Nestlé says thieves have stolen a huge shipment of KitKat bars from a truck heading from Italy to Poland.

The number of Americans wounded in the Iran war has grown beyond 300, with more than two dozen troops injured this week from attacks on a Saudi air base.

French authorities say that police have stopped a suspected bombing outside a Bank of America building in Paris.

An Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon has killed three journalists who cover the Israel-Hezbollah war, according to their TV stations.

A bipartisan group of senators has plans to visit Taiwan, Japan and South Korea.

President Donald Trump describes the war with Iran as a success, even as his message about the conflict keeps shifting.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made unannounced visits to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar as Kyiv seeks to use its drone expertise to help Gulf Arab states blunt Iran’s attacks while the war in the Middle East rages on.

Pope Leo XIV has urged the people of Monaco to use their Catholic faith and wealth for good.

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels have entered the war in the Middle East, claiming they launched a missile toward Israel.

Africa is hurting again from a global crisis it had no part in starting.

Israel has intercepted a missile fired from Yemen.

President Donald Trump has laid out five objectives for the U.S. in its war with Iran that he said the U.S. is close to achieving as he considers “winding down” the operation.

Police in Nepal have arrested former Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli over the deaths of dozens of people during violent protests in September that toppled the government and resulted in new elections.

Indonesia has begun implementing a new government regulation approved earlier this month that bans children younger than 16 from access to digital platforms that could expose them to pornography, cyberbullying, online scams and addiction.

An Iranian missile attack has wounded at least 10 U.S. service members and damaged several planes at a military base in Saudi Arabia.

A New York appeals court has overturned a ruling that had ordered Argentina to pay more than $16 billion to former shareholders of YPF, the country’s largest energy company that was nationalized in 2012.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's assertion that the U.S. wants Ukraine to hand over territory to Russia to receive American security guarantees in any ceasefire plan.

Mexico’s government says that it has identified signs of life for as many as a third of the country’s 130,000 registered missing people.

Players held small backpacks as Iran’s national soccer team used a match against Nigeria to honor the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school.

President Donald Trump says the American air travel system has reached a "breaking point."

A pro-Iranian hacking group is claiming to have hacked an account of FBI Director Kash Patel and has posted online what appear to be years-old photographs of him, along with a work resume and other personal documents.

Internet trailblazer Yahoo is exploring technology’s next frontier with Scout, an answer engine powered by artificial intelligence.

Hamas is weighing a new proposal to give up its weapons in Gaza, a major concession that would clear the way for the U.S. plan for rebuilding the war-ravaged territory.

Mexico’s Navy is searching for two missing sailboats carrying nine people and humanitarian aid on a route to Cuba.

Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a tie for its lowest winter peak on record.

Tech companies set ambitious climate goals at the start of the decade, promising to slash emissoins that contribute to global warming.

A London court has sentenced a Russian man to four years in prison for assaulting a woman during a jealous attack that Barron Trump witnessed on a video call.

Austria’s governing coalition has announced plans to ban social media use for children under 14.

Dual jury verdicts this week have validated longstanding concerns about the dangers of social media for young people.

Scientists are learning to dive beneath polar ice and study the study the flora and fauna below.

A U.N. inquiry urges the Syrian government to investigate senior security officials involved in deadly sectarian clashes in Sweida province last summer.

Hundreds of used sneakers arrive each week at a workshop east of Paris, where workers inspect them for resale, redistribution or rejection.

Mothers in a displacement camp in southern Somalia struggle to keep their children alive as drought and aid disruptions deepen hunger, a crisis that now also has a link to the far-away Iran war.

Israel’s military says it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen toward Israel for the first time.

Iran has kept firing missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab nation, including a strike Friday at a military base in Saudi Arabia that U.S. officials said wounded at least 10 U.S. service members, two of them seriously.

Deep divisions were apparent over the Iran war as top diplomats from the Group of Seven countries have met in France.

U.S. stocks deepened their drops as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.

Farmers around the world are facing fertilizer shortages and rising costs after the war in Iran disrupted shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles a third of global fertilizer trade.

Iran has banned its sports teams from traveling to countries it considers “hostile,” Iranian state TV reported ahead of Tractor FC’s scheduled soccer game in Saudi Arabia.

Facing a convulsing stock market, President Donald Trump has moved to buy himself more time and hold off on carrying out a threat to obliterate Iran’s energy plants.

Vladyslav Heraskevych was shunned by the Olympics, then invited to the United Nations.

The Associated Press is now calling Israel’s military actions in southern Lebanon an invasion.

A young Spanish woman died in Barcelona after winning a long court fight for her euthanasia right.

Costa Rica said that it would accept 25 “third party” migrants deported from the United States per week.

Artificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce harmful behaviors, according to a new study that explores the dangers of AI telling people what they want to hear.

Scientists have captured rare footage of a sperm whale giving birth, offering a window into the large mammals' behavior.

Lebanon’s coastal southern city of Tyre — once famed for its Roman ruins and white sandy beaches — is a ghost town.

The U.N. General Assembly’s resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations is being widely welcomed across Africa.

The Trump administration says it's eased restrictions on a group of Belarus-linked financial and potash companies.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has returned to a New York courtroom as he seeks to have his drug trafficking indictment thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees.

Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy It aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on women's sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

The European Parliament has approved a trade deal between Washington and Brussels but with amendments added to protect European interests should the United States fail to hold up its end of the bargain.

The Iran war is unleashing a toxic mix of chemicals, heavy metals and other pollutants that threaten everything from agriculture to drinking water to people’s health.

Italian police say they have seized about 20 million euros in property and assets linked to money stolen from Swiss actor and original Bond girl Ursula Andress.

An engineer-turned-rapper who later became Kathmandu’s mayor is poised to lead Nepal as prime minister after his party won a landslide election.

EU regulators are investigating Snapchat over fears it's not doing enough to protect children from online harm.

Hungary’s government is filing criminal charges against an investigative journalist, claiming he is spying for a foreign state.

A new AP-NORC poll shows that while President Donald Trump maintains deep support among Republicans, he risks frustrating his supporters if the U.S. gets involved in a prolonged war.

European lawmakers have approved a plan that makes it easier to send rejected asylum seekers to new detention centers outside the EU.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Saudi Arabia on an unannounced visit.

Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw turns its famous main hall into a quiet study space, with live classical music playing as students work.

Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held talks in North Korea’s capital on Thursday and signed a friendship and cooperation treaty as the key allies of Moscow draw closer amid their confrontations with the U.S.-led West.

Iran and the United States appear to be at an impasse.

Nuclear power is getting a second look across Southeast Asia to prepare for surging demand for power for artificial intelligence-focused data centers.

U.S. stocks had their worst day since the war with Iran started, as doubt took over again from hope on Wall Street about a possible end to the conflict.

The Iran war has deflected global attention from Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor Ukraine as Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II enters its fifth year and an emboldened Kremlin undertakes a spring offensive.

Officials in Bangladesh say a bus carrying about 50 people plunged into a river, killing at least 18.

President Donald Trump has delayed a threatened U.S. strike on Iran’s energy infrastructure and extended a deadline for reopening the Strait of Hormuz until April 6.

It’s too soon to tell if this week’s jury decisions will lead to fundamental changes in how social media treats its young users.

Finding a job feels harder than ever.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says that former President Raúl Castro is involved in talks between the island and the United States.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy to Belarus recently revealed how he used vulgarity and vodka shots to help ingratiate himself with the country’s autocratic leader.

Parents are wondering what is next after juries in New Mexico and Los Angeles found social media providers failed to protect young users.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has hosted a monthly Christian prayer and worship service at the Pentagon, the first since the Iran war began.

Two books about hotels in wartime are among finalists for the Women’s Prize for Nonfiction.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro will be discharged from hospital on Friday to return home and continue serving his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt.

A jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services.

The U_N_ General Assembly has adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans “the gravest crime against humanity” and calling for reparations as “a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs.”.

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez is selling investors on a newly opened oil industry and looser U.S. sanctions.

Authorities in northern Nigeria say armed militants ambushed security forces who were responding to a distress call in the northwestern state of Kebbi, fatally shooting nine soldiers, a police officer and one resident.

The Victoria and Albert Museum is opening a new exhibition celebrating how the fashion house Schiaparelli turns fashion into surreal art.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says that the Air Canada CEO’s English-only message of condolence after Sunday’s deadly crash in New York showed a lack of compassion and judgment.

Paris will love her again — and soon.

At a House Homeland Security committee hearing that stretched over three hours lawmakers and Transportation Security Administration officials stressed the urgency of the ongoing government shutdown as TSA workers scrape by without pay and long security lines wind through some airports.

Over the past five years, the Rev. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters at the U.S.-Mexico border to celebrating Mass with detained and deported migrants.

A new AP-NORC poll finds most Americans believe recent military action against Iran has gone too far and many are worried about affording gasoline.

South Africa’s top police officer has been served with a warrant and is facing charges in relation to a widening corruption scandal that saw 12 other senior officers arrested by anti-graft investigators.

Businesses might be quicker to raise prices in response to the Iran war due to bitter memories of the energy price inflation that broke out after Russia invaded Ukraine.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in North Korea’s capital on Wednesday, where he is to hold talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

British police have arrested two men over an arson attack that destroyed four ambulances from a Jewish charity.

Russia is reporting that it has shot down hundreds of Ukrainian drones in a massive overnight attack across its regions and Crimea.

Kenya’s flower industry is losing up to $1.4 million a week as the Iran war cuts demand and disrupts shipping.

Sarah Mullally, a one-time cancer nurse who became a priest at the age of 40, was installed as archbishop of Canterbury.

A lawyer for a Cambodian man deported by the United States to the African kingdom of Eswatini says he has been released from a prison to be repatriated.

Iran has dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East, issuing its own counterproposal instead, as it launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries.

In a story published March 25, 2026, about the war in Iran, The Associated Press erroneously reported that 20 people have been killed in Israel.

Hopes for a possible end to the war with Iran pushed stocks higher on Wall Street, while oil prices eased.

The first jury verdict in a series of social media child safety trials this year is in — and it’s not looking good for Meta.

Jewish and Muslim communities in the United States observed some of the most sacred holidays of their respective religions despite increased security measures and concerns over hateful rhetoric as the war in the Middle East continues.

The U.S. military is preparing to deploy at least 1,000 troops from the 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East in the coming days.