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FILE - Exiled Nicaraguans released from a Nicaraguan jail wave from a bus after arriving at the airport in Guatemala City, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)
Stripped of citizenship, these Nicaraguans live in limbo scattered across the world
Hundreds of Nicaraguan religious leaders, students, activists, dissidents and journalists are ‘stateless.’ President Daniel Ortega's government stripped them of their citizenship, homes and … more
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FILE - Ukrainian soldiers carry shells to fire at Russian positions on the front line, near the city of Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine's forces at a crucial time in its war with Russia
Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia. Soldiers, lawyers and Ukrainian officials tell The … more
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Santa Claus waves to children during a visit of the CSX Holiday Express Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, in Erwin, Tenn. The railway company held a celebration and concert for the town affected by Hurricane Helene. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Santa's annual train visit delivers hope and magic to one corner of coal country
Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to Santa’s arrival. Not in a sleigh on their rooftops, but on a train. At each stop of the CSX Santa … more
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A woman collects the remains of her destroyed house after she returned to Chehabiyeh village, southern Lebanon, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024 following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that went into effect on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Battered by war and divisions, Lebanon faces a long list of challenges after ceasefire deal
There's relief over a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah, but Lebanese are now facing the realization of the challenges that lie ahead. The U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement raises multiple … more
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In this photo provided by the New Zealand Defence Force, divers survey the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the southern coast of Upulo, Samoa, after the Manawanui ran aground and sank on Oct. 6. (AC Jese Somerville/New Zealand Defence Force via AP,File)
Crew mistakes caused the sinking of a New Zealand navy ship off Samoan coast, inquiry finds
A military investigation has found mistakes by members of the crew caused a New Zealand navy ship to plow into a Samoan reef and sink in October. A summary of the preliminary findings of the military … more
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Mariam Kourani, 56, sits on the rubble of her destroyed house after she returned with her family 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)
Displaced families in Lebanon who return home are faced with piles of rubble
Tens of thousands of residents who have started streaming back into southern Lebanon to check on their homes are finding that they have lost everything. People started going back after the … more
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FILE - A small demonstration by people advocating assisted dying hold a protest outside the Hoses of Parliament as a bill to legalise assisted dying is to be put before lawmakers in London, England, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)
Bill to legalize assisted dying in England and Wales faces heated parliamentary debate
British lawmakers are expected to vote on a law proposed to help terminally ill adults end their lives. The contentious bill being debated Friday in Parliament would allow adults expected to have … more
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Lebanese families sit in traffic as they return to Lebanon through the Jousieh border crossing, Syria, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that went into effect on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Thousands of displaced Lebanese return from Syria as ceasefire with Israel holds
Thousands of people are crossing into Lebanon from Syria on the second day of a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, after nearly 14 months of fighting. At the Jousieh border crossing in the … more
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Uganda Red Cross workers search for bodies after a landslide following heavy rains buried 40 homes in the mountainous district of Bulambuli, eastern Uganda, Thursday, Nov. 28. 2024. (AP Photo/Irene Nakasiita)
Death toll rises to at least 15 after landslides bury 40 homes in eastern Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 15 people have died and 113 others are missing after landslides buried homes in six villages in eastern Uganda, police said Thursday. Another 15 injured people … more
Conservative US influencer Candace Owens is barred from New Zealand weeks after a ban from Australia
Immigration officials say U.S. conservative political commentor Candace Owens has been refused a visa to enter New Zealand for a speaking engagement because she has been banned from another country. … 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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Notre Dame primps for its grand post-blaze return. But why does the cathedral look unfinished?
The bells of Notre Dame are chiming again, but scaffolding that still clings to the cathedral is puzzling some Parisians and raising questions about whether the monument's grand post-blaze reopening … more
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A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah that began Wednesday appeared to be holding, as residents in cars heaped with belongings streamed back toward southern Lebanon despite warnings from Israeli and Lebanese troops that they stay away from certain areas. If it holds, the ceasefire would bring an end to nearly 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Lebanon says 2 hurt as Israeli troops fire on people returning south after truce with Hezbollah
BEIRUT (AP) — At least two people were wounded by Israeli fire in southern Lebanon on Thursday, according to state media. The Israeli military said it had fired at people trying to return to … more
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The Motherland Monument, center, and the thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, the holiest site of Eastern Orthodox Christians are seen through the morning fog in Kyiv, Ukraine Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Russia strikes cities across Ukraine, targeting the country's energy infrastructure
Russia is engaged in a massive missile and drone attack targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure and explosions were occurring in cities across the country. The energy minister said emergency power … more
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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Displaced people started returning to the coastal city of Tyre early on Wednesday, defying an Israeli military warning to stay away from previously evacuated areas. Sporadic celebratory gunfire could be heard at a main roundabout in the city, as people returning honked the horns of cars — some piled with mattresses — and residents cheered. (AP Video: Fadi Tawil)
Thousands of Lebanese return to their homes as Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes hold
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Thousands of Lebanese displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah militants returned home on Wednesday as a ceasefire took hold, driving cars stacked with personal … more
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FILE - The northern lights appear over Anchorage, Alaska, early the morning of Friday, Oct.. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)
Northern lights may be faintly visible across parts of the US this Thanksgiving
Solar storms may produce faint auroras across the northern rim of the United States this Thanksgiving. Pale auroras may be seen Thursday and Friday across northern states including Montana, Minnesota … more
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Fossilized dinosaur feces and vomit help scientists reconstruct the creatures' rise
Scientists are using used fossilized feces and vomit from Poland to reconstruct how dinosaurs came to dominate the Earth. The new study reconstructs who was eating whom 200 million years ago and … more
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Tents occupied by displaced Palestinians are seen at the beach in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday Nov. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire quiets one front but Gaza faces continuing war
For many across the Middle East, the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire came as a relief: the first major sign of progress in the region since war began more than a year ago. But for Palestinians in Gaza and … more
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FILE - Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military council, inspects officers during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)
ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar's military regime
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has asked judges to issue an arrest warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya … more
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