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Police at the scene of a stabbing at Hamburg Central Station in Hamburg, Germany, Friday, May 23, 2025. (Steven Hutchings/dpa via AP)

12 people injured in stabbing at Hamburg train station, authorities say

Authorities in Germany say an assailant stabbed people at the central railway station in the city of Hamburg, injuring 12 people — six of them critically. Police say a suspect in the Friday attack … more

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Director Scarlett Johansson poses for a portrait photograph for the film 'Eleanor the Great' at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Stewart and Harris Dickinson are now directors. Here's what they say

The Cannes Film Festival has played host to the directorial debuts of three stars. The films from Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Stewart and relative newcomer Harris Dickinson are very told but the … more

5/23/25

Supporters attend former opposition lawmaker Juan Requesens’ gubernatorial campaign kickoff, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuelans head to the polls as opposition calls for boycotts and the government tightens grip

Venezuelans are again finding themselves as pawns in their country’s political game. They have been summoned to a Sunday election for which opposition factions are discouraging participation and … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 5/23/25

Kim Kardashian leaves the justice palace after testifying, regarding a robbery of millions of dollars in jewels from her Paris hotel room in 2016, in Paris, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

A Paris court will deliver the verdict in Kim Kardashian jewelry heist trial

A decade after robbers stormed Kim Kardashian’s luxury residence and tied her up at gunpoint, a Paris court will decide on Friday the verdict in one of the most audacious celebrity heists in modern … more

By THOMAS ADAMSON | 5/23/25

Outgoing president Joseph Kabila sits during the inauguration ceremony for Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Thursday Jan. 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Congo lifts immunity of former president Kabila over his alleged support of rebels

Congo’s senate has overwhelmingly voted to lift former President Joseph Kabila of his immunity. That paves the way for his prosecution over his alleged support of a rebel insurgency in the … more

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE AND MARK BANCHEREAU | 5/23/25

FILE - Ugandan opposition leader and four-time presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, stands in the dock at the Makindye Martial Court in Kampala, Uganda Wednesday, Nov. 20. 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)

Ugandan military accuses EU diplomats of engaging in subversive activities

Ugandan military authorities on Friday accused European diplomats of engaging in subversive activities, in an escalation of tensions over criticism of human rights violations by the security forces. … more

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA | 5/23/25

Israel has begun allowing a trickle of food and medicine into the Gaza Strip after sealing the territory’s 2 million Palestinians off from all imports for more than 2 1/2 months.

At least 23 people killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza as Israel lets minimal aid in

At least 23 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight as Israel pressed ahead with its military offensive and let in minimal aid to the strip. Ten people were killed by strikes in … more

By WAFAA SHURAFA | 5/23/25

Workers clean the glass window of a building in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's TOPIX index at a securities firm Friday, May 23, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Asian stocks rise and oil prices slip after Treasury yields ease

Asian stocks have advanced as U.S. Treasury yields eased after a rocky week due to worries in the bond market over mounting U.S. government debt. Oil prices dropped on expectations that the OPEC+ … more

By JIANG JUNZHE | 5/23/25

In this handout photo released by Turkish Foreign Ministry, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, center, chairs a meeting between delegations from Russia, right, and Ukraine, left, at Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 16, 2025. (Murat Gok/Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP)

Ukrainian official says major prisoner swap with Russia is underway

A senior Ukrainian officials says an exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine from their more than three-year war is underway. The official said the swap was ongoing Friday morning and had … more

By SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA | 5/23/25

Paris court finds ringleader and 7 others guilty in 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian

Paris court finds ringleader and 7 others guilty in 2016 robbery of Kim Kardashian. more

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FILE - This combo shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, pictured in Tehran, Iran, on Feb. 25, 2025 and Steve Witkoff, right, White House special envoy, pictured in Washington, on March 19, 2025. (AP Photos Stringer, Mark Schiefelbein)

Iran and the US holding a fifth round of nuclear negotiations in Rome with enrichment a key issue

Iran and the United States are preparing for a fifth round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, with enrichment emerging as the key issue. U.S. officials from President … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 5/23/25

Award-winning Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado dies at age 81, his institute says

Brazilian photographer and environmentalist Sebastião Salgado, known for his award-winning images of nature and humanity, has died at age 81. Instituto Terra, which was founded by him and his wife, … more

By MAURICIO SAVARESE | 5/23/25

South African businessman Johann Rupert, standing right, watches a video during a meeting between President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

South Africa police minister says Trump 'twisted' facts to push baseless genocide claims

South Africa's top law enforcement official says U.S. President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that a video he showed in the Oval Office was of burial sites for more than 1,000 white farmers and he … more

By GERALD IMRAY and MICHELLE GUMEDE | 5/23/25

Germany's Alexander Zverev reacts during his match against France's Alexandre Muller in their round of 16 tennis match of the Hamburg tournament against, in Hamburg, Germany, Wednesday May 21, 2025. (Frank Molter/dpa via AP)

Alexander Zverev says lightning struck his flight to Paris for the French Open

German tennis player Alexander Zverev said his plane was struck by lightning en route to Paris ahead of the French Open. The flight, which took off from Hamburg on Thursday evening, was forced to … more

5/23/25

Jury president Molly Manning Walker poses for photographers at the photo call for the Un Certain Regard jury at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

What's happened at the Cannes Film Festival so far — and what's still to come

This year’s Cannes Film Festival has barely started and already has been an attention-grabbing affair, from new rules for its red carpets, nerves about potential U.S. tariffs and the return of Tom … more

5/23/25

Police in Germany say a person with a knife has injured several people at the central railway station in Hamburg

Police in Germany say a person with a knife has injured several people at the central railway station in Hamburg. more

5/23/25

Jannik Sinner of Italy, serves against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during their final tennis match in the Italian Open at the Foro Italico in Rome, Sunday, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

French Open 2025: Jannik Sinner returns to Grand Slam tennis after his doping ban

Jannik Sinner knows he will be facing a new set of challenges at the French Open. Play starts Sunday in the clay-court tournament. It will be the No. 1-ranked Sinner's first Grand Slam event since a … more

By HOWARD FENDRICH | 5/23/25

FILE - Workers, back, unload vehicles while a car, center front, is moved to another location of the area, where export vehicles are parked at the Daikoku vehicle terminal center in Yokohama, near Tokyo, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

'Investment, not tariffs,' says Ishiba after telephone talks with Trump before 3rd round of talks

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Friday that he held telephone talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and agreed to hold “productive” discussion at an upcoming tariff talks between … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 5/23/25

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, centre, leaves after his meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, left background, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, May 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon starts process to disarm Palestinian factions in refugee camps

A group tasked with making a plan to remove weapons held by Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s refugees camps is beginning to hash out a timetable and mechanism for disarming the groups. A … more

By ABBY SEWELL | 5/23/25

Chagossian Bernadette Dugasse looks at a Chagos Islands map during an interview with The Associated Press, at her home in London, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Displaced Chagos islanders fear they will never go home after a UK-Mauritius deal

The British government has signed a deal to transfer the Chagos Islands’ sovereignty to Mauritius. But it effectively blocks the return of hundreds of islanders who were born there. They were … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 5/23/25