• Italy approves $15.5 billion for world's longest suspension bridge from mainland to Sicily

    Italy approves $15.5 billion for world's longest suspension bridge from mainland to Sicily

    Aug 06, 2025 08:54 PM EDT

    The Strait of Messina Bridge would measure nearly 3.7 kilometers (2.2 miles), with the suspended span reaching 3.3 kilometers (more than 2 miles), surpassing Turkey's Canakkale Bridge, currently the longest, by 1,277 meters (4,189 feet). With three car lanes in each direction flanked by ...

  • Survivors of Israel's pager attack on Hezbollah last year struggle to recover

    Survivors of Israel's pager attack on Hezbollah last year struggle to recover

    Aug 06, 2025 03:11 PM EDT

    ... the group had ordered 15,000 pagers. Only 8,000 arrived, and nearly half were distributed to members. Others destined for Lebanon were intercepted in Turkey days after the attack when Hezbollah tipped off officials there. Hezbollah's investigation into how its communications networks were infiltrated found that the purchase ...

  • Israeli minister visits flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 more aid-seekers killed in Gaza

    Israeli minister visits flashpoint holy site as officials say 33 more aid-seekers killed in Gaza

    Aug 03, 2025 07:24 PM EDT

    Sunday's visit was swiftly condemned as an incitement by Palestinian leaders as well as Jordan, the Al-Aqsa Mosque's custodian, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The Houthi rebels in Yemen said they fired three drones at Israel; Israel's military said a “suspicious aerial target launched from Yemen” was ...

  • Justin Timberlake announces he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease

    Justin Timberlake announces he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease

    Aug 01, 2025 12:25 AM EDT

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — Justin Timberlake has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, the former NSYNC star said on Instagram Thursday. Timberlake shared the news in a post commemorating his Forget Tomorrow tour, which wrapped in Turkey on Wednesday, adding that the disease “can be relentlessly debilitating, both mentally and physically.” The ...

  • News Wrap: Trump moves up his deadline for Putin to end Ukraine war

    News Wrap: Trump moves up his deadline for Putin to end Ukraine war

    Jul 28, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    ... Southern Europe and the Balkans, searing heat, dry conditions and strong winds are fueling deadly fires and prompting evacuations in places like Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey. Wildfires there have threatened Turkey's fourth largest city of Bursa, forcing more than 3,000 people to flee. The Forestry Ministry says three ...

  • Top French court upholds some of Assad's legal protections, but permits future war crime warrants

    Top French court upholds some of Assad's legal protections, but permits future war crime warrants

    Jul 25, 2025 10:29 PM EDT

    Millions more fled to Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Europe. The Assad dynasty manipulated sectarian tensions to stay in power, a legacy driving renewed violence in Syria against minority groups, despite promises that the country’s new leaders will carve out a political future for Syria that includes and represents all ...

  • Protests sweep Ukraine after Zelenskyy signs new anti-corruption bill

    Protests sweep Ukraine after Zelenskyy signs new anti-corruption bill

    Jul 23, 2025 03:52 PM EDT

    ... European countries, would go to Ukraine. Trump hardened his stance toward Moscow after months of frustration with Putin about unsuccessful talks for a ceasefire. Trump gave Russia until early September to agree to a ceasefire. Guzel reported from Istanbul, Turkey. Associated Press writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey; Katie M

  • Evacuations of Bedouin families begin in Syria's Sweida as days of deadly clashes ease

    Evacuations of Bedouin families begin in Syria's Sweida as days of deadly clashes ease

    Jul 21, 2025 04:48 PM EDT

    ... will lead to reconciliation and stability in the province." Talks were ongoing in Jordan for a long-term truce. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of neighboring Turkey, who has been involved in regional talks for a ceasefire in southern Syria, said 2,500 "lightly armed" government forces will be granted permission ...

  • U.S. envoy to Syria doubles down on support for new government and criticizes Israel's intervention

    U.S. envoy to Syria doubles down on support for new government and criticizes Israel's intervention

    Jul 21, 2025 01:47 PM EDT

    ... said he does not believe the violence in Sweida will derail those talks and that there could be a breakthrough "in the coming weeks." Neighboring Turkey, which wants to curtail the influence of Kurdish groups along its border and has tense relations with Israel, has offered to provide defense assistance ...

  • Druze-Bedouin clashes reignite after government forces pull out of southern Syria

    Druze-Bedouin clashes reignite after government forces pull out of southern Syria

    Jul 18, 2025 07:11 PM EDT

    ... community in Israel, where they are seen as a loyal minority and often serve in the Israeli military. A truce mediated by the U.S., Turkey and Arab countries was announced Wednesday. Under the accord, Druze factions and clerics were to maintain the internal security in Sweida as government forces ...