The Pentagon has abruptly announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving his job.

The Trump administration has taken the unusual step of sending a government plane to Cuba to return a 10-year-old at the center of a complicated and contentious custody fight involving the child’s gender identity.

The German company that owns Lufthansa Airlines and other European carriers says it plans to cut 20,000 short-haul flights through October as the Iran war drives up oil prices and deepens worries that some countries may run low on jet fuel.

The Trump administration is in discussions to potentially send more than 1,000 Afghans who assisted America’s war effort and relatives of U.S. service members stuck in Qatar to a third country.

Confusion is deepening in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran attacked three ships near the crucial waterway that has plunged the world into an energy crisis.

Mexican authorities continued to contradict themselves over the role of two CIA agents in a counternarcotics operation in northern Mexico and the extent to which Mexico’s federal government was aware of the U.S. involvement in the incident, which has started to ignite tensions with the White House.

A paddle-wielding robot is so adept at playing table tennis that it is posing a tough challenge to elite human players and sometimes defeating them, according to a new study in the journal Nature that shows how advances in artificial intelligence are making robots more agile.

Rachel Reid and Jacob Tierney were sensations at BookCon, thanks to the success of “Heated Rivalry.”.

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive.

Parliament has passed a bill to make cigarettes inaccessible to future generations in the U.K. Children born after Dec. 31, 2008, will never be able to buy cigarettes under the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud says he has been sentenced to three years in prison in Algeria for his book “Houris.”.

Four debut novelists are among the six finalists for the 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction, announced Wednesday.

Cambodia and China have held their first meeting of what is called a “2+2” Strategic Dialogue Mechanism.

Xaneri Merino, a transgender woman and artisan from southern Mexico, was once punished for weaving in her Indigenous community, where men are largely barred from weaving.

Across the world, groups of activists, teachers and psychologists are tackling one of the world’s most daunting problems — human-caused climate change — with laughter, dancing, hugs and most especially joy.

Authorities have found the body of one of the six missing crew members from a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon.

Kyiv’s top diplomat says Ukraine is pushing for direct talks between President Zelenskyy and Russian President Putin.

The European Union is close to approving a 90 billion euro ($106 billion) loan package to support Ukraine’s military and financial needs for the next two years.

Pope Leo XIV is urging Equatorial Guineans to work for freedom, justice and to close the gap “between the privileged and the disadvantaged.”.

U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States was indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran as a new round of peace talks was on hold.

Iran has fired on three ships in the Strait of Hormuz and seized two of them.

The U.S. stock market set more records after GE Vernova and other big companies joined the parade reporting fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected.

Shares are mixed in Asia and oil prices are little changed as markets watch for the latest developments in the war with Iran.

President Donald Trump's threat of military intervention in Cuba is raising hopes of regime change among Cuban Americans.

The Iran war’s most tangible and immediate effect for many people outside the Middle East has been spiking gasoline prices.

The president of Cyprus says fellow European Union leaders meeting on the island nation need to start preparing a playbook on what should happen if an EU country under attack puts out the call to bloc partners for help.

Museums and other cultural institutions across the globe have added barrier-free tours and guides to their repertoire.

Mexico's government is boosting security at tourist sites in preparation for the World Cup after a man opened fire at the Teotihuacan pyramids.

Two friends have claimed a bizarre record by driving a decades-old British three-wheel car about 14,000 miles from the U.K. to the southern tip of Africa for the longest trip by a three-wheel vehicle.

The head of the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre warns that hostile nations like Russia, Iran and China are behind the most serious cyberattacks in the U.K. In a speech Wednesday, Richard Horne will emphasize that British businesses need to prepare for large-scale cyberattacks, especially if the U.K. becomes involved in international conflicts.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that President Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy has slumped over the past month as the Iran war drives prices higher.

A teenager has admitted arson after an attack on a synagogue in London.

Ukraine has completed repairs on a damaged oil pipeline and is preparing to resume flows.

Two U.S. officials killed in a vehicle crash as they returned from destroying a clandestine drug lab in northern Mexico over the weekend were working for the CIA.

The gunman who opened fire on tourists at Mexico’s iconic Teotihuacan pyramids carried materials that were apparently related to the deadly 1999 shooting at Columbine High School.

Authorities say an Israeli army reservist has shot and killed two Palestinians near a school in a village east of Ramallah.

Europe's top diplomats are meeting in Luxembourg to address multiple crises, including the ongoing war in Ukraine and economic instability due to the conflict in Iran.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin has written a book about her son, Hersh, who was kidnapped during Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack and killed in a Gaza tunnel.

U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia.

Taiwan’s president has postponed a planned visit to Africa after three countries withdrew permission for his flight over their territories.

Apple has announced that John Ternus will become the next CEO, taking over from Tim Cook on September 1.

Pope Leo XIV has paid tribute to Pope Francis on Tuesday on the first anniversary of his death.

Nigerian authorities say they have charged six people with terrorism and treason over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, according to charge sheet seen by The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The former civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as U.K. ambassador to Washington says he felt pressure from the prime minister's office to rush through the appointment despite security concerns.

President Donald Trump says the United States is indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a unified proposal from the Islamic Republic.

Iran has granted its commanders more autonomy over militias in Iraq, allowing some to act without Tehran’s approval.

Pope Leo XIV has denounced the “colonization” of minerals and the “lust for power” in Equatorial Guinea at the end of his four-nation African trip.

President Donald Trump says he is extending the ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request while awaiting a “unified proposal” from Tehran, even as the U.S. military maintains its blockade of Iranian ports.

When she died in 2022, Queen Elizabeth II was the only monarch most Britons had ever known.

South Korean police are seeking to arrest music mogul Bang Si-Hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop supergroup BTS, as they expand an investment fraud investigation.

U.S. stocks and oil prices flip-flopped as uncertainty rose about what will happen following a two-week ceasefire in the war with Iran, which had been set to expire Wednesday.

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he survived a vote on his leadership among his own party’s lawmakers, after recent slumps in the polls prompted speculation he might be ousted.

An Iranian citizen who was indicted more than a decade ago on charges that he shipped military sonar equipment from the U.S. to Iran in violation of American trade sanctions has been extradited to Seattle.

A trial is underway in Virginia for an alleged Islamic State militant charged in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

Mexico's government says a Canadian tourist has been killed and 13 other people injured when a man with a gun opened fire at the Teotihuacan pyramids.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says she was unaware of any collaboration between the U.S. and local authorities in Chihuahua after four officials died in an accident over the weekend.

A high-profile paramilitary commander in Sudan has switched sides and joined the country’s army as the war enters a fourth year.

The upcoming fashion exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art examines “the dressed body” in art over the centuries.

Former Google executives have testified that Google’s investment in Indonesia's GoTo was not linked to the Education Ministry’s Chromebook procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A London judge has ruled against Amy Winehouse's father who sued his daughter's friends over profits from her memorabilia.

There is a case to be made that Pope Leo XIV found his voice on his epic and ongoing trip through Africa.

Countries across Central Europe have pulled HiPP baby food off shelves after rat poison was found in some jars over the weekend.

Bulgaria's center-left coalition led by ex-president Rumen Radev has won the parliamentary election, according to the central electoral commission.

Europe is focusing on the Palestinians after Hungary's election defeat of Israel ally Viktor Orbán.

British police have arrested two teenagers in connection with a weekend arson attack on a synagogue in northwest London as Jewish leaders express concern about a wave of recent incidents targeting their community.

U.S. President Donald Trump is giving mixed messages about the path ahead for the U.S. war with Iran.

President Donald Trump is defending his Iran war strategy, attacking critics and skeptics on Monday as “TRAITORS, ALL” after a second round of talks with Iran were thrown into doubt by the U.S. Navy’s seizure of an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz.

The United States and the Philippines have kicked off one of their largest combat exercises, aimed at deterring aggression in Asia.

Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct on the social media platform X.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer acknowledges he made a mistake appointing Peter Mandelson as U.K. ambassador to Washington.

Four candidates to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations will audition for the job this week, far fewer than there were 10 years ago when António Guterres was selected as U.N. chief.

Oil prices climbed following the latest rise of U.S.-Iran tensions, but the moves were more modest than they were earlier in the war.

The U.S. military says it's launched another strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the Caribbean Sea.

Five months after Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades, thousands of displaced fire victims are beginning to return to see what remains of their homes and retrieve their belongings.

Oil prices are rising in early trading as a standoff between Iran and the U.S. prevented tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz.

Federal prosecutors say a 44-year-old Los Angeles woman was arrested Saturday night at Los Angeles International Airport on suspicion of helping Iran traffic weapons to Sudan, which is in its fourth year of a bloody civil war.

A refund system for businesses that paid tariffs which the U.S. Supreme Court eventually struck down has launched.

A Portuguese priest, Father Guilherme Peixoto, hosted a rave in Buenos Aires to honor the late Pope Francis.

Officials say Russian strikes have killed at least two people in Ukraine.

HiPP is recalling some baby food jars in Austria after samples tested positive for rat poison in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

British police say they are investigating whether a series of arson attacks on Jewish sites in London are the work of Iranian proxies.

Pope Leo XIV has traveled to pray at a popular Catholic shrine in Angola that was an epicenter of the African slave trade.

Senior Cabinet ministers are rallying around U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose leadership is under threat.

The U.S. says it has attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz that tried to get around its blockade of Iranian ports.

Four decades after the nuclear disaster at Ukraine’s Chernobyl power plant, wildlife is thriving again in what became the exclusion zone created by the forced mass evacuations of the population.

President Donald Trump says the U.S. seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship that tried to get around its naval blockade near the Strait of Hormuz.

An exit poll in Bulgaria suggests the center-left Progressive Bulgaria coalition led by ex-President Rumen Radev will win the country's parliamentary election.

A humanoid robot has won a half-marathon race for robots in Beijing, running faster than the human record.

South Korea says North Korea has launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the North’s eastern waters.

As the U.S. and Israel’s war with Iran squeezes global oil supplies, travelers have valid reasons to worry about the cost and availability of flights as they plan their late spring and summer trips.

Venezuela's exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado has drawn several thousand supporters to a rally in Madrid.

A life jacket worn by a passenger on the RMS Titanic has sold at auction for 670,000 pounds, which is more than $900,000.

A gunman armed with an automatic weapon has killed six people and injured at least 14 in a mass shooting in Ukraine's capital before he was shot and killed by police.

British counterterrorism police are investigating an attempted arson attack in London.

Pope Leo XIV says it is “not in my interest at all” to debate U.S. President Donald Trump about the war in Iran but that he will continue preaching the Gospel message of peace.

Iran is not ready for new face-to-face talks with the U.S., according to a senior Iranian official.

French President Emmanuel Macron says a French soldier was killed and three others wounded in an attack on U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

The son of an 85-year-old French widow who has returned to France after being detained in the U.S. for overstaying her visa says the family's priority is her health and rest.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hosted two events in Barcelona to rally progressive leaders from around the world who fear for a rules-based world order.

Pope Leo XIV has challenged Angola's leaders to “break the cycles of interests” that have plundered and exploited Africa for centuries.