By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and VIVIANNE WANDERA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Families of Kenyan recruits duped with promises of work in Russia who ended up on the front lines of the fighting in Ukraine petitioned the country's parliament on Thursday to ban the recruitment of Kenyans ...

BERLIN (AP) — A court convicted a Syrian man on Thursday of stabbing and seriously wounding a Spanish tourist at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial just over a year ago, and sentenced him to 13 years on prison. The 20-year-old defendant, whom authorities have identified only as Wassim Al M. in line ...

By KEN MORITSUGU and CHAN HO-HIM Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has signaled continuity rather than change for its economy, setting a slightly lower target for growth this year in the midst of a property slump and other headwinds at home and growing uncertainty abroad. Premier Li ...

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Canadian and Australian prime ministers on Thursday called for a de-escalation of the Iran war but added the Iranians must never gain a nuclear weapon. Canada's Mark Carney and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese ...

By JON GAMBRELL, ELENA BECATOROS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran launched new strikes against Israel and U.S. military bases in the Middle East as aerial attacks resumed early Thursday after an American submarine sank an Iranian warship and Iran ...

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday urged Latin American countries to take a more aggressive approach against drug cartels, warning that the Trump administration would be forced to act by itself if governments fail to effectively ...