HAVANA — An islandwide blackout struck Cuba on Friday for the second time this week as the nation of nearly 10 million people grapples with a crumbling power…
Read more Islandwide blackout strikes Cuba for second time this week as grid crumblesWASHINGTON — Senators are seeking to block Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s travel funds until the Pentagon submits several overdue reports to lawmakers, including its investigation into a deadly…
Read more Senators seek to block Hegseth travel funds until Pentagon releases report on Iran school strikeBEIJING — BEIJING (AP) — China said Saturday it firmly opposed the U.S. adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military companies, and that the move…
Read more China opposes US move to list top firms as military companiesA public showdown between the Trump administration and Anthropic is hitting an impasse as military officials demand the artificial intelligence company bend its ethical policies by Friday or…
Read more Anthropic refuses to bend to Pentagon on AI safeguards as dispute nears deadlineWASHINGTON — U.S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit…
Read more US military boards third oil tanker in Indian Ocean after tracking it from CaribbeanHANOI, Vietnam — Indonesia is tightening state control over the world’s largest nickel supply after years of betting the metal would anchor a homegrown electric-vehicle industry, and just…
Read more Indonesia tightens control on nickel as the US and China scramble for mineralsLONDON — In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Soldiers in Austria are using open source office software to write…
Read more France dumps Zoom and Teams as Europe seeks digital autonomy from the USO’SMACH, Cambodia — In the town of O’Smach, along Cambodia’s northern border with Thailand, stands a compound of abandoned buildings that were battered by shelling during recent weeks…
Read more Images show abandoned belongings and mock police stations at former scam centerPARIS — In a hypothetical nuclear war involving Russia, China and the United States, the island of Greenland would be in the middle of Armageddon. The strategic importance…
Read more What to know about Greenland’s role in nuclear defense and Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota, where federal authorities have been conducting…
Read more Army puts 1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment, AP sources sayMINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to enforce his…
Read more Trump threatens to use Insurrection Act to end protestsNUUK, Greenland — Troops from several European countries continued to arrive Thursday in a show of support for Denmark as talks among representatives of Denmark, Greenland and the…
Read more European troops arrive in Greenland; US talks highlight ‘disagreement’WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of lawmakers have proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to spur production of rare earths and the other critical minerals, while…
Read more Lawmakers propose $2.5B agency to boost production of rare earthsWASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google’s generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as…
Read more Pentagon is embracing Musk’s Grok AI chatbot as it draws global outcryIn the wake of last weekend’s U.S. military action in Venezuela, the news media got something it has seldom heard from the Trump administration: a “thank you.” Secretary…
Read more Trump administration thanks the media for keeping quiet before the strike that captured MaduroBEIJING — China and South Korea’s leaders pledged to boost trade and safeguard regional stability on Monday during a visit to Beijing by the South Korean president that…
Read more China and South Korea pledge to bolster ties as regional tensions riseCONAKRY, Guinea — The Supreme Court in Guinea on Sunday upheld the election victory of Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, cementing the junta leader’s transition to a democratically elected president…
Read more Guinea’s junta leader is confirmed president-elect after first vote since a 2021 coupNEW ORLEANS, La. — A National Guard deployment in New Orleans authorized by President Donald Trump will begin Tuesday as part of a heavy security presence for New…
Read more National Guard to patrol New Orleans for New Year’s a year after deadly attackYANGON, Myanmar — Voters went to the polls Sunday for the initial phase of Myanmar’s first general election in five years, held under the supervision of its military…
Read more Myanmar holds first election since military seized power but critics say the vote is a shamBOGOTA, Colombia — BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia ’s government has declared an economic state of emergency that enables President Gustavo Petro’s administration to issue taxes by decree,…
Read more Colombia declares an economic emergency in a criticized effort to raise more taxes
