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TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters) – Japan has signed a $2.2 billion loan agreement for the first batch of projects under its $550 billion U.S. investment pledge, kicking off financing tied to a trade deal that cut U.S. tariffs on Japanese imports to 15%. State-owned Japan Bank for International Cooperation said on Friday it would provide about a third of the $2.2 billion financing, with the rest provided by commercial banks. […]

LONDON (AP) — A 45-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder in the stabbings of two Jewish men in London. Police say Essa Suleiman faces two counts of the charge related to the attack in Golders Green and a third related to an attack elsewhere in the city the same day. He is due to make his first court appearance later Friday. The British government pledged to tackle antisemitism […]

April 24–30, 2026 Nonstop flights between the United States and Venezuela resumed, ending a seven-year suspension. Colombians buried the victims of an attack on the Pan-American Highway that authorities blamed on dissident former FARC rebels. Haitian children got a visit from World Food Program adviser Princess Sarah Zeid of Jordan at the shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince. ___ This gallery was curated by photo editor Leslie […]

By Cassell Bryan-Low, Louisa Off and Anja Guder HOHENFELS, Germany, April 30 (Reuters) – At a U.S Army training facility in Germany on Thursday, some senior officers highlighted the benefits of American presence in the country, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was reviewing whether to reduce troop numbers in the country. The benefits of U.S. troops here include deterring adversaries, combat training with allies on European […]

May 1 (Reuters) – Ford is recalling 179,698 vehicles in the U.S. due to a loose bolt in the front seat frame, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday. The recall includes certain 2024-2026 Ranger and Bronco vehicles. A seat with a dislodged bolt may not properly restrain an occupant in a crash, NHTSA said. Dealers will inspect and replace the pivot links and bolts as […]

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — At her studio in Iran’s capital, Amen Khademi prepared a fashion shoot for a jacket she designed with Persian-inspired motifs. But even as she applied lipstick to the model, she was distracted, worrying if her business would survive after four months without its main link to customers — the internet. Iran’s 90 million people have been cut off from the internet for most of 2026, one […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Ahed Badawi lived for more than a decade in Bahrain, a small Gulf country that — unlike her native Syria — rarely made headlines. It provided a refuge for her, her sister and their elderly mother during Syria’s 14 years of civil war. “Nothing at all ever happened there,” she said. “I mean, the Bahrainis don’t even know what war is.” But after the U.S. and Israel […]

SAO PAULO (AP) — The long-awaited trade deal between South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union took effect Friday, at least provisionally. The initiative creates a trans-Atlantic market estimated at $22 trillion with 720 million potential consumers, and some nations expect to boost their exports by more than 10% by 2038, once it is fully implemented. The trade deal was signed Jan. 17 at a meeting of the South […]

DUBAI, May 1 (Reuters) – Dubai chef Shaw Lash at Mexican restaurant Lila Molino flies in her avocados and tomatillos, small, tart green fruits native to Central America that are a staple of Mexican cuisine and key for her colourful and spicy dishes. Now the two-month-old war in Iran is making such ingredients harder to source and more expensive, Lash and other chefs said, as the Gulf grapples with the […]