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Young Palestinians walk amongst rubble of destroyed buildings at a neighbourhood in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians say Hamas and Fatah are close to an agreement on a committee to administer postwar Gaza
Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war. It would effectively … more
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FILE - Medieval sculptures of Notre-Dame cathedral's jube are displayed at the exhibition "Making stones speak", at the Cluny Museum, National Museum of the Middle Ages, in Paris, on Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)
Five things you probably didn't know about Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral has some surprising stories to tell before it reopens this weekend after five years of restoration. The cathedral is considered France’s geographic center, marked by a … more
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks through the lobby of the Delta Hotel by Marriott, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Trudeau told Trump Americans would also suffer if tariffs are imposed, a Canadian minister says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products. That's according … more
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Syrian opposition fighters ride on a motorcycle past Syrian army planes at the Al-Nayrab military airport after they took control of the facility in the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
Key players in Syria's long-running civil war, reignited by a shock rebel offensive
Syria’s civil war has exploded back onto the world stage after insurgents poured out of their main bastion in northwestern Syria and seized large parts of nearby Aleppo, Syria’s largest city, and … more
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FILE - President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool via AP, File)
Trump demands immediate release of Oct. 7 hostages, says otherwise there will be 'HELL TO PAY'
President-elect Donald Trump is demanding the immediate release of the Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza, saying that if they are not freed before he is sworn into office there will be … more
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For the first time in more than a year, since the war started on October last year after Hamas militants launched an attack from the Gaza Strip, Israelis were able to visit areas that had seen harsh fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.
Hezbollah fires at an Israeli-held border zone, the group's first strike since a ceasefire began
The Israeli military says Hezbollah has fired into a disputed border zone, the group's first attack since a ceasefire took hold last week. Lebanon has accused Israel of violating the truce more than … more
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Syrian residents returned to towns in the Idlib Governorate on Sunday after years of displacement. Saraqib resident Hossam al Hassan, choked on tears as he talked about leaving his town for five years. (AP Video shot by Ghaith al Sayed)
Turkey calls for reconciliation between Syria government and opposition to end conflict
Turkey's foreign minister says the recent rapid advance by opposition fighters in Syria shows that Syrian President Bashar Assad must reconcile with his own people and hold dialogue with the … more
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Judges are seated as the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, opens hearings into what countries worldwide are legally required to do to combat climate change and help vulnerable nations fight its devastating impact, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Landmark climate change case opens at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas
The top United Nations court has taken up the largest case in its history, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating impact of climate change. They … more
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Part of 2500 panda sculptures are displayed at the Hong Kong International Airport during a welcome ceremony of the panda-themed exhibition "Panda Go!" in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)
Hong Kong launches panda sculpture tour as the city hopes the bear craze boosts tourism
Thousands of giant panda sculptures will greet residents and tourists starting on Saturday in Hong Kong, where enthusiasm for the bears has grown since two cubs were born in a local theme park. The … more
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International scientists, Alexander Werth, from left, professor Joy Reidenberg and Michael Denk study a male spade-toothed whale ahead of a dissection at Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, near Dunedin, New Zealand, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Derek Morrison)
Scientists gather to decode puzzle of the world's rarest whale in 'extraordinary' New Zealand study
Scientists and culture experts in New Zealand have begun the first-ever dissection of a spade-toothed whale, the world's rarest whale species. The creature, which washed up dead on a beach on New … more
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with European Council President Antonio Costa, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Ukraine for his first visit in 2 1/2 years
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is visiting Ukraine for the first time in more than 2 1/2 years. The visit Monday comes just weeks after he was criticized by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for … more
Climate solution: Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon footprint
Seafaring pioneers are spearheading a comeback for wind power in the shipping industry, to dent its huge carbon emissions. The international merchant fleet of more than 100,000 ships that transports … more
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FILE - Exterior of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
The International Criminal Court is facing pushback and doubts as its member states meet
The International Criminal Court’s member states open their annual meeting Monday as the court faces pushback over arrest warrants for Israeli officials, sexual harassment allegations against the … more
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FILE - FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 24, 2020. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP, File)
Trump says he'll nominate Kash Patel as FBI director to remake the agency. Here's what happens next
Donald Trump’s plan to nominate Kash Patel as FBI director sets the stage for a fresh round of turbulence at a law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the homeland and investigating federal … more
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Saturday he had an “excellent conversation” with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club after the president-elect's threat to impose significant tariffs on two of America’s leading trade partners raised alarms in Ottawa and Mexico City. The AP's Robert Gillies explains.
Canada's ambassador to the US says Trudeau's dinner with Trump key to getting tariffs removed
Canada’s ambassador to the United States says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was successful in getting President-elect Donald Trump and some key cabinet nominees to understand that lumping Canada in … more
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South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul speaks during a plenary of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Negotiators fail to reach an agreement on a plastic pollution treaty. Talks to resume next year
Negotiators working on a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution for a week in South Korea won't reach an agreement and plan to resume the talks next year. They are at an impasse … more
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Safaa Haidous, carries her daughter Yara, 4, as she speaks with her husband Rawad Srour, who is stands on the roof of their family destroyed house, as they collect the remains of their belongings after they returned to Hanouiyeh village, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024 following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that went into effect on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Israeli strikes hit southern Lebanon, but tense ceasefire holds
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency says Israeli jets have launched an airstrike over a southern Lebanese border village, while troops shelled other border towns and villages still under … more
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Displaced residents hug as they stand in front of the rubble of their destroyed house in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Family returns to their Lebanese city to find a crater where their 50-year-old home once stood
BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — In eastern Lebanon's city of Baalbek, the Jawhari family gathered around a gaping crater where their home once stood, tears streaming as they tried to make sense of the … more
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The bodies of Syrian army soldiers and allied fighters lie next to a Syrian army vehicle after being allegedly killed in combat by opposition fighters in Aleppo, Syria, early Saturday Nov. 30, 2024. Thousands of Syrian insurgents have fanned out inside Syria's largest city Aleppo a day after storming it with little resistance from government troops.(AP Photo/Omar Albam)
Syria sends in reinforcements to halt insurgents from advancing after seizing Aleppo
The Syrian military has rushed in reinforcements to push back insurgents from advancing farther into the northern Hama countryside after they seized Aleppo in a surprise offensive. The insurgents … more
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Shireen Daifallah, who was displaced with her children from northern Gaza, checks the fire next to their tent at a camp for displaced people in Deir al-Balah. Gaza Strip, Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 6, including 2 children
Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least six people overnight, including two young children who died in the tent where their family was sheltering. Medical officials said Sunday that … more
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