• Trump's Public Events Present Security Challenges
  • Iran Offers to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
  • Pirates Seize Vessel Carrying Cement off Somalia
  • Starmer Faces More Pressure Over Mandelson
  • Islamic State militants Kill 29 in Nigeria
How a surgeon kept Sudan hospital functioning on war's front line

OMDURMAN, Sudan (AP) – For three years, Dr. Jamal Eltaeb made excruciating choices. Who should live and potentially die? Should he operate without the right medicines if it might save someone’s life? How would he find fuel to keep the hospital’s lights on?

Clashes over water access kill at least 42 people in Chad

N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) – Clashes between two families over access to water have killed at least 42 people in eastern Chad, the government says, as resources are stretched in a region where hundreds of thousands of refugees from neighboring Sudan have poured in.

Energy shock ripples through kitchens, forests in Africa and South Asia

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – Before sunset, a blue flame used to spring to life in Brenda Obare’s kitchen with a quick turn of the knob as she started dinner. Now, her stove is often cold as she crouches over a charcoal burner, coaxing a smoky fire to cook for her family outside her tin-roofed home in Kibera in Kenya’s capital Nairobi

China blocks Meta from acquiring startup Manus as global AI rivalry deepens

HONG KONG (AP) – China on Monday blocked U.S. tech giant Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to reverse a deal that apparently aroused Beijing’s concerns about the transfer of advanced technology.

Microsoft cuts OpenAI revenue share in step to loosen their AI alliance

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Microsoft said Monday it will no longer pay a share of its revenue to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the latest move to untether a close partnership that helped unleash an artificial intelligence boom.

United Airlines says tie-up with American Airlines would be good for travelers

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby on Monday outlined why he thinks a merger between his airline and rival American would benefit travelers, despite American’s refusal to engage in negotiations. “I was confident that this combination, which would have been about adding and not subtracting, creating a truly great airline that customers love, could get regulatory approval,”

Russian drone attack wounds 14 while Ukrainian drones kill 2 in Russia-held area

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – A Russian drone attack before dawn on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa wounded 14 people, including two children, authorities said Monday, in the latest barrage of civilian areas that have been a hallmark of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.

Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts blockade and ends war

CAIRO (AP) – Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade on the country and ends the war in a proposal that would postpone discussions on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, two regional officials said Monday.

King Charles III to meet Trump and address Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) – King Charles III will embrace some of Washington’s most formal ceremonial trappings on Tuesday as he tries to emphasize a bond between the United Kingdom and the United States that is so strong it can withstand the political turmoil of the moment.

BRUSSELS (AP) – The European Union on Thursday approved a 90-billion-euro ($106-billion) loan package to help Ukraine meet its economic and military needs for two years after oil began flowing through a key pipeline to Hungary and Slovakia, ending months of political deadlock.