For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the war in Iran, approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trumps ability to continue military action without congressional approval. The roll call was similar to earlier efforts this summer. None of the resolutions have made it to the presidents desk,...

LONDON (AP) A tiny English village has voted to leave the United Kingdom as a symbolic protest against government plans to house up to 1,200 asylum seekers on a nearby military base. Residents of Piddington, which has a population of about 350, voted overwhelmingly for secession in the non-binding referendum. The results announced on...

ROME (AP) The Armani fashion group on Wednesday named Dario Vitale creative director of Emporio Armani and Giorgio Armani Accessories, a first step in the group’s creative reorganization a year after the death of founder Giorgio Armani. Vitale, a veteran fashion insider who spent some 15 years at Miu Miu, joins Armani after exiting...

ROSTOCK, Germany (AP) Two German regional elections this weekend are expected to bring more gains for a far-right party, and could determine whether Chancellor Friedrich Merz can hold on to power and push ahead with reforms to Europe’s biggest economy. Merzs authority was damaged by his partys stinging defeat Sept. 6 at the hands...

NEW YORK (AP) Retail sales rise a better-than-expected 1.2% in August after shoppers pulled back in July.

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Tuesday night announced the removal of the head of the East African country’s electoral body only three months before the countrys first election. Abednego Akok Kacuol was fired from his position as chairperson of the National Elections Commission without a reason being given publicly...

LONDON (AP) Inflation in the United Kingdom rose to a five-month high as the aftershocks of the Iran war continued to ratchet up fuel prices, official figures showed Wednesday, an increase that will pressure the Bank of England to hike interest rates again over coming months. The Office for National Statistics said rising prices...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) Charlie Kirks family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activists assassination at a state university, in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit. Attorneys for the family said Kirk’s death resulted from a string of reckless decisions by officials at Utah Valley ...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in southern Ukraine early Wednesday, killing five people and wounding at least seven. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack, the latest in a series of Russian strikes on civilian transportation, as an atrocity. The strike occurred in the Nikopol district of Ukraines Dnipropetrovsk ...

Crossovers have become a popular choice for buyers who want the practicality of an SUV without the size and expense of a larger vehicle. For many shoppers, that means finding a vehicle thats easy to live with, offers enough room for everyday duties, keeps fuel costs in check, and provides the versatility to be useful...

CAIRO (AP) A gold mine collapse has killed at least 67 people in a remote area in Sudan, a medical group and survivors say.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) Death toll in Gaza building collapse rises to 19, says Gaza Health Ministry.

CAIRO (AP) Saudi Arabia accused Yemens Iran-backed Houthi rebels overnight of trying to attack Islams holiest city, prompting condemnation from countries in the region but no sign of military support. The kingdom, a key U.S. ally, declared Mecca a red line as it slid deeper into the new front of the Iran war. With...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) A building housing half a dozen families gave out in Gaza City overnight into Wednesday, killing sixteen people as they slept and leaving rescuers digging through rubble for dozens more who’d been sheltering inside the structure. The sudden collapse of the building, which was known to be unstable due...

BRUSSELS (AP) A scorching summer that dried up rivers and killed tens of thousands across the European Union from Portugal to Hungary has shown that the bloc needs to develop new tools to meet a worsening climate, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. She said that this instability led her to...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appears in public for first time in over a year at ICC hearing.

On the way home from a recent trip, Eriech Tapia drove past a sea of dark industrial buildings lining an already jam-packed northern Virginia road: data centers. It was interesting to see how many were going up, said Tapia, a 30-year-old Republican from Arlington, Virginia, who works in higher education advocacy and policy. He said...

About 12.5 trillion tons (11.3 trillion metric tons) of ice from glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica have melted since 1979, which is enough frozen water to stack ice five feet deep across the continental United States, according to a major scientific report. A warming Earth is accelerating the melting of the planet’s two major ice...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) An EU-backed court convicts former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci of war crimes and sentences him to 25 years in prison.

TOKYO (AP) The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan surpassed a record 100,000 this year, the latest government figures show, underscoring the country’s rapidly aging and declining population. The Health and Welfare Ministry statistics released Tuesday show Japan now has 107,677 centenarians, up 7,914 from the previous year and exceeding the...

STRASBOURG, France (AP) The European Union needs a NATO-like mechanism to better respond to drone incidents, acts of sabotage and cyberattacks across Europe, many of them blamed on Russia, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. Europe needs its own counter-hybrid playbook. We urgently need a consensus on how to respond to...

STRASBOURG, France (AP) Top EU official calls for a NATO-like mechanism for Europe to respond to increasing drone incidents and sabotage.

STRASBOURG, France (AP) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed opening a path for Canada to become the European Unions first associate member, a striking overture as U.S. President Donald Trumps tariffs drive Ottawa closer to Europe. I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada being...

BRUSSELS (AP) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed banning children under 13 from accessing social media, online games and chatbots on Wednesday during her annual State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg. I am aware that many perceive the power of Big Tech as overwhelming and impossible to roll back. I...

STRASBOURG, France (AP) EU chief proposes a social media ban for kids under 13.