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Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from parts of Khan Younis following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave the eastern part of Gaza Strip's second largest city on Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Saher Alghorra)

Family killed as Israel evacuation order triggers panicked flight from Gaza's second-largest city

Palestinian families are streaming out of a southern Gaza city after the Israeli military ordered an evacuation of much of Khan Younis. One family fled north to a site inside an Israeli-declared safe … more

By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH | 7/2/24

The Latest | Overnight strike kills 9 in Khan Younis, hours after Israel ordered a mass evacuation

An Israeli strike has killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. The overnight strike comes shortly after Israel ordered the evacuation of parts of the city ahead of a … more

By The Associated Press | 7/2/24

File - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, on April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Who are the main players in the UK's upcoming national election?

Millions of voters in Britain are going to the polls Thursday to choose a new House of Commons and a new government. Voters will elect 650 lawmakers representing as many constituencies, or local … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 7/2/24

Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, a hard-line former nuclear negotiator, speaks to a group of athlete supporters during a campaign stop at a sports hall in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

As Iran faces a rare runoff presidential election, disenchanted voters are staying away

Iranian voters say they are disenchanted ahead of the country's runoff presidential election on Friday. It is only the second runoff vote since Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979. Just under 40% of … more

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL | 7/2/24

In this photo provided on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a meeting of Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea held from June 28 until July 1, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea brags of new missile with 'super-large warhead.' Outsiders doubt the North's claim

North Korea says it has test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying a huge warhead. But South Korean officials and experts have quickly disputed the North's claim and speculated … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 7/2/24

In this picture made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, reformist candidate for the presidential election Masoud Pezeshkian arrives for his debate with the hard-line candidate Saeed Jalili at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 1, 2024. (Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/IRIB via AP)

Iranian presidential candidates accuse each other of having no plan or experience ahead of runoff

Iran’s two presidential candidates are accusing each other of having no solution for the country’s problems ahead of Friday’s runoff. The election is aimed at choosing a successor for the late … more

7/1/24

Boston Celtics' Jayson Tatum celebrates the team's NBA basketball championship during a duck boat parade Friday, June 21, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Celtics star Jayson Tatum agrees to 5-year, $314 million supermax extension, AP source says

AP Sports Writer (AP) — Jayson Tatum is the newest member of the NBA's $300 million club. The Boston Celtics star has agreed to a five-year, $314 million contract extension to remain with the … more

By KYLE HIGHTOWER | 7/1/24

People gather at Republique plaza to protest the far-right National Rally, which came out strongly ahead in first-round legislative elections in Paris, Sunday, June 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

AP PHOTOS: Friends, foes of France’s far-right National Rally scramble after first round of voting

France’s fiercely anti-immigration National Rally and opponents of the far-right party are scrambling to capitalize on a first round of voting in high-stakes surprise legislative elections. The … more

By The Associated Press | 7/1/24

The Latest | Israel appears set to reinvade a city in Gaza filled with displaced civilians

The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis, a city in southern Gaza that’s currently filled with displaced civilians. Monday’s order is a … more

By The Associated Press | 7/1/24

White Nebraska man shoots and wounds 7 Guatemalan immigrant neighbors

Authorities are not ruling out racist motives as they investigate why a white Nebraska man shot and wounded seven neighbors who were Guatemalan immigrants. Officials say about 15 people were mostly … more

7/1/24

German court convicts a prominent far-right politician for using a Nazi slogan again

A high-profile politician in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has been convicted for the second time of knowingly using a Nazi slogan at a political event. Björn Höcke plans to run for … more

7/1/24

Hurricane Beryl's winds batter Carlisle Bay in Bridgetown, Barbados, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)

Hurricane Beryl takes aim at southeastern Caribbean as a powerful Category 3 storm

Hurricane Beryl is bearing down on the southeast Caribbean as a powerful Category 3 storm after previously becoming the earliest storm of Category 4 strength to form in the Atlantic, fueled by record … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 7/1/24

FILE - European Commissioner for Europe fit for the Digital Age, Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference regarding the Digital Markets Act at EU headquarters in Brussels, on March 25, 2024. European Union regulators accused social media company Meta Platforms on Monday, July 1, 2024 of breaching the bloc's new digital competition rulebook by forcing Facebook and Instagram users to choose between seeing ads or paying to avoid them. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

European Union accuses Facebook owner Meta of breaking digital rules with paid ad-free option

European Union regulators have accused social media company Meta Platforms of breaching the bloc’s new digital competition rulebook by forcing Facebook and Instagram users to choose between seeing … more

By KELVIN CHAN | 7/1/24

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip walk through a street market in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip Saturday, June 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base. He alleges abuse in custody

Israel has released the director of Gaza’s main hospital, seven months after the military raided the facility over allegations it was being used as a Hamas command center. The release of Mohammed … more

By MOHAMMED JAHJOUH and SAMY MAGDY | 7/1/24

This photo provided Monday, July 1, 2024, by the North Korean government shows that a senior official wears lapel pins with the image of Kim Jong Un during a ruling party’s meeting in Pyongyang Sunday, June 30, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Koreans are seen wearing Kim Jong Un pins for the first time as his personality cult grows

For the first time, North Korean officials have been seen wearing lapel pins with the image of leader Kim Jong Un. That's another sign the North is boosting his personality cult to the level bestowed … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 7/1/24

A vendor waits for customers at her produce stand, a day after Army troops stormed the government palace in what President Luis Arce called a coup attempt, in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Sanchez)

Economic turmoil in Bolivia fuels distrust in government and its claim of a 'failed coup'

Bolivians have been hit hard by economic turmoil in the small South American nation fueled by a longtime hyper-dependence on, and now shortage of, U.S. dollars. The economic downturn has been … more

By MEGAN JANETSKY and PAOLA FLORES | 7/1/24

Prisoners stand behind the fence in the barrack's yard in a prison, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Friday, June 21, 2024. Ukraine is expanding its military recruiting to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine's convicts offered release at a high price: Joining the fight against Russia

Ukraine is expanding its military recruiting to cope with battlefield shortages more than two years into fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion. That, for the first time, includes inmates at the … more

By VASILISA STEPANENKO, EVGENIY MALOLETKA and DEREK GATOPOULOS | 7/1/24

People walk past some shuttered and closed shops in Hartlepool northeast England, Saturday, June 29, 2024. As British voters prepare to choose a new government on Thursday, Hartlepool’s statistics still tell a sobering story. Compared the country as a whole, it has higher unemployment, lower pay, shorter life expectancy, more drug deaths and worse crime rates.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

In a proud and troubled UK town, voters wonder whether their election choice will make a difference

A lot of politicians have promised change to voters in Hartlepool, a wind-whipped port town in northeast England. For decades, Labour Party representatives said they would fight for working people, … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 7/1/24

Students of Excellent Moral School attempt to answer a mathematics question on a blackboard inside a dimly lit classroom in Ibadan, Nigeria, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. The lack of reliable electricity severely affects education and businesses in Nigeria. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Millions in Nigeria have little to no electricity. It's straining businesses and public services

The lack of reliable electricity severely affects education and businesses in Nigeria. Schools like Excellent Moral in Ibadan, near Lagos, operate in darkness due to zero grid access, depriving … more

By TAIWO ADEBAYO | 6/30/24

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal delivers a speech in the courtyard of the Prime Minister's residence, Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Paris. France's high-stakes legislative elections propelled the far-right National Rally to a strong but not decisive lead in the first-round vote Sunday, polling agencies projected, dealing another slap to centrist President Emmanuel Macron. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

French far right ahead in 1st round of snap elections. Here's how runoff works and what comes next

French voters face a decisive choice on July 7 in the runoff of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 6/30/24