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By TIA GOLDENBERG and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The viability of a U.S.-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A possible attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a ship further away…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The forced U.S. troop withdrawals from bases in Niger and Chad and the potential to…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Officials say that a fire at a lithium battery manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital has killed one…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan have arrested 23 people accused of being part of a mob that killed a man…

By JOHN LEICESTER, PAUL WISEMAN and STAN CHOE Associated Press PARIS (AP) — In France, parties of the far right and the far left are making…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is monitoring an expected change in the wind direction on Monday that could…

By HANNA ARHIROVA and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s lead negotiator to join the European Union says the…

BEIJING (AP) — Poland’s President Andrzej Duda is in China on a visit that brings the leader of a NATO member to a country that has backed Russia…

By JON GAMBRELL and NASSER KARIMI Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Cab drivers and bikers tap away furiously on their mobile…

Millions of Americans sweated through a scorching weekend as temperatures soared across the U.S., while residents were rescued from floodwaters that…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan attends a banquet hosted by King Charles III, lays a wreath at…

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hawaii authorities say a professional lifeguard has died after he was attacked by a shark while surfing off the island of…

By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after U.S. stocks coasted to the close of their latest…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — African countries have some of the world’s highest rates of cervical cancer. Growing…

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — A new kind of tourism has emerged in Israel in the months since Hamas’ Oct. 7…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — An outside group is quietly investigating scores of federal employees suspected of…

By ERIC TUCKER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the classified documents…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thursday’s clash between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican former…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A cybersecurity intelligence company says a suspected Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has…

By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include albums from Camila Cabello and Megan Thee Stallion, Amazon Prime…

By JEFF AMY and BILL BARROW Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Georgia is the election battleground that yielded the closest margin of any…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge is expected to consider whether to allow people with disabilities to vote…

MONTREAL (AP) — Authorities say wildfires burning in Quebec have forced the evacuation of inmates from a maximum security prison, as favorable…

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University says it is putting three administrators on leave while it investigates allegations that they exchanged…

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say three Alabama men who went for an evening swim soon after arriving at a Florida Panhandle beach were…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Six people protesting climate change came out of the crowd and stormed the 18th green while…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say they believe they have in custody everyone involved in a shooting that critically wounded a police…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and EFREM LUKATSKY Associated Press KHOTIV, Ukraine (AP) — Despite war-time restrictions, Ukrainians marked midsummer with…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press ESPARGOS, Cape Verde (AP) — The top U.S. military officer says that an Israeli military offensive into Lebanon…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The heads of major Christian denominations in Israel say that local governments across the…

By LINDSEY WASSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Photographer Lindsey Wasson is in her second year covering baseball — and other events in the…

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A 4-year-old California boy who wandered away from a campground in the Sierra National Forest was found safe after spending…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — One man is dead and five others were wounded in a downtown St. Louis shooting. Police say they believe women were fighting in a…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has narrowed his vice presidential shortlist to a handful of contenders as he prepares…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says that armed militants attacked two Orthodox churches, a synagogue and a traffic police post…

RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — Full-time residents of Ruidoso will be allowed to return home Monday as federal authorities seek to prosecute whoever started…

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan county sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot overnight while pursing a suspected stolen vehicle in Detroit. The Oakland…

CUMBERLAND, Md. (AP) — Maryland police are investigating the apparent murder of an 80-year-old man incarcerated in state prison over the weekend.…

ALAMOSA, Colorado (AP) — Authorities were searching door to door and using aircraft for the suspect in a triple shooting that left one person dead…

PADERBORN, Germany (AP) — France captain Kylian Mbappé is getting used to wearing his new protective mask ahead of a possible return to play at…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Argentina’s self-described anarcho-capitalist President Javier Milei met with German…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court in Cambodia has formally charged a real estate entrepreneur who held a…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Weekend number two was just as joyous for “Inside Out 2.” The Pixar sequel collected $100 million…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek prosecutor has brought criminal charges against the captain and crew of a chartered yacht suspected of accidentally…

CHICAGO (AP) — One of Chicago’s most popular tourist attractions known as “The Bean” has reopened to the public after nearly a year of…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A shooting at a crowded party in Alabama’s capital left 13 people injured — nine of whom were shot. Officials said…

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Police say six people have been wounded in a shooting in Rochester, New York. None of the injuries suffered in the early…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says “everything is at stake” with reproductive health rights…

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — New Caledonia’s public prosecutor says a pro-independence leader in the French Pacific…

Associated Press Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro were among the dignitaries marking the groundbreaking Sunday of a…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Cultural fusions mixing Eastern and Western dress hit Paris Fashion Weeks menswear shows on their…

SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s center-right leader Hristijan Mickoski is expected to secure parliamentary approval to lead a…

Millions of Americans prepared to sweat through yet another scorching day, with the potential for rolling storms to bring relief from high…

VIENNA (AP) — Authorities in Switzerland say rescuers have found the body of one of three people who had gone missing on Saturday after massive…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress, nearly 60…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say 10 people were injured, including one seriously, in a shooting in Columbus. The shooting occurred in the…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press OREM, Utah (AP) — As he led a crowd of picnicking families in the “YMCA” dance, Trent Staggs gleefully…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British media is reporting that the chief data officer of Britain’s Conservative Party has taken a…

By STEPHANY MATAT and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — After Melania Trump missed some key events in her…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday that there had been…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukrainians in Warsaw jumped over a bonfire and floated braids to honor the vital powers…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities say more than 30 drones were shot down over the country’s western regions overnight, just hours after a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — More than 1,000 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The president of the Philippines says his country will not yield to “any foreign…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An aerial drone likely launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck and damaged a…

By BASSEM MROUE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran-backed groups in the Middle East say thousands of their fighters are…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A pipeline project built with China’s support that would make Niger an oil-exporting…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, CHRISTINE FERNANDO and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Abortion-rights supporters in several states…

By TAIWO ADEBAYO and DAN AKPOYI Associated Press AYETORO, Nigeria (AP) — The coastal Nigerian community of Ayetoro has been nicknamed “Happy…

By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Volkswagen Beetle may have been born in Germany, but the “Bug” is king in a…

By The Associated Press Behind the pageantry of President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea, a strong signal came through: In the spiraling…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Some 175 years after the U.S. government stole land from the chief of the…

By CARLOS VALDEZ and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Prices are surging in Bolivia, dollars are scarce and lines snake away…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Onigiri is a ball of rice with something inside, similar to how a sandwich is two slices of bread…

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Officials in Philadelphia say a police officer has been shot in the neck and is in critical condition. Police Commissioner…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The word “onigiri” (OH-knee-GEEH-reeh) just became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this…