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Argentina’s Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno (R) and European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic (L) sign a document as (L-R, back) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Paraguay’s President Santiago Pena, Argentina’s President Javier Milei and Uruguay’s President Yamandu Orsi witness the moment during the signing ceremony of the trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, at the Gran Teatro Jose Asuncion Flores of Paraguay’s Central Bank in Asuncion on January 17, 2026. The South American bloc Mercosur and the European Union on January 17 signed a major trade deal that has been 25 years in the making. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP via Getty Images)

EU and Mercosur bloc of South American nations sign trade deal to end quarter-century of talks, just as Trump hits Europe with new tariffs

By Nayara Batschke, Isabel Debre, and others

A trade deal 25 years in the making between Europe and South America is nearly over the finish line

By Isabel Debre and The Associated Press

Delcy Rodriguez

Venezuela’s new interim president is the daughter of a socialist who was arrested in connection with the 1976 kidnapping of an American businessman

By Megan Janetsky, Isabel Debre, and others

Venezuelan Vice President and Oil Minister Delcy Rodriguez gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

Maduro’s deputy demands his release after U.S. arrest as Venezuelans wonder who’s in charge

By Isabel Debre, Joshua Goodman, and others

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren accuses Trump of betraying farmers and ‘putting himself and his billionaire buddies first’ with $20 billion Argentina bailout

By Fatima Hussein, Isabel Debre, and others

President of Argentina Javier Milei

U.S. judge tells Argentina it has to turn over its 51% stake in its state oil company to pay $16 billion judgement

By Débora Rey, Isabel Debre, and others

Employees work at the factory of Palestinian carbonated beverages company Chat Cola, in the West Bank city of Salfit, on November 6, 2024, amid increased violence in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory as the war between Israel and the Hamas movement continues in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Zain JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestinians drop Coca-Cola for local alternative over U.S. support for Israel—’No one wants to be caught drinking Coke’

By Isabel Debre and The Associated Press

Liam Payne

Liam Payne, former One Direction singer, dies at 31 in Argentina hotel fall

By Isabel Debre, Kaitlyn Huamani, and others

FILE – Argentina’s President Javier Milei talks during the International Economic Forum of the Americas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. President Javier Milei of Argentina kicked off a visit Wednesday, April 10, 2024, to the United States, where he’ll meet with tech billionaire Elon Musk, as his government seeks an infusion of cash to overhaul Argentina’s embattled economy. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

Elon Musk will meet Argentine President Milei as he tours the U.S. in search of an infusion of money for Argentina’s cash-strapped economy

By Isabel Debre and The Associated Press

Rockets firing from the Gaza Strip.

Israeli survivors recount music festival massacre, where Hamas militants killed at least 260: ‘They didn’t see us as human beings. They looked at us with pure, pure hate’

By Isabel Debre and The Associated Press

FILE – Supporters cheer on the stands before the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between the Netherlands and the United States, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. At a World Cup that has become a political lightning rod, it comes as no surprise that soccer fans’ sartorial style has sparked controversy. At the first World Cup in the Middle East, fans from around the world have refashioned traditional Gulf Arab headdresses and thobes. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

World Cup fans transform streets of Doha with chaotic—sometimes cringe-worthy—fashion choices

By Isabel Debre and The Associated Press

American service members in Qatar.

As the World Cup rumbles on in Qatar, thousands of American troops are monitoring the skies of the Middle East

By Isabel Debre, Jon Gambrell, and others

29 March 2021, Egypt, Suez: A boy plays football while the “Ever Given” container ship operated by the Evergreen Marine Corporation, is seen sailing on the Suez Canal, after it was fully freed and floated. Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority announced that the stranded massive container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, has been fully dislodged and successfully floating in the canal. Photo: Mohamed Shokry/dpa (Photo by A boy plays football while the “Ever Given” container ship operated by the Evergreen Marine Corporation, is seen sailing on the Suez Canal, after it was fully freed and floated. Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority announced that the stranded massive container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week, has been fully dislodged and successfully floating in the canal. Photo: Mohamed Shokry/dpa (Photo by Mohamed Shokry/picture alliance via Getty Images)

The Ever Given container ship is on the move, apparently ending a six-day jam that clogged the Suez Canal

By Isabel Debre, Samy Magdy, and others

Jinn

Arts & Entertainment

Netflix’s First Original Arabic Series, ‘Jinn,’ Stirs Up Outrage in Jordan

By Laure Van Ruymbeke, Isabel Debre, and others