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Syrian opposition fighters drive past a damaged government vehicle south of Hama, Syria, on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
Opposition fighters reportedly drive Syrian leader from the country. Who are they and what now?
Syria’s government appears to have fallen after opposition fighters say they entered Damascus following a stunning advance. Syria's prime minister says the government is ready to “extend its … more
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A combo of images shows flames and smoke rising from Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on April 15, 2019, top, and a view of the cathedral after restoration works on Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Thibault Camus)
AP PHOTOS: Then and now, Notre Dame Cathedral's rebirth from fire
First, there are the images of Notre Dame Cathedral during and after an inferno that raged inside in 2019, toppling its spire and destroying its roof and gripping viewers around Paris and the … more
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FILE - O.J. Simpson sits at his arraignment in Superior Court in Los Angeles on July 22, 1994. (AP Photo/Pool/Lois Bernstein, Pool, File)
The year in review: Influential people who died in 2024
O.J. Simpson’s “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend bared divisions over race and law enforcement and brought an intersection of sports, crime, … more
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Barbed wires set in an area in front of a house of the Kibbutz Manara, which is located near to the border with Lebanon, in northern Israel, Monday Dec. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Middle East Latest: Israeli minister warns of wider strikes on Lebanon if ceasefire collapses
Israel’s defense minister says that if the shaky ceasefire with Hezbollah collapses, Israel will widen its strikes and target the Lebanese state itself. On Monday Israel launched airstrikes that … more
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A man stands next to destroyed buildings after returning to the village of Qana, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024 following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that went into effect on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Israeli airstrikes leave massive trail of destruction across Lebanon
For more than 60 days, Lebanese have watched stunned as Israeli strikes smashed into buildings, raising giant explosions and palls of smoke in the heart of the capital and other cities. Now, after a … more
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Children walk along debris, including plastics, that was washed ashore from previous typhoons along a bayside slum area on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, in Navotas, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
AP PHOTOS: Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us
On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons. Much of the world’s plastic garbage winds up in rivers that eventually … more
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A journalist's car burns after an Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes in the Alma al-Shaab border village with Israel, south Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
AP PHOTOS: A look at more than a year of fighting as Israel and Hezbollah begin ceasefire
Smoke rising from the rubble of multistory buildings in Beirut. Rockets streaking over the blackened hills of northern Israel. People fleeing their homes, not knowing when or if they will return. … more
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FILE - Surgical instruments and supplies lay on a table during a kidney transplant surgery at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington D.C., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)
New rule allows HIV-positive organ transplants
People with HIV who need a kidney or liver transplant will be able to receive an organ from a donor with HIV. That's according to a new rule announced Tuesday by U.S. health officials. Previously, … more
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Girls in the Eid family eat lentils cooked by their mother, Yasmin, at their tent in a refugee camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Many in Gaza are eating just once a day, as hunger spreads amid aid issues
Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip are often eating just once a day, even in areas where aid groups have relatively more access than the isolated and heavily destroyed north. A displaced family … more
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FILE - A V-22 Osprey tilt rotor aircraft taxi's during a mission in western Iraqi desert, Oct. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic, File)
Takeaways from the AP's investigation into Osprey safety issues
The Osprey is back in the air after being grounded for months following a crash last November that killed eight U.S. service members in Japan. But there are still questions as to whether it should … more
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Visitors walk through the 'Cathedral' on the Christmas light trail as it returns for its 12th year, with a showcase of new installations set within the UNESCO World Heritage Site landscape of Kew Gardens in London, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
AP Week in Pictures: Global
Nov. 8-14 2024 The holiday season begins as visitors walk through the “Cathedral” on the Christmas light trail as it returns for its 12th year, with a showcase of new installations set … more
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FILE - Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event Nov. 1, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a long record of promoting anti-vaccine views
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was building up a following with his anti-vaccine nonprofit group, Children’s Health Defense, and became one of the world’s most … more
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Gulshan Begum grieves holding her sons Rihan Zahhor, right and Arhan Zahoor, during the funeral of her husband Zahoor Ahmad, an army porter who was among those killed in a rebel ambush on an army vehicle previous night, in Boniyar, north of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
AP Week in Pictures: Global
Oct. 25-31, 2024 Vehicles got trapped in a street during flooding in Spain’s Valencia region as women placed candles on the half-submerged tombs of family members at flood-prone Pampanga … more
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Juan Carlos Hernandez, the president of Queretaro’s Astronomical Society, sets up a telescope before a stargazing and comet-watching gathering at Joya-La Barreta Ecological Park in Queretaro, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Citizen astronomers rally to protect Mexico’s night sky for the next generation
As night descended in an ecological park in central Mexico, tiny stars appeared in the sky one by one, aligning into constellations. Juan Carlos Hernández adjusted a telescope looking for the … more
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People gather around the coffin of slain Catholic priest and activist Marcelo Pérez during a mass at the main plaza in San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas state, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
Hundreds mourn Catholic priest and Indigenous peace activist killed in southern Mexico
Hundreds of people have turned out to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. Mourners … more
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An aerial view shows the area destroyed by a landslide in Donja Jablanica, Bosnia, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
International rescue teams arrive in Bosnia after devastating floods and landslides
Rescue teams from Bosnia’s neighbors and European Union countries are joining efforts to clear rubble and find people still missing after floods and landslides devastated parts of the Balkan … more
A car is submerged in flood waters outside an apartment building in the village of Kiseljak, northern Bosnia, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)
Rainstorms and heavy floods hit large parts of Bosnia, killing at least 14 people
A severe rainstorm struck Bosnia overnight Friday, killing at least 14 people and flooding several towns and villages in central and southern parts of the country. Rescue services in the south of the … more
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Flowers are laid at the statue of Russian mercenaries as a tribute to the late Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in Bangui, Central African Republic, on March. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
Takeaways from AP's report on Russian and U.S. influence in Central African Republic
In the wake of Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin’s rebellion, a deal was struck between a private U.S. security firm and Central African Republic. It's a nation where his shadowy Wagner … more
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Flowers are laid at the statue of Russian mercenaries as a tribute to the late Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin in Bangui, Central African Republic, on March. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
The US-Russia battle for influence in Africa plays out in Central African Republic
Hours after Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin rebelled against his country’s top military leaders, his private army’s biggest client in Africa panicked and turned for help to his foe in … more
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A woman uses a fan and protects herself from the sun with a towel as Pope Francis holds a holly mass at Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Pope to bring in a ton of humanitarian aid to remote Papua New Guinea as he celebrates periphery
Pope Francis is honoring the Catholic Church of the peripheries in Papua New Guinea. He is heading to a remote part of the South Pacific nation with a ton of humanitarian aid to deliver to the … more
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