By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Activist groups are calling for the United Nations to investigate its special envoy to Myanmar over possible conflicts of interest, after a report detailed her consulting company's alleged ties to Chinese mining and construction companies ...
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA undefined BUENOS AIRES (AP) — An Argentine court on Tuesday started its trial of seven healthcare professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer great Diego Maradona, at age 60. Maradona was under the care of those professionals when he had a cardiac ...
By WILSON MCMAKIN Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Angola on Tuesday announced plans to act as a mediator in the conflict between Congo and the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23, according to a press release posted on the official page of the Angolan president's office. Felix ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The European Union has a message for the Trump administration: It will continue supporting Ukraine against Russia's illegal invasion, step up humanitarian aid when others pull back, and boost global teamwork to ...
CAIRO (AP) — The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday it completed its fourth review of Egypt's economic reform program approving a $1.2 billion disbursement for the North African country. The IMF said in a statement it completed its fourth review on Monday and Egyptian authorities can ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Tuesday extended its ban on flights to Haiti's capital until Sept. 8 because of escalating gang violence, which the U.N.'s human rights expert on the Caribbean nation said is more dire than ever. The Federal ...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday his government intends to put 100,000 volunteers through military training yearly starting in 2027 as it seeks to build an army of reservists with worries about Russia growing. He also said he told Cabinet ministers that ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police on Tuesday arrested the captain of a cargo ship on suspicion of manslaughter as they searched for answers about why it hit a tanker transporting jet fuel for the U.S. military off eastern England, setting both vessels ablaze. ...
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The European Union wants to increase deportations and is opening the way for "return hubs" to be set up in third countries for rejected asylum-seekers, according to a new migration proposal unveiled Tuesday. Only 20% of people with a deportation order are ...
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's aviation agency on Tuesday suspended the operating license for local airline Voepass, citing security risks as an investigation continues into a crash in August that killed all 62 people on board. One of the company's six ...