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Police stand in front of the Court of Appeal in Wellington, New Zealand.

New Zealand restricts the spread of a reviled killer’s views by hampering his attempts to gain fame

New Zealand's Court of Appeal finished hearing an appeal from the Christchurch mosque gunman.
FILE – Corals grow off Efate Island, Vanuatu, Saturday, July 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag, File)

Trump administration urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal

It is the latest move by the Trump administration to distance the U.S. from climate...
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. arrives before a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

US lawmakers limp to global security summit trailed by political crises at home

House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled an official delegation of roughly two dozen House members who...
U.S. charge d’affaires Laura Dogu, left and Venezuelan diplomat Felix Plasencia stand by the arrival of medical supplies donated from the United States at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, Venezuela, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Arraez)

A US shipment of medicine to Venezuela signals a new era of cooperation

The shipment contained 6 metric tons of supply.
The moon moves in front of the sun during an annular solar eclipse.

A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse will dazzle people and penguins in Antarctica

The first solar eclipse of the year nears, but very few people will see it.
A humanoid robot wearing a traditional headdress is displayed during a media preview of a robotic temple fair ahead of Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

People — and robots — are getting ready to celebrate the Lunar New Year in China

China is scaling up efforts to develop better robots that can perform different activities.
Montserrat Fuentes, left, speaks with a fellow sex worker on Calzada de Tlalpan where she has worked for 20 years and the city is building a bike lane that blocks cars from pulling over and closes the metro at night, in Mexico City, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

World Cup means slashed wages and displacement for some workers in Mexico City

Many fear “social cleansing,” in which cities push informal workers aside to impress visitors.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, the group chairman and CEO of Dubai-backed port operator DP World.

Logistics giant DP World replaces chairman named in Jeffrey Epstein documents

Documents show years of messages between DP World head Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem and Epstein.
Iraqi security forces lead suspected Islamic State militants for questioning, after they were transferred from Syria to Iraq, at Al-Karkh Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

US military completes transfer of 5,700 IS detainees from Syria to Iraq

U.S. commanders say the operation reduces the risk of an IS resurgence.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius talk during their visit of drone producing company Quantum Frontline Industries near Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP)

A new round of US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine is set for Geneva next week

Earlier, U.S.-led peace efforts in Abu Dhabi, in the United Arab Emirates, failed to settle...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz shake hands in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026, at the the Munich Security Conference. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Europe hopes to repair trans-Atlantic trust as Rubio attends key security conference

Last year’s gathering set the tone for growing differences between Trump and Europe.
Residents hug as they place flowers at a memorial for the victims of Tuesday’s mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Remote community grieves the 8 killed in Canada’s deadliest attack in years

The remote Canadian community of Tumbler Ridge is mourning.
In this photo released on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Deaths in Iran’s crackdown on protests reach at least 7,000, activists say

The U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency offered the latest figures Thursday.
People walk at a ruined city market following a Russia’s attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Shtekel)

Russia fires barrage at Ukrainian cities as next round of US-brokered talks is unclear

Officials report injuries, damaged homes and major heating outages in the Ukrainian capital.
A man walks his dog along Havana Bay where the Mexican Navy ship Papaloapan arrives in Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

2 Mexican Navy ships laden with humanitarian aid dock in Cuba as US blockade sparks energy crisis

Trump has threatened tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba.
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrive for the EU summit at Alden Biesen Castle in Bilzen-Hoeselt, Belgium, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Francois Walschaerts)

EU leaders meet to counter pressure from Russia, China and Trump

German and Italian leaders are pushing deregulation, rebooted ties with Washington and more trade deals.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, looks on ahead of a group photo at the Heads of states dinner, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, Pool)

Europe warily awaits Rubio at Munich Security Conference as Trump roils transatlantic ties

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, second left, introduces United States Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby, center, to military staff during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defense Ministers Session at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

US allies at NATO focus on Europe as the Trump administration steps back

European allies are putting on a brave face as the U.S. steps back from leadership...
FILE – A WhatsApp icon is displayed on an iPhone, Nov. 15, 2018, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

WhatsApp says Russia has tried to fully block the messaging app

Russia has already blocked major platforms like Facebook since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The al-Tanf military outpost in southern Syria is seen on Oct. 22, 2018.

Syria says its forces have taken over al-Tanf base after a handover from the US

Syria’s Defense Ministry says the handover happened in coordination with U.S. troops.
This grab from video shows students exiting the Tumbler Ridge school after deadly shootings, in British Columbia, Canada, Tuesday Feb. 10, 2026. (Jordon Kosik via AP)

Police identify suspect in Canada school shooting as 18-year-old

Authorities shared Jesse Van Rootselaar's name at a news conference Wednesday.
FILE – Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, looks round as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

High-profile resignations and replacements as Epstein case fallout spreads

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein saga is rippling through Europe.
FILE – Gisele Pelicot leaves the courthouse for a break during the appeals trial in the case of a man challenging his conviction, less than a year after the landmark verdict in a drugging and rape trial that shook France, on Oct. 9, 2025 in Nimes, southern France. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)

Gisèle Pelicot publicly recounts harrowing discovery of her husband’s rape crimes

“A Hymn to Life, Shame Has to Change Sides,” recounts the horror she discovered.
Firefighters battle wildfires in Los Alerces National Park, Argentina, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Study finds climate change set the stage for devastating wildfires in Argentina and Chile

The probability of wildfires will only increase as humans continue to burn fossil fuels.
FILE – Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks as White House chief of staff Susie Wiles listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump and oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright visits Venezuela to assess oil industry overhaul

Wright arrives as the Trump administration lifts sanctions so foreign companies can operate there.
FILE – This photo taken from a video distributed on Dec. 9, 2020 by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows a rocket launch as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test at the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russia says it will stick to New START’s nuclear arms limits as long as the US does

Russia's Foreign Minister says Moscow will respect the treaty's limits if the U.S. observes them...
This grab from video shows students exiting the Tumbler Ridge school after deadly shootings, in British Columbia, Canada

Shooter in Canada kills 9 people and injures 25 others at a school and home

The motive remains unclear as investigations continue.
FILE – General view of the city of Grenoble, southeastern France, Sunday, July 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

French prosecutor searches for victims after a man is accused of abusing 89 minors over 55 years

Jacques Leveugle has been under investigation since February 2024.
A government supporter holds an image of former President Nicolás Maduro during a march calling for his release and of his wife Cilia Flores, a month after U.S. forces captured them, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Close Maduro ally pardoned by Biden once again a target of US criminal investigation

Alex Saab is under scrutiny again for his involvement in Venezuela's CLAP program.
A Palestinian laborer who works inside a West Bank Israeli industrial zone maintains the garden at his house, in the West Bank city of Jericho, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli minister calls West Bank measures ‘de facto sovereignty,’ says no future Palestinian state

The measures ease land sales to Israeli Jews and reviving a committee for land purchases.
FILE – A government supporter holds a sign with a message that reads in Spanish: “In unity against corruption”, during a rally against corruption, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Survey says democracies’ anti-corruption efforts are slipping and raises concern about the US

The U.S. scored its worst yet under the current methodology.
FILE – President Donald Trump answers a question from a reporter at the end of a news conference with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

Netanyahu wants Trump to demand more from Iran. The leaders will meet this week

Israel has long called for Iran to cease all uranium enrichment.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russia can’t attack NATO this year but plans to boost its own forces, an intelligence chief says

Russia continues to bombard Ukraine during U.S. efforts to end the war.
FILE – Democracy advocate Jimmy Lai leaves the Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong on Feb. 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

China critic and former media tycoon Jimmy Lai is sentenced to 20 years in a Hong Kong security case

His daughter Claire says the sentence means he will “die a martyr behind bars."
FILE – Smoke rises after a fire broke out at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong’s New Territories, Nov. 26 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei, File)

Hong Kong fire victims long for home as Lunar New Year stirs painful memories

The Lunar New Year is stirring recent memories of celebrating in the burnt complex.
A Turkish Airlines plane takes off alongside an American Airlines plane at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba says airlines can no longer refuel on the island as US blockade deepens energy crisis

The rationing presents a significant challenge for long-haul routes from countries like Russia and Canada.
Opposition leader Juan Pablo Guanipa records a video message to supporters after his release from prison in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

Venezuela’s top prosecutor orders the arrest of opposition leader’s ally, hours after his release

The statement did not say whether Juan Pablo Guanipa was rearrested, or give indication of...
FILE – Air Canada aircraft sit parked at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, British Columbia, Aug. 18, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP, file)

Air Canada suspends flights to Cuba because of aviation fuel shortage

The Cuban government announced aviation fuel would not be available at Cuban airports starting Tuesday.
FILE – The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Sept. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FIle)

US military boards sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after pursuit from the Caribbean

The Pentagon didn't say whether the ship was connected to Venezuela.
FILE – Norway’s Ambassador to the United Nations Mona Juul address a U.N. Security Council meeting on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Friday Feb. 25, 2022 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Norwegian ambassador resigns as she faces scrutiny over contacts with Epstein

The ministry announced Mona Juul’s resignation on Sunday evening.
FILE – Britain’s Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, looks round as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Palace says King Charles III will support police assessing former Prince Andrew’s Epstein links

The statement came after police said they were examining reports that the former prince.
FILE – An Icebreaker makes the path for a cargo ship with an iceberg in the background near a port on the Alexandra Land island near Nagurskoye, Russia, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

In the Arctic, the major climate threat of black carbon is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions

Black carbon absorbs sunlight and speeds up melting.
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks with members of the audience after delivering a speech at Horntye Park Sports Complex in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

British PM fights to keep his job after revelations about former ambassador’s ties to Epstein

Starmer never met Epstein and has not been implicated in his sexual misconduct.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hold a joint press conference, in Yerevan, Armenia, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)

Vance is in Armenia, a country no sitting US president or vice president has visited before

Vance is in Armenia to advance a deal aimed at ending conflict between Armenia and...
FILE – From left, Norway’s Princess Ingrid Alexandra, left, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit on their way to a gala dinner at the Palace in Oslo, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Fredrik Varfjell/NTB via AP, File)

Norwegian crown princess apologizes to royals and all ‘disappointed’ by her Epstein contacts

The Epstein files contained several hundred mentions of the crown princess.
Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, foreground center, helps raise the Canadian flag at the new Canadian consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, on Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada and France open consulates in Greenland following tensions over US push for control

The pair showed support for NATO ally Denmark and the Arctic island.
Entertainers perform during the Olympic opening ceremony at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Milan Cortina Winter Olympics kicks off with a four-site, two-cauldron opening ceremony

This is the most spread-out Olympics — Summer or Winter — in history, with competition...
TOPSHOT – Police officers walk past a high-rise residential building, the scene of an assassination attempt on Russian Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, in Moscow on February 6, 2026. A Russian general was shot in an apartment building in Moscow on Friday morning and rushed to hospital, officials said, in the latest apparent assassination attempt of a top Russian military figure. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP via Getty Images)

A deputy chief of Russia’s military intelligence service is shot and wounded in Moscow

Vladimir Alekseyev served as the first deputy head of Russia’s military intelligence since 2011.
FILE – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, right, with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a state visit at Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, file)

Facing high Trump tariffs, Africa’s leading economy says it’s close to a new trade deal with China

Africa’s leading economy is looking for other trade options.
FILE – U.S. Marine Corp Major Joshua Mast, center, talks with his attorneys during a break in the hearing of an ongoing custody battle over an Afghan orphan, March 30, 2023, at the Circuit Courthouse in Charlottesville, Va. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

The US said a Marine could not adopt an Afghan girl. Records show officials helped him get her

High-ranking military and government officials took extraordinary steps to help him.
FILE – The icon for the TikTok video sharing app is seen on a smartphone in Marple Township, Pa., Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

EU accuses TikTok of ‘addictive design’ that harms children, seeks changes to protect users

The European Commission believes TikTok should change its service's basic design.
In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, center, heads to venue for talks between Iran and the U.S., in Muscat, Oman, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Iran and US hold indirect talks in Oman. America’s military leader in the Mideast joins the talks

Trump has threatened to use force to compel Iran into a deal.
Pakistani security officers and rescue worker gather at the site of a bomb explosion at a Shiite mosque, in Islamabad, Pakistan

Suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque on Islamabad’s outskirts kills at least 31 and wounds scores

Police say the attack happened during Friday prayers and an investigation is underway.
This photo taken from a video distributed on Dec. 9, 2020 by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows a rocket launch as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test at the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia

Kremlin says Russia and US agree that quick nuclear arms are talks needed

The New START treaty terminated Thursday.
Minorkys Hoyos Ruiz lights coals to cook dinner during a scheduled blackout to ration energy in Santa Cruz del Norte, home to one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric plants, late afternoon Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

US announces $6M in aid for Cuba as island’s leader accuses it of imposing an ‘energy blockade’

The aid is largely meant for those affected by Hurricane Melissa last year.
Javier Milei, President of Argentina, listens to speeches after the signing of a Board of Peace charter during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Argentina and US sign a major trade deal to slash tariffs and boost a political alliance

It reflects the close alliance between the radical libertarian and President Donald Trump.
Opposition leader Andrés Velásquez sits at his office in Caracas

A glimmer of hope for democracy in Venezuela as opponents test the limits of free speech

A number of prominent critics have started to emerge from hiding to test the limits...
Public school students and teachers wear mandatory face masks amid a measles outbreak, during a ceremony at their school in Guadalajara, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Measles outbreak in Mexico prompts health alert in World Cup host Jalisco

Scientists say rising outbreaks across the hemisphere are linked to declining vaccination rates.
Women use a cell phone flashlight as they chat through a window during a scheduled power outage as part of energy rationing in Santa Cruz del Norte, home to one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric plants, late Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cubans rendered powerless as outages persist and tensions with US escalate

Many have been forced to cook with coal and firewood.
Palestinians mourn over the bodies of men who were killed in an Israeli military strike, during their funeral at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Gaza ceasefire began months ago. Here’s why the fighting persists

At least 556 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since the truce started.
FILE – U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), Volker Turk, speaks during a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 26, 2025. (AP Photo, File)

UN human rights chief warns of impunity for perpetrators as he seeks extra funds

Funding cuts last year affected work in 17 countries, including Colombia and Myanmar.
FILE – People fill water containers at a free distribution point due to water outages in Khartoum, Sudan, on Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali, File)

Famine is threatening more of war-torn Sudan’s Darfur region as an attack in the south kills 22

The war in Sudan triggered what the UN calls the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.`
FILE – This photo taken from a video distributed on Dec. 9, 2020 by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, shows a rocket launch as part of a ground-based intercontinental ballistic missile test at the Plesetsk facility in northwestern Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Russia says it regrets expiration of last nuclear arms treaty but Trump says he wants a new pact

The end of the treaty would effectively lift the last remaining caps on the two...
Workers clean up damage at Darnytsia Thermal Power Plant after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

US and Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue after Ukraine talks

High-level military communication was suspended in 2021
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech at Horntye Park Sports Complex in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

UK’s Starmer didn’t know Jeffrey Epstein. But the prime minister’s job is under threat

The U.K.'s former ambassador to the U.S. had ties to Epstein revealed in latest batch...
FILE – In this March 12, 2020, file photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Argentina requests extradition of Maduro from the US on crimes against humanity charges

Judges in Argentina have aggressively pursued human rights abuse cases beyond its borders.
An elderly woman carries her bags out of a hot food distribution point during a power outage

Here’s what international law says about striking energy facilities in war

Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine itself is widely regarded as an illegal act of aggression.
Maja T., a German anti-fascist activist, accused of assaulting and injuring neo-Nazis in Budapest in Feb. 2023, who faces 24 years in prison, enters a court room in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Feb.4, 2026, at the Budapest-Capital Regional Court. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Hungarian court sentences German anti-fascist activist to 8 years for far-right rally assaults

Supporters criticize the trial's fairness and detention conditions.
FILE – Prince Andrew arrives for the funeral of the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in London, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP, file)

The former Prince Andrew moves to King Charles III’s private estate after Epstein document uproar

The 65-year-old brother of King Charles III now lives on the king’s Sandringham estate.
FILE – U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, right, shake hands at a news conference at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic,, April 8, 2010, after signing the New START treaty reducing long-range nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)

The last US-Russian nuclear pact is about to expire, ending a half-century of arms control

Many fear it could start an unconstrained nuclear arms race.
FILE – President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose ahead of their summit talk at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File

Trump and Xi discuss Iran in wide-ranging call as US presses China and others to break from Tehran

Trump said the two leaders also discussed Taiwan and his plans to visit Beijing.
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)

Iran and US agree to hold nuclear talks Friday in Oman as Trump delivers blunt warning to Khamenei

Rubio said he hoped to discuss a number of concerns beyond the nuclear issue.
Palestinian Raed al-Khabba carries his 3-month-old daughter Mira al-Khabbaz, who was killed in an Israeli military strike, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel strikes across Gaza, killing 24, including women and children

Ongoing violence has led to over 550 Palestinian deaths since the ceasefire began.
Workers clean up damage at Darnytsia Thermal Power Plant after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Russia and Ukraine envoys meet in Abu Dhabi for 2 days of US-brokered talks

Moscow continues to target Ukraine's energy infrastructure, causing widespread damage.
FILE – A Tesla model Y and other Telsla vehicles sit at a dealership, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Kennesaw, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

China to ban hidden door handles on cars starting 2027

The new requirement will take effect on Jan. 1, 2027.
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US announces military team sent to Nigeria after recent attacks

It is unclear when the team arrived in Nigeria.
Rotana al-Regeb, who was allowed into Gaza from Egypt following the long-awaited reopening of the Rafah border crossing, reunites with her children in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Women returning to Gaza say Israeli troops bound and interrogated them after Rafah crossing

They said the treatment occurred at a screening station in Israeli-controlled territory.
Casey Wasserman, Chairman of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games speaks during an IOC meeting ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Olympic officials from Africa quiz 2028 Los Angeles Summer Games leaders on visa concerns

Trump imposed a travel ban or limits on entry to people from dozens of countries.
Austin Appelbee poses for a photo in Gidgegannup, Australia, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2026, after the 13-year-old made an hourslong swim to raise an alarm after his family was swept out to sea off the Australian coast. (Briana Shepherd/ABC via AP)

13-year-old swims for hours to save family swept out to sea

Austin Appelbee swam 2.5 miles to shore after getting into difficulties with his family.
FILE – The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U.S. Department of Defense, is seen from the air, Sept. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, FIle)

US shoots down Iranian drone that ‘aggressively’ approached an aircraft carrier, military says

U.S. Central Command said the drone “aggressively approached” the aircraft carrier.
People take shelter in a metro station, being used as a bomb shelter, during a Russian drones attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Russia bombards Ukraine with drones and missiles a day before planned peace talks

Talks between Moscow and Kyiv have been described as constructive, but a settlement remains distant.
FILE – Sarah Ferguson waves the to the crowd was she attends the Easter Matins Service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

Charity founded by Sarah Ferguson shuts down after release of Epstein emails with former duchess

Sarah’s Trust said it will close for the “foreseeable future."
FILE – Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, attends the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, on Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, File)

Iran’s president seeks ‘fair and equitable’ negotiations, while US shoots down drone

The U.S. has yet to acknowledge the talks will take place.
FILE – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, left, and General Secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party To Lam talk during a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)

An internal document shows the Vietnamese military preparing for a possible American war

Despite a 2023 strategic partnership with the U.S., Vietnam remains wary of American influence.
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Seeking shelter from Trump’s fury, U.S. trade partners reach deals with each other

U.S. trade partners are cutting deals among themselves to diversify their economies away from a...
FILE – The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone, Oct. 16, 2023, in Sydney. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images and deepfakes

Alleged offenses include spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes.
FILE – Women, one flashing a victory hand gesture, cross a street under a huge banner showing hands firmly holding Iranian national flags as a sign of patriotism, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Turkey seeks to broker US-Iran talks by week’s end

Neither the U.S. nor Iran has confirmed whether they plan to take part in any...
Felix Jose Morfi stands by his solar-powered water heater system he set up on his home’s roof in Regla, Havana province, Cuba, Thursday. Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuban diplomat tells the AP there’s no dialogue with the US but the island is open to one

Trump recently imposed tariffs and called Cuba a “failing nation.”
FILE – Prince Andrew arrives for the funeral of the Duchess of Kent at Westminster Cathedral in London, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP, file)

Epstein victims want former Prince Andrew to testify before lawmakers. He’s unlikely to do so

The last time Andrew tried to answer questions about Epstein, it ended in disaster.
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon his arrival to the White House, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump plans to lower tariffs on Indian goods to 18% after India agreed to stop buying Russian oil

The move comes after Trump pressed India to cut its reliance on Russian crude.
Costa Rica’s presidential candidate Laura Fernandez prepares to cast her vote at a polling station in Cartago, Costa Rica, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Carlos Borbon)

Conservative populist Laura Fernández wins Costa Rican presidency, preliminary results show

Costa Ricans also voted for the National Assembly, with Chaves’ party expected to gain seats.
Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, left, and EU Foreign Affairs Chief Kaja Kallas talk during their meeting in Oslo, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB Scanpix via AP)

EU’s foreign policy chief says a Europe-wide army could be ‘extremely dangerous’

Talk of a European army resurfaced amid tensions within NATO over threats to seize Greenland.
Ambulances line up to enter the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing on the way to the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat)

Palestinians allowed in to Gaza and patients are evacuated to Egypt as the Rafah crossing reopens

About 20,000 children and adults needing medical care hope to leave via the crossing.
A government supporter holds an image of President Nicolas Maduro during a women’s march to demand his return in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, three days after U.S. forces captured him and his wife. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A mix of hope and fear settles over Venezuela after US-imposed government change

Venezuela remains in turmoil. Many citizens are unsure, with fears of further attacks and government...
FILE – Norway’s Marius Borg Hoiby and Crown Princess Mette-Marit in Oslo, June 16, 2022. (Lise Aserud/NTB via AP, File)

Son of Norway’s crown princess arrested on new allegations ahead of his rape trial

The arrest comes as his mother faces renewed scrutiny over her contacts with Jeffrey Epstein.
In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a serviceman poses for a photographer in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)

A Kremlin official confirms that U.S.-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week

A senior Kremlin official said Monday that negotiations will take place Wednesday and Thursday in...
Grammy trophies

China criticizes decision to award a Grammy to the Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama’s Grammy win for an audiobook, narration and storytelling has been described by...
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts during the funeral of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili, whose remains were brought back to Israel, in the southern town of Meitar on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026.(Chaim Goldberg/Pool Photo via AP)

Trump administration approves new arms sales to Israel worth $6.67 billion

The deal includes 30 Apache attack helicopters and 3,250 light tactical vehicles.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to journalists during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Arab allies urge restraint from US and Iran as Trump demands deal on nuclear program

Escalation would cause massive destabilization throughout the region and affect energy markets.
A board bearing signatures of athletes, leaders and public figures, in support of the Olympic Truce is displayed inside the Athens Olympic Museum on Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Olympic organizers invoke an ancient pledge to call for the suspension of all wars

Fighting that continued in Ukraine and elsewhere on Friday confirmed the truce’s dismal record at...
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