By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief lashed out Thursday at countries that violate international law and called the concentration of power and wealth by the world's richest 1% "morally indefensible." At the start of his final year at the helm ...

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The White House says it is moving into the second phase of President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan – breathing new life into a proposal that aims to rebuild the war-ravaged area and reshape the wider Middle East. Trump's Mideast ...

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cast the U.S. announcement that the fragile ceasefire in Gaza would advance to its second phase as largely symbolic, raising questions about how its more ...

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Donald Trump is set to meet Thursday at the White House with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, whose political party is widely considered to have won 2024 elections rejected by ...

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban soldiers wearing white gloves marched out of a plane on Thursday carrying urns with the remains of the 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela as trumpets and drums played solemnly at ...

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Nationwide protests in Iran sparked by the Islamic Republic's ailing economy are putting new pressure on its theocracy, which has responded with a deadly crackdown and shutting down the internet. Tehran is still reeling ...