration for what would be the 1st election in a decade By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's government has opened a 10-day registration period for political parties to run in an upcoming general election. It is a key step for a country that ...

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory strikes across the Middle East are quickly dragging Europe in, forcing the continent into defensive action to protect military bases and evacuate citizens caught up in the conflict. The ...

By CLAUDIA CIOBANU, SAM McNEIL and SAM METZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — How long will it last? Will it grow? What will the conflict and the reported death of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei mean to us, and to global security overall? Those questions echoed across the Middle ...

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities deployed troops and imposed a three-day curfew before dawn Monday in the northern cities of Gilgit and Skardu after several people died and tens were injured in violent protests following the killing of Iran's Supreme ...

By JILL LAWLESS and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press AKROTIRI, Cyprus (AP) — Britain is not at war, the government said Monday, despite saying it would allow the U.S. to use British bases during its war with Iran and after a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus was struck by an Iranian-made ...

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — As U.S. and Israeli forces pounded Iran, and Tehran and its affiliates retaliated by firing missiles at targets across the Mideast on Monday, the international legal order was caught in the crossfire. At the heart of the ...

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Monday to widening concerns that the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring, "This is not Iraq. This is not endless," ...

By The Associated Press The distinctive buzz of Iranian-designed drones has become a familiar sound in Ukraine over the past four years. Now, it's increasingly heard across the Persian Gulf as Tehran strikes back with the cheap but effective weapons following the attack by the U.S. and ...

By The Associated Press Russia on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as "a preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state," demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a return to diplomacy. In a ...

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press Iran's leaders are scrambling to replace Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for 37 years before he was killed in the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment. It's only the second time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that a new ...

By JON GAMBRELL, MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and allied armed groups fired missiles at Israel, Arab states and U.S. military targets around the region on Monday, while Israel and the United States pounded Iran as the war expanded ...

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers Military strikes on Iran rattled global markets on Monday with U.S. futures following markets in Europe and Asia lower. Energy prices rose sharply. Futures for the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each sank about ...

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is delivering a keynote speech Monday on France's nuclear deterrence policy, as his European allies express growing concerns over possible U.S. disengagement and Russian threats. France is the European Union's ...

By JON GAMBRELL, MELANIE LIDMAN, JOSH BOAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. and Israel pounded targets across Iran on Sunday, dropping massive bombs on its ballistic missile sites and wiping out warships as part of an intensifying military ...

By CLAUDIA CIOBANU and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Three close allies of the United States said Sunday they are ready to join forces to defend their interests in the Middle East and stop Iran's retaliatory missile and drone strikes following the killing of Supreme Leader ...

Associated Press undefined CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader and winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize María Corina Machado said on Sunday that she will return to Venezuela in the coming weeks and that elections will be held in the South American country. Machado did ...

By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY, SARAH EL DEEB, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and LEE KEATH Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Some of the jubilation was open and even raucous — people dancing in Iranian streets, honking car horns in celebration, screaming joyfully from windows and rooftops over the killing of the ...

By ADIL JAWAD AND MUNIR AHMED Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi and in the country's north left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 others injured as demonstrators supportive of ...