By MANUEL RUEDA and ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The party of Colombian President Gustavo Petro secured a victory in congressional elections, but will have to build coalitions with other parties to carry out announced reforms, including a controversial push to ...
By SYLVIE CORBET and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday pledged to defend Cyprus and dispatch additional warships to the Eastern Mediterranean to strengthen allies' security in the region unsettled by the Iran ...
By ANDREW WILKS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu went on trial on Monday with more than 400 other defendants accused of widespread corruption in a case critics see as a politically motivated move against Turkey's opposition. Imamoglu, who ...
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is preparing to deploy its first batch of domestically developed long-range missiles, with their launchers arriving at an army camp Monday as the country accelerates its offensive capability in response to rising challenges in the ...
By KEN MORITSUGU and CHAN HO-HIM Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Two major economic plans unveiled at the annual meeting of China's legislature outline top priorities that have different ramifications for the global economy. In the government plan for 2026, the No. 1 task is "building a ...
By ALEX VEIGA, ELAINE KURTENBACH and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers Oil prices continued to soar on Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and straining energy supplies worldwide. The price of Brent crude, the ...
