Children and families in Gaza are scooping muddy water from their tents and trying to protect the few belongings that remain after two years of war.
President Donald Trump is bestowing ceremonial pardons on two turkeys and then flying to his private Florida resort to celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday interlude during what has been a turbulent and uncertain chapter of his second term.
Israel says it has received human remains that Palestinian militants handed over to the Red Cross, but it is not immediately clear if they are one of three hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip.
European Union lawmakers have voted to deepen integration of the bloc’s defense industry with Ukraine as a U.S. peace plan remains in flux and Russia’s unconventional warfare operations rattle the 27-nation bloc.
Britain’s Labour Party government is set to deliver a high-stakes budget aimed at fixing public finances and boosting economic growth.
Afghanistan’s Taliban government has accused Pakistan of launching overnight strikes in three eastern provinces, killing 10 civilians.
China has launched the Shenzhou 22 spacecraft to help bring back a team of astronauts after a damaged spacecraft left them temporarily stranded on China's Tiangong space station.
The United States is making progress in efforts to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to officials speaking hours after Moscow launched overnight attacks on Kyiv, killing at least seven people.
The Trump administration plans to review all refugees admitted during the Biden years, according to a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
The United States' top military officer is visiting American troops in Puerto Rico and on a Navy warship in the region.
Fire teams in Israel rescued a teenager who was stuck dangling for seven hours from a crane hanging 36 stories high above Jerusalem.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces a crucial week of diplomacy, testing his ability to stand his ground while demonstrating to the United States that he is willing to compromise.
President Donald Trump says he will visit Beijing in April and host China’s President Xi Jinping for a state visit later next year.
The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, has said it will shutter operations.
The BBC's chairman acknowledges the broadcaster was too slow in responding to a misleading edit of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump.
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached defiance, joy and endurance in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81.
Pope Leo XIV is set to embark on his first trip abroad with a visit to Turkey, marking a key event in Catholic and Orthodox Christianity.
President Donald Trump’s administration has increased pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by designating the Cartel de los Soles as a foreign terrorist organization.
Police say two suicide bombers have attacked the headquarters of a security force in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least three officers and wounding 11 others.
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has told a judge Sunday he violated his ankle monitor due to a nervous breakdown and hallucinations.
A proposed peace plan for Ukraine led by the United States has been met with anguish by many Ukrainians, who fear a post-war amnesty for Russian forces would erase accountability for alleged atrocities.
Fifty of the 303 schoolchildren abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s Niger state have escaped and are now with their families.
Poorer nations at the Group of 20 summit in South Africa have urged world leaders to address climate action and debt issues affecting the developing world.
Israel has struck Lebanon’s capital for the first time since June, saying it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff and warning the Iran-backed militant group not to rearm and rebuild.
Pressure is increasing for the former Prince Andrew to give evidence to a U.S. congressional committee investigating the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after Britain’s prime minister suggested he should testify.
Slovenians have rejected in a referendum a law that allowed terminally ill patients to end their lives.
The Group of 20 summit in South Africa has ended with the glaring absence of the United States — the next country to lead the bloc.
President Emmanuel Macron's promise to win over far-right voters in France is faltering.
Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro is preparing to serve a 27-year sentence for attempting a coup.
President Donald Trump’s administration is promoting efforts to work with Nigeria’s government to counter violence against Christians.
Guinea-Bissau has begun counting votes as President Umaro Sissoco Embaló seeks a second term.
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a “wish list” of the Russians and not the actual U.S. plan.
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on Oct. 10.
Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of former President Jair Bolsonaro over claims he was planning to escape before starting his 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
Gunmen abducted 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from St. Mary’s School in Niger state, Nigeria, according to an updated tally issued Saturday by the Christian Association of Nigeria.
President Donald Trump is resurfacing his argument that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn’t “have the cards” to continue on the battlefield.
World leaders from the Group of 20 rich and developing economies have broken with tradition and adopted a declaration at the start of their summit in South Africa despite opposition from the United States.
The fallout from Jeffrey Epstein’s transgressions spans oceans and continents, from the vulnerable girls he exploited to the elite people and institutions that chose to get involved, cover it up — or look away.
The daughter of a detained Chinese Christian pastor is urging U.S. lawmakers to help free her father at a time when President Donald Trump has vowed to “save our Great Christian population” worldwide.
An American proposal to end the war in Ukraine puts the country in a delicate diplomatic position — caught between placating its most important ally, the United States, and not capitulating to Russia, its much larger neighbor that launched a full-scale invasion nearly four years ago.
Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin says U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to remove additional import tariffs on some Brazilian agribusiness products marks significant progress.
The Israel-Premier Tech cycling team has found a new name and will race as the NSN Cycling Team from next year.
Many of the activists, scientists and government leaders at United Nations climate talks underway in Brazil have a beef: They want more to be done to transform the world’s food system.
The president of the United Nations General Assembly says climate change is the biggest threat to world peace.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia says she is resigning from Congress in January.
France's government is taking action against Elon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, after it generated posts questioning the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
The World Health Organization has declared Indonesia’s polio outbreak officially over following nearly three years of intensive response efforts.
World leaders are arriving for a historic first Group of 20 summit in Africa that aims to put the problems of poor countries at the top of the global agenda.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told his country that it could face a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereignty and preserving the American support it needs, as leaders discuss a U.S. peace proposal seen as favoring Russia.
The pilot of an Indian combat plane has died after a crash during a demonstration flight at the Dubai Air Show.
Israel’s prime minister has met with top security officials to assess a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank.
Gunmen have attacked a Catholic school in Nigeria, abducting more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers.
Authorities and local media in Bangladesh say that a 5.5 magnitude earthquake killed at least eight people and left more than 300 injured in the central part of the country.
The president of Ukraine is facing a confluence of crises testing his ability to lead an increasingly weary nation nearly four years into a devastating full-scale invasion by Russia.
OpenAI has announced a partnership with Taiwan's Foxconn to design and make equipment for AI data centers in the U.S. Foxconn, known for making assembling iPhones and other Apple products and making servers for Nvidia, said it will co-design artificial intelligence data center racks with OpenAI under the agreement.
Japan has reported that its exports to the world rose 3.7% in October from a year earlier, while imports edged up 0.6%.
A public inquiry has criticized the U_K_'s initial COVID-19 response in early 2020 as “too little, too late.”.
Fire disrupted United Nations climate talks with just two scheduled days left and negotiators yet to announce any major agreements.
The White House has hit out at South Africa’s leader for "running his mouth" over the United States’ boycott of this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg.
K-pop is turning up in force at the United Nations climate talks in Brazil, with fans-turned-activists hosting protest and events to mobilize their millions-strong online community to back concrete climate actions.
Spain’s Supreme Court has found the country’s attorney general guilty of leaking confidential information about the boyfriend of a leading conservative politician and government rival.
A Paris wax museum has unveiled a figure depicting Princess Diana attired in what has come to be known as her "revenge dress."
The Trump administration has announced new oil drilling off the California and Florida coasts for the first time in decades.
A Nigerian court has convicted separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu of seven terrorism-related charges, and sentenced him to life in prison.
Spanish legacy media companies in Spain have scored a victory against social media giant Meta after a Madrid-based court ordered that it must pay news outlets nearly half a billion euros in damages.
Police in Cambodia say 16 people died when a passenger bus crashed off a bridge into a river.
President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war in Ukraine would cede territory to Russia and limit the size of Kyiv’s military, according to a draft proposal obtained by The Associated Press.
Israeli strikes across Gaza over a roughly 12-hour period have resulted in the deaths of 33 people.
The U.N. atomic watchdog’s board of governors is demanding Iran fully cooperate and provide the agency's inspectors with “precise information” about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, and also grant them access to the country’s nuclear sites.
Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site and settlers have established a new outpost there, even as the country faces pressure to crack down on settler violence in the Palestinian territory.
A Philippine court has convicted a dismissed town mayor, who officials say is Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online gaming and scam complex where hundreds of Chinese and other foreign workers where forced to conduct scams.
Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has restored a nonpartisan caretaker government system for elections but says it won’t apply to the polls being held early next year.