NOVEMBER 17 - 23, 2023
From elections in the Netherlands, to the war in Gaza, to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images …
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11/23/23
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Antarctica just before the COP28 climate talks begin. He has previously said the world must slash carbon emissions to prevent the continent's …
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By ISABELLA O'MALLEY and ALEXANDRE PLAZA
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11/23/23
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Since Hamas fighters carried out the deadliest attack on Israel in decades, Israeli officials have vowed to crush the Palestinian militant group and its enigmatic leader in Gaza. But seven weeks into …
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By BASSEM MROUE and MELANIE LIDMAN
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11/22/23
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Authorities in Republic of Congo say at least 37 people are dead following a stampede at a military stadium overnight. The death toll was released Tuesday by the prime minister's office. Long lines …
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By LOUIS OKAMBA
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11/21/23
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Civilians fleeing northern Gaza's combat zone report a terrifying journey on foot past Israeli tanks
What was once Gaza’s busiest thoroughfare has become a terrifying escape route for Palestinian civilians running for their lives from heavy combat. After Israel announced it was opening a safe …
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By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
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11/7/23
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Airstrikes in the Gaza Strip's Bureij refugee camp have flattened entire apartment buildings, sending scores of injured Palestinians into a hospital unable to grant them bed space. In Al-Aqsa …
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By JULIA FRANKEL and WAFAA SHURAFA
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11/2/23
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Over the past five days, Israeli ground troops have pushed deeper and deeper into Gaza in their war against Hamas, launched in response to a bloody Oct. 7 cross-border raid by the Islamic militant …
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By JOSEF FEDERMAN
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10/31/23
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Freedom Under Fire: 5 takeaways from AP’s series on rising tension between guns and American liberty
In a country shadowed by the threat of mass shootings and neighborhood violence, courts have embraced an increasingly absolute reading of the right to guns. That raises difficult questions about how …
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By ADAM GELLER
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10/31/23
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China has launched its youngest-ever crew for its orbiting space station as it seeks to put astronauts on the moon before 2030. The Shenzhou 17 spacecraft lifted off from the launch center on the …
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By ANDY WONG
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10/26/23
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Clewiston Mayor James Pittman read a proclamation during the Sept. 16 ...
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By C. M. Schmidlkofer
Lake Okeechobee News | 10/19/23 |
Fishing for krill is banned in U.S. waters due to concerns it could impact whales, seals and other animals that feed on the shrimp-like creatures. But such fishing has been taking place for decades …
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By JOSHUA GOODMAN and DAVID KEYTON
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10/13/23
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In Muslim communities across the world, worshippers gathered at mosques for their first Friday prayers since Hamas militants attacked Israel, igniting the latest Israel-Palestinian war. In Indonesia, …
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By The Associated Press
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10/13/23
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People searched for victims after an earthquake killed and injured thousands in Afghanistan’s Herat province, supporters of Israel embraced near the Israeli Consulate in New York during a …
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10/12/23
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Scientists count huge melts in many protective Antarctic ice shelves. Trillions of tons of ice lost.
A new study finds that four dozen Antarctic ice shelves have shrunk by at least 30% since 1997 and 28 of those have lost more than half of their ice in that time. These are the crucial …
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By SETH BORENSTEIN
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10/12/23
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A Palestinian mother kneels beside the body of her dead son. Israelis crouch beside stone walls to shield themselves from rockets.
As Israelis and Palestinians endured a fifth day of bloodshed …
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10/11/23
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Buildings turned to rubble. Body bags in the streets. Wailing sirens and shrieking rockets.
As generations of Israeli-Palestinian conflict bubbled into a fourth day of war Tuesday, there were …
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By The Associated Press
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10/10/23
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A horrific series of attacks that stunned the world and the deadly round-the-clock response that has raised fears of broader violence in the Middle East.
This photo gallery highlights some of the …
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By The Associated Press
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10/9/23
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In Israel, a frightened woman runs down the street cradling a young girl in her arms as a car behind her is engulfed in a ball of flames from an unprecedented surprise attack by Hamas militants.
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10/8/23
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump attended the start of his civil business fraud trial in New York, Jewish men took part in priestly blessing during the week-long holiday of Sukkot in Jerusalem’s …
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10/5/23
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Sept. 29 - Oct. 5, 2023
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is ousted, former President Donald Trump is back in court, and a suspect is charged in the fatal drive-by shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur …
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10/5/23
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