By ELÉONORE HUGHES and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The death toll in a massive police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro rose to at least 121 people, authorities said Thursday. An operation launched Tuesday in two of the city's favelas ...
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen has said that his refusal to sign a $35 billion gas agreement with Egypt has prompted his U.S. counterpart to cancel a planned trip to Israel. A statement from Cohen's office on Thursday night said that ...
By MOSHE EDRI and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men covered the entrance to Jerusalem in a sea of black Thursday to protest plans to draft them into the military, singing, clapping and holding signs saying they would rather go to ...
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An 80-year-old cruise passenger has been found dead on a Great Barrier Reef island, a day after she was accidentally abandoned there by the ship's crew. The passenger's daughter Katherine Rees on Thursday accused the cruise ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — Silicon Valley chipmaker Nvidia plans to supply hundreds of thousands of its graphics processing units for projects with South Korean businesses and the government to advance the country's artificial intelligence ...
By FOSTER KLUG and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press GYEONGJU, South Korea (AP) — A hot mike caught U.S. President Donald Trump saying that his much-anticipated meeting Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, meant to settle the most important trade relationship in the world, would be ...
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace announced Thursday that King Charles III is stripping Prince Andrew of his titles and evicting him from his royal residence near Windsor Castle. It follows growing pressure over revelations about Andrew's friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has handed over the bodies of 30 Palestinians, according to the Red Cross and hospital officials in Gaza, a day after Palestinian militants returned the remains of two hostages to Israel. A doctor ...
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and VOLODYMYR YURCHUK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At a secret location in rural Ukraine, columns of attack drones are assembled at night and in near silence to strike deep inside Russia. Their targets are strategic: oil refineries, fuel depots, and military ...
By SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to maintain a ceasefire after peace talks in Istanbul, according to Turkey's Foreign Ministry. The sides plan to meet again on Nov. 6 to finalize the ceasefire's implementation. The ...