AP National News

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat has angrily rejected the U.S. allegations that it…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. Senate’s only Black Republican is putting forth what he characterizes as a…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have reported a sharp spike in new coronavirus cases apparently driven by the…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet We may think spending money on ourselves will make us happier than spending it on someone else. But research shows that…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania and Turkey have pledged to further boost their ties and increase their economic…

By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian residents of a flashpoint east Jerusalem neighborhood are locked in a tense standoff…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police say that a Hindu monk has been charged with inciting religious violence after he…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Weary of harsh COVID-19 border restrictions, many Australians wanted Novak Djokovic…

By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Former NBA great Yao Ming says he and others had a pleasant talk when they met last month with…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for greater world cooperation against COVID-19 and says his…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A senior U.N. official says Libya could hold elections by June after the county missed a December…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Army Radio says a delegation of Indonesian officials made a rare visit to Israel recently to discuss coronavirus…

GENEVA (AP) — Seven activists have gone on trial in Switzerland on charges including trespassing and resisting arrest over their roles in a…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s domestic security agency says it has taken over the preliminary investigation into drones that last week were…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Emirati police say a suspected drone attack claimed by Yemen’s Houthi…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The son of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos has defeated a bid to disqualify…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The pilot of a medical helicopter that crash-landed without loss of life next to a church in a residential area of suburban…

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court has ordered that prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has returned to Ukraine to face court on…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The number of babies born in China fell again last year, adding to pressure on the ruling Communist…

By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik goes to court Tuesday, after 10 years behind…

By STEVE McMORRAN AND BRUCE MATTHEWS Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — To some, it seems a cloud has been lifted from the Australian…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Arab politician Mansour Abbas broke a longstanding taboo when he joined Israel’s…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares are mixed after China reported that its economy expanded at an 8.1% annual pace…