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FILE - Turkey's ruling party and opposition lawmakers clash over the appointment of Istanbul Chief Prosecutor Akin Gurlek as justice minister at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Feb. 11, 2026. (Ugur Yildirim/DIA Photo via AP, File)

Turkey lashes out at European Parliament report urging EU sanctions on justice minister

12:49 PM on Wednesday, June 17

Turkey has rejected a European Parliament report calling for possible sanctions on its justice minister and other officials accused of human rights violations

FILE - Raul Castro, right, watches the May Day parade accompanied by Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, second left, and Castro's grandson, Raul Guillermo Rodriguez Castro, center, at Revolution Square in Havana, May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Cuba’s Communist Party convenes unscheduled session to debate new economic measures

12:05 PM on Wednesday, June 17

Cuba’s Communist Party has called an unscheduled session, days after President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced an economic reform package

Erias Lukwago, lawyer for Uganda's veteran opposition leader Kizza Besigye, speaks during a court session on a ruling on Besigye's bail application at the High Court in Kampala, Uganda, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Uganda court charges lawyer for jailed Ugandan opposition leader with concealing treason

11:03 AM on Wednesday, June 17

A court in Uganda has charged Erias Lukwago, an attorney for jailed opposition leader Kizza Besigye, with concealing treason

China Shock 2.0: Surging Chinese exports threaten Europe's economy, raising concern at G7 summit

10:54 AM on Wednesday, June 17

For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on China, slapping big taxes on Chinese products before they enter America

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks during a pre-ministerial media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

NATO chief downplays US military cutbacks as top commander makes backup plans

9:49 AM on Wednesday, June 17

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is downplaying the impact of the Trump administration's decision to reduce military support for allies

A man identified by Polish media as Robert Kuzovkov and by prosecutors as Robert K., in accordance with Polish privacy law, who they said was an artist who used the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, poses for a photo with one of his paintings near the Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, June 12, 2026, four days before Polish authorities said he was shot and killed in Biala Podlaska, Poland. (Vasily Krestyaninov/SOTA via AP)

Killing of Russian artist in Poland has hallmarks of political assassination, prime minister says

9:32 AM on Wednesday, June 17

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the killing of a Russian artist critical of President Vladimir Putin looks like a political assassination

FILE - Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., reflects on her time as a young civil rights activist during the 1963 March on Washington, during an Associated Press interview in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

DC voters face a new political era without Eleanor Holmes Norton, after her 18 terms in Congress

7:53 AM on Wednesday, June 17

For the first time in a generation, Washingtonians are waking up to a general election lineup that doesn't include Eleanor Holmes Norton as delegate

FILE - Alex Bores, democratic candidate in New York's 12th Congressional District, speaks during "NY-12 for Congress: Candidate Forum" at 92NY, April 15, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)

A New York House primary has become an AI industry family feud with millions in corporate spending

7:21 AM on Wednesday, June 17

New York Democratic Assemblyman Alex Bores is running for Congress, and the tech industry is deeply involved

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney prior to a group photo of G7 leaders and invited nations during the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Dominique Jacovides, Pool Photo via AP)

Canada's Carney isn't having a bilateral meeting with Trump at G7 but says it's not a snub

6:46 AM on Wednesday, June 17

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will leave the G7 summit without a formal meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump as the free trade agreement between the countries faces an uncertain future

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Zelenskyy says G7 leaders pledge more vital help for Ukraine against Russia

6:08 AM on Wednesday, June 17

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine has secured key support from world leaders at the Group of Seven summit in France

Author Ann Patchett poses for a portrait at her bookstore in Nashville, Tenn., on April 22, 2026. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Ann Patchett’s next accolade: A peace prize rooted in the Dayton Accords legacy

6:00 AM on Wednesday, June 17

Ann Patchett has received the Ambassador Richard C

New Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian, third from left, takes his oath during a special session at the Philippine Senate in Pasay city, Philippines on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine Senate president allied with Duterte removed ahead of his daughter's impeachment trial

5:38 AM on Wednesday, June 17

A leadership standoff in the Philippine Senate has ended with the removal of an ally of former President Rodrigo Duterte as Senate leader

The U.S. Capitol and National Mall are seen as the set up for the America 250 celebration, in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Most Americans see freedoms under threat but core to nation's identity, AP-NORC poll finds

5:02 AM on Wednesday, June 17

A new AP-NORC poll has found that most Americans believe civil liberties like the right to vote are under threat

Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero arrives at the National Court to be questioned by a judge in an investigation into alleged influence peddling and other possible crimes related to the government's bailout of an airline, in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Spain's former PM Zapatero questioned by judge in corruption probe

4:34 AM on Wednesday, June 17

Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has appeared before a judge in Madrid

FILE - President Donald Trump poses for a group photo with, from left, Paraguay President Santiago Peña, Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader, Bolivia President Rodrigo Paz Pereira, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, and Argentina President Javier Milei, at the Shield of the Americas Summit at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla., March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

As crime surges in some Latin American countries, a far-right backlash is brewing

2:08 AM on Wednesday, June 17

At the start of this decade, Latin America leaned left as progressive politicians gained power amid public outrage over inequities worsened by the pandemic

The President's reading room at the Chicago Public Library at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

A look at presidential libraries as the Obama Presidential Center opens to the public this week

12:06 AM on Wednesday, June 17

Franklin Roosevelt helped launch the modern system of presidential libraries in the late 1930s

FILE - President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before he boards Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport, Oct. 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv, as Israel's President Isaac Herzog watches at left. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Trump goes after Netanyahu as he pursues deal with Iran, putting their friendship to the test

4:51 PM on Tuesday, June 16

President Donald Trump seems to be testing their friendship as he pressures Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to sink the agreement with Iran to end the war

Protesters take part in a rally in Tirana, Saturday, June 13, 2026, against the construction of a massive coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump at Narta lagoon area, western Albania. (AP Photo/Hameraldi Agolli)

What to know about opposition in Albania to a Trump family-linked resort development

11:22 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A coastal development project in Albania linked to Jared Kushner is facing widespread resistance

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