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Shipping containers were used to block streets across Islamabad as authorities sought to prevent a planned protest march by supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI). (AP video: Muhammad Yousaf).
In Islamabad, shipping containers on the streets signal a protest is imminent
ISLAMABAD (AP) — It's a familiar sight in Pakistan’s capital whenever a protest is expected: shipping containers lined up along streets or placed across key routes to restrict demonstrators’ … more
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Denmark's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Christina Markus Lassen addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Denmark, at UN, says Greenland pact benefits all parties involved
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The security agreement signed by the U.S., Denmark and Greenland last week “strengthens the defense of Greenland, the NATO area, and the American continent,” Denmark’s … more
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North Korea's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Son Gyong addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
In a relatively mild speech, North Korea uses UN platform to lament 'mutual distrust' and tension
North Korea used its yearly U.N. platform on Monday to warn other world leaders of “a harsh reality rampant with unprecedented mutual distrust and confrontation,” but said that it would endure … more
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Colombia issues lengthy sentences against ELN rebel leaders for recruiting children
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A judge on Monday sentenced in absentia 11 commanders of Colombia's largest remaining rebel group to prison for recruiting 60 children into their ranks between 2004 and … more
FILE - Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) fighters attend an orientation session in western Oromia, Ethiopia, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo, File)
Ethiopia’s army chief accuses Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt of supporting Tigray rebels
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The head of Ethiopia’s army suggested that neighboring Eritrea, Sudan and Egypt were supporting rebel troops who have captured several strategic towns in renewed … more
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Paola Deffendi, Giulio Regeni's mother, center, reacts with emotion as she leaves a courtroom after three of four Egyptian security officials were convicted to 10 years in prison for the abduction and murder of her son in Cairo in 2016, in Rome, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. (Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse via AP)
Rome court sentences 3 Egyptian security officials to 10 years over Giulio Regeni's abduction
ROME (AP) — A court in Rome on Monday sentenced three Egyptian security officials convicted of aggravated kidnapping in the abduction of an Italian researcher in Cairo to 10 years in prison, while … more
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FILE - The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen on Dec. 9, 2025, in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)
Germany’s foreign minister visits the ICC, pledging full support despite Trump's sanctions
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul visited the International Criminal Court on Monday in a high-profile show of support for the embattled global tribunal that … more
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A healthcare worker is disinfected by his colleague inside a treatment center for Ebola patients in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Sebastien Kitsa Musayi)
Congo's Ebola outbreak tops 8,000 confirmed cases as disease remains out of control
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Congo has surged past 8,000 as the country struggles with a shortage of health workers. The new statistics were released Sunday. The disease has spread to new … more
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks to the media during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Officials say mediators are still working with Iran and the US on a possible deal
CAIRO (AP) — Three officials tell The Associated Press that mediators were still working with Iran and the United States on a deal to end the fighting and open the Strait of Hormuz, with the … more
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Forensic investigators work at the site where the body of a woman was discovered on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa, Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
11th woman's body in South Africa as authorities investigate recent spate of killings
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police said Monday that another body of a woman was discovered in Ekurhuleni, east of Johannesburg, bringing the total number of female victims recently found in … more
A man walks at the central market damaged in a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Saturday, Sept.26, 2026. (AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko)
Russian drones pound civilian areas as Ukraine claims battlefield breakthroughs
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine killed at least three civilians and wounded 41 others, officials said Monday, while Ukraine’s army claimed more … more
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FILE - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens during a news conference with President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Dec. 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Netanyahu meets Emirati leader in a secret weekend trip to Abu Dhabi, and other Mideast developments
Benjamin Netanyahu traveled secretly to the United Arab Emirates over the weekend to ask its leader to deny reports that he had warned the Israeli prime minister about a looming Hamas threat ahead of … more
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