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Teófila Challapa weaves on her loom at home in Cariquima, Chile, Monday, July 31, 2023. Challapa, 59, prays before beginning her work: “Mother Earth, give me strength, because you're the one who will produce, not me." (AP Photo/Ignacio Munoz)
Inspired by llamas, the desert and Mother Earth, these craftswomen weave sacred textiles
In the middle of the Atacama Desert, in northern Chile, the colors and patterns of Aymara textiles are inspired by the land that is considered sacred. The craftswomen learn the trade in childhood. … more
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A group of navy personnel pass through Taiwan's domestically-made submarine during the naming and launching ceremony of domestically-made submarines at CSBC Corp's shipyards in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Taiwan's first domestically made submarine prototype starts underwater testing. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Taiwan launches the island's first domestically made submarine for testing
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan's president launched the island's first domestically made submarine for testing Thursday at a port in Kaohsiung. The submarine, if successful in its tests, will … more
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Apostolis Dafereras, 83, looks out of the window of his house into the flooded street in Volos city, Greece, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Torrential rainfall has caused widespread flooding in and around the Greek city of Volos and other central areas of the country for the second time in less than a month. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Storm Elias crashes into a Greek city, filling homes with mud and knocking out power
VOLOS, Greece (AP) — A second powerful storm in less than a month hammered parts of central Greece Thursday, sweeping away roads, smashing bridges and flooding thousands of homes. The storm — … more
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In this photo released by Uzbekistan's Emergency Ministry Press Service on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a site of a warehouse in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. A massive explosion followed by a large blaze occurred early Thursday morning at a warehouse in the Uzbekistan capital Tashkent. (Uzbekistan's Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)
An explosion following a lightning strike in the Uzbek capital kills 1 person and injures 162
A powerful explosion in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, killed a teenage boy Thursday and injured at least 162 people following a fire caused by a lightning strike, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health … more
FILE - Palestinian workers enter Israel after crossing from Gaza on the Israeli side of Erez crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on March 27, 2022. Israel reopened a main crossing with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 allowing thousands of Palestinian laborers to enter the country for the first time since sealing it last week. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
Israel reopens Gaza crossing for Palestinian laborers after sealing it over rising tensions
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel reopened a main crossing with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, allowing thousands of Palestinian laborers to enter the country for the first time since sealing it … more
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Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system and in support of the Supreme Court ahead of Thursday's pivotal hearing, in Jerusalem, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. The hearing over a law that makes it more difficult to remove Netanyahu from office deepens a rift between the government and the judiciary amid months of turmoil in Israel. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Israel's High Court hears challenge to law that makes it harder to remove Netanyahu from office
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday was hearing a challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove a sitting prime minister, which critics say is designed to protect Prime … more
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FILE - ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) glaciologist and head of the Swiss measurement network Glamos, Matthias Huss, checks the thickness of the Rhone Glacier near Goms, Switzerland, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
As thaw accelerates, Swiss glaciers lost 10% of their volume in the last 2 years, experts say
GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss Academy of Sciences panel is reporting a dramatic acceleration of glacier melt in the Alpine country, which has lost 10% of its ice volume in just two years after high summer … more
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A trader conducts live sales via streaming at a store in the Tanah Abang textile market in Jakarta, Indonesia Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Chinese-owned app TikTok on Thursday said it regretted the Indonesian government's decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms, particularly the impact it would have on the millions of sellers who use TikTok Shop. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
TikTok says it regrets Indonesia's decision to ban e-commerce sales on social media platforms
Chinese-owned app TikTok says it regrets the Indonesian government’s decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms and particularly the impact it would have on the millions of … more
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A woman with a trolley leaves the central registration center for asylum seekers in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. Across Germany, officials are sounding the alarm that they are no longer in a position to accommodate migrants who are applying for asylum. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Shelters for migrants are filling up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden
BERLIN (AP) — Dozens of people from around the world lined up on a sunny morning this week in front of a former mental health hospital in Berlin to apply for asylum in Germany. There were two … more
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FILE - McMurdo Station is photographed from the air on Oct. 27, 2014. From Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the federal agency which oversees the research program on the ice decided to stop serving alcohol. (National Science Foundation via AP, File)
At US Antarctic base hit by harassment claims, workers are banned from buying alcohol at bars
From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the federal agency overseeing the research program decided to stop … more
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In this photo taken during a two-day session on Sept. 26-27, 2023 and provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at a meeting of the country's parliament in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
North Korean leader urges greater nuclear weapons production in response to a 'new Cold War'
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations … more
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FILE - Supporters of Capt. Ibrahim Traore parade waving a Russian flag in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. A coup attempt against Burkina Faso’s military government has been thwarted by the country’s intelligence and security services, authorities said Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)
Burkina Faso’s junta says its intelligence and security services have foiled a coup attempt
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military government said Wednesday its intelligence and security services had thwarted a coup attempt and were actively pursuing others believed involved. … more
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Models wear creations for the Dries Van Noten Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Vianney Le Caer)
At Paris Fashion Week '70s nostalgia meets futuristic flair amid dramatic twists
PARIS (AP) — Echos of the ’70s are resonating on the Parisian catwalks this season, intertwined with modern fashion cues. While elongated silhouettes and intentional mismatched styles at Dries … more
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Emergency services at the scene near the Whitgift shopping centre after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death, in Croydon, south London, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. British police say a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death during Wednesday’s morning rush hour in south London. The Metropolitan Police said officers arrested a teenage boy who may have known the victim in connection with the stabbing. (Jordan Reynolds/PA via AP)
A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death near London. A 17-year-old male suspect has been arrested
LONDON (AP) — A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death while on her way to school just south of London on Wednesday morning, and a 17-year-old male suspect was arrested in connection with her death, … more
FILE - A view of a mock drugs consumption room - where users take heroin under medical supervision - staged at Colston Hall in Bristol, Jan. 24, 2020. Scottish authorities on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023 approved a 2.3 million-pound ($2.8 million) pound drug consumption room, the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal drugs such as cocaine and heroine under the supervision of medical staff. Local officials in the Scottish city of Glasgow on Wednesday approved the facility, which had long been delayed by political disagreements. (Claire Hayhurst/PA via AP, File)
Scottish officials approve UK's first drug consumption room intended for safer use of illegal drugs
LONDON (AP) — Scottish authorities on Wednesday approved a 2.3 million-pound ($2.8 million) pound drug consumption room, the first government-backed place in the U.K. where users can take illegal … more
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President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Biden was in New York to address the 78th United Nations General Assembly. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
US allows Israeli citizens to travel to US visa-free as Israel joins a select group of countries
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is admitting Israel into a select group of countries whose citizens are allowed to travel to the United States without getting a visa in advance. The … more
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Paulinho of Brazil´s Atletico Mineiro gives thanks after scoring during the Brasileirao championship soccer match against Botafogo at Arena MRV in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Paulinho has become a powerful voice for the often-marginalized practitioners of the Candomble religion. (AP Photos/Thomas Santos)
Soccer star Paulinho becomes torchbearer in Brazil for his sometimes-persecuted Afro-Brazilian faith
When Brazilian soccer player Paulinho scored a goal at the Tokyo Olympics, he celebrated by pointing an imaginary arrow at the flashing cameras as homage to a deity in his persecuted Afro-Brazilian … more
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FILE - Matthew Miller, a U.S. citizen, sits on the dock at the Supreme Court during his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sept. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)
A look at other Americans who have entered North Korea over the years
North Korea says it plans to expel a U.S. soldier who crossed into the country in July. Pvt. Travis King’s case comes at a time of high tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Other Americans have … more
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Alberto Nunez Feijoo takes his seat during an investiture session at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The leader of Spain's conservatives Alberto Feijoo faces the first of two investiture votes, Wednesday, that will determine whether he can become prime minister. Spain's July 23 national election gave Feijoo's Popular Party the most seats in the parliament's 350-member lower chamber but well shy of an absolute majority. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Leader of Spain's conservatives expected to lose on his first chance to become prime minister
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barring a last-minute surprise, the leader of Spain’s conservatives will miss on his first shot to become the country’s next prime minister when the parliament votes … more
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This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
Iran says it has successfully launched an imaging satellite into orbit amid tensions with the West
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran claimed on Wednesday that it successfully launched an imaging satellite into space, a move that could further ratchet up tensions with Western nations that … more

FILE - Supporters of Niger's ruling junta gather at the start of a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference in Niamey, Niger, Aug. 3, 2023. The French troops being forced out of Niger were seen as a key line of decadelong defense amid efforts led by the West, particularly U.S. and France, to fight against jihadi violence in Africa’s hard-hit Sahel region. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
France's withdrawal from Niger could jeopardize counterterrorism operations in the Sahel
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The French troops withdrawing from Niger were seen as a key line of defense for about a decade in Western efforts against jihadi violence in Africa's Sahel region, the vast … more
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Six young climate activists take 32 countries to court
In landmark court case, 6 young activists take on 32 European nations over climate action
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Six young people from Portugal will argue that governments across Europe aren't doing enough to protect people from the harms of climate change at the European Court of … more
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Mexican mother bravely shields son as bear leaps on picnic table, devours tacos, enchiladas
Mexican mother bravely shields son as bear leaps on picnic table, devours tacos, enchiladas
A Mexican mother bravely shielded her son after a bear leapt on a picnic table and devoured the tacos and enchiladas meant for the boy's birthday dinner, inches from his face. Silvia Macías of … more
South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, center, walks out of a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. A South Korean judge on Wednesday denied an arrest warrant for the country's opposition leader on broad corruption allegations, saying there wasn't a clear risk that he would destroy evidence. (Han Jong-chan/Yonhap via AP)
South Korean court denies arrest warrant for opposition leader Lee in corruption allegations
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean judge on Wednesday denied an arrest warrant for the country’s opposition leader on broad corruption allegations, saying there wasn't a clear risk that he … more
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