Migrants stand in line on the border bridge between Mexico and Guatemala, as they start applying for Mexican humanitarian visas at the port of entry to Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico, across the border from Tecun Uman, Guatemala, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Thousands of Central American mi…
Workers clean the Suchiate River on the border between Guatemala and Mexico as Central American migrants wait to their migration issues at the bridge, top, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas State, Mexico, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. Hundreds of Central American migrants are walking and hitchhiking t…
Pilgrims attend the opening ceremony and mass of World Youth Day Panama 2019, in Panama City, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Pope Francis will visit Panama on Jan. 23-27.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
Pope Francis waves to the crowd gathered to attend the Angelus noon prayer he recited from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Pope Francis has prayed for peace in Colombia after the Bogota bombing at a police academy. Francis told …
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is looking to leave the sex abuse scandal buffeting his papacy behind as he heads to Central America amid a standoff over President Donald Trump's promised wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and a new caravan of migrants heading north.
Cotiza neighborhood residents carry water from a public fountain a day after isolated protest against Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Working class neighborhoods in Venezuela's capital sifted through charred rubble and smoldering trash on …
Carmen Marcano, a Cotiza neighborhood resident, shows her wounds caused by rubber bullets fired by Venezuelan Bolivarian National Guardsmen during a protest, a day prior, in response to the arrest of National Guardsmen who mounted an uprising against President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Ven…
A loyal National Guard soldier looks out to the street from behind his base's wall after an apparent mutiny by some of his fellow guards in the Cotiza neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. The disturbance started after a group of men dressed in military fatigues and carr…
Anti-government protesters show support for an apparent mutiny by a national guard unit in the Cotiza neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
National Guard soldiers stand by after an apparent mutiny by some fellow guards in the Cotiza neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. The disturbance started after a group of men dressed in military fatigues and carrying assault weapons published a series of videos on soci…
Bolivarian National Guard soldiers fire rubber bullets at anti-government protesters showing support for a mutiny by other National Guardsmen in the Cotiza neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Venezuela's government said Monday it put down the mutiny. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Bolivarian National Police stand behind a burning roadblock set up by anti-government protesters who are showing support for a mutiny by some National Guard soldiers in the Cotiza neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Venezuela's government said Monday it put down the mu…
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's re-invigorated opposition faces a crucial test Wednesday as it seeks to fill streets nationwide with protesters in an appeal to the military and the poor to shift loyalties that until recently looked solidly behind President Nicolas Maduro's socialist go…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's human rights commission plans to interview possibly thousands of athletes about a culture of abuse in sports after a wave of female athletes came forward to say they had been raped or assaulted by their coaches.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government says it is seeking information about a Chinese-Australian writer who has been reported missing in China.
FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2009, file photo, then Malaysia's King Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, center, inspects the guard of honor during the opening of the parliament in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. King Sultan Muhammad V shocked the nation by announcing his abdication in January 2019, days after re…
FILE - In this March 21, 2005, file photo, then Malaysian King Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail, second from left, and Malaysian cabinet members dressed in Malay traditional costumes walk during the opening of the second session of the 11th parliament session in Kuala Lumpur, Ma…
FILE - In this June 1, 2002, file photo, then Malaysian King Syed Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail, right, and Malaysia's Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, left, pray during the Trouping the Colors in conjunction with Malaysia King's official birthday anniversary at the Independence Square i…
FILE - In this April 26, 2014, file photo, then U.S. President Barack Obama, second from right, stands with Malaysian King Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, second from left, and Malaysian Queen Haminah Hamidun and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak before a state dinner at National Palace…
FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V, third from left, inspects a ceremonial guard of honor during his welcome ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sultan Muhammad V shocked the nation by announcing his abdication in January 2019, days after returning fro…
FILE - In this July 17, 2018, file photo, Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V delivers the opening speech at the 14th parliament session at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sultan Muhammad V shocked the nation by announcing his abdication in January 2019, days after returning fro…
FILE - In this July 17, 2018, file photo, Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V, center, walks to parliament building for the opening of the 14th parliament session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sultan Muhammad V shocked the nation by announcing his abdication in January 2019, days after returning f…
FILE - In this July 17, 2018, file photo, Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V, center, salutes during the national anthem with Prime Minister Mahatir Mohamad, left, and Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, right, at the opening of the 14th parliament session at the Parliament House in K…
FILE - In this July 17, 2018, file photo, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahatir Mohamad, left, passes the opening speech to King Sultan Muhammad V during the opening of the 14th parliament session at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sultan Muhammad V shocked the nation by announcin…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — After stripping Malaysia's royal families of some of their powers during his 22-year stint as prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad almost didn't make it to the premiership a second time.
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president said on Tuesday that a government decree that could invalidate hundreds of corruption cases involving senior officials is "crassly unconstitutional," a development that also prompted concern from the European Union.
FILE - In this June 7, 2015 file photo, rapper Chris Brown performs at the 2015 Hot 97 Summer Jam at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. U.S. singer Chris Brown and two other people are in custody in Paris after a woman filed a rape complaint, French officials said Tuesday Jan.22, 2019.…
PARIS (AP) — The Latest on rape allegations against U.S. singer Chris Brown (all times local):
In this Aug. 26, 2016 photo, former Bishop of Oran Gustavo Zanchetta participates in negotiations with border workers in Oran, Salta, Argentina. In August 2017, Pope Francis accepted Zanchetta's resignation after priests in the remote northern Argentine diocese of Oran rebelled under his aut…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is insisting that there were no accusations of sexual abuse against an Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis when he resigned suddenly in 2017 and was promoted to a job at the Vatican.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's Foreign Ministry has denounced as "hasty and incorrect" a German ban on Iran's Mahan Air from landing in the country.
In this video grab provided by the Kerch.fm web portal, the two vessels, the Maestro and the Candiy, on fire near the Kerch Strait linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, in Kerch, Crimea, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Two Tanzanian-flagged commercial vessels caught fire in the Black Sea, leavin…
MOSCOW (AP) — Ambulance crews on the Crimean Peninsula have transported a dozen survivors of a ship fire to hospitals while six of their crewmates have remained missing in the Black Sea. At least 14 sailors died in the tragedy.
A worker sands a wooden chair that will be used by Cardinals and Bishops during Pope Francis' Mass on World Youths Day, at Hernan Guardia's carpentry workshop where the Pope's chair is also being built in Los Pozos, Panama, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The Argentine pontiff visit Panama Jan. 23-…
A worker dusts a wooden chair being made for Pope Francis that will be placed on an altar where he will give Mass on World Youths Day, at the studio of carpenter Hernan Guardia in Los Pozos, Panama, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The Argentine pontiff will visit Panama Jan. 23-27. (AP Photo/Arnulf…
Carpenter Hernan Guardia speaks during an interview with The Associated Press about the chairs he's making ahead of Pope Francis' visit, to be used on the altar during a Mass on World Youth Day, at his workshop in Los Pozos, Panama, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. Guardia is algo building new pews …
A worker sprays a wooden chair that will be used by Cardinals and Bishops during Pope Francis' Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral on World Youths Day, at Hernan Guardia's carpentry workshop where the Pope's chair is also being built in Los Pozos, Panama, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The Argentin…
A detail of pews that will be used by Cardinals, Bishops and pilgrims during Pope Francis' Mass on World Youths Day, at Hernan Guardia's carpentry workshop where the Pope's chair is also being built in Los Pozos, Panama, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The Argentine pontiff visit Panama Jan. 23-27.…
A worker varnishes a pew that will be used by pilgrims during Mass on World Youths Day, to be celebrated by Pope Francis, at Hernan Guardia's carpentry workshop where the Pope's chair is also being built in Los Pozos, Panama, Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019. The Argentine pontiff visit Panama Jan. 2…
LOS POZOS, Panama (AP) — A handful of carpenters have been putting the finishing details on a towering cedar chair which will be used by Pope Francis when he visits Panama starting Wednesday.
MADRID (AP) — Spain's government lost a vote in parliament to change regulations for housing rentals on Tuesday, dealing the ruling Socialists a setback as they try to cobble together support to pass a national budget.
BORDEAUX, France (AP) — A court in southwest France has heard how a French former swimming champion who went on to manage one of France's most successful ice hockey teams wormed his way into the trust of admiring families to sexually abuse their children.
Anti-government demonstrators protest against the re-election of President Evo Morales, outside the Supreme Electoral Tribunal office, in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Morales is marking 13 years as president on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Bolivia's President Evo Morales waves as he arrives at Congress accompanied by legislators, to give his annual report in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Morales is marking 13 years as the leader of the South American country. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Bolivia's President Evo Morales delivers his State of the Nation address to Congress in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Morales is marking 13 years as the leader of the South American country. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Musicians parade past the government palace after Bolivia's President Evo Morales delivered his annual report to Congress in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Morales is marking 13 years as the leader of the South American country. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Bolivia's President Evo Morales points from from a balcony at the government palace flanked Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, left, and Bolivia's Foreign Minister Diego Pary, after Morales delivered his annual report to Congress in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. Morales is mark…
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales is celebrating his 13 years in office amid controversy over whether he should be allowed to run again.
MADRID (AP) — Taxi drivers striking to demand tighter regulations for companies using ride-hailing apps blocked traffic for another day in Spain's two major cities on Tuesday, while threatening to take their protest to the French border.
Anti-government protesters clash with security forces as they show support for a mutiny by a National Guard unit in the Cotiza neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. Venezuela's government said Monday it put down the mutiny. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
