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Authorities in Ukraine have advised residents in the capital Kyiv to stay indoors as air pollution, partly caused by fires in the region, blanketed the city

Iran’s top leader has pardoned thousands of prisoners, including foreigners and people accused of anti-state crimes

Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies

As torrential rains sweep through Central and West Africa, floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands across the region

Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s restive Papua region have warned that military attacks in recent days to rescue a New Zealand pilot who was taken hostage over a year ago could instead threaten his safety

A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium

Dutch police are appealing for witnesses as they investigate a stabbing in which one man was killed and another seriously wounded in the port city of Rotterdam

Shohei Ohtani's feat of becoming the first major leaguer with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season was met with extra editions of newspapers for fans to read on their way to work

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in Ukraine, focused on helping the country to repair and reconnect its war-damaged electricity grid and boost its heating capacity as winter approaches

The döner kebab is beloved in Berlin

For millions of Lebanese, this week's mass explosion of pagers and walkie-talkies and the bloody aftermath are painfully similar to the horrific explosion four years ago of haphazardly stored ammonium nitrates that tore through Beirut's port

Western governments ignored widespread fraud in South Korean adoptions and sometimes pressured the country to keep the kids coming, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found

Western governments ignored widespread fraud in South Korean adoptions and sometimes pressured the country to keep the kids coming, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found

Brazilian coffee farmers are grappling with above-average temperatures as the country, the world’s largest coffee producer, faces its worst drought in more than seven decades

Sept. 13-19, 2024 Demonstrators in Peru demanded more action from their government to combat fires in the Amazon. Mexicans celebrated Independence Day in the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square. Youths attended a march for religious freedom Rio de Janeiro. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean. The selection was curated by AP photo editor Ramón Espinosa, based in Havana. ___ Follow AP visual journalism: AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews X: http://twitter.com/AP_Images

On Sept. 26, 2014, dozens of students from a teachers college in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero disappeared

Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country

The parents of 43 students of a radical teachers college who disappeared in Mexico are still searching for them 10 years later

Former counterterrorism official Javed Ali reacts to Hezbollah's latest statements. Our panel discusses the Iranian election interference plot and the ceremony honoring NASA's "Hidden figures."

An Associated Press journalist witnessed Israeli soldiers push three apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the occupied West Bank

Thirty-two Hezbollah members were killed in device blasts, the group said.

Israel launches new strikes at Hezbollah targets in Lebanon as the leader of the terror group responds saying these attacks are a start of war.

Dozens of people have been killed in the pager attacks.

Police say that one person has been killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing incident in central Rotterdam

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead in the past week

Authorities in Honduras say that an attempted prison break left two inmates dead and three injured

The news comes as the recent Venezuelan presidential election result has been disputed and opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez says he was forced to sign a letter conceding defeat.

EU chief Ursula von der Leyen visits flood-stricken region in Europe and pledges billions of euros in swift aid

Milan designers are challenging the notion that a collection should dictate how one dresses, offering instead individual looks that can elevate, transform or simply complement a wardrobe

Astrophysics Professor Adam Frank explains the gravitational capture event involving tiny asteroid 2024 PT5.

Officials in Pakistan say police have shot dead a blasphemy suspect during an alleged shootout with armed men in the southern province of Sindh, the second such apparent extra-judicial killing in a week, drawing strong condemnation from human rights gr...

Israeli defense minister says Hezbollah 'will pay an increasing price' as Israel seeks to return residents to its north

Matt Berrett, former director of the CIA’s Office of Middle East and North Africa Analysis, weighs in on the escalating conflict.

A charred transformer from one of Ukraine’s severely damaged power plants has come to a square in Kyiv’s city center

A 64-year-old woman was preparing food at her home when the python took hold of her, officials said.

Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.

A ceremony at the Canadian Embassy in Rome has marked the successful recovery of a stolen photo portrait of Winston Churchill, known as “The Roaring Lion,” after a two-year search

The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from Nigeria

“For decades, Hezbollah has weaponized civilian homes, dug tunnels beneath them, and used civilians as human shields,” the Israeli army said.

Israel says two of its soldiers were killed by latest Hezbollah strikes across the Lebanon border

Israel and Hezbollah exchange strikes along the border, as Nasrallah vows retaliation for attacks on group's devices

A team of 10 veterinarians repaired Amara’s broken leg in what is believed to be the first surgery on a rhino with a broken leg.

Amara is an almost 2-year old Southern white rhino from Knowsley Safari Park.

Hezbollah leader says attack on the group's communication devices was a 'severe blow' that crossed a 'red line'

The remotely triggered explosions that hit pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members this week made for an eerie and shocking spectacle

Israeli police and intelligence services said they foiled an Iranian plot to assassinate top leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The former DHS assistant secretary for counterterrorism, Elizabeth Neumann, discussed the impact of recent attacks targeting Hezbollah.

The construction of BR-319 is a contentious issue in Brazil.

A candidate for president in Tunisia has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on election fraud charges that his attorney decried as politically motivated

Swedish authorities have charged a 52-year-old woman associated with the Islamic State group with genocide, crimes against humanity and serious war crimes against Yazidi women and children in Syria