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By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli drone strike Monday killed three Palestinians who had crossed the ceasefire line near central Gaza’s Morag corridor, hospital officials said. Israel’s military said the three approached troops and posed an immediate threat. They said they later found weapons and

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A top aide to Cyprus’ president resigned on Monday after an online video was posted recently, strongly suggesting that he and others used their close ties to the leader to earn favors for would-be investors in exchange for cash. President Nikos Christodoulides said in a written

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday. Mayor Sadiq Khan said the figures disprove claims spread by U.S. President Donald Trump and others on the political right that crime is out of control in Britain’s capital. Police recorded 97

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ, DÁNICA COTO and MILEXSY DURÁN Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Monday that his administration is not in talks with the U.S. government, a day after President Donald Trump threatened the Caribbean island in the wake of the U.S. attack on Venezuela. Díaz-Canel posted a flurry of brief

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize control of Greenland are straining relations with U.S. allies in NATO and have sparked a warning that doing so by force could spell the end of the world’s biggest security alliance. Tensions have routinely spiked among some of NATO’s members

By EILEEN NG and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, as concerns grow among global authorities that it is being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. There is growing

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation is headed to Copenhagen later this week in an attempt to show unity between the United States and Denmark as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to threaten to seize Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of the NATO ally. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.,

By KEN MORITSUGU and ROB GILLIES Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A leader of Canada is visiting China this week for the first time in nearly a decade, a bid to rebuild the country’s fractured relations with the world’s second-largest economy — and reduce Canada’s dependence on the United States. The push by Canadian Prime

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Myanmar heard accusations that it is responsible for genocide against the Rohingya ethnic minority at the top court of the United Nations, as long-awaited hearings began on Monday. The West African country of Gambia first filed the case at the International Court of Justice in

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — One figure looms large ahead of Uganda’s elections Thursday, although he is not on the ballot: the president’s son and military commander, Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Kainerugaba, long believed to be the eventual successor, stood down for his father, President Yoweri Museveni, who is seeking a seventh term

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court heard arguments Monday about the sentencing of democracy advocate and onetime-media magnate Jimmy Lai, whose conviction under a national security law could land him in prison for the rest of his life. Lai founded the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper and was an

By GHAITH ALSAYED Associated Press ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — First responders on Sunday entered a contested neighborhood in Syria’ s northern city of Aleppo after days of deadly clashes between government forces and Kurdish-led forces. Syrian state media said the military was deployed in large numbers. The clashes broke out Tuesday in the predominantly Kurdish

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is discussing with NATO allies how it can help beef up security in the Arctic to counter threats from Russia and China, a government minister said Sunday. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the talks are “business as usual” rather than a response to recent threats by

By SAMY MAGDY and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Sunday it will dissolve its existing government in Gaza once a Palestinian technocratic leadership committee takes over the territory, as mandated under the U.S.-brokered peace plan. But the group gave no specifics on when the change will occur. Hamas and the rival

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás Maduro was deposed as Venezuela’s leader. Cuba, a major beneficiary of Venezuelan oil, has now been

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Over two dozen families from one of the few remaining Palestinian Bedouin villages in the central West Bank have packed up and fled their homes in recent days, saying harassment by Jewish settlers living in unauthorized outposts nearby has grown unbearable. The village, Ras Ein el-Auja, was

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel is “closely monitoring” the fallout from widespread Iranian protests, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to attack Iran could escalate the protests within the borders of the Islamic Republic into a regional war. “The people of Israel, the

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government has sharply rejected accusations by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claiming that it has been sidelining patient autonomy, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The statements made by the US Secretary of Health are completely unfounded, factually incorrect, and must be rejected,” German

By The Associated Press A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday. Meanwhile, thousands of residents were still without power in Kyiv, following an intense Russian bombardment. A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a

By JON GAMBRELL and JULIA NIKHINSON Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that Iran proposed negotiations after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown targeting demonstrators there, a move coming as activists said the death toll in protests rose to at least 544.

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The photos seemed destined for posterity in Israel’s state archives. In the snapshots, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is joined by his wife, Sara, as well as U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee and a group of Israeli soldiers, as they light Hannukah candles at Western Wall, the holiest site

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” took top honors at Sunday’s 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloé Zhao’s Shakespeare drama “Hamnet” pulled off an upset over “Sinners” to win best film, drama. “One Battle After Another” won best film, comedy, supporting female

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar began a second round of voting Sunday in its first general election since the military takeover five years ago. Voting expanded to additional townships including some areas affected by the civil war between the military government and its armed opponents. Critics say the polls organized by the military government are

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has launched another round of retaliatory strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria following last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in the country. The large-scale strikes, conducted by the U.S. alongside partner forces, occurred around 12:30 p.m. ET (1730 GMT) Saturday, according