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The Wall Street Journal and the U.S. have called the espionage trial a sham.

Court in Russia says closing arguments begin in trial of US reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying charges that he denies

Russian court officials said closing arguments have begun in the trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who faces charges of spying that he, the Journal and the U.S. government have vehemently denied

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim responsibility for a drone strike on Tel Aviv that injured at least 10 people and killed 1

Internet and mobile services were cut off in Bangladesh on Friday following days of violent protests over the allocation of government jobs, with local media reports saying at least 28 people had been killed this week

First came the Israeli military bulldozers

Hard-line President Alexander Lukashenko has led Belarus for 30 years and intends to seek yet another term in office

July 12-18, 2024 Soccer fans revel in their country's Copa America triumph after Argentina won their record 16th Copa America title, defeating Colombia 1-0. El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele has begun a program that offers 3 pupusas and a cup of coffee for the price of one dollar as part of a government crackdown to lower food prices. Another 200 police officers from Kenya arrived in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country. This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. The selection was curated by AP photo editor Anita Baca based in Mexico City. ___ Follow AP visual journalism: AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews X: http://twitter.com/AP_Images

For three decades, European leaders have come and gone, but Alexander Lukashenko remains in absolute control of Belarus

Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Friday claimed responsibility for an early morning drone strike that hit a part of central Tel Aviv near the United States Embassy, leaving at least 10 injured and one dead

Explosion in central Tel Aviv rains down shards of shrapnel, injuring at least 10 and leaving 1 dead

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake has hit northern Chile near its border with Argentina

South Korea says it has restarted propaganda broadcasts across border to retaliate against the North's balloon launches

National security expert Morgan Ortagus explains how this could influence Trump's approach to Iran.

An advocacy group for Indigenous peoples has released photographs of a reclusive tribe’s members searching for food on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon

Panama's President José Raúl Mulino says that migrants entering Panama through the treacherous Darien Gap will only be sent back to their countries if they agree to do so, potentially diminishing the impact of stricter immigration enforcement Mulino ha...

France’s divided parliament keeps centrist member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party as speaker

French authorities say a police officer has been wounded in a knife attack in Paris in the Champs-Elysees neighborhood

A woman has become the top commander of Canada's military for the first time

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has released a letter he addressed to the heads of European Union countries presenting his impressions from a recent series of visits with some of the bloc’s biggest adversaries

On each passing anniversary of the deadly 1994 attack against Argentina’s largest Jewish community center, Diana Malamud said she endures a brutal “Groundhog’s Day.”

Five climate activists who planned a protest to cause gridlock and block traffic over four days on a major highway circling London have been sentenced to as much as five years in prison

The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a man from Sierra Leone for smuggling thousands of migrants from Asia and Africa into the United States

The Vatican is insisting at the close of a trial in London that it was the victim of a years-long fraud over its investment in a London property

The U.S. government says $325 million in federal funds will be available for solar and battery storage installations across Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory struggles with chronic power outages

Gershkovich's court date had been moved to Aug. 13 after a request from his defense team.

The images were released by Survival International, a London-based human rights organization founded in 1969.

19 people die in clashes in Bangladesh as student protesters try to impose a 'complete shutdown' over job allocations

Two Amur tiger cubs have had their first public outing at Cologne Zoo in Germany, one of several zoos that have sought to help keep up the numbers of the rare big cats

A Kyiv official says Ukraine’s army has pulled out from a village in the eastern Donetsk region, surrendering another front-line position as Russian forces blast Ukrainian defenses in a relentless onslaught

A fire at a shopping mall killed 16 people Wednesday in the southwestern Chinese city of Zigong, state media reported.

France’s divided National Assembly has kept a centrist member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party as speaker

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The African Development Bank says it has approved a $1 billion loan to South Africa’s state-owned rail and ports company, Transnet

Media reports say at least 10 more people have died in Bangladesh in student protests over government job quotas

An inquiry into the U.K. government's response to COVID-19 found it was ill-prepared for a pandemic and serious errors in planning failed its citizens

European lawmakers re-elect Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Commission

European Central Bank leaves key interest rate at 3.75%, waits for signs inflation is under control before cutting again

Turkish media reports say Greek pop star Despina Vandi has refused to perform on a stage in Turkey adorned with its flag and portrait of the country’s founding father, prompting the local mayor to ask her to leave her town

Results of Syria’s parliamentary elections show that President Bashar Assad’s Baath Party has won a majority of seats, as expected

Court says closing arguments in trial in Russia of US journalist Evan Gershkovich to be held Friday

Should visitors to Thailand be concerned about their safety after six people were found dead in a locked hotel room in Bangkok

Spain is sweating under its first official heatwave of the year with temperatures expected to reach 40 degrees C (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in a large swathe of the country

Three people have been arrested in Spain and one in Germany on suspicion of belonging to a network that obtained key parts to build kamikaze drones for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah

This week's attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long spared militant violence

A passenger train has derailed in northern India, killing at least two passengers and injuring 20 others

Officials in Cambodia say conservationists have found 106 eggs of rare Siamese crocodile species in a western Cambodian wildlife sanctuary

An Indian official says at least 2 dead and 20 injured in a train derailment in northern India

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has opened a new parliamentary term

South Korea’s top court has ruled that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by human rights groups