• Paraguay and Taiwan Reaffirm Ties
  • British Elections Hammer Starmer
  • Paraguay's President Visits Taiwan
  • Hungary's Péter Magyar Sworn in as PM
  • Lula to Discuss Organized Crime, Tariffs With Trump
Israeli drone airstrikes kill at least 17 in Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) – Three Israeli drone strikes on vehicles just south of Beirut on Saturday killed four people while a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 13, including a man and his 12-year-old daughter, state media and the Health Ministry said.

Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where stricken cruise ship began its journey

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) – Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.

Iran ceasefire appears to hold and Bahrain detains dozens

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – A tenuous ceasefire appeared to be holding a day after the United States struck two Iranian oil tankers, while Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s regional headquarters, said Saturday it arrested dozens of people it alleged had links to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Trump's tariffs hit Toyota profit, though its global sales grew

TOKYO (AP) – Toyota’s profit fell 19% in the last fiscal year from a year earlier, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs bit into earnings at Japan’s top automaker. Toyota Motor Corp. reported a 3.85 trillion yen ($25 billion) profit for the fiscal year ended in March, down from nearly 4.8 trillion yen the previous fiscal year.

Japan's Sony reports declining profit but expects a record for this year

TOKYO (AP) – Japanese electronics and entertainment giant Sony Group Corp. reported a 3.4% drop in its annual profit but projected Friday a comeback to record profits for the current fiscal year.

US Employers Add Surprisingly Strong 115,000 jobs in April

WASHINGTON (AP) – America’s employers delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war. Hiring beat the 65,000 jobs forecasters had expected, though it decelerated from the 185,000 jobs created in March. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%, the Labor Department reported Friday.

What to know about British elections that hammered Starmer's Labour Party

LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to revive his struggling government but faced growing calls Saturday to resign after a disastrous set of local and regional elections for his Labour Party. As the final results came in Saturday, Labour suffered a net loss of more than 1,100 local council seats across England.

Israeli drone airstrikes kill at least 17 in Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) – Three Israeli drone strikes on vehicles just south of Beirut on Saturday killed four people while a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 13, including a man and his 12-year-old daughter, state media and the Health Ministry said.

Trump's religious liberty commission rejects church and state separation

One member calls for a Presidential Medal of Freedom for a baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Another calls for court interventions by the Department of Justice on behalf of Amish parents fighting New York vaccine requirements and Catholic nuns challenging that state’s requirement that they accommodate hospice patients’ gender identities.