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British PM Starmer extends state visit invitation to Trump from King Charles, and Trump accepts

WASHINGTON (AP) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday extended a state visit invitation to President Donald Trump on behalf of King Charles. Trump accepted the invitation, which came at th...

Feb 27, 2025

Vatican says Pope Francis continues to improve but his prognosis remains guarded

ROME (AP) - Pope Francis continued to improve from double pneumonia Thursday, the Vatican said, though doctors said he needs more days of "clinical stability" before they revise their guarded prognosi...

Feb 27, 2025

Imprisoned Kurdish leader urges PKK to disarm and disband as part of peace effort with Turkey

ISTANBUL (AP) - Imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan has called on his militant group to lay down its arms and dissolve as part of a bid to end a four-decade long conflict that has claimed tens o...

Feb 27, 2025

Dozens reportedly injured after explosions rock a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders in Congo

BUKAVU, Congo (AP) - Dozens of people were reportedly injured Thursday after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents in the captured city of Bukavu in eastern Congo. Vide...

Feb 27, 2025

Andrew Tate, who faces rape and trafficking charges in Romania, has left for the US

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have left Romania for the U.S. after a travel ban on them was lifted, an official said Thursday. The brothers are charged with hum...

Feb 27, 2025

Austria is getting a new coalition government without far-right election winner

VIENNA (AP) - Three parties announced Thursday that they have reached a deal to form a new centrist Austrian government, five months after an election was won by a far-right party that later failed in...

Feb 27, 2025

Hamas calls for talks on next phase of ceasefire after hostage-prisoner exchange

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas said Thursday it was ready to negotiate the the next phase of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, after a swap in which it handed over what it said were the remains o...

Feb 26, 2025

Trump administration cutting 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts, documents show

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development's foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall U.S. assistance arou...

Feb 26, 2025

Man who was mad about Chinese spy balloon gets 4 years probation for threatening ex-Speaker McCarthy

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A Montana man was sentenced to four years of probation on Wednesday for threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after becoming upset with the government for n...

Feb 26, 2025

Israeli official says Hamas has handed to Red Cross 4 bodies of Israelis held hostage in Gaza

CAIRO (AP) - An Israeli security official said early Thursday that Hamas has handed to the Red Cross the bodies of 4 Israelis who were held hostage in Gaza The official was speaking on condition of an...

Feb 26, 2025