Hourslong clashes between police, protesters engulf Beirut
BEIRUT — Lebanese security forces fired rubber bullets, tear gas and used water cannons to disperse anti-government protesters from central Beirut in ...
Supporters of embattled Thai opposition party hold big rally
BANGKOK — Several thousand supporters of a popular opposition party in Thailand that is under threat of dissolution rallied Saturday in the nation's c...
Toxic air, gases hamper search for last 2 volcano victims
WHAKATANE, New Zealand — A second land search of New Zealand's volcanic White Island on Sunday failed to locate the bodies of the last two victims of ...
Disagreement drags UN climate talks into a 2nd extra day
MADRID — U.N. climate talks in Madrid dragged into a second day of extra time Sunday, with officials from almost 200 countries unable to break the dea...
Greta Thunberg apologizes for ‘against the wall’ comment
MADRID — Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has apologized for saying politicians should be put “against the wall” after critics took it to mean ...
Fighting rages near Libya’s capital amid push by rebel army
CAIRO — Just two days after rebel Libyan commander Khalifa Hifter declared a “final" and decisive battle for the capital Tripoli, heavy fighting raged...
Houses of worship attacked with deadly frequency in 2019
On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country whe...
Johnson’s win may deliver Brexit but could risk UK’s breakup
LONDON — Leaving the European Union is not the only split British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has to worry about.
Cries of abuse in Catholic Church start to be heard in Japan
TOKYO — During Pope Francis’ recent visit to Japan, Harumi Suzuki stood where his motorcade passed by holding a sign that read: “I am a survivor.”
AP Exclusive: China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks
The Xinjiang regional government in China’s far west is deleting data, destroying documents, tightening controls on information and has held high-leve...
Trump calls impeachment vote ‘an embarrassment’ to nation
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Friday's House committee vote to impeach him ”an embarrassment to our country" and refused to back away f...
After UK election, Trump sees ‘harbinger’ of things to come
WASHINGTON — After a tumultuous tenure in office, a controversial candidate expanded his grip on power, surpassing a weak opponent and drawing support...
Johnson claims Brexit mandate with new conservative majority
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged Friday to heal Britain's divisions over Brexit after his gamble on early elections rewarded him with a c...
French protest retirement changes, travel disruptions abound
PARIS — Paris police skirmished Saturday with yellow vest activists who joined a wave of protests against the government's overhaul of France's retire...
Protests erupt as Russia seeks closer ties with Belarus
MINSK, Belarus — The leaders of Russia and Belarus spent more than five hours Saturday in sensitive talks on deepening ties between the two allies — a...
Official: Base shooter watched shooting videos before attack
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A US official says the Saudi student who fatally shot three people at a Florida naval base had hosted a dinner party the night befor...
Reddit bans accounts, suspects possible UK vote interference
LONDON — The prospect of Russian interference in Britain's election flared anew Saturday after the social media platform Reddit concluded that people ...
Nobel laureate: Face up to climate change, no escaping Earth
STOCKHOLM — An astronomer who shares this year's Nobel physics prize for discovering a planet outside the Earth's solar system is taking issue with pe...
AP PHOTOS: St. Nicholas and devils parade in Czech villages
VALASSKA POLANKA, Czech Republic — Dozens of people in grim reaper and devil costumes accompany St. Nicholas on his journey through the village of Val...
Pro-government protesters denounce Hong Kong ‘rioters’
HONG KONG — Only after finding safety in numbers, joining hundreds of other pro-government protesters in Hong Kong on Saturday, did Reddy Lin drum up ...
Venice tide barriers pass another test, but skeptics remain
VENICE, Italy — Floated along by barge , one of the 10-ton barriers designed to relieve Venice’s perennial flooding looks like a giant plaything: an o...
AP PHOTOS: Ukraine war prisoners struggle to rebuild lives
KYIV, Ukraine — For Anna Sergeyeva, rebuilding her life after surviving a week of captivity and torture in Ukraine was often more of a struggle.
Lebanon’s journalists suffer abuse, threats covering unrest
BEIRUT — Lebanese journalists are facing threats and wide-ranging harassment in their work — including verbal insults and physical attacks, even death...
Activists cheer for “Greta!”, urge climate action in Madrid
MADRID — Activists of all ages and from all corners of the planet demanded concrete action Friday against climate change from leaders and negotiators ...
Mexicans fleeing violence form new encampment on border
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — An exodus of migrants fleeing drug cartel violence and corruption in Mexico has mired hundreds of immigrants in ramshackle ten...
US hits Iran-backed Iraqi militia leaders with sanctions
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday slapped sanctions on three Iran-backed Iraqi militia leaders for violent suppression of protests that ...
UN Libya migrant center plagued with crowding, TB, food cuts
TRIPOLI, Libya — The United Nations center in Libya was opened as an “alternative to detention,” a last, safe stop for migrants before they were reset...
6-story building collapses in Nairobi; at least 4 killed
NAIROBI, Kenya — A six-story residential building collapsed Friday in Kenya's capital, officials said, with at least four people killed and others tra...
Gas explosion in Slovakia tower block kills 5, injures 40
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A gas explosion in an apartment building in eastern Slovakia killed at least five people and injured more than 40 Friday. Firef...
Italian priest, and 2 Kenyan men who say he’s their father
NAIROBI — Steven Lacchin grew up a fatherless boy, but he knew some very basic facts about the man who was his father.