Friday April 18th, 2025 11:45AM

AP World News

EU announces a $5 billion investment in South Africa as the tariffs war with Trump escalates
European Union leaders have announced a 4.7 billion euro, or about $5.1 billion, investment package in South Africa to support green energy transition and vaccine production
6:30AM ( 1 month ago )
Middle East latest: UN-backed experts accuse Israel of sexual and gender-based violence in Gaza
United Nations-backed human rights experts allege Israel has caused “disproportionate violence against women and children” during the war against Hamas in Gaza,
5:58AM ( 1 month ago )
Middle East latest: Israeli airstrike targets residential building in Damascus
Israel’s military has carried out an airstrike on a residential building on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus that it said was a command center of the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad
5:58AM ( 1 month ago )
Middle East latest: UN-backed experts say Israel sexual and gender-based violence in Gaza
United Nations-backed human rights experts allege Israel has caused “disproportionate violence against women and children” during the war against Hamas in Gaza,
5:58AM ( 1 month ago )
US envoy visits Moscow for ceasefire talks that a Russian official says would help Ukraine
Russia claimed Thursday that its troops have driven the Ukrainian army out of a key town in Russia’s Kursk border region, as a senior Kremlin official said that a U.S.-proposed 30-day ceasefire in the three-year war on Ukraine would help Kyiv by giving its military a break
5:20AM ( 1 month ago )
Putin says he agrees in principle with US proposal for 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia agrees in principle with the U.S. ceasefire proposal, but the terms need to be worked out
5:20AM ( 1 month ago )
Putin agrees in principle with proposal for Ukraine ceasefire and says more discussions are needed
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he agrees in principle with a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine
5:20AM ( 1 month ago )
Pope receives cake and glad tidings on the 12th anniversary of his papacy, marked in the hospital
Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly positive medical news on his recovery and hundreds of messages wishing him well
4:13AM ( 1 month ago )
Pakistan's leader meets survivors of deadly train hijack and the commandos who ended the siege
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif traveled to the restive southwestern Balochistan province to meet survivors of a train attack and the commandos who rescued over 300 passengers from the insurgents who killed 21 civilians and four troops
4:05AM ( 1 month ago )
Pakistan's leader meets survivors of deadly train hijacking and the commandos who ended the siege
Pakistan’s prime minister has commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in the southwest
4:05AM ( 1 month ago )