By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is weeks away from parliamentary elections that will set the country's course during one of the Middle East's most delicate moments in years. While the ceasefire in Gaza may have tamped down regional tensions, fears remain of ...

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians filled the streets of Budapest on Thursday in competing demonstrations as supporters of the country's two main political movements staged mutual shows of strength before next spring's national ...

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The U.S. and the European Union are hitting Russia with another round of sanctions, aiming to cut into oil and gas export earnings that fund Moscow's war against Ukraine. More than 3 1/2 years into the war, the effort remains a ...

By RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Thursday criticized a symbolic vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about annexing the occupied West Bank, saying that it amounted to an "insult" and went against the Trump ...

Michael Smuss, who fought Nazis with Molotov cocktails during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, dies at 99 By CLAUDIA CIOBANU, MELANIE LIDMAN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER undefined WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Michael Smuss, a Holocaust survivor and painter, has died at 99. His wife in Israel confirmed his ...

By CLAUDIA CIOBANU, MELANIE LIDMAN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER undefined WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Michael Smuss, who fought Nazi soldiers with Molotov cocktails during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of World War II and became a painter after the war to process his trauma, has died. He was 99. His ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military killed more than 50 Boko Haram militants in response to drone attacks on military bases in the country's northeast, the army said Thursday. Army spokesperson Sani Uba said in a statement that militants launched simultaneous attacks on military bases ...

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The son of Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the country's interim government to lift a ban on Hasina's party, saying an election that excludes it would be a sham. In an interview with The Associated ...

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium's prime minister said on Thursday that his European partners must share the risk of using billions of dollars in frozen Russian assets that are held in his country to help keep Ukraine's economy and war effort afloat in coming ...

By RENATA BRITO and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance criticized on Thursday a symbolic vote in Israel's parliament the previous day about the annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying it amounted to an "insult" and went against the Trump ...