By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sanae Takaichi is on track to become Japan's first female prime minister, after her governing party secured a crucial coalition partner. Takaichi, 64, is set to replace Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Tuesday's parliamentary vote. If she's ...

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq 's prime minister said Monday that a small contingent of U.S. military advisers will remain in the country for now to coordinate with U.S. forces in neighboring Syria combating the Islamic State group. Washington and Baghdad ...

By ISABEL DEBRE and PAOLA FLORES Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Rodrigo Paz, a centrist senator, will be Bolivia's next president, preliminary results showed on Monday, paving the way for a major political transformation after almost 20 years of rule by the Movement Toward ...

By CHRISTOPHER MEGERIAN Associated Press ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States could purchase Argentinian beef in an attempt to bring down prices for American consumers. "We would buy some beef from Argentina," he told reporters aboard Air ...

By CHAN HO-HIM AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — One of China's most important meetings begins Monday, as leader Xi Jinping and other ruling Communist Party elites gather to map the goals for the next five years. The closed-door gathering — known as the fourth plenum — is expected ...

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Gaza's fragile ceasefire faced its first major test Sunday as Israeli forces launched a wave of deadly strikes, saying Hamas militants had killed two soldiers, and an Israeli security official said the transfer of aid into ...