The remote Amazon island of Santa Rosa is at the center of a territorial dispute between Peru and Colombia. Home to 3,000 residents, the island lacks basic services like running water and sewage. …
Syrian state media say that Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris.
Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group says it plans to take a $2 billion stake in computer chip maker Intel as it deepens its involvement in U.S. semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. …
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israelis continue to demand the release of hostages held by Hamas and an end to the Israel-Hamas war. Demonstrators do not want their government to take over Gaza and Orthodox Jews …
Major cuts in humanitarian aid have left victims of sexual violence in conflicts around the world without lifesaving help as clinics and shelters close. That's according to the U.N. special …
Shares are mixed in Asia after Wall Street held near its records. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.2% as market heavyweight SoftBank fell after it announced it was taking a $2 billion stake in U.S. …
Indigenous leaders from the Amazon are urging South American presidents to turn promises into action at a summit in Bogota. The Fifth Presidential Summit of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization …
The union for Air Canada’s 10,000 flight attendants said early Tuesday that it has reached a tentative agreement to end a strike. Air Canada and the union resumed talks late Monday for the first …
Gunmen have attacked a mosque in northwestern Nigeria, killing at least 13 people during morning prayers. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the town of Unguwan Mantau, in …
The Kiruna Church and its belfry are being moved along a 5-kilometer route east to a new city center in northern Sweden as part of the town’s relocation. It’s happening because the world’s …
Pakistan has restored 70% of electricity and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said Tuesday that …
The U.N. humanitarian office says a record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas. U.N. humanitarian chief Tom …
SANTA ROSA, Peru (AP) — Santa Rosa is a small island in the middle of the Amazon River. It has just one paved road, no running water and a health post ill-equipped for emergencies. Despite its …
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gushed with gratitude toward President Donald Trump during an Oval Office meeting. He thanked Trump nine times in the first minute of their public meeting …
Iraq says one of Lebanon’s largest factories making the highly addictive amphetamine Captagon has been discovered and destroyed. It's part of rare security cooperation between intelligence agencies …
A commuter train is stalled on a flooded railway track in Mumbai. Passengers get off and leave, frustrated by the disruption. This scene, captured by an Associated Press photographer on Tuesday, …
Swiss watchmaker Swatch has apologized for an campaign that has upset consumers in China and elsewhere and says it has removed all related materials worldwide. Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported …
Union for Air Canada flight attendants says it has reached a tentative agreement with the airline to end strike.
The U.S. special envoy to Lebanon says his team will discuss the long-term cessation of hostilities with Israel, after Beirut endorsed a U.S.-backed plan for the Hezbollah militant group to disarm. …
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has condemned South Korean-U.S. military drills and vowed to expand his nuclear forces rapidly. State media reported Tuesday that Kim inspected his most advanced …