French climate alliance takes legal action against Total
A French climate alliance of charity groups and local authorities launched an unprecedented legal action Tuesday against Total, hoping to make the Fre...
6 Catalan separatist prisoners return to regional parliament
BARCELONA, Spain — Six former members of Catalonia’s regional government have been escorted from prison to attend a hearing at the regional parliament...
US, others prepare evacuations as virus spreads from China
BEIJING — The United States and several other nations prepared Tuesday to airlift citizens out of a Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak tha...
Photo cropping mistake leads to AP soul-searching on race
NEW YORK — A “terrible mistake” in cropping an African climate activist out of a photo sent to customers of The Associated Press prompted soul-searchi...
Trump hosts Israeli leaders who call his peace plan historic
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump hosted Israel’s prime minister and his chief rival Monday at the White House on the eve of unveiling a long-awaite...
US says mystery crash in Afghanistan was US Air Force plane
KABUL, Afghanistan — An American military aircraft crashed in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the U.S. military said, adding that there were no indicat...
Irish leader says EU to have stronger hand in UK trade talks
LONDON — Ireland’s prime minister warned Britain on Monday that Brexit is far from finished -- and the European Union will have the stronger hand in u...
Ally of Venezuela’s Maduro hires DC lobbyist to build ties
MIAMI — An ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has agreed to spend $12.5 million to hire a lawyer and Washington lobbyist to ease U.S. sanctio...
Auschwitz survivors warn of rising anti-Semitism 75 years on
OSWIECIM, Poland — Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp gathered Monday for commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of its liberation, r...
Mongolia closes border, China extends holiday to fight virus
BEIJING — China on Monday expanded its sweeping efforts to contain a deadly virus, extending the Lunar New Year holiday to keep the public at home and...
Turkish rescuers find last quake victims; death toll hits 41
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish emergency teams on Monday recovered the bodies of the last two missing quake victims from the rubble of a collapsed building,...
‘I did it’: Portugal hacker says he exposed African tycoon
LISBON, Portugal — A Portuguese hacker is claiming responsibility for leaking confidential documents implicating the billionaire daughter of a former ...
Nighttime rocket attack on US Embassy in Baghdad injured 1
BAGHDAD — A nighttime rocket attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad injured at least one embassy personnel member, staffers there said Monday.
Countries evaluate evacuation of citizens in virus epicenter
TOKYO — Countries with citizens in the central Chinese city that's the epicenter of a viral outbreak are planning evacuations as the number of illness...
Mexican march for peace swarmed by angry protesters
MEXICO CITY — A four-day pilgrimage by family members of murdered or missing Mexicans culminated in a tense confrontation in the capital's main square...
Israeli backpacker jailed in Russia files for pardon
MOSCOW — An Israeli woman jailed in Russia on drug charges has submitted a petition to be pardoned by President Vladimir Putin.
Turkish teams hunt for quake survivors as death toll hits 38
ANKARA, Turkey — Working against the clock in freezing temperatures, Turkish rescue teams pulled more survivors from collapsed buildings Sunday, days ...
India celebrates Republic Day with military parade
NEW DELHI — Thousands of Indians converged on a ceremonial boulevard in the capital amid tight security to celebrate the Republic Day on Sunday, which...
Burundi’s ruling party picks general as presidential hopeful
NAIROBI, Kenya — Burundi's ruling party has chosen an army general to be its candidate in the presidential election set for May, signaling that the co...
Germany urged to fight anti-Semitism to avoid Jewish exodus
BERLIN — Germany's foreign minister is calling for strengthened efforts against anti-Semitism to ward off the possibility that many Jews decide to lea...
New documentary cloaks anonymous sources in ‘face doubles’
PARK CITY, Utah — In documentaries, anonymous sources have often been reduced to a shadowy, voice-distorted figure — or worse, a pixelated blur. But a...
Ringing in Brexit? Plans to celebrate UK exit divide country
LONDON — With Brexit just days away, Britons are fighting over the chimes of Big Ben. And the White Cliffs of Dover are a battleground.
Britain’s EU Journey: When the EU faced its biggest crisis
LONDON — Britain officially leaves the European Union on Jan. 31 after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the ...
AP PHOTOS: Spanish towns embrace peculiar old festivals
ACEHUCHE, Spain — Spain has a rich tradition of colorful, and sometimes bizarre, festivals.
China temporarily bans wildlife trade in wake of outbreak
BEIJING — Chinese authorities announced a temporary ban on the trade of wild animals Sunday following a viral outbreak in Wuhan, saying they will “sev...
Virus death toll in China rises as US prepares evacuation
BEIJING — A new viral illness being watched with a wary eye around the globe accelerated its spread in China on Sunday with 56 deaths so far, while th...
French carmaker to evacuate workers from China amid outbreak
PARIS — France and a major automaker said Saturday that they are moving to get citizens out of a locked-down Chinese city where a deadly outbreak of a...
Xi calls situation grave as China scrambles to contain virus
BEIJING — China's leader on Saturday called the accelerating spread of a new virus a grave situation, as cities from the outbreak's epicenter in centr...