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North Korea launches projectile toward the sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched an unidentified projectile toward the sea on Sunday, according to South Korea's military, the latest in a recent series of weapons displays by the … more
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrives for the Cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Merz faces key test as 2 German states hold elections with eyes on the far-right AfD
BERLIN (AP) — Polling stations opened Sunday in two German state elections in which the far-right AfD party is expected to make further gains that could determine whether Chancellor Friedrich Merz … more
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FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, shakes hands with President Donald Trump at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 14, 2026. (Kenny Holston/Pool Photo via AP, file)
Trump used to slam China. Here's why he's now rolling out the red carpet for Xi
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump first ran for office, he called out China as a menace to the U.S. economy, saying it had gutted America's factories and eroded the middle class. … more
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FILE - Elor Azaria escorted by his mother arrives to Israeli military court on July 30, 2017, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty, Pool, File)
Israel's president pardons a combat medic whose shooting of a Palestinian attacker caused debate
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's president Saturday pardoned the combat medic who shot dead at close range a badly wounded Palestinian attacker who had stabbed a soldier in the occupied West Bank a decade … more
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Pakistani security forces ended a 20-hour standoff at a Kohat police compound Saturday after a suicide bombing and gun attack killed 21 people and wounded 103, with suspicion falling on the Pakistani Taliban. (AP Video shot: Maaz Awan)
Pakistani forces end 20-hour standoff with militants in the northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces on Saturday ended a standoff with militants holed up inside a police compound in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. The confrontation … more
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Protesters attend a far-right groups' protest against immigration and asylum policies, in The Hague, Netherlands, Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Mouneb Taim)
Dutch riot police break up far-right protest in The Hague after violence erupts
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch riot police dispersed several hundred far-right protesters in The Hague on Saturday after violence erupted and local authorities banned a planned march in the … more

FILE - A photo of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Narges Mohammadi is projected onto the wall of the Grand Hotel in central Oslo before the Nobel banquet on Dec. 10. 2023. (Javad Parsa/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)
Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iranians are paying the price for war
Iranians are suffering as economic misery and internal repression leave “no room for people to breathe” after 1 1/2 years of wars and ongoing U.S. sanctions, the country’s most prominent human … more
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The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the United Nations headquarters, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/David R Martin)
UNGA lingo: A guide to UN General Assembly meeting acronyms, buzzwords and more
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is launching into its yearly meeting of world leaders, a week of diplomacy, dealmaking, speechmaking — and lingo. Here is some of the key … more
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FILE - Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Greenland's government leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen, and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen visit Qoornoq, Greenland on Sept. 6, 2026. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)
Denmark's leaders are cautiously optimistic about Trump's announcement of a Greenland deal
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's government was cautiously optimistic on Saturday about Donald Trump's announcement of a deal on Greenland to bolster U.S. military presence there but keep the … more
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Saudi Arabia issues alerts across the country for aerial threat, and other Mideast developments
Saudi Arabia warned of a “hostile aerial threat” and issued a string of emergency alerts across the kingdom, including in its capital, late Friday and early Saturday. Also Saturday, Iran’s … more
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Ballot boxes are seen at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Donetsk, in the Russian-controlled part of the Donetsk region, Ukraine Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo)
Russia holds parliamentary vote in areas it seized from Ukraine in the war
Russia’s parliamentary election for the first time includes residents of regions that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago, … more
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Antonino Bella, a senior researcher at the Infectious Diseases Department of the Italian National Institute of Health, looks at a map of Italy showing provinces with confirmed circulation of West Nile virus in vectors, animals, and humans during the 2026 season, in Rome, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
As Europe warms, Italy sees West Nile virus spread farther and longer
ROME (AP) — Italian health authorities see evidence that rising temperatures and longer warm seasons are helping mosquitoes spread West Nile virus across a wider area, during more months of the … more
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