AP National News

By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — When an enormous statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee was hoisted off a pedestal in…

By BERNAT ARMANGUE Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A small flag shop, tucked away in the courtyard of a Kabul market, has documented…

ROME (AP) — Italian police are investigating a Somali man for attempted murder after he allegedly slashed two bus ticket controllers in the beach…

BY COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has promised to “break and smash” the…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Not long after 9/11, the Bush administration shifted its attention to Iraq,…

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer LULING, La. (AP) — Louisiana students were just getting back to class after a year and a half of COVID-19…

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer LULING, La. (AP) — Louisiana students were just getting back to class after a year and a half of COVID-19…

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (AP) — Maine potato growers are feeling optimistic with a solid crop awaiting harvest and reopening restaurants driving…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary says authorities have decided not to require vaccine passports for entry into nightclubs and other…

PARIS (AP) — Two French politicians have kicked off their presidential campaigns to become France’s first female leader in next year’s spring…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials say two troops died after being attacked during cross-border operations in Syria and Iraq. The casualties take…

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Congressional Democrats have set out to pass ambitious bills with historic expansions…

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of Iran’s civilian nuclear program says Tehran will allow U.N.…

BEIRUT (AP) — Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has appeared in a video marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, attacks, months after rumors…

By HASSAN BARISE Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The woman who broke barriers as the first female foreign minister and deputy prime…

By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The higher education minister in the new Taliban government says women can study in…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s defense ministry says it detected a submarine believed to be Chinese off a southern…

By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press Never content to ply his wares on a regular runway, designer Thom Browne has long created theatrical productions…

By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — North Sea oil and gas has helped make Norway one of the wealthiest countries in the world.…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government says more than 50% of the population has been fully vaccinated. Its campaign before later than many other wealthy…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says China has agreed to provide the Southeast…

BEIJING (AP) — A city in southern China that is trying to contain a coronavirus outbreak has called on the public not to leave town. It has also…

CASTAIC, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have reopened nearly all lanes of a major Southern California highway as firefighters made progress on a…