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Pedestrians look at their phones while walking through St. Petersburg, Russia, on Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Disruptions of cellphone internet links in Russia are spreading

In the last two months, dozens of Russian regions have been hit by cellphone connectivity outages. Officials say such disruptions are needed to foil Ukrainian drone attacks.
 
FILE- In this Dec. 24, 2018 file photo, Christians celebrate the arrival of Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Roman Catholic cleric in the Holy Land, center, after he crossed an Israeli military checkpoint from Jerusalem ahead of midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally recognized by Christians to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)

Catholic and Greek Orthodox leaders enter Gaza in rare solidarity visit after Israel’s church strike

 
Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko speaks in the Ukrainian Parliament in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadym Sarakhan, File)

Zelenskyy appoints a new prime minister for a war-weary Ukraine

 
Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, July 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Shtekel)

The EU targets Russia’s energy revenue and shadow fleet with new sanctions over Ukraine war

 
FILE- An aerial view shows the central area in Dalian, China, in 2006. (Kyodo News via AP)

Chinese university expels female student after relationship with a foreigner

 

Syrian TV news presenter runs for cover as Israeli strikes hit Defense Ministry building

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Reporter runs for cover as Israel strikes hit Syrian Defense Ministry

Honeymooning geologists among onlookers as Iceland volcano erupts once again

MIDEAST WARS

The Gaboa family, Bedouins living in Al-Furaa village in southern Israel, gather around the makeshift bomb shelter they made from two gravel trucks buried in dirt to protect them from incoming Iranian fire, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

The Gaboa family, Bedouins living in Al-Furaa village in southern Israel, gather around the makeshift bomb shelter they made from two gravel trucks buried in dirt to protect them from incoming Iranian fire, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israel’s Bedouin Arabs turn to DIY solutions for lack of bomb shelters

When the sirens wail in the southern Israeli desert to herald an incoming missile, Ahmad Abu Ganima’s family scrambles outside.
 
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Syrian government and Druze minority leaders announce a new ceasefire

 

A crowd surge at an aid site in Gaza run by an Israeli-backed group kills 20 Palestinians

 

Netanyahu’s governing coalition is fracturing. Here’s what it means for Israel and Gaza

 

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Riyad Mansour, Palestinian U.N. ambassador, left, and U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese attend a two-day conference to address the Israel-Hamas war and Israel's military actions in Gaza, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, July 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese calls for global action to stop ‘genocide’ in Gaza

 

  1. The Latest: 20 killed at Gaza food hub; Israel continues strikes in Syria

  2. Drone attacks on oil fields in Iraq’s Kurdish region shut down facilities

Russia-Ukraine war

Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto Giorgos speaks during a joint news conference with his Greek counterpart in Athens, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Hungary bans three Ukrainian military officials from entering its territory

 
Ukrainian 3rd Assault Brigade recruits train at the polygon in Kyiv region, Ukraine, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine to boost domestic arms production to counter Russia’s invasion, says Zelenskyy

 
FILE- The Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Europol-coordinated global operation takes down pro-Russian cybercrime network

 

GLOBAL BUSINESS NEWS

The logo of Seven & i Holdings Co., the Japanese operator of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain is seen on May 27, 2025, in Tokyo. (Kyodo News via AP)

Canada’s Couche-Tard drops offer to buy Japanese 7-Eleven convenience stores

 
In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center right, pose for a photo with other officials during the meeting on the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in Tianjin, China. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Daunted by geopolitics and trade war, US companies in China report record-low new investment plans

 
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech during a statement on the preparation for the EU–China Summit, Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

The EU chief unveils a new $2.3 trillion budget. Lawmakers say the math doesn’t ‘add up’

 
A car, center, is moved to another location of the area where export vehicles are parked at Daikoku Pier in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Japan racks up trade deficit amid threat from Trump’s tariffs

 
Mickey Mouse balloons are displayed at Disneyland Paris in Chessy, France, June 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Disney sues Hong Kong company it says is selling illegal Mickey Mouse jewelry

 

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Europe

Pedestrians look at their phones while walking through St. Petersburg, Russia, on Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Disruptions of cellphone internet links in Russia are spreading

 

  1. The EU targets Russia’s energy revenue and shadow fleet with new sanctions over Ukraine war

  2. Germany deports 81 Afghan nationals to their homeland in 2nd flight since the Taliban’s return

  3. UK sanctions Russian intelligence officers who targeted Mariupol theater and family of poisoned spy

Asia

FILE -The exterior view of Shek Pik Prison in Hong Kong, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei, File)

Hong Kong’s new prison rules may curb lawyer and chaplain visits on national security grounds

 

  1. Nagasaki cathedral blesses a bell that replaces one destroyed by the US atomic bomb

  2. North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort

  3. Trump’s tariff pressure pushes Asia toward American LNG, but at the cost of climate goals

Latin America

Noah Bullock, director of the human rights organization Cristosal, center, gives a press conference in Guatemala City, Thursday, July 17, 2025, to announce that Cristosal is suspending their activities in El Salvador. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

El Salvador’s top human rights group flees President Bukele’s ongoing crackdown on dissent

 

  1. Brazil’s congress passes bill to overhaul environmental regulations

  2. Top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

  3. Mexico City plans to tackle gentrification after protests against mass tourism

Middle East

An Iraqi security guard stands in front of a burning hypermarket building in Kut, Iraq, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Officials try to identify 18 bodies in deadly Iraq shopping mall fire

 

  1. Syrian government forces set to reenter Sweida province after renewed Druze-Bedouin clashes

  2. Syria’s Druze find bodies in the streets while searching for loved ones after days of clashes

  3. A Libyan accused of war crimes has been arrested in Germany, ICC says

Africa

Matsapha Correctional Complex is seen in Matsapha, near Mbabane, Eswatini, Thursday July 17, 2025. (AP Photo)

Men deported by US to Eswatini in Africa will be held in solitary confinement for undetermined time

 

  1. What to know about the African kingdom of Eswatini, where the US sent 5 deportees

  2. In Liberia’s version of baseball, there are no bats and no men

  3. France withdraws from Senegal, ending its permanent military presence in West Africa

  4. Low turnout in Togo municipal elections seen as test for the country’s president

U.S. News

The left foot and swollen ankle of President Donald Trump are pictured as he sits with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Here’s what to know about chronic venous insufficiency

 

  1. For Sale: Trump is leveraging power of his office to reap profits for family businesses

  2. Takeaways from the AP’s reporting on Trump’s business deals

  3. Emails show DeSantis administration blindsided county officials with plans for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

  4. The rise of masked officers is controversial new ground in American life

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Visitors walk in front of a CATL Naxtra battery is seen at a CATL booth during the 3rd China International Supply Chain Expo at the China International Exhibition Center, in Beijing, China, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

China pledges to crack down on illicit exports of rare earths, urges US to lift more trade controls

 
Taiwan's Vice President Bi-khim Hsiao speaks to reporters at the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents' Club, in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)

Taiwan will ‘not provoke confrontation’ with China, vice president says

 
A member of the Philippine Coast Guard holds a Philippine and China flag during the arrival of a Chinese naval training ship, Qi Jiguang, for a goodwill visit at Manila's port, Philippines, June 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Basilio Sepe, File)

China issues safety warning for its nationals studying in the Philippines

 

Sudan’s civil war, by the numbers

 
Currency traders watch monitors near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

World shares gain after Wall Street cruises to more records, helped by strong US retail sales

 
Children run through a water fountain in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, July 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

The top photos of the week by AP’s photojournalists

 
K-pop band 1VERSE members pose for photo at the dance practice room at their label in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Juwon Park)

K-pop band 1VERSE debuts with 2 North Korean defector members

 
Malaysian luthier Tan Chin Sang checks the maple for a violin back plate at his workshop in the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, July 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysia’s first professional violin maker carves out a rare craft

 

Canadian man charged with hijacking that caused security scare at Vancouver airport

 
Birds fly behind a Turkish military guard post with a Turkish, left, and Turkish Cypriot breakaway flags next of a U.N buffer zone in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

UN talks with rival leaders of Cyprus fail to reach deal on new border crossings

 
A Syrian Druze woman bids farewell to Druze relatives and friends from Israel before crossing back into Syria at the Israeli-Syrian border, in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

The top photos of the day by AP’s photojournalists

 
President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration tells embassies to rein in criticism of foreign elections

 
Refugees carry food at a distribution center run by the World Food Programme (WFP) at Kakuma Refugee Camp in Turkana, Kenya Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

US says it destroyed 500 metric tons of expired food aid but it won’t affect future distribution

 
In this image provided by Tim Hatfield, cars leave Homer Spit on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Homer, Alaska. (Tim Hatfield via AP)

Alaska is the most earthquake-prone state. Here is why Wednesday’s earthquake was notable

 
Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore is seen at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on May 10, 2025. (Angelos Tzortzinis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Burkina Faso ruling junta dissolves independent electoral commission

 
Felix Baumgartner of Austria gestures prior to speaking with the media after successfully jumping from a space capsule lifted by a helium balloon in Roswell, N.M., Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Felix Baumgartner, first skydiver to fall faster than the speed of sound, dies in a paraglider crash

 
A firefighting plane drops water during efforts to extinguish a wildfire near Navalcarnero, on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (A. Pérez Meca/Europa Press via AP)

An uncontrolled wildfire sends a cloud of smoke over Spain’s capital

 
Emergency services operate near the scene of a school bus crash between Wheddon Cross and Timbercombe, near Minehead, England, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

School bus crash in southwest England leaves 1 student dead, 2 seriously injured

 
The Syrian Defense Ministry building sits heavily damaged after alleged Israeli airstrikes in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, July 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Key players in Syria’s latest eruption of violence

 
A camp of tents housing displaced Palestinians extends across Gaza City, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel has refused to renew visas for heads of at least 3 UN agencies in Gaza

 
President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony to sign the "Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act," in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump will visit Scotland, where his family has golf courses, and will talk trade with Starmer

 
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron delivers a speech to British and US troops during a visit to Camp Bastion, outside Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province in south Afghanistan, July 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, pool, file)

British spies and special forces identities exposed in Afghan data leak

 
Special needs teacher Deja Nebula sets up an art installation displaying names and faces of people who have been detained, deported, or sent to offshore camps during ICE raids in Southern California, at Olvera Street Plaza in Los Angeles, on Thursday, July 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE

 
South Sudan President Salva Kiir addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

South Sudan’s main opposition party rejects president’s call for dialogue to avoid civil war

 

5 suspects in killing of UC Berkeley professor appear in Greek court

 
President Donald Trump reaches out to shake hands with FIFA President Gianni Infantino as Chelsea's Reece James (24) lifts the trophy following the Club World Cup final soccer match between Chelsea and PSG in East Rutherford, N.J., Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Don’t blame Americans for calling football soccer

 

Puerto Rico bans hormone therapy and gender surgery for transgender youth

 
A mural by Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw shows the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes with her hands, in Roubaix, northern France, Monday, July 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Sylvain Plazy)

A new mural in France shows the Statue of Liberty covering her eyes in a swipe at Trump

 
A road is covered with earth and rocks brought by a nearby landslide due to heavy rain at a village in Yesan, South Korea, Thursday, July 17, 2025. (Yoo Hyung-seok/Yonhap via AP)

At least 4 dead and 1,300 evacuated after heavy rain in South Korea

 
In this image released on July 16, 2025, by The Myanmar Military True News Information Team, soldiers are seen celebrating a victory at one of the captured outposts in Nawnghkio, a township that the Ta'ang National Liberation Army controlled for over a year, in northern part of Shan state, Myanmar. (The Myanmar Military True News Information Team via AP)

Myanmar military recaptures strategic town from rebels after a year, government says