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Portugal goes on alert as winds drive major wildfire in Spain

By Associated Press

Authorities said Friday that 35 aircraft have been deployed as the blaze entered its fifth day.

U.S. announces $800 million more military aid for Ukraine

By Lolita C. Baldor, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Officials say the bulk of the aid package will be additional Howitzers and ammunition, including Javelin missiles that the Ukrainian military has been using effectively to try and hold off Russian forces and take back territory Moscow has gained.

U.S. faces new hurdles in tantalizingly close Iran deal

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

As the U.S. and Europe weigh Iran’s latest response to an EU proposal believed by most to be the West’s final offer, the administration faces new and potentially insurmountable domestic political hurdles to successfully forging a lasting agreement.

Placido Domingo's name comes up in Argentina sex sect probe

By Almudena Calatrava, Daniel Politi, Leonardo la Valle, Associated Press

Opera star Placido Domingo's name has appeared in an investigation of a sect-like group in Argentina that also had U.S. offices and whose leaders have been charged with numerous crimes, including sexual exploitation.

Brazil government removes environment chief in possible reprisal

By Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press

The action comes just days after the environmental chief granted an interview to television behemoth Globo about illegal gold mining in Yanomami Indigenous territory.

News Wrap: Federal judge considers releasing redacted affidavit from Mar-a-Lago search

In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge in Florida says he's inclined to release the affidavit behind the search of former President Trump's estate with redactions, the UN calls for demilitarizing a nuclear plant in Ukraine, the death toll…

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Grain shipments increase out of Ukraine, potentially helping to ease global food prices

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi

President Zelensky on Thursday hosted Turkey's President Erdogan and the UN Secretary-General Guterres, both architects of a deal last month that allows Ukraine to export food amid the war and a global food shortage. But has that UN-brokered deal been…

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Israel raids Palestinian rights groups it previously labeled as terrorists

By Jalal Hassan, Fares Akram, Associated Press

Rights defenders have described Israel's moves against the groups as part of a decades-long crackdown on political activists in the occupied territories.

Death toll in Afghan capital mosque bombing rises to 21, police say

By Rahim Faiez, Ebrahim Noroozi, Associated Press

A Taliban police spokesman in Afghanistan's capital says the toll from a mosque bombing the previous evening has risen to 21 people killed with 33 others wounded in the attack.