WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. military said it launched another strike Friday on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two people.
BANGKOK (AP) – China’s top diplomat on Saturday visited Myanmar’s capital and met with the leader of its military-backed government as part of a regional tour aimed at strengthening Beijing’s political, security and strategic ties in Southeast Asia.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Naval mines bobbing in the waters of the Persian Gulf, threatening oil tankers. Iranian speed boats raking ships with machine-gun fire in the Strait of Hormuz. And the United States right in the middle of the fight.
Some Russian influencers recently released public appeals to President Vladimir Putin, criticizing his government and policies, and a number of his loyalists even threatened a revolt – the latest wave of public outcry over the country’s strained wartime economy and mounting internet restrictions.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) – The European Union’s ongoing push to bolster its own defensive capabilities isn’t intended to spawn an alternative to the NATO alliance but to answer a long-standing U.S. call for the continent to take charge of its own security, the French president said Saturday.
Donald Trump’s expected attendance at Saturday’s annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington for his first time as president will put his administration’s often-contentious relationship with the press on full public display.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) – The post-Oct. 7 order in the Middle East – such as it is – is barely pieced together by conditional ceasefires and mutual threats. Iran has suffered severe blows, yet not enough to shake its posture at the negotiating table.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) – A painful fuel crunch and soaring oil and gas prices triggered by the Iran war have nudged the European Union to look hard into funding alternative energy routes in the Middle East to circumvent hot spots like the Strait of Hormuz.
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – Islamic militants and separatists attacked several locations in Mali’s capital and other cities on Saturday in one of the largest coordinated attacks in the country in recent years.