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A dealer watches computer monitors at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Asian shares are mixed, while gold and silver hit record highs

12:31 AM on Friday, December 26

Shares are mixed in Asia, with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 leading regional gains after Japan's Cabinet approved a record defense budget plan exceeding $58 billion for the coming fiscal year

A car is buried in mud after a series of storms Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Wrightwood, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Rain-soaked California still at risk of floods and high surf

12:04 AM on Friday, December 26

A strong storm system that has brought relentless winds, rain and snowfall to California is expected to ease

Joel Rheault, vice president of operations for Titan Mining Corp., holds a rock containing graphite at a mine, Nov. 20, 2025, in Gouverneur, N.Y. (AP Photo/Michael Hill)

Amid a battery boom, graphite mining gets a fresh look in the US

12:02 AM on Friday, December 26

Graphite mines in the United States are seeing renewed interest after being largely closed for decades

Fernando Dávila, a colorblind painter, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his gallery in Doral, Fla. on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Cody Jackson)

From red donkeys to vibrant art: Fernando Dávila's colorful journey as a colorblind painter

12:01 AM on Friday, December 26

Fernando Dávila, a 72-year-old artist in Florida, paints vibrant works despite being colorblind

A colony of stray cats gather to eat near the Kealakehe Transfer Station and Recycling Center, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

Hawaii's Big Island bans feeding feral cats in an effort to help endangered native species

Friday, December 26

Hawaii's Big Island is banning people from feeding feral cats in an effort to protect native species, including an endangered goose

Type-12 surface-to-ship missile launchers are seen at the inauguration ceremony of a missile regiment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in Uruma, Okinawa, southern Japan, on March 30, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan's Cabinet OKs record defense budget that aims to deter China

8:57 PM on Thursday, December 25

Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen for the coming year

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians

6:40 PM on Thursday, December 25

President Donald Trump says the U.S. launched a deadly strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians

Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians

6:35 PM on Thursday, December 25

Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians

The top photos of the week by AP’s photojournalists

4:01 PM on Thursday, December 25

FILE - Sergei Udaltsov, a political activist, stands behind glass in a cage in a courtroom prior to a session in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File)

Russian court sentences pro-war activist and Putin critic to 6 years in prison

1:40 PM on Thursday, December 25

A Russian court has sentenced pro-war activist Sergei Udaltsov to six years in prison for justifying terrorism

Mariela Gómez, right, and her partner Abraham Castro, a Venezuelan migrant couple, sit for Christmas dinner at Castro's parents' home in Maracay, Venezuela, early Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. The couple abandoned their journey to the United States and returned home from Mexico by land and sea following President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A Venezuelan family's Christmas: From the American dream to poverty

12:13 PM on Thursday, December 25

Mariela Gómez and thousands of Venezuelan immigrants have faced a challenging Christmas after Donald Trump returned to the White House in January

FILE - French citizen Laurent Vinatier sits in a cage prior to a court session at the Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov, File)

The Kremlin says Moscow made an offer to France regarding a French citizen imprisoned in Russia

9:51 AM on Thursday, December 25

The Kremlin is in talks with French authorities about French scholar Laurent Vinatier, who is serving a three-year sentence in Russia and reportedly faces new espionage charges

Turkey detains dozens of IS suspects planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations

8:47 AM on Thursday, December 25

Istanbul police have launched simultaneous raids at 124 locations, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant Islamic State group

FILE - Palestinian actor Mohammed Bakri poses during the photocall for the film "Wajib" at the 70th Locarno International Film Festival in Locarno, Switzerland, on Aug. 5, 2017. (Urs Flueeler/Keystone via AP, File)

Mohammad Bakri, renowned and controversial Palestinian actor and filmmaker, dies at 72

8:33 AM on Thursday, December 25

The family of Palestinian director and actor Mohammad Bakri says he has died at 72

Pope Leo XIV waves after delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering

6:10 AM on Thursday, December 25

Pope Leo XIV, during his first Christmas Day message, has urged the faithful to shed indifference toward those who are suffering

Supporters of the Southern Transitional Council (STC), a coalition of separatist groups seeking to restore the state of South Yemen, hold South Yemen flags during a rally, in Aden, Yemen, Dec. 25, 2025. Arabic reads, "announcement of South Arab state". (AP Photo)

Saudi Arabia urges Yemen's separatists to leave 2 governorates as the anti-rebel coalition strains

12:30 AM on Thursday, December 25

Saudi Arabia has called on separatists in southern Yemen to withdraw from two governorates they now hold

Davey Schneider walks on the roof of his storm-damaged home on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, in Wrightwood, Calif. (AP Photo/William Liang)

New storm hitting waterlogged Southern California could bring mudslides and high surf

12:02 AM on Thursday, December 25

Another powerful storm system that could cause more flooding and mudslides is rolling across Southern California

Children ride a carousel at the Christmas fair decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, with the Spasskaya Tower in the background. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Photos of Christmas celebrations around the world

11:16 AM on Wednesday, December 24

A person fills out a Powerball lottery ticket on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Christmas Eve winner in Arkansas lands a $1.817 billion Powerball lottery jackpot

12:13 AM on Wednesday, December 24

A Powerball ticket purchased at a gas station outside Little Rock, Arkansas, won a $1.817 billion jackpot just before Christmas

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