By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and SALEH MWANAMILONGO Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The U.S. imposed sanctions Monday on the Rwandan Defence Forces and four of its senior officials for supporting the March 23 Movement, an armed group responsible for human rights abuses in the central ...

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's government opened a 10-day registration period Monday for political parties to run in an upcoming general election, a critical step for a country that hasn't held one in more than a decade as deadly gang violence ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's largest trade union group on Monday filed a lawsuit to block a sweeping labor reform promoted by President Javier Milei and aimed at radically altering labor relations in the South American country. The reform, which was approved Friday by Congress, ...

By EDITH M. LEDERER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. first lady Melania Trump presided over a U.N. Security Council meeting on Monday focusing on children in conflict, one of her signature issues, and acknowledged she was doing so in "challenging times" as the ...

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory strikes across the Middle East are quickly dragging Europe in, forcing the continent into defensive action to protect military bases and evacuate citizens caught up in the conflict. The ...

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities deployed troops and imposed a three-day curfew before dawn Monday in the northern cities of Gilgit and Skardu after several people died and tens were injured in violent protests following the killing of Iran's Supreme ...