Turkey issues warrants for 133 officers over coup links
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's state-run news agency says prosecutors have issued warrants for the detention of 133 military officers over suspected links ...
Mali says 24 soldiers killed in latest extremist attack
JOHANNESBURG — Mali’s military says 24 soldiers are dead in the latest extremist attack as alarm grows about the vast Sahel region as a haven for figh...
US, South Korea cut short meeting over sharing defense costs
SEOUL, South Korea — U.S. and South Korean officials have publicly acknowledged the allies remain far apart in negotiations for increasing South Korea...
US prison system long plagued by staffing crisis, violence
WASHINGTON — For years, the federal Bureau of Prisons has been plagued by systematic failures, from massive staffing shortages to chronic violence. Bu...
Patrick defends corporations and capitalism in primary bid
DES MOINES, Iowa — Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick is centering his fledgling campaign on a defense of corporations and capitalism tha...
Doncic scores 42 in triple-double, Mavs top Spurs 117-110
DALLAS — Luka Doncic scored a career-high 42 points in his sixth triple-double of the young NBA season and the Dallas Mavericks sent the San Antonio S...
Smoke shrouds Sydney’s skyline as wildfires burn nearby
SYDNEY — Thick smoke from wildfires has shrouded Sydney and its surrounding areas with health experts warning residents with medical conditions to rem...
Man pleads guilty to threatening to kill Rep. Omar of Minn.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A western New York man pleaded guilty Monday to threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.s
Flood-hit Venice’s dwindling population faces mounting woes
VENICE, Italy — One of only four oar makers for Venice’s famed gondoliers, Paolo Brandolisio wades through his ground-floor workshop for the third tim...
Correction: Prescription Drugs story
WASHINGTON — In a story Nov. 18 about the White House push for prescription drug legislation, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the ex...
Brazil says Amazon deforestation is worst since 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO — Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is at its worst in more than a decade, a government report said Monday, undermining offic...
US angers Palestinians with reversal on Israeli settlements
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday softened the U.S. position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, reversing four decades of...
NSC aide Vindman ready to speak out publicly on Trump
WASHINGTON — The decorated soldier and White House aide who saw it as his "sacred duty" to speak out against President Donald Trump’s Ukraine pressure...
Warren’s ‘Medicare for All’ plan reignites health care clash
WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren’s proposal to gradually move the country to a government-funded health care system has further inflamed the debate over ...
Iran downplays, demonizes protests amid internet shutdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian officials on Monday alternatively downplayed and demonized ongoing protests across the country that have killed ...
House lawyer says committee investigating whether Trump lied
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives’ top lawyer told a federal appeals court Monday that the House is investigating whether President Donald Tru...
Prince Andrew’s efforts to put scandal behind him backfire
LONDON — Prince Andrew's effort to put the Jeffrey Epstein scandal behind him may have instead done him irreparable harm.
Judge denies DNA testing sought 13 years post-execution
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis judge ruled on Monday that the daughter of a man executed 13 years ago for murder does not have the right to seek DNA testi...
UK leader Johnson faces questions about ties to US woman
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced new questions Monday about his relationship with an American businesswoman who allegedly received ...
Belarus election results: An opposition-free parliament
MINSK, Belarus — Full preliminary results from parliamentary elections in Belarus show the chamber will have no members of the opposition to challenge...
Russia returns 3 seized ships to Ukraine, talks about summit
MOSCOW — Three Ukrainian naval ships that were seized by Russia nearly a year ago have been returned, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday.
US officials granting $29 million for coastal protection
NEW ORLEANS — Projects to protect Texas marshes from erosion and an Alaskan village from the Bering Sea are getting help from some of the 44 grants aw...
Campus under siege as Hong Kong police battle protesters
HONG KONG — As night fell on Hong Kong, police tightened their siege of a university campus where hundreds of protesters were trapped in the latest dr...
Buttigieg touts military service, wary of overstating role
MASON CITY, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg strides past an oversized photograph of himself dressed in fatigues, the Afghan horizon behind him, as he enters a D...
2020 hopeful Harris focuses on black women in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Kamala Harris is framing an upcoming campaign swing through early voting South Carolina around the voting demographic most sought aft...
2020 Watch: Big tests loom for late entries and top tier
NEW YORK — Presidential politics move fast. What we're watching heading into a new week on the 2020 campaign:
North Korea says it won’t give Trump a summit for free
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has responded to a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump that hinted at another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jo...
AP Top 25 Reality Check: Separation at top around country
Separation at the top and a few random scheduling quirks has allowed the AP college football poll voters to work a little easier this season than last...
What’s next: Impeachment hearings enter crucial stretch
WASHINGTON — The House impeachment hearings are entering a crucial second week as Democrats are set to hear from eight additional witnesses about Pres...