Sunday August 17th, 2025 6:38AM

AP World News

Groups seek to influence plastic pollution treaty talks at the UN as negotiations wind down
Environmentalists and Indigenous leaders held signs in front of the United Nations buildings in Geneva where talks for a global accord to end plastic pollution are taking place
6:30AM ( 5 days ago )
UN-backed investigators allege torture and sex crimes in Myanmar detention facilities
A U.N.-backed investigator says his team has turned up significant evidence of “systemic torture” in Myanmar’s detention centers, including electric shocks, strangulations, gang rape and burning of sexual body parts
5:40AM ( 5 days ago )
EU leaders appeal to Trump to defend Europe's security interests at his war summit with Putin
European Union leaders are appealing to U.S. President Donald Trump to defend their security interests at a key summit with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine
1:00AM ( 5 days ago )
EU leaders urge Trump to defend Europe's security interests at his upcoming summit with Putin
European Union leaders have urged U.S. President Donald Trump to defend their security interests at an upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin
1:00AM ( 5 days ago )
Europe's sidelined leaders urge Trump to defend security interests at his summit with Putin
European Union leaders have urged U.S. President Donald Trump to defend their security interests at Friday's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine
1:00AM ( 5 days ago )
Zelenskyy says Putin wants the rest of Ukraine's Donetsk region as part of a ceasefire
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine to withdraw from the remaining 30% of the Donetsk region that Ukraine controls as part of a ceasefire deal
1:00AM ( 5 days ago )
South Korean President Lee will travel to Washington for Aug. 25 meeting with Trump
South Korea’s new President Lee Jae Myung will travel to Washington later this month to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, Lee’s office said Tuesday, for talks on trade and defense cooperation in the face of nuclear-armed North Korea and other threats
10:46PM ( 5 days ago )
Republicans, Democrats alike exhort Trump: Keep security pact with Australia and UK alive
U.S. lawmakers are urging the Trump administration to maintain a security partnership with Australia and the United Kingdom to supply nuclear-powered submarines
9:00PM ( 5 days ago )
US and China extend trade truce another 90 days, easing tension between world's largest economies
President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s two biggest economies
8:17PM ( 5 days ago )
Increasing the danger: Journalist killing in Gaza sends a chilling message
The targeted killing of an Al Jazeera correspondent in Gaza over the weekend was a notable moment even for a war that has been remarkably blood-soaked for journalists
6:19PM ( 5 days ago )