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Iran announces a new nuclear enrichment site after UN watchdog censure

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN, JON GAMBRELL and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran said it has built and will activate a third nuclear enrichment facility, ratcheting up tensions with the U.N. on Thursday immediately after its atomic watchdog agency censured Iran for failing to ...

Russia’s military casualties top 1 million in 3-year-old war, Ukraine says

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The number of Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine has topped 1 million, military officials in Kyiv said Thursday, describing the huge price that Moscow has paid for its 3-year-old invasion. The claim by the General Staff of ...

Netanyahu’s government survives vote to dissolve Israel’s parliament

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government survived an attempt to dissolve Israel's parliament early Thursday morning, with most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners joining him in voting against a bill that would have forced them ...

Argentine President Javier Milei receives Israel’s Genesis Prize

JERUSALEM (AP) — President Javier Milei of Argentina received the $1 million Genesis prize in Jerusalem on Thursday in recognition of his support for Israel as it faces a mounting international isolation over the war in Gaza. Speaking in Spanish at the ceremony Thursday, Milei said: "In this ...

With Trump as ally, El Salvador’s President ramps up crackdown on dissent

By MEGAN JANETSKY and MARCOS ALEMÁN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Days before his arrest outside his daughter's house in the outskirts of San Salvador, constitutional lawyer Enrique Anaya called Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele a "dictator" and a "despot" on live ...

IOC leaders praise Los Angeles amid unrest in 2028 Olympics host city

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic officials meeting Wednesday in Switzerland took a calm, longer view of the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles after days of images of deployed military and burning cars on the host city's streets. IOC president Thomas ...

EU and UK reach accord on cross-border trade and travel in Gibraltar

By LORNE COOK, JILL LAWLESS and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the U.K. announced Wednesday that they have reached an agreement to ease cross-border trade and travel in Gibraltar after years of post-Brexit wrangling over the contested territory at ...

Denmark approves US military bases on Danish soil as Trump eyes Greenland

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to allow U.S. military bases on Danish soil, a move that comes as President Donald Trump seeks to take control of the kingdom's semi-autonomous territory of Greenland. Critics say the vote ceded Danish sovereignty ...