11 hours ago

Pope slams world's indifference to migrants while visiting onetime 'dock of shame' in Canary Islands

ARGUINEGUÍN, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV traveled to a once-notorious epicenter of the European migration debate on Thursday, challenging countries to uphold migrants’ rights while shaming those leaders, including Christians, who turn them away with indifference.

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Courthouse glimpse of prominent Gaza doctor renews calls for his release from Israeli detention

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court was weighing whether to extend the detention of a prominent Palestinian doctor who was seized by Israeli forces 17 months ago in Gaza and appeared via video conference before the judges to challenge his imprisonment.

9 hours ago

A fire on the Spanish island of Mallorca kills 2 people and injures several

MADRID (AP) — A fire that broke out early Thursday at a home in a tourist area on the Spanish island of Mallorca killed two people and injured several others, authorities said.

20 hours ago

Saudi Arabia lifts 5-year ban on Lebanese imports, marking a thaw in Gulf-Lebanon ties

BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday the end of a ban it imposed on Lebanese imports five years ago, marking a major step in attempts to rebuild relations between Lebanon and Gulf countries.

15 hours ago

The Latest: Iran and US exchange fire for second day as hostilities escalate in Mideast region

Iran retaliated against U.S. air and cruise missile strikes as hostilities escalated Thursday with attacks against Kuwait and Bahrain in renewed fighting after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would “pay the price” for stalled negotiations.

8 hours ago

A mass funeral is held for 22 Pakistani soldiers who died in a helicopter crash in Kashmir

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers recovered the remains of all 22 soldiers aboard a military helicopter that crashed in Pakistan-administered Kashmir the previous day, officials said Thursday, confirming there were no survivors, as senior government and military officials attended a mass funeral for the victims.

1 day ago

Deadly Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan end a month of calm

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Pakistan launched deadly new airstrikes on Afghanistan early Wednesday, ending a month of calm following what Islamabad previously described as “open war” between the neighbors that has defied international efforts to bring a lasting peace.

1 day ago

Colombian President Gustavo Petro defends use of ‘Heil Hitler’

Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who severed relations with Israel in 2024, faced criticism over his recent use of “Heil Hitler” on X.

1 day ago

UN nuclear watchdog board demands urgent Iran cooperation and access to nuclear sites

VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog's board on Wednesday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency, provide complete information about its stockpile of near weapons-grade nuclear material and grant its inspectors access to Iranian nuclear sites.

1 day ago

Mass shooting leaves 12 dead and at least 9 hurt in an impoverished South Africa community

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An armed gang opened fire in a poor neighborhood in South Africa’s biggest city, killing 12 people and wounding at least nine, before fleeing in a minibus, police said Wednesday.

1 day ago

A Thai woman is in custody after an American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar

BANGKOK (AP) — An American diplomat was found dead in Myanmar's largest city, the U.S. State Department said, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has been detained by police in connection with the investigation.

1 day ago

Pakistan army helicopter crashes in Kashmir because of technical fault, killing all on board

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani army MI-17 helicopter crashed because of a technical fault in Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, killing all military personnel on board, the military said. The military didn't immediately disclose how many people were aboard the helicopter.

1 day ago

Hong Kong charges 7 people and 2 firms over massive fire that killed 168

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday charged seven people and two building companies with offenses including manslaughter and conspiracy to defraud over the city's deadliest fire in decades.

1 day ago

Insider tour of the Sagrada Familia reveals 5 divine enigmas and hidden treasures

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Sagrada Familia basilica features sandcastle-like spires, stone carved to look like lush flora, a kaleidoscopic interior and a trove of treasures, some hiding in plain sight. Even regular worshippers at Barcelona’s world-famous landmark find themselves dumbstruck with wonder.

2 days ago

UK leaders call for calm as protests break out after Belfast street stabbing

LONDON (AP) — U.K. leaders called for calm Tuesday after the arrest of a Sudanese man accused of trying to kill a man in a vicious stabbing on a Belfast street sparked fiery anti-immigration protests because the suspect is an asylum seeker.

1 day ago

Israel is tightening its grip on east Jerusalem with evictions and demolitions

JERUSALEM (AP) — Fakhri Abu Diab fought for decades to save his home. But when Israeli authorities arrived with bulldozers two years ago, he was powerless to stop them.

1 day ago

Aftershocks complicate Philippine recovery from quake that killed 45 and displaced thousands

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of rescuers in hard hats scrambled out of a partially collapsed grocery in a southern Philippine city Wednesday as it was rattled by an aftershock from a powerful earthquake that left at least 45 people dead and 17 others missing in the region.

2 days ago

AP Interview: Albania's leader defends Kushner-linked luxury development

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama is vowing to press ahead with a luxury development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump ’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, despite a surge in protests against it there.

1 day ago

Nigeria’s conflict-hit Borno state battles cholera outbreak that has killed 74

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — A cholera outbreak in northeastern Nigeria has killed 74 people and infected more than 7,000 others since it started in early May, medical charity Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday.

2 days ago

Could another earthquake in the Gulf hit? Here’s the aftershock forecast

A rare magnitude 6.1 earthquake near western Cuba that was felt across parts of Florida on Monday could be followed by aftershocks in the days and weeks ahead, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

2 days ago

Afghanistan: Taliban open fire during protest over arrests of women for dress code violation

Afghan authorities cracked down on a protest in western Afghanistan Tuesday against the arrest and detention of more than a dozen women over dress code violations, with eyewitnesses saying police opened fire, leaving at least three people injured.

2 days ago

Ukraine is ready to share drone technology with Nordic and Baltic countries, Zelenskyy says

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Nordic and Baltic leaders who were in Estonia for a regional summit Tuesday, a visit that comes amid friction over Ukrainian drones straying into the region in recent months.

2 days ago

Congo's Ebola outbreak rises to over 100 deaths out of 550 cases as conflict slows response

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — More than 100 people have died from Ebola less than a month after authorities declared an outbreak of the disease in eastern Congo, a grim toll as officials intensify efforts to slow the disease discovered weeks late.

2 days ago

Israel's Arabic-language military spokesperson has gone viral, inspiring fear and fascination

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — For over 2 1/2 years, hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza and Lebanon have lived in dread of Avichay Adraee’s next social media post.

2 days ago

A digital reckoning against smartphones in schools has spread to Sweden

MALMÖ, Sweden (AP) — Long championed as a leader in adopting digital technology, Sweden is set to ban mobile phones in schools beginning in the fall for the next academic year as part of a broad, international reversal on the use of screens in classrooms.

2 days ago

Survivors share experiences and lessons from Congo’s 2018 Ebola outbreak

BENI, Congo (AP) — The memories come flooding back whenever Vianney Kambale Kombi hears the word Ebola.

2 days ago

Italian commuters find a moment of peace on a cable-guided ferry sketched by Leonardo da Vinci

IMBERSAGO, Italy (AP) — The ferry glides from one bank of northern Italy's Adda River to the other, guided by a cable and pulled by currents, offering harried commuters five minutes of serenity and an alternate route now that a bridge closure has backed up traffic.

2 days ago

Pope Leo will tap into the Sagrada Familia's allure while honoring Catalonia's holy mountain

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will bridge 1,000 years of church history Wednesday, visiting a medieval monastery on a mountaintop that local Catholics consider sacred and then celebrating Mass at Barcelona's famous Sagrada Familia Basilica.

In a California Chinese enclave, a mayor's guilty plea stokes fears of Beijing's influence

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In 2024, voters in the Southern California city of Arcadia elected the first all-Asian city council in the city's history.

3 days ago

Ukrainian strikes set off fires at oil facilities in Russia and Crimea

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces struck oil facilities in Russia and occupied Ukraine, Ukrainian and Russian officials said Monday, as part of their campaign to make Moscow pay an economic cost for the war.

3 days ago

Xi and Kim express hopes for greater ties between China and North Korea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscored their commitment to deepen cooperation in a closely watched summit on Monday, as Xi made a rare visit to Pyongyang in a likely attempt to reassert Beijing’s unique influence over its socialist neighbor.

2 days ago

ICC chief prosecutor suspended pending decision by oversight body on sexual misconduct allegations

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In an unprecedented move, the embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court was suspended from his duties late Monday, after the court’s oversight body referred British barrister Karim Khan for disciplinary proceedings.

3 days ago

A 7.8 magnitude quake in the Philippines kills at least 35, collapses buildings and sparks tsunami

DAVAO, Philippines (AP) — An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 35 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in ruined buildings and sending a 1-meter (3-foot) tsunami into nearby coasts.

2 days ago

After morning of sirens, Israelis fall back into well-worn war routines

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As Israel and Iran traded fire on Monday in the most serious escalation since a shaky ceasefire in April, war-weary Israelis fell back on familiar routines from the last round of war with a sense of resignation and apathy. In the morning, they ran for shelter as missile alerts blared. Afterward, some stayed home and while others ran errands or took their kids to the park, seeking to maintain some normalcy.

3 days ago

Fujimori and nationalist Sánchez virtually tied as vote count continues in Peru

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A razor-thin presidential runoff left Peruvians without a clear winner Monday, with conservative politician Keiko Fujimori and nationalist congressman Roberto Sánchez virtually tied.

2 days ago

6.1-magnitude earthquake strikes near Cuba; reports of light shaking in South Florida

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck Monday afternoon about 65 miles from Mantua, Cuba.