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WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump’s administration announced last week that it would require green card seekers to apply from their home countries instead of in the U.S., immigration attorney Flavia Santos Lloyd’s phone began ringing off the hook with clients worried about the implications for them. Lloyd wasn’t sure what to tell them, but she knew the confusing …

Donald Trump is on a winning streak in Republican primaries, most recently endorsing Ken Paxton ahead of his Tuesday runoff victory over Sen. John Cornyn in Texas. The president bragged at his Cabinet meeting Wednesday that Paxton’s romp “was a prelude” for success in the November midterms. But Trump’s tightening grip on his party could make it harder to hold …

President Donald Trump’s war with Iran hasn’t exactly been a rousing success so far. And much of the American public expects that the conflict’s end — whenever that will be — won’t change that. Polling in recent weeks paints a picture of an American public that is over it. People didn’t like the war to begin with, they don’t think …

The Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, after carrying out another wave of air strikes that it said targeted the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. The military told residents of Tyre and surrounding areas that it was “compelled to act forcefully” because Hezbollah was violating a US-brokered ceasefire that began five weeks ago. Also …

Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering the Ebola outbreak response, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the east of the country was at the centre of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response. In a statement posted …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations with Tehran were “proceeding nicely.” The strikes were done “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” but the military was …

Russia President Vladimir Putin has praised African countries for achievements across various sectors of their economies. Putin spoke in a congratulatory message on Monday to African Heads of State and Government to mark the 2026 Africa Day celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Africa Day, celebrated annually on May 25, marks the 63rd anniversary of the African Union’s …

  -President Donald Trump faces mounting criticism from both Republicans and Democrats over a potential Iran peace deal that may fall short of his original war aims. -The proposed agreement would reopen the Strait of Hormuz but leave Iran’s nuclear program largely unresolved, according to critics. -Trump’s political challenges intensify as gas prices rise and his approval ratings decline ahead …

CAIRO (AP) — A deal appears to be emerging between the United States and Iran to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend said it had been “largely negotiated.” It is not clear when or how the deal might be finalized and when its various parts will take effect. Trump …

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made a historic apology on Monday for the role the Holy See played in legitimizing slavery and for having failed to condemn it for centuries, calling the Vatican’s record a “wound in Christian memory.” Past popes have apologized for Christians’ involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. But no pope had ever publicly acknowledged, …