By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Iranians are living between confusion and exhaustion as the country and its economy are squeezed between war and multiplying crises at home. U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he called off fresh strikes on Iran as he ...

By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran 's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz may be easing — and its own oil problems now seem to be mounting. The crucial strait at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, through which a fifth of the world's ...

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Friday that he will fight to stay in office after the sudden resignation of his trusted defense minister left his shaky leadership weakened still further. Starmer has seen the departure of several ...

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials said Friday that years of disaster-preparedness drills helped prevent a larger casualty toll when one of the strongest earthquakes in 50 years struck the south and left 46 people dead with 38 others ...

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS, RENATA BRITO and SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is set to implement a new set of rules Friday governing how each of its 27 member states will deal with irregular migration and asylum seekers. The European Migration and Asylum Pact ...

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A Myanmar rights group is urging FIFA to reverse its decision to grant exclusive World Cup broadcast rights to a U.S.-sanctioned company linked to the country's military government that seized power of the five years ago. The group, ...