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Members of the London Uyghur Ensemble perform during an interview with The Associated Press in London, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Joanna Chan)

AP Exclusive: China threatens detention in Xinjiang over banned Uyghur songs

1:55 AM on Monday, December 29

Authorities in China's Xinjiang region are threatening to detain residents over downloading, listening to and sharing Uyghur-language songs they consider sensitive

Street artist Jarrod Grech poses for a photo next to his painting of Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old Syrian-Australian shopkeeper who disarmed one of the attackers of Sydney's Bondi Beach shooting, in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (Rod McGuirk/AP Photo)

Families of Bondi Beach victims demand more federal action on antisemitism and security failures

9:26 PM on Sunday, December 28

Families of victims of the recent Sydney massacre are urging more federal action to investigate rising antisemitism and security failures

Kim Sung-hwan, center, the inaugural head of South Korea's new Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, applauds after he made the announcement of South Korea joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance, during U.N. climate talks in Belem, Brazil, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)

South Korea’s climate pledge to cut coal, lower emissions clash with US push for LNG purchases

9:09 PM on Sunday, December 28

South Korea is chasing a coal-free future in efforts to slash carbon emissions, an ambitious goal for the fossil fuel-dependent country

A general view of South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae, also known as the Blue House in Seoul Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Jeoon Heon-Kyun/Pool Photo via AP)

South Korean President Lee returns to presidential palace avoided by predecessor

6:29 PM on Sunday, December 28

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday commuted to Cheong Wa Dae, the country’s traditional presidential palace, for the first time since taking office in June, more than three years after his ousted predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential office to the Defense Ministry compound

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says a test of a long-range strategic cruise missile in the Yellow Sea off North Korea Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea says it tested long-range cruise missiles

4:29 PM on Sunday, December 28

North Korea says it fired long-range strategic cruise missiles into the sea to test the country’s nuclear deterrence

This courtroom sketch depicts Brian Cole Jr., 30, of Woodbridge, Va., the man accused of planting a pair of pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties on Jan. 5, 2021, in Washington, being sworn in, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025 before U.S. Magistrate Moxila Upadhyaya, at Federal Court in Washington, as U.S. Attorney Charles Jones, seated left, and Defense Attorney John Shoreman, seated center, look on. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he targeted US political parties because they were 'in charge,' memo says

4:00 PM on Sunday, December 28

The man accused of placing two pipe bombs in Washington on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol told investigators after his arrest that he believed someone needed to “speak up” for people who believed the 2020 election was stolen

FILE - Pro-democracy activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was in prison for almost all of the past 12 years, speaks to his friends at his home after he got a presidential pardon, in Cairo, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Elfiqi, File)

UK leader criticized for applauding return of man freed from Egyptian prison as old tweets resurface

6:45 AM on Sunday, December 28

The U.K. prime minister is facing criticism after celebrating the return of human rights activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah from Egypt

Palestinians try to recover their tent after overnight rainfall flooded their beachside tent camp in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)

Winter rain floods Gaza camps as Netanyahu heads for US meeting

6:17 AM on Sunday, December 28

Winter rain has lashed the Gaza Strip and flooded camps with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by war try to stay dry in fraying tents

People attend funeral prayers for Gen. Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad, coffin at left, in Misrata, Libya, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, who was killed with others in a plane crash on Tuesday after taking off from Ankara. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Libya mourns military chief killed in Turkey plane crash

5:38 AM on Sunday, December 28

Hundreds of people have mourned western Libya’s military chief and four others killed in a plane crash in Turkey

Serbia's protesting university students collect signatures for their request for an early parliamentary election, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Protesting students in Serbia urge support for early election they hope will oust Vucic

5:04 AM on Sunday, December 28

Protesting university students in Serbia have collected signatures throughout the country for their request for an early parliamentary election

In this photo released by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thai Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow, left, shakes hands with Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister, in Yunnan Province, China, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (Thai MFA via AP)

Thai and Cambodian top diplomats meet in China to solidify ceasefire

3:13 AM on Sunday, December 28

Top diplomats from Thailand and Cambodia have started talks in China to address their border dispute

Thailand's Prime Minister and leader of Bhumjaithai Party Anutin Charnvirakul, front right, arrives for a canddate registration in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand's political parties name prime minister candidates for February election

2:05 AM on Sunday, December 28

Political parties in Thailand have registered their candidates to become prime minister after the upcoming general election, marking the unofficial start of campaigning

Guinea's President, Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, arrives with his wife, Lauriane Doumbouya, to cast their votes in the presidential election in Conakry, Guinea, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Fode Toure)

Guineans vote in first election since 2021 coup with junta leader likely to win

11:35 PM on Saturday, December 27

Guineans were voting to elect a new president in the country’s first election since a 2021 coup

Kosovo's acting Prime Minister and leader of VeteVendosje political party Albin Kurti greets his supporters in Kosovo's capital Pristina, Sunday Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Preliminary results show Prime Minister Kurti's party won Kosovo snap vote convincingly

11:11 PM on Saturday, December 27

Preliminary results of a snap parliamentary election in Kosovo shows that the party of Prime Minister Albin Kurti has won by a clear margin

President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands at the start of a joint news conference following a meeting at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says Ukraine and Russia are 'closer than ever' to peace after talks with Zelenskyy

9:02 PM on Saturday, December 27

President Donald Trump says Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a peace deal, but he acknowledges that negotiations could still break down and leave the war dragging on for years

Officials of the Union Election Commission prepare to count votes at a polling station, during the first phase of general election, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar holds first election since military seized power but critics say the vote is a sham

3:36 PM on Saturday, December 27

Voters in Myanmar have voted in the first phase of the country’s general election

Today in History: December 29, the Wounded Knee Massacre

1:58 PM on Monday, December 15

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