At rehearsal for the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school, a dancer poses for photos with admiring onlookers while wearing the bright yellow uniform and sky-high heels of the school's elite...
February 11, 2020
A high-profile North Korean defector said Tuesday he'll run in upcoming parliamentary elections in South Korea as part of his efforts to help South Koreans understand the true nature of...
February 11, 2020
Thailand's government and civil servants were asked to dress in black Tuesday to mourn the dead in a soldier's shooting rampage in a northeastern city where a e a shopping...
February 11, 2020
An explosion occurred early Tuesday near a military academy in a southern neighborhood of the Afghan capital, a government spokesman said. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the...
February 11, 2020
Australia's highest court ruled Tuesday the government can't deport Aboriginal people as part of its policy of ridding the country of foreign criminals. The High Court ruled in a 4-3...
February 10, 2020
Spain on Monday rescued 119 migrants from the sea and was looking for 67 more believed to have gone missing on a boat while trying to reach European shores, the...
February 10, 2020
Yemen's warring sides quietly began U.N.-backed talks about a prisoner swap on Monday, according to the United Nations. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said a third round of negotiations aimed...
February 10, 2020
Heavy rains in Sao Paulo brought Brazil's most populous city nearly to a halt on Monday with floods, mudslides and enormous traffic jams. “Since 3 a.m., in some areas it...
February 10, 2020
Prosecutors opened what some are calling Ecuador's trial of a century Monday against former President Rafael Correa and 20 other high-ranking politicians and business leaders accused of operating a multimillion-dollar...
February 10, 2020
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will reiterate his rejection of the Trump administration's Mideast plan in an address to the U.N. Security Council Tuesday, but members will not be voting on...
February 10, 2020
Uganda scrambled to respond to the arrival of the biggest locust outbreak that parts of East Africa have seen in decades, while the United Nations warned Monday that “we simply...
February 10, 2020
The Mozambican attorney general's office on Monday withdrew its appeal to South African courts to have former Finance Minister Manuel Chang extradited back home amid a massive debt scandal. Chang...
February 10, 2020
A former Uber driver was convicted Monday of plotting a vehicle and weapons attack on London tourist sites, just over a year after he was cleared of attacking police with...
February 10, 2020
Alejandra Uvilla fled her home city of Apatzingan because of overwhelming violence, moving 65 miles (105 km) north to bustling, mountain-nestled Uruapan in the avocado belt of Michoacan state. Three...
February 10, 2020
A Caribbean Princess cruise was cut short following a gastrointestinal outbreak aboard the ship caused it to be denied entry to at least one island before it headed to its...
February 10, 2020
It's still unclear how a Thai soldier managed to steal heavy weapons from an army base which he then used to kill 29 people and hold off security forces for...
February 10, 2020
Former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa and 20 other high-ranking politicians and business leaders went on trial Monday, with prosecutors accusing them of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar bribery operation. Chief Prosecutor Diana...
February 10, 2020
A fast response by the European Union to the earthquake in Albania that killed 51 people has increased the bloc's popularity among the tiny Western Balkan country's population, according to...
February 10, 2020
A leading Israeli opposition figure said Monday that embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has turned a U.S. initiative for ending conflict with the Palestinians into a campaign “stunt” by...
February 10, 2020
Egypt's legislature on Monday gave its initial approval for toughening up already draconian anti-terrorism laws, with amendments that include life sentences and capital punishment for funding terrorism, the state-run news...
February 10, 2020
A search plane spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian military helicopter that went missing with 12 people nearly eight months ago in the country's troubled easternmost province of Papua, military...
February 10, 2020
A Russian military court convicted seven members of a left-wing youth group of terrorism charges Monday and sentenced them to prison terms of up to 18 years in a case...
February 10, 2020
Iraqi security forces shot and killed at least one protester in the country's south on Monday, official said as the five-month anti-government protest movement enters a critical stage. Security forces...
February 10, 2020
Officially, much of China got back to work on Monday but there were few signs of activity on the streets of the capital, Beijing. Schools remained closed and many worked...
February 10, 2020
Islamic militants and ethnic-based militias killed more than 450 civilians in central Mali last year, making it the deadliest year in the region since the country's crisis began in 2012,...
February 10, 2020
South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Monday was named the top “spoiler of peace” in a new award that seeks to shame him and others into taking serious steps to...
February 10, 2020
EDITOR'S NOTE: To mark the 30th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison, a key event in ending South Africa's brutal apartheid system of racial oppression, AP is republishing its...
February 10, 2020
The highest-level North Korean diplomat to defect to South Korea will join its main opposition party and run in April parliamentary elections, party officials said Monday. Thae Yong Ho, a...
February 10, 2020
Pope Francis will visit the Mediterranean island nation of Malta on May 31, the Vatican said Monday, confirming the Pope's first foreign trip for the year. Other rumored trips for...
February 10, 2020
The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local): 6 p.m. The European Union commissioner for crisis management says the new virus that emerged in China...
February 10, 2020
A Russian delegation returned to Turkey on Monday for further talks over rising tensions in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, after an initial round last week failed to yield results, Turkey's...
February 10, 2020
Journalists in disputed Kashmir urged the Indian government on Monday to allow them to report freely and expressed concern about alleged police harassment since the region's semi-autonomy was rescinded in...
February 10, 2020
Men armed with rifles and machetes attacked a police station in Benin ne ar the border with troubled Burkina Faso, raising fears that Islamic extremist violence could be encroaching even...
February 10, 2020
Before the largest corruption scheme involving Venezuela's socialist regime became the focal point of a U.S. federal investigation, the legality of the $4.5 billion operation was certified by a well-respected...
February 10, 2020
Ireland's political parties were scrambling to adjust to a new reality Monday, after an earth-shaking election that saw the left-wing nationalist party Sinn Fein win the biggest share of votes....
February 10, 2020
An Israeli court on Monday sentenced a radical Islamic cleric to 28 months in prison for “inciting to terror” in a series of speeches he made after a deadly attack...
February 10, 2020
In a story published Feb. 7, 2019, about a civilian airliner endangered by military action in Damascus, Syria, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman claimed...
February 10, 2020
South Koreans reacted with rare collective joy Monday after director Bong Joon Ho's “Parasite” won the Oscar for best picture and three other awards, good news that came as their...
February 10, 2020
Angela Merkel's designated successor will quit her role as head of the Germany's strongest party and won't stand for the chancellorship following a debacle in a regional election. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer...
February 10, 2020
Britain has declared the new coronavirus that emerged from China a "serious and imminent threat to public health'' and announced new measures Monday to combat the spread of the disease....
