Kim Jong Un rides his trademark green train to China. He also has a plane, limos and white horses

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM, SEOUL, South Korea (AP):- In his latest bid to place himself among world leaders confronting the United States, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing..

Modi and Putin affirm special relationship as India faces steep US tariffs over Russian oil imports

By RAJESH ROY and HUIZHONG WU, TIANJIN, China (AP):- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on the sidelines of a regional summit in China on Monday in a show of..

Ships carrying aid, activists and celebrities set sail from Barcelona to Gaza

By RENATA BRITO and TERESA MEDRANO, BARCELONA (AP):- A flotilla of ships departed from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip Sunday with humanitarian aid, activists and celebrities on board seeking to break..

Russian mass drone and missile attack on southern Ukraine kills 1 and wounds dozens

KYIV, Ukraine (AP):- Russia launched a mass attack on southern Ukraine, local officials said, two days after a rare airstrike on central Kyiv killed 23 and damaged European Union diplomatic offices..

India’s Modi meets Japan’s Ishiba as he begins Asia tour

By MARI YAMAGUCHI, TOKYO (AP):- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met his Japanese counterpart at a Tokyo business forum Friday as he begins a trip to Japan and China. Later Friday, Modi..

A look at the travels of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, who visits China next week

(AP):- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is making a rare foreign trip, traveling next week to China to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Kim has traveled around Asia since..

Trump’s 50% tariffs on India over Russian oil purchases take effect

By RAJESH ROY, NEW DELHI (AP):- Steep U.S. tariffs on a range of Indian products took effect Wednesday, threatening a serious blow to India’s overseas trade in its largest export..

Another French prime minister could be toppled. More political instability is ahead

By SYLVIE CORBET, PARIS (AP):- France ’s prime minister has announced a confidence vote next month that likely will lead to the collapse of his centrist government and prompt another period of..

AP freelancer among 4 journalists killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital, health officials say

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN, DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP):- Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed four journalists Monday, including a freelancer who worked..

4 Palestinians shot dead by Israeli forces while seeking aid near Gaza City, witnesses say

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ, DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP):- Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinian aid-seekers traveling Sunday through a military zone south of Gaza City that is..

25 people killed in Gaza as Gaza City becomes the focus of famine and a military offensive

By MARIAM DAGGA and SAMY MAGDY, KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP):- Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 25 Palestinians including people sheltering in tents or seeking scarce food Saturday in..

Famine grips Gaza’s largest city and is likely to spread, authority on food crises says

By SAM MEDNICK and WAFAA SHURAFA, GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP):- The world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely..

Russia launches major drone and missile attack on Ukraine as peace efforts drag on

By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV, KYIV, Ukraine (AP):- Russia launched 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles overnight, in one of its biggest aerial attacks on Ukraine of the year, the..

Israel’s war conduct is condemned during Italian funeral for Palestinian woman evacuated from Gaza

By ANDREA ROSA, MARIA SELENE CLEMENTE and NICOLE WINFIELD, PONTASSERCHIO, Italy (AP):- Funeral services were held Wednesday for a young Palestinian woman who died in Italy shortly after being..

Despite a flurry of meetings on Russia’s war in Ukraine, major obstacles to peace remain

By BARRY HATTON and KATIE MARIE DAVIES, (AP):- The second Oval Office meeting in six months between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy went off smoothly..