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FILE - Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino, stand for the anthem prior to opening soccer match of the 2018 World Cup between Russia and Saudi Arabia at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, on June 14, 2018. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
FIFA prepares to give Saudi Arabia its biggest sports win yet as host of the 2034 World Cup
Saudi Arabia will be confirmed by FIFA as host of the men’s soccer 2034 World Cup on Wednesday, giving the oil-rich kingdom its biggest prize yet for massive spending on global sports driven by … more
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 26, Palestinian medics say
Palestinian medical officials say Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 26 people overnight. One of the strikes hit a home where displaced people were sheltering in the isolated … more
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Sitting next to her son Wael, left, Reem Ajour shows a picture of her daughter, Masaa, and her husband, Talal, on her cellphone in a camp outside Zuweida, Gaza Strip, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
These Palestinians disappeared after encounters with Israeli troops in Gaza
Dozens of Palestinians are receiving help from an Israeli legal group in their search for family members who went missing after being separated by Israeli soldiers during raids and arrests in the … more
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FILE - Palestinians line up to receive free meals at Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Essa, File)
Humanitarian aid to North Gaza mostly blocked for the last 2 months, UN says
Humanitarian aid to North Gaza, where Israel launched a ground offensive on Oct. 6, has largely been blocked for the past 66 days. That's according to the United Nations on Tuesday, which says … more
Participants gather to stage a rally demanding South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment, in front of the headquarters of the ruling People Power Party in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. The banners read "Immediately impeachment Yoon Suk Yeol." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
South Korea's national police chief and Seoul's top officer detained over enforcement of martial law
South Korea’s national police chief and top police officer for the capital, Seoul, were detained for their roles in enforcing President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law decree last week. … more
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FILE - French rugby players Oscar Jegou, right, and Hugo Auradou, center, stand inside an elevator at the airport in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sept. 3, 2024, after prosecutors decided to let the player leave the country despite remaining under investigation for alleged rape. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello, File)
French rugby players are cleared of sexual assault in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine court on Tuesday dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against two professional French rugby players accused of raping a woman after playing a match … more
Demonstrators protest against Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu outside the court in Tel Aviv Tuesday Dec. 10, 2024. Netanyahu is set to take the stand on Tuesday in his long-running trial for alleged corruption.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Netanyahu is testifying in his corruption trial. He has been dogged by scandal for years
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time in his long-running trial on corruption charges. Long before these charges emerged, Netanyahu has been vexed by a … more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the district court for his long-running trial for alleged corruption, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (Menahem Kahana/Pool Photo via AP)
Israel's Netanyahu vows to challenge 'absurd' corruption charges as he takes the stand in his trial
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to knock down the corruption charges against him as he took the stand in his long-running trial. The testimony Tuesday set off what’s expected … more
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Hundreds of Seoul residents and South Korean civic group members gathered in front of parliament condemning the ruling party for boycotting an impeachment vote and demanding the immediate resignation of President Yoon Suk Yeol. (AP video by Yong Jun Chang)
South Korean prosecutors seek to arrest ex-defense minister over imposition of martial law
South Korean prosecutors are seeking to formally arrest the former defense minister alleged to have colluded with President Yoon Suk Yeol and others in imposing martial law last week. A Seoul court … more
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A woman examines the cells at the infamous Saydnaya military prison, just north of Damascus, Syria, on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. Crowds are gathering to enter the prison, known as the "human slaughterhouse," after thousands of inmates were released following the rebels' overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime on Sunday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Thousands scour Syria's most horrific prison but find no sign of their loved ones
Tens of thousands came to Saydnaya Prison from all over Syria after the fall of former President Bashar Assad to search for their loved ones. The place so notorious for its horrors was long known as … more
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In this handout photo provided by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, an explosive eruption occurred at the summit vent of Kanlaon volcano, as seen from Mansalanao, Negros Occidental province, Philippines on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology via AP)
Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of … more
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Wendo Olengama, a Pygmy chief, sits in his village in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Congo, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
Takeaways from AP's report on Chinese gold mining threatening endangered protected site in Congo
For eight years a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists of decimating the environment. The Okapi Wildlife … more
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Children walk and play music on plastic jugs at the Epulu village in the Okapi Wildlife Reserve in Congo, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
Chinese gold mining threatens a protected UN heritage site in Congo
For eight years a Chinese mining company has been vastly expanding inside an endangered World Heritage Site, accused by locals and conservationists of decimating the environment. The Okapi Wildlife … more
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A Kenyan police officer, part of a UN-backed multinational force, patrols a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
A gang leader in Haiti is accused of massacring older people to avenge his son's death
A gang leader who controls a key port in Haiti’s capital is accused of massacring older people and Vodou religious leaders in his community to avenge his son's death. Human rights organizations say … more
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An opposition fighter steps on a broken bust of the late Syrian President Hafez Assad in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A long road ahead to decide Syria’s future after rapid end to Assad’s rule
For the first time in 50 years, the question of how Syria will be governed is wide open. The end of the Assad family’s rule is for many Syrians a moment of mixed joy and fear, of the total unknown. … more
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Israeli forces have seized a buffer zone in the Golan Heights established by a 1974 ceasefire agreement with Syria after a lightning rebel advance ended Syrian President Bashar Assad’s rule.
As Israel advances on a Syrian buffer zone, it sees peril and opportunity
The dramatic downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad presents possible danger, and an opening, for neighboring Israel. After fighting wars on multiple fronts for months, Israel is now concerned … more
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks during his meeting with Chairman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Friedrich Merz in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky).
Zelenskyy open to Western troops providing security for end to war in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is open to the potential deployment of Western troops in Ukraine to guarantee the country’s security as part of a broad effort to end the almost … more
A lawsuit is seeking personhood status for the Ring of Cenotes, a group of hundreds of subterranean lakes in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. Industries including pig farms are polluting these sinkhole lakes, sacred to Indigenous Mayans. (AP Video by Teresa de Miguel)
Indigenous Mayans want their sacred cenotes to have personhood status
A lawsuit filed in Mexico seeks personhood status for the Ring of Cenotes, a group of hundreds of subterranean lakes that surround the northwest of the Yucatan peninsula in a semicircle. They provide … more
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Israel says it has struck suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets in Syria
Israel’s foreign minister says it has struck suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets in Syria in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of hostile actors. Gideon Saar … more
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a press conference at the Government Press office in Jerusalem, Sept. 4, 2024. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP, File)
Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his corruption trial in Israel
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to testify for the first time in a trial against him on corruption allegations. His testimony is expected to start Tuesday and last weeks, as Israel … more
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