Associated Press
Latest stories
Ebola outbreak has now spread from Congo to 4 other countries

Ebola disease from the fast-moving outbreak in Congo has now spread to four other countries, including two where it's active. It has spread farther across Africa than any previous Ebola outbreak, reaching three regions.

Nigeria on Tuesday became the latest country affected by the outbreak, which was first declared in eastern Congo in mid-May. Caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus for which there's no approved vaccine or drug, the outbreak has killed at least 4,600 of the 9,500 people infected in Congo.

W140 Full Story
Russia pounds Kyiv with missiles and drones, hours after agreeing to peace talks

Russian attacks on Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Thursday killed one person and wounded 22, Ukrainian authorities said. The strikes in Kyiv came hours after the Kremlin agreed to restart U.S.-brokered talks aimed at ending the war.

The attack damaged homes, transportation infrastructure and other civilian sites in several districts of the city, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said. In the Dniprovskyi district, on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, one person was killed and six were wounded, including a child, as fires broke out.

W140 Full Story
Second female lawmaker in Australia is threatened days after alleged car attack

A man has been charged with threatening an Australian lawmaker's staff with nunchucks, police said Thursday, days after another legislator was critically injured when a man repeatedly hit her with a car.

Nunchucks are a weapon used in martial arts consisting of two sticks or rods connected by a rope or chain.

W140 Full Story
Man with disability killed by Israeli fire in Syria: report

A civilian with special needs was killed during an Israeli forces raid Thursday on the village of Jamla in southern Syria’s Daraa province, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.

It did not give more details about how the disabled man was killed. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

W140 Full Story
Yemen's government warns Houthi rallies could be targeted

Yemen’s Defense Ministry said Thursday that Houthi rallies and mobilization programs will be considered legitimate military targets and warned residents in Houthi-held areas against taking part.

The announcement was shared in a social media post and is considered a major escalation against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels as well as civilians living in areas under their control.

W140 Full Story
7 oil tankers damaged in Strait of Hormuz, Iran's state television reports

Iran’s state television reported that seven oil tankers caught fire and were damaged overnight Thursday after being targeted or striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

If verified, it would be the largest single-day number of vessels damaged in the waterway since the start of the Iran war on Feb. 28 when the United States and Israel launched joint strikes against Iran.

W140 Full Story
'Golden age' vs. 'we're working on it': Trump and Vance give different pitches on economy

President Bill Clinton famously said he could feel voters' pain over the economy. But these days, when it comes to questions about high prices, President Donald Trump insists that the pain is his.

"They hit me with affordability, and that's the first time I ever heard the word used," he complained in Nebraska earlier this month.

W140 Full Story
US is a big reason for world losing ground in fight against climate change, UN report says

Losing more ground in the fight against climate change, humanity is heading for a hotter world than experts projected last year — and the United States is a big reason for that, a new United Nations report says.

If all the countries do what they promise to reduce heat-trapping emissions, Earth will likely still warm another 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius) above current temperatures, according to Wednesday's update of climate calculations by the United Nations Environment Programme. That's about two-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit (0.1 degrees Celsius) more than last year's projections by the same science team.

W140 Full Story
The history behind France's proud tradition of protests

No nation does mass protests quite like France.

When the French fight high fuel taxes, they don yellow vests and march. When angry farmers want better pay, hundreds of them drive tractors down the Champs-Élysées. And when museum workers want better tourist management, they strike and shut down the Louvre.

W140 Full Story
Ukraine's strikes on Russian data centers disrupt key services and derail AI research

Russia prides itself on its digital advances — from an extensive e-commerce services sector to ambitious plans for developing artificial intelligence.

But now, some of the key data centers at the heart of its technical prowess have been knocked out by Ukrainian drone attacks in the 4 1/2-year-old full-scale invasion, suffering damage that could take a long time to repair.

W140 Full Story