Ecuador defends raid on the Mexican Embassy and tells top UN court it acted to take in a criminal

Ecuador is defending its storming of Mexico’s Embassy in Quito last month

The Latest | Blinken in Israel to tell its leaders 'the time is now' for a cease-fire in Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Israel for meetings with Israeli leaders and has told the country’s ceremonial president that “the time is now” for a cease-fire deal in the war in Gaza

5 takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution

The world’s nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings

5 takeaways from the global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution

The world’s nations finished a round of negotiations early Tuesday on a treaty to end plastic pollution and made more progress than they have in three prior meetings

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah “with or without a deal” as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah “with or without a deal” as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah 'with or without a deal' as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to launch an incursion into a Gaza city sheltering hundreds of thousands of Palestinians

China says rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah made 'encouraging progress' in talks in Beijing

China's Foreign Ministry says rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah made “encouraging progress” in recent talks in China's capital on promoting reconciliation

The Latest | Hamas officials leave Cairo after talks with Egypt officials over cease-fire proposal

Officials from Hamas have left Cairo after talks with Egyptian officials on a new cease-fire proposal in Gaza

Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top UN court over the storming of the Mexican Embassy

Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president who had just been granted asylum in Mexico

The top UN court is set to rule on Nicaragua's request for Germany to halt aid to Israel

The United Nations’ top court is set to rule on a request by Nicaragua for judges to order Germany to halt military aid to Israel

Global negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution at critical phase in Canada

For the first time, negotiators from most of the world’s nations are discussing actual text for what is supposed to become a global treaty to end plastic pollution

Scotland's leader faces a week of high-stakes talks to keep his job

Scotland’s leader is facing a week of high-stakes talks to save his job and re-energize the country’s independence movement after he torpedoed a coalition with the Green Party by ditching a target for fighting climate change

Blinken is back in the Middle East this week. He has his work cut out for him

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is beginning his seventh diplomatic mission to the Middle East since the Israel-Hamas war began more than six months ago

A top Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal

A senior Qatari official has urged both Israel and Hamas to show “more commitment and more seriousness” in cease-fire negotiations

Hamas again raises the possibility of a 2-state compromise. Israel and its allies aren't convinced

The Palestinian militant group Hamas has said for more than 15 years that it could accept a two-state compromise with Israel — at least, a temporary one

Mexican president claims that criminal groups are 'respectful' and 'respect the citizenry'

Mexico's president says the country's violent criminal gangs and drug cartels are essentially “respectful people” who “respect the citizenry” and mostly just kill each other

France and the Philippines to start talks on a `visiting forces agreement,' French envoy says

The French ambassador to Manila says her country and the Philippines will start talks next month on a proposed defense pact that would allow troops from each country to hold exercises in the other’s territory

Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government

Ariel Henry has resigned as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power

Polish foreign minister will lay out his government's vision at historic moment with war in Ukraine

Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski is to give a speech to parliament in which he will lay out his government’s vision at a historically crucial moment with war across the border in Ukraine

Hamas official says group would lay down its weapons if a two-state solution is implemented

A top Hamas political official has told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a five-year truce with Israel and that it will lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian...

World seeing near breakdown of international law amid wars in Gaza and Ukraine, Amnesty says

Amnesty International says the world is seeing a near breakdown of international law amid flagrant rule-breaking in Gaza and Ukraine, multiplying armed conflicts, the rise of authoritarianism and huge rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar