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French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Kenyan President William Ruto shake hands at State House in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

France woos Anglophone Africa at a summit in Kenya

4:51 AM on Monday, May 11

France is pitching what it says is a new model of partnership with African countries at a summit that begins Monday in Kenya as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries that has been widely seen as marking declining influence on the continent

Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to Labour Party members at Kingsdown Methodist Church Hall, in Ealing, west London, Friday May 8, 2026, a day after the local elections. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)

Starmer pledges to bring Britain closer to the EU as he fights calls for his ouster

3:17 AM on Monday, May 11

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is pledging to bring Britain closer to the European Union as he faces calls to step down after poor local election results for his Labour Party

Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Arturo Rodriguez)

3 passengers, French and American, test positive or have symptoms of hantavirus after evacuation

3:05 AM on Monday, May 11

A French woman and two Americans have tested positive or showed symptoms of hantavirus

Hanna Petersson, a member of Andon Labs’ technical staff, uses a telephone handset to speak with Andon Café's AI agent 'Mona' in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

The barista is human but an AI agent runs this experimental Swedish cafe

1:17 AM on Monday, May 11

The coffee might be poured by a human hand, but behind the counter something far less traditional is calling the shots at an experimental cafe in Stockholm

FILE - Director Jafar Panahi, winner of the Palme d'Or for the film "It Was Just an Accident," appears at the awards ceremony photo call at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, on May 24, 2025. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP, File)

Neon, winner of 6 straight Palmes d'Or, comes into the Cannes Film Festival an unlikely heavyweight

12:53 AM on Monday, May 11

It’s one of the most unparalleled streaks in movies

Former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, center, gestures to his supporters following his release on parole from a Bangkok prison in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand's Thaksin released from prison after serving 8 months for abuse of power

9:48 PM on Sunday, May 10

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been released from a Bangkok prison after serving eight months on a corruption-related charge

FILE - The Essequibo River flows through Kurupukari crossing in Guyana, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Juan Pablo Arraez, File)

Venezuela's leader to defend her country's claim over mineral-rich Guyana region before UN court

5:29 PM on Sunday, May 10

Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has arrived in the Netherlands to defend her country’s claim to a mineral- and oil-rich region in western Guyana before the United Nations highest court in a dispute that has spanned decades

Surge of cartel violence in central Mexico forces between 800 and 1,000 families to flee homes

4:39 PM on Sunday, May 10

Community and human rights groups say between 800 and 1,000 families have been forced to flee their homes in the mountains of central Mexico as a criminal mafia attacks them with handmade explosive launched from drones and powerful weapons

France's President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Kenya's President William Ruto stand during the national anthem at State House in Nairobi, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Changing geopolitics are in focus as France's Macron kicks off Kenya visit for an Africa summit

4:22 PM on Sunday, May 10

French President Emmanuel Macron has kicked off a visit to Kenya ahead of a two-day Africa Forward Summit

Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi in a hospital in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2026. (Narges Foundation Archive via AP)

Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi is transferred to a Tehran hospital, her foundation says

2:11 PM on Sunday, May 10

Nobel Peace laureate Narges Mohammadi has been transferred to a Tehran hospital after collapsing in prison

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meeting Labour Party members during a visit to AFC Wimbledon in south London, Saturday May 9, 2026. (Maja Smiejkowska/PA via AP)

Britain's Starmer fights for his job as calls for his ouster grow after local election losses

12:22 PM on Sunday, May 10

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is fighting for his job after poor local election results for his Labour Party

In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) rescuers carry the body of a victim of the eruption of Mount Dukono, on Halmahera Island, Indonesia, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (BASARNAS via AP)

Bodies retrieved from Indonesian volcano after eruption kills 3 hikers

7:47 AM on Sunday, May 10

Rescuers searching the hazardous slopes of Mount Dukono on Indonesia’s remote island of Halmahera have found the bodies of two Singaporean hikers two days after they were caught in a volcanic eruption

FILE - President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Nov. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Iran war could make Trump's trip to China a bit chillier than his first-term visit

7:27 AM on Sunday, May 10

President Donald Trump's trip to China may not come with the same fanfare that accompanied his first-term visit

Russian servicemen march as they attend the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during celebrations of the 81st anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, Pool)

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of violating US-brokered 3-day truce

6:58 AM on Sunday, May 10

Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of breaking a U.S.-brokered ceasefire, with both sides saying that people had been killed or wounded by drone and artillery strikes carried out in the past 24 hours

Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila, center, a member of the Global Sumud Flotilla, is escorted by prison service guards to a hearing at the District Court in Ashkelon, Israel, on Sunday, May 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel deports 2 activists detained for leading an aid flotilla to Gaza

5:01 AM on Sunday, May 10

Israel has deported two activists detained for over a week after leading an aid flotilla attempting to break the naval blockade of Gaza

A worker clear rubble with an excavator as a police officer and local residents gather at the site of overnight suicide bombing at a security post in Fatah Khel, in Bannu, a district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Aamad Khattak)

Death toll rises to 14 in a Pakistan suicide attack claimed by a Pakistani Taliban splinter group

2:12 AM on Sunday, May 10

Authorities say the death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan has risen to 14 police officers

A Spanish passenger is sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo)

One evacuated passenger tests positive for hantavirus and another develops symptoms on flight home

2:08 AM on Sunday, May 10

Passengers evacuated from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship have started flying home aboard military and government planes after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands

Vehicles drive past banners showing portraits of the school children who were killed during a strike on a school in southern town of Minab on Feb. 28, at Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as 'unacceptable'

1:44 AM on Sunday, May 10

Iran has sent its response to the latest U_S_ ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators, but U_S_ President Donald Trump quickly rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”

Tariqul Islam, a ride-share driver, waits in a long queue of petrol for his motorcycle in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdul Goni)

Iran war disruptions spark higher costs and lost income in Bangladesh

1:00 AM on Sunday, May 10

Tariqul Islam, a ride-share driver in Bangladesh, faces long fuel lines due to supply disruptions linked to the war in Iran

Spanish Civil Guard officers stand guard in the area where passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship are expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

WHO head seeks to reassure residents of Spanish island where hantavirus-stricken ship is headed

7:03 AM on Saturday, May 9

The head of the World Health Organization is seeking to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife worried about the anticipated arrival there of a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship

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