The fate of Argentina’s state-run oil company has been thrown into doubt as a U.S. judge ordered the cash-strapped country to give up its 51% controlling stake in YPF.

A federal court in Argentina has granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in Buenos Aires.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government survived an attempt to dissolve parliament early Thursday morning, with most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners voting against the bill.

Argentina’s highest court has upheld a six-year prison sentence for former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

An Argentine court has declared a mistrial in the case of seven health professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona.

The trial of seven health professionals accused of negligence in the death of Diego Maradona has been suspended for a week after one of the judges was accused of being impartial and authorizing a documentary about the hearings.

The Women’s World Cup will increase to 48 teams in 2031 when the United States is expected to host the tournament, FIFA confirmed Friday.

Venezuela’s government has acknowledged for the first time that members of the country’s opposition left the Argentine diplomatic compound where they had sheltered for over a year.

Five members of Venezuela’s political opposition have left the Argentine diplomatic compound in their country’s capital, Caracas, where they had sheltered for more than a year to avoid arrest and were in the United States on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Police say the family of Ecuadorian soccer player Jackson Rodríguez has been rescued after being kidnapped from their home in the coastal city of Guayaquil.

Pupy the elephant has arrived at her new home in a sanctuary in Mato Grosso, Brazil, following a 2,700-kilometer journey from a zoo converted into an ecological park in Argentina’s capital where she had spent 30 years in conditions criticized by activists.

An unusual convoy is nearing Argentina’s lush border with Brazil, after snaking through traffic-snarled roads for hours.

President Javier Milei says that he will lift most of the country’s strict capital and currency controls next week, a high-stakes gamble made possible by a new loan from the International Monetary Fund.

The International Monetary Fund has reached a preliminary agreement with Argentina on a $20 billion bailout package, providing a reprieve to President Javier Milei as he seeks to overturn the country’s old economic order.

While the world’s leaders were wringing their hands over President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports, Argentina’s right-wing president was ebullient, feted at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club.

Brazil’s soccer confederation has fired coach Dorival Júnior after 14 months amid poor results and disappointing performances from the national team.

Defending champion Argentina qualified for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday even before kickoff against Brazil.

Friday, March 21 marks the inaugural World Glacier Day, an international observance established by the United Nations to raise awareness about the rapid retreat of glaciers worldwide.

Lionel Messi will miss Argentina’s World Cup qualifiers against Uruguay and Brazil over the next eight days because of an injury to his adductor.

Argentine retirees and fans of several soccer teams have clashed with police during a protest in front of Congress in the capital, Buenos Aires, against the economic policies implemented by the government of President Javier Milei.

An Argentine court has started its trial of seven healthcare professionals accused of negligence in the death of soccer great Diego Maradona at age 60.

Seven members of the medical team that treated Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona before his death will go on trial for homicide starting Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized, a group of migrant transgender women are praying for his recovery.

Argentina’s libertarian president Javier Milei has signaled that a new and much-anticipated deal with the International Monetary Fund is imminent.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei has temporarily appointed two Supreme Court judges by decree, bypassing Congress during its summer recess to push through a controversial candidate in a move criticized as an overreach of executive power.

Argentina’s President Javier Milei is urging conservatives to keep supporting measures to shrink the size of government.

Argentine President Javier Milei is facing a corruption probe into his promotion of a meme coin, which is a highly speculative form of cryptocurrency that’s seen a recent surge in popularity after President Donald Trump and his wife launched tokens of their own.

A stream winding through a populous area on the outskirts of Buenos Aires has turned crimson red in recent hours that has sparked fears of industrial chemical dumping.

Argentina's president says he has banned gender-affirming care for people under age 18.

A spokesman says President Javier Milei has ordered Argentina’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization due to “profound differences” with the U.N. agency.

An Argentine court has dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against two professional French rugby players accused of raping a woman after a match in the country earlier this year.

Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano are together again, this time with Inter Miami.

Gaston Martirena and Adrian Martinez scored first-half goals as Argentina’s Racing won its first Copa Sudamericana championship by beating Brazil’s Cruzeiro 3-1 in the final on Saturday.

Former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce's wife is announcing she's pregnant with the couple's fourth child.

Lionel Messi is on the cusp of reuniting with former Argentina national teammate Javier Mascherano with Inter Miami, this time as player and coach, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press.

Last year, then-presidential candidate Javier Milei declared Argentina would not “make deals with communists” in China or Brazil, calling their leaders “murderers” and “thieves” in a bid to channel the populist energies of Donald Trump into a winning political message.

The usual suspects abstained from voting on a seemingly uncontroversial United Nations resolution that denounced violence against women and girls on Thursday — Iran, Russia, North Korea.

Donald Trump has met at his Mar-a-Lago club with Argentine President Javier Milei, the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect since his victory in last week’s election.

A tribunal in Argentina has upheld a six-year sentence term and lifetime ban from holding public office sentence against former President Cristina Fernández, a dominant political leader in recent years in the South American country.

Argentina’s inflation has slowed to 2.7% in October, the lowest level in three years in a win for the libertarian government of President Javier Milei.

Argentine prosecutors say that three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction, who died after falling from the balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires last month.

Hungary’s fiery, right-wing leader says that Donald Trump’s victory will help his own battle against immigration and multiculturalism and restore traditional family values.

Scientists have uncovered the oldest-known fossil of a tadpole that wriggled around 160 million years ago.

Authorities say a 10-story hotel under renovation in Argentina has collapsed, leaving one person dead and at least seven trapped in the debris.

The police have raided the Buenos Aires hotel where ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne stayed before dying last week after falling from a third-floor balcony.

A series of protests are expected to intensify across Argentina this week over a veto by President Javier Milei of a law that passed last month increasing funding for public universities.

The father of former One Direction star Liam Payne has arrived in Buenos Aires to arrange for the return of his son’s body to England days after the famous boy band singer fell to his death from a hotel balcony.

A “ring of fire" eclipse of the sun will cross the Pacific and the tips of Argentina and Chile.

Pope Francis is still widely popular in several Latin American countries.

U.S. stock indexes reached new heights after drifting higher in a quiet day of trading.

Venezuela’s government has revoked permission for Brazil to serve as custodian of Argentina’s diplomatic missions in the country.

Two French rugby players are heading back to France nearly two months after their arrest in the South American nation on charges of aggravated sexual assault.

Argentine prosecutors say they would let two French rugby players accused of violently raping a woman to fly home, even as the explosive case remained under investigation.

Lionel Messi will not play Saturday when Inter Miami visits Chicago, meaning he will have at least two more weeks to continue recovering from an ankle injury.

Ramón Jesurún had charges of battering a security guard at the Copa America final dropped more than a month after the Colombian soccer federation president and his son were arrested at the match where hundreds of fans forced their way into Hard Rock Stadium.

A year after becoming a Grand Slam champion, Coco Gauff is teaming up with the “Breakfast of Champions.”.

Lionel Messi will not play in Argentina’s next two World Cup qualifiers because of injury.

Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca has defended his decision to give midfielder Enzo Fernandez the captain’s armband for the team’s opening game of the season despite the Argentina international being filmed singing a racist chant this offseason.

A federal prosecutor in Argentina has formally charged former President Alberto Fernández with committing violence against former first lady Fabiola Yáñez.

Throughout decades of political change in Argentina, the annual Aug. 7 pilgrimage to St. Cayetano Sanctuary has served as a potent, and grim, reminder that in Argentina, economic despair remains a constant.

The head of Argentina’s soccer federation says the chaotic ending to its Olympic soccer match against Morocco “makes no sense,” and Argentina’s coach called the scene “a scandal.”.

Stunning goals from Alexandre Lacazette and Michael Olise helped France to a 3-0 victory over the United States in the Olympic men’s soccer tournament.

Morocco fans crashed the pitch to protest a late goal by Argentina at the opening match of the Paris Olympics men’s soccer tournament.

Uzbekistan lost the match but won over the crowd as competition at the Paris Olympics officially began with soccer matches in Paris and Saint-Etienne.

The first lawsuits have been filed in connection with last weekend's melees that broke out when fans without tickets forced their way into the Copa America soccer final at South Florida's Hard Rock Stadium.

Argentina is confirmed as the world’s No. 1 team in the FIFA men’s rankings.

Lionel Messi is facing calls to apologize for racist chants made by Argentina players after they won the Copa America on Sunday.

The French soccer federation has pledged to file a complaint with FIFA over “racist and discriminatory remarks” by Argentina players in post-match chants about France’s team after their Copa America title win.

Argentines taking to the streets to revel in their Copa América triumph inhabit a very different place now than they did 19 months ago, when their World Cup victory sent millions surging into the same Buenos Aires square in a howl of collective celebration.

Lionel Messi’s night ended early during the Copa America final when he emotionally exited the field in the 64th minute with an apparent leg injury on Sunday night.

Fans appeared to breach the security gates at Hard Rock Stadium hours before the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia.

Argentine prosecutors say they have charged two French rugby players with aggravated sexual assault, the latest development in the case of a woman who said she was repeatedly raped by the athletes after they took her back to their hotel room and prevented her from leaving.

Sports fans are getting ready for a Super Sunday.

Argentine authorities have transferred two French rugby players under police guard from Buenos Aires to the western city of Mendoza, where they are expected to appear in court on suspicion of aggravated sexual assault.

Lionel Messi plans to keep playing for Argentina beyond Sunday’s Copa America final.

The most notable thing about the annual Mercosur summit kicking off in Paraguay is an absence — that of Argentine President Javier Milei.

Lionel Messi hopes a leg injury sustained during Argentina’s 1-0 Copa America win over Chile is “nothing serious”.

CONCACAF says it will investigate racist messages directed at Canadian soccer player Moïse Bombito on social media after he made a tackle on Lionel Messi during a 2-0 Copa America loss to Argentina on Thursday.

Lionel Messi could miss as many as six games with Inter Miami if Argentina wins its way to the Copa America final.

Scientists are trying to determine why bird flu kills some animals quickly but leads to mild illnesses in others.

Lionel Messi is undoubtedly the face of this year’s Copa America.

Angel Di Maria scored as Lionel Messi returned to the international stage for the first time in six months, helping Argentina to a 1-0 victory over Ecuador in a Copa America warmup match.

Agustín Canapino is taking a leave of absence from IndyCar racing after he disputed Theo Pourchaire's claim that Argentine fans had issued death threats to the rival driver this week.

The auction of a trophy awarded to the late Diego Maradona that was planned this week has been postponed amid a judicial investigation looking into the possible resale of stolen goods.

A French court has ruled the auction of a trophy that was awarded to the late Diego Maradona after the 1986 World Cup can go ahead as planned despite opposition from his heirs.

A 60-year-old Argentine woman has watched her dreams to become the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant.

Even before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid, Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has stirred controversy, accusing the socialist government of bringing “poverty and death” to Spain and weighing in on corruption allegations against the prime minister’s wife.

Commuters in Buenos Aires are being hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares.

Government data in Argentina says the country’s monthly inflation rate has eased sharply to a single-digit rate in April for the first time in half a year.

Diego Maradona’s heirs want to stop the auction of a trophy he was awarded after the 1986 World Cup won by Argentina.

The International Monetary Fund, Argentina’s biggest creditor, has agreed to release the next tranche of loans due under a bailout program.

Authorities in Argentina say at least 90 people were injured in Buenos Aires when a passenger train struck an empty box car on the tracks and derailed.

Prices in Argentina have surged so dramatically in recent months that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest bank note by five — to 10,000 pesos, worth about $10.

Rafael Nadal’s body has withstood its toughest test yet at this Madrid Open.

Argentina has requested to join NATO as a global partner, a status that would clear the way for greater political and security cooperation at a time when the right-wing government of President Javier Milei aims to boost ties with Western powers and attract investment.

A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters outraged over President Javier Milei’s deep cuts to state spending has escalated, as protesters blocking the capital’s key thoroughfare were forcibly dispersed and eight of the movement’s participants arrested.

Argentina says that it had cut 15,000 state jobs as part of President Javier Milei’s aggressive campaign to slash spending.

Judges overseeing a high-profile human rights trial in Argentina have convicted 11 former officials of crimes against humanity.

A summary of the top storylines in the sport of field hockey that have taken place since the Tokyo Olympics, focusing on the biggest personalities looking ahead to the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Claudia Poblete and Pedro Alejandro Sandoval are two of the 133 “recovered grandchildren” of Argentina.