Hong Kong leader says she has Xi’s backing to tackle unrest
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's embattled leader, Carrie Lam, said Tuesday that she has received the backing of Chinese President Xi Jinping in her handling o...
In last days, al-Baghdadi sought safety in shrinking domain
BEIRUT — In his last months on the run, Islamic State group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was agitated, fearful of traitors, sometimes disguised as a sh...
Bringing the world’s buried wetlands back from the dead
HINDOLVESTON, England — The ghosts are all around the gently rolling farmlands of eastern England. But you have to know where to look.
Used to impunity, Bangladesh elite face corruption crackdown
DHAKA, Bangladesh — As gamblers called out bets around craps and roulette tables at a sports club in Bangladesh's capital, dozens of black-clad securi...
An ambush in Brazil’s Amazon that killed a forest guardian
RIO DE JANEIRO — The indigenous men's hunt wasn't going well, so they pushed deeper into the Amazon forest in northeastern Brazil. They ran out of wat...
N. Korea says US terrorism blacklist hinders nuke diplomacy
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea says the U.S. redesignation of Pyongyang as a sponsor of terrorism is dimming prospects for nuclear diplomacy between...
Hong Kong police arrest man in knife attack at protest site
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police said Monday that a 48-year-old knife-wielding man who slashed two people and bit off part of the ear of a local politicia...
The Latest: Labour’s Lindsay Hoyle elected new speaker
LONDON — The Latest on the election to select a new U.K. House of Commons speaker (all times local):
Protests as Spanish king makes key visit to Catalonia
BARCELONA, Spain — About 2,000 protesters wielding Catalan pro-independence symbols and some Spanish republican flags are banging kitchen pots and blo...
At least 5 protesters killed in new round of clashes in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Anti-government protesters crossed a major bridge in Baghdad on Monday, approaching the prime minister's office and the headquarters of Iraq...
Macron’s China visit underscores economic tensions
BEIJING — With major economies locked in disputes over trade, France's president started a visit to China by announcing that the EU had struck a deal ...
US envoy calls EU decision on Balkans ‘historic mistake’
BELGRADE, Serbia — A U.S. envoy for the Western Balkans on Monday described European Union's decision not to open membership talks with North Macedoni...
In Berlin, quirky reminders linger from East-West divide
BERLIN — Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German capital — divided for decades by bricks and barbed wire — has slowly grown back to...
Investigation: Lead in some Canadian water worse than Flint
MONTREAL — Hundreds of thousands of Canadians have been unwittingly exposed to high levels of lead in their drinking water, with contamination in seve...
South Sudan faces crisis in forming new coalition government
NAIROBI, Kenya — War-torn South Sudan is "barreling toward a crisis" and could slide back into fighting, warned the International Crisis Group on Mond...
30 years after Berlin Wall fell, East-West divides remain
BERLIN — Many people in the former East Germany say they feel like second-class citizens 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, despite a growing...
Key moments in the 1979 Iran hostage crisis at US Embassy
Here are key moments in the 1979 Iranian takeover and subsequent 444-day hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
AP COVERED IT: Iran students seize US Embassy in Tehran
EDITOR'S NOTE: On Nov. 4, 1979, Iranian students overran guards to take over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, starting a 444-day hostage crisis that transf...
India’s capital restricts cars as people choke in dirty air
NEW DELHI — Authorities in New Delhi are restricting private vehicles from the roads on alternating days to control vehicular pollution as people in t...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on ‘crying’ IS leader, whistleblower
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is spreading misinformation about the CIA officer who blew the whistle on his dealings with Ukraine.
Iraqi protesters attack Iran consulate in Karbala
BAGHDAD — Dozens of Iraqi protesters attacked the Iranian consulate in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Sunday, scaling the concrete barriers ringin...
Demonstrators demand halt to killings of women in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Relatives of women and girls murdered or missing in Mexico marched through the capital Sunday carrying over 100 purple crosses inscribed...
Italian ship with 151 rescued migrants docks in Sicily
ROME — An Italian offshore supply vessel has brought 151 migrants to Sicily after rescuing them in waters off Libya a day earlier.
Riot police storm Hong Kong malls to nip more protests
HONG KONG — Riot police stormed several malls in Hong Kong on Sunday in a move to thwart more pro-democracy protests, as the city's leader heads to Be...
Saudi Arabia formally starts IPO of oil firm Saudi Aramco
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia formally began an initial public offering Sunday of a sliver of oil giant Saudi Aramco after years of delay, hopi...
AP Analysis: Iran, US still captive to 1979 hostage crisis
The 1979 U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran may have ended after 444 days, but both America and Iran still remain captive to a crisis that began 40 years...
Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 13
ISTANBUL — A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town along the border with Turkey on Saturday killing 13 people, Turkey's Defense Ministry said.
AP FACT CHECK: Trump puffs up Islamic State raid and more
WASHINGTON — Seeing U.S. forces track down and kill the Islamic State's leader wasn't enough for President Donald Trump. He puffed up and told a story...
German minister appeals for European unity amid challenges
BERLIN — Germany's foreign minister appealed Saturday for European countries to unite in the face of global challenges such as climate change and migr...
The Latest: Hong Kong protesters vandalize Xinhua office
HONG KONG — The Latest on protests in Hong Kong (all times local):