By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The U.S.-based organizers of an international human rights conference said they canceled it days before it was due to open because China pressured the African host country to exclude Taiwanese activists. Access Now, the New ...
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two members of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's party in the northwestern Sinaloa state said they would temporarily step down from their posts after the United States charged them and eight other politicians and ...
By SARAH EL DEEB and ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States is warning shipping companies they could face sanctions for paying Iran to pass safely through the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control alert on Friday adds pressure in the standoff ...
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded others on Saturday while the Israeli military demolished parts of a Catholic convent in a border village, officials said. Israel's military on Saturday issued a ...
By EDWARD ACQUAH Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Ghana has rejected a proposed health deal with the United States over concerns about data privacy and is now seeking a new agreement, an official said Friday. It was the latest African country to walk away from the deal over similar ...
By BASSAM HATOUM and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Israel carried out several airstrikes Friday on southern Lebanon that killed at least 10 people, while the militant Hezbollah group said it fired rockets and drones at northern Israel where two soldiers were ...
