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FILE – Liberal Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin speaks to journalists in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, after submitting documents to Russia's Central Election Committee for the March 17 presidential election. Thousands of people across Russia are signing petitions to support Nadezhdin’s the longshot candidacy as he challenges President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Putin opponent offers hope to thousands, although few expect him to win Russian election
Thousands of people across Russia are signing petitions to support the longshot candidacy of Boris Nadezhdin. This is a rare sign of protest, defiance and optimism in a country that has seen a … more
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A car sits along a flooded road during a rain storm Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in San Diego. Heavy rainfall around the U.S. on Monday prompted first responders in Texas to conduct water rescues and officials in California to issue evacuation warnings over potential mudslides in parts of Los Angeles County. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
AP Week in Pictures: North America
Jan. 19-25, 2024 The roof of a car peeks out from the surface of floodwaters in California, Marine One kicks up snow as it lands at the White House in Washington and fog surrounds New York's … more
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An American-Palestinian teen who was killed by Israeli fire last week was struck by shots fired into the back of a pickup truck he was driving at the time, according to a witness, who said the shooting was unprovoked. (Jan. 24) (AP video by Imad Issied and Production by Jalal Bwaitel)
Witness to fatal shooting of an American-Palestinian teen in the West Bank says it was unprovoked
The passenger in a pickup truck where an American-Palestinian was fatally shot in the West Bank says the shooting was unprovoked. Sixteen-year-old Mohammed Salameh tells The Associated Press that … more
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CORRECTS DETAILS OF DEATH Relatives mourn 17-year-old American Tawfiq Ajaq at his funeral in his family’s Palestinian home village in Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, West Bank, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024. Ajaq was killed Friday by Israeli fire and police say they have launched an investigation. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Father of American teen killed in West Bank by Israeli fire rails against US support for Israel
The father of an American teen killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank has railed against Washington’s military support for Israel. He spoke as hundreds of mourners buried the 17-year-old … more
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A crew member analyzes data on a monitor aboard a French military AWACS surveillance plane as it flies a 10-hour mission Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, to eastern Romania for the NATO military alliance. With a powerful radar that rotates six times a minute on top of the planes, AWACS can detect targets over hundreds of kilometers (miles). One AWACS can surveil an area the size of Poland; three can cover all of central Europe, NATO says. (AP Photo/John Leicester)
With 'God's-eye view,' secretive surveillance flights keep close watch on Russia and Ukraine
Circling around and around high in the skies of eastern Europe, secretive surveillance flights for NATO closely watch Russian activity along the military alliance's eastern flank. NATO policing of … more
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FILE - Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, known as PVV, casts his ballot in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Voters across the Netherlands have veered far to the right politically. The shift has been triggered by economic and cultural anxieties that have whipped up fears about immigrants. It's an extreme example of a trend being felt across the continent that could tilt the outcome of this year's European Union parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Mike Corder, File)
A quiet Dutch village holds clues as European politics veer to the right
Voters across the Netherlands have veered far to the right politically. The shift has been triggered by economic and cultural anxieties that have whipped up fears about immigrants. It’s an extreme … more
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FILE - Geert Wilders, leader of the Party for Freedom, known as PVV, casts his ballot in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. Voters across the Netherlands have veered far to the right politically. The shift has been triggered by economic and cultural anxieties that have whipped up fears about immigrants. It's an extreme example of a trend being felt across the continent that could tilt the outcome of this year's European Union parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Mike Corder, File)
A quiet Dutch village holds clues as European politics veer to the right
Voters across the Netherlands have veered far to the right politically. The shift has been triggered by economic and cultural anxieties that have whipped up fears about immigrants. It’s an extreme … more
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FILE - Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco looks on during a baseball game on Aug. 13, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Franco was arrested Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in the Dominican Republic after being interviewed by prosecutors investigating him for an alleged relationship with a minor, according to an official in the Puerto Plata province prosecutor's office. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Rays shortstop Wander Franco faces lesser charge as judge analyzes evidence in ongoing probe
Wander Franco is facing a lesser charge after a judge in the Dominican Republic analyzed evidence that alleges the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl and paid her … more
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on during a press conference with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, during Blinken's week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East, in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
Blinken brings US push on post-war Gaza planning and stopping conflict to UAE and Saudi Arabia
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his third day of meetings on an urgent Mideast diplomatic mission to prevent Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza from exploding into a broader … more
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FILE - Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco looks on during a baseball game on Aug. 13, 2023, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Franco was arrested Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, in the Dominican Republic after being interviewed by prosecutors investigating him for an alleged relationship with a minor, according to an official in the Puerto Plata province prosecutor's office. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
Prosecutors file evidence against Rays shortstop Wander Franco in Dominican Republic probe
Dominican prosecutors investigating Wander Franco amid allegations that the Tampa Bay Rays shortstop had a relationship with a minor have delivered evidence to a judge in the Dominican Republic. The … more
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In this photo taken from video released by Russia Emergency Situations Ministry telegram channel on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023, firefighters extinguish burning cars after shelling in Belgorod, Russia. Russian officials have accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the Russian border city of Belgorod. Two children were killed in Saturday's attack, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said in a statement on social media. He also said that an unspecified number of people had been injured. (Russia Emergency Situations Ministry telegram channel via AP)
Ukraine trains its sights on Russian border region, seeking to stir up discontent
The Russian military says it shot down 12 Ukrainian missiles over Russia’s southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine. Kyiv’s forces are seeking to embarrass Russian President Vladimir Putin and … more
FILE - Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone, left, and misoprostol, right, are shown, Sept. 22, 2010, at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa. Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, according to new research published Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in JAMA Internal Medicine, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
US women are stocking up on abortion pills, especially when there is news about restrictions
New research shows thousands of women in the U.S. have stocked up on abortion pills just in case they need them. The demand peaks when court decisions might threaten access to the medications. The … more
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Rosa Hernández shows a photo of her late daughter Rosaura Almonte in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Hernández asked for an exception for her daughter to get an abortion in order to use chemotherapy as her leukemia treatment, but was denied because that would put the fetus at risk of death in the Dominican Republic where abortion is criminalized without exceptions. Both her daughter and daughter's 13-week-old fetus died in 2012. (AP Photo/Ricardo Hernandez)
What does a total abortion ban look like in Dominican Republic?
In Latin America, only Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic maintain total abortion bans. Decriminalization, though, seems unlikely for Dominican women. Their country keeps an … more
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Colorado mother suspected of killing her 2 children and wounding a third arrested in United Kingdom
A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her young children and injuring a third is under arrest in the United Kingdom. Kimberlee Singler’s 9-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son were found … more
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Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik uses his phone prior to the start an interview with the Associated Press, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Bosnian Serb separatist leader wowed to carry on weakening his multiethnic, war-scarred country to the point where it will tear apart, despite the pledge by the United States to prevent such an outcome. "I am not irrational, I know that America's response will be to use force…but I have no reason to be frightened by that (realization) into sacrificing (Serb) national interests," Milorad Dodik, the president of Bosnia's Serb-run part, told The Associated Press in an interview Friday. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)
Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik vows to tear his country apart despite US warnings
The Bosnian Serbs’ separatist leader is vowing to keep weakening his war-scarred country until it tears apart, despite a pledge by the United States to prevent that. Over 100,000 died in the … more
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At least 5 US-funded projects in Gaza are damaged or destroyed, but most are spared
The United States has spent more than $7 billion on humanitarian aid and building infrastructure in the Palestinian territories in recent decades, while sending more than $3 billion a year to Israel … more
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Ukrainian servicemen walk through a charred forest at the frontline a few kilometers from Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)
Ukraine ends year disappointed by stalemate with Russia, and anxious about aid from allies
The year started with high hopes for Ukrainian troops planning a counteroffensive against Russia. It ended with a disappointing stalemate on the battlefield, and anxiety about the future of Western … more
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A penguin's colony is visible near Bransfield Strait shore, Antarctica, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
AP PHOTOS: On Antarctica's ice and in its seas, penguins in a warming world
KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — When U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Antarctica in November to highlight a planet in peril to set the stage for global climate talks in Dubai, … more
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Coast guard officers salute during ceremonies for the inauguration of their new building at the Philippine-occupied Thitu island, locally called Pag-asa island, on Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, at the disputed South China Sea. The Philippine coast guard inaugurated a new monitoring base Friday on a remote island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea as Manila ramps up efforts to counter China's increasingly aggressive actions in the strategic waterway. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Philippines opens a coast guard surveillance base in the South China Sea to watch Chinese vessels
The Philippine coast guard has opened a new surveillance base on a remote island occupied by Filipino forces in the disputed South China Sea as Manila ramps up efforts to counter China’s … more
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Young Sikhs light candles at the illuminated Golden Temple, Sikhs holiest shrine, early morning to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the first Sikh Guru and the founder of Sikhism, in Amritsar, India, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
AP Week in Pictures: Global | Nov. 24 - Nov. 30, 2023
NOVEMBER 24 - 30, 2023 From young Sikhs lighting candles at the illuminated Golden Temple in India, to a Christmas Market in Frankfurt, to demonstrations on the International Day for the … more
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