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FILE - Militants with the Islamic State group are seen from the outskirts of Suruc at the Turkey-Syria border, after placing their group's flag on a hilltop at the eastern side of the town of Kobani, Syria, on Oct. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
With mosque attack in quiet Oman, a fragmented Islamic State group aims to show it can still strike
This week's attack on a Shiite mosque in the capital stunned Oman, a quiet nation long spared militant violence. It underscores how the Islamic State group has turned to a strategy of surprise, … more
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Gay couple So Seong-wook, left, and Kim Yong Min, leave the Supreme Court building in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 18, 2024. (Suh Dae-yeon/Yonhap via AP)
In landmark verdict, South Korea's top court recognizes some rights for same-sex couples
South Korea’s top court has ruled that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed by human rights groups. The … more
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FILE - A balloon presumably sent by North Korea, is seen in a paddy field in Incheon, South Korea, on June 10, 2024. South Korea says North Korea has launched balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Thursday July 18, 2024. (Im Sun-suk/Yonhap via AP, File)
North Korea launches balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea
South Korea says North Korea has launched balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the balloons were flying north of Seoul, which is about an … more
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A police officer fires tear gas during a protest in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Police in Kenya hurled tear gas canisters to break up protests on Tuesday in Nairobi and other major cities accusing the president of poor governance and calling for his resignation despite his dismissal of nearly the entire Cabinet last week. (AP Photo/Ed Ram)
Kenya bans protests in the capital over security concerns and lack of leadership
Police in Kenya have banned protests in the capital indefinitely citing a lack of leadership that would ensure peaceful protests. The ban was announced hours before a planned protest for Thursday, in … more
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Police fire tear gas shells and rubber bullets to disperse students shouting slogans in favor of quota system in public service at the university campus, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)
Student protesters vow 'complete shutdown' in Bangladesh after days of violent protest
Streets were quiet, people stayed home and malls kept their doors closed in Bangladesh’s capital as protesters attempted to impose a “complete shutdown” after days of violent clashes between … more
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FILE - President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen listens during a session at the European Parliament, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Ursula von der Leyen was making her final pitch Thursday, July 18, 2024 to lawmakers at the European Parliament ahead of a vote on whether to grant her a second five-year term as president of the European Union's executive commission. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen faces vote on her bid for second 5-year term
Ursula von der Leyen is making her final leadership pitch in a speech to lawmakers at the European Parliament ahead of a vote on whether to grant her a second five-year term as president of the … more
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FILE - Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool, File)
Far-right Israeli minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site, threatening Gaza peace talks
Israel’s far-right national security minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday morning, threatening to disrupt Gaza cease fire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist … more
FILE - Tae Yongho, a former minister of the North Korean Embassy in London who fled to South Korea in 2016, speaks to the media in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
Ex-North Korean diplomat appointed a vice minister in South Korea, the highest post for any defector
South Korea’s president has appointed a prominent North Korean defector as a vice minister, the highest-level government job for any of the thousands of North Koreans who have resettled in South … more
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In this photo provided by Grace Duggin, people are in a ditch after a bus carrying Chinese tourists crashed near Lake Tekapo, New Zealand, on Thursday, July 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Grace Duggin)
Buses carrying Chinese tourists veer off New Zealand road in 2 crashes at the same spot. 15 hurt
Two buses carrying Chinese tourists have veered off a road on New Zealand’s South Island in separate crashes, and 15 passengers were taken to hospital. Officials said two of them were seriously … more
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A Kenyan police officer part of a UN-backed multinational force gestures for journalists to move in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Haiti's prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has ordered gangs to surrender their weapons and acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond has become. He also pledged in his televised … more
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A stray dog rests outside Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. A Turkish parliamentary commission on Wednesday began a tense debate on a bill designed to manage the country's large stray dog population which animal rights advocates fear could result in the widespread killing of the animals. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Turkey holds a tense debate on a bill to control stray dogs. It's raising fears of a mass culling
A Turkish parliamentary commission has begun debating a contentious bill to manage the country's substantial stray dog population. Animal rights advocates fear the measure could result in a mass … more
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9 rescued, search still on for other crew members after oil tanker capsizes in Arabian Sea off Oman
Nine crew members were rescued and another died as teams searched for others after an oil tanker capsized this week off the coast of Oman, according to the country's state news agency. The tanker, … more
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FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 26, 2024. The U.S. Ambassador told Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday, July 16, that President Vladimir Putin should release detained Americans, singling out Gershkovich and ex-Marine Paul Whelan and accusing the Russian leader of continuing to treat “human beings as bargaining chips.” (AP Photo, File)
Foreign minister says Russia has 'irrefutable evidence' journalist Evan Gershkovich is a spy
Russia’s foreign minister said Russia has “irrefutable evidence” that imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is guilty of espionage. Sergey Lavrov blamed American journalists … more
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Thousands of dead fish lie on the banks of the Piracicaba River in a rural area of Piracicaba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Wednesday, July 17, 2024. The state's environmental agency alleges that the cause of their death is irregular dumping of industrial waste into the river. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Tons of dead fish cover major Sao Paulo river after alleged dumping of industrial waste
Several tons of fish have died along one of the main rivers in Sao Paulo state after an alleged illegal dumping of industrial waste from a sugar and ethanol plant, environmental authorities and … more
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Cars are partially submerged in floodwaters in the Don Valley following heavy rain in Toronto, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto cleans up after storm as Trudeau says better infrastructure needed for future
Cleanup crews are working to get Canada’s largest city back to normal after a torrential downpour. Flooding in and around Toronto this week temporarily closed several major roads and left drivers … more
FILE - Venezuelan migrant Minorca Parra holds her daughter Karin Alvear as she lines up to receive food in a temporary camp after crossing the Darien Gap from Colombia in Lajas Blancas, Panama, June 27, 2024. Migration through the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama has declined significantly this month since Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino took office and ordered authorities to get control of the dense jungle frontier, the country’s border police said Wednesday, July 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
Panama says migration through border with Colombia is down since President Mulino took office
Panama's border police says that migration through the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama has declined significantly this month since Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino took office and … more
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Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets supporters at a campaign rally for presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, in Valencia, Venezuela, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Venezuela arrests security chief for opposition leader days ahead of presidential vote
Officials in Venezuela have arrested the head of security for the country’s top opposition leader, a little more than a week before President Nicolás Maduro faces a tough reelection. Former … more
In this frame grab taken from a truck driver strikes female migrants with the hardware end of a cargo strap as they exited from the back of his truck at rest stop near the French border in Ventimiglia, Monday, July 15, 2024. According to authorities, smugglers loaded the 12 Eritrean women on to the back of the truck at a rest stop near the French border on Monday while the trucker was having lunch. Once closed inside the truck, the women apparently started agitating due to the heat, with outdoor temperatures over 30 degrees, drawing the driver's attention, city officials said. While the truck driver was being sought, officials said he was unlikely to face any sanction as it would require the women to make a formal complaint. (UGC via AP)
Police search for the truck driver who was filmed whipping migrants near Italian-French border
Italian border police are looking for a truck driver who is shown on a widely circulated video whipping female migrants after he found them in the back of his truck near the French border. According … more
FILE - Police vans park outside the National Assembly during the second round of the legislative elections in Paris, Sunday, July 7, 2024. France’s far right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after the chaotic legislative elections have produced a fragmented parliament and a deeply divided society as Paris prepares to host the Olympic Games at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)
France's far right leader Le Pen says country is in a 'quagmire' 9 days before Olympics start
France’s far right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after chaotic legislative elections produced a fragmented parliament. She spoke Wednesday as Paris prepares to host … more
FILE - The entrance hall of Interpol's headquarters in Lyon, central France on Sept. 27, 2017. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)
Interpol arrests 300 people in a global crackdown on West African crime groups across 5 continents
Interpol has announced the outcome of a global operation targeting West African organized crime groups across five continents in 21 countries. The agency said Tuesday that police arrested 300 people, … more
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