South Korean authorities briefly ordered evacuations on Tuesday due to what they said was a white phosphorus leak at a U.S. military base near Seoul. Officials in Pyeongtaek urged residents to move …
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo has surpassed 3,200 cases. Aid organizations warn that in just 10 weeks, the outbreak has nearly matched the cases of the 2018-2020 outbreak considered the largest …
Booker Prize winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are in the running for the 2026 edition of the prestigious fiction award. The list of 13 semifinalists announced Tuesday for the $66,000 prize …
German authorities say investigators have found what appears to be a claim of responsibility by the suspect in the fatal attack near Berlin’s Pride festival. The suspect was killed in a …
Firefighters combating Spain's biggest wildfire on record say they have never seen a fire of such power. Firefighter Javier García tells The Associated Press that the fire that has burned 500 square …
The U.N.’s migration agency is warning that criminal networks have been trafficking hundreds of thousands of people to work in online scam centers, and the caseload is growing — especially across …
Protesters have stormed a key energy complex in western Libya amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations over power outages. Officials warn this could trigger a nationwide blackout. The General …
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is visiting Cyprus to show commitment to resolving its ethnic division. He is meeting Tuesday with Greek Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish …
Lawyers are making closing addresses in the Australian trial of a British YouTuber and rapper known as Yung Filly on charges that he raped and choked a fan following a music performance two years …
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Nicosia's swanky nightclubs, bohemian cafes and crowded bars sit just steps away from guard posts, barbed wire and sandbags marking one of Europe's last frozen conflicts. …
Nearly 40 years after Italy abandoned nuclear power following the Chernobyl disaster, Premier Giorgia Meloni’s government is laying the groundwork for a return to atomic energy. Officials argue …
The U.N. refugee agency is marking the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention. The treaty was born after the ravages of World War II to help people fleeing war, violence and persecution. …
French authorities order evacuation of 4,000 people from tourist sites on Atlantic coast amid worsening wildfires.
The number of survivors of a cargo ship that sank off a Chinese-occupied shoal in the South China Sea has risen to 48 as search and rescue crews hunt for more people who went down with the vessel. A …
China's remote Qinghai province has been struck by two earthquakes minutes apart. The United States Geological Survey says the earthquakes with magnitudes of 5.7 and 5.8 occurred at 11:16 a.m. and …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains …
South Korea’s Kospi index sinks more than 9%, triggering a trading halt, on heavy selling of chipmaking stocks.
U.S. diplomats walked out as their French counterparts spoke at the United Nations after the European ally criticized the Trump administration’s human rights record. The surprise move Monday …
Pakistan's national disaster management agency says the death toll from monsoon rains and flash flooding in Pakistan over the past month has surpassed 100, as weather forecasters warned that more …
His lawyer says Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Wu Chi-wai has been granted permission to stay in the U.K as a visitor. It's a step that would allow Wu to have a longer reunion with his family after …