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FILE - In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world, in Tehran, Iran, Jan. 9, 2026.(UGC via AP, File)

Activists say Iran has aired nearly 100 coerced confessions from protesters, often after torture

3:59 PM on Tuesday, January 13

Iranian state media has aired at least 97 confessions from protesters since Dec. 28, according to the Human Rights Activists News Agency

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Trump is ending protected immigration status for Somalis, long a target of his anti-immigrant barbs

12:50 PM on Tuesday, January 13

President Donald Trump’s administration is ending temporary protected status for immigrants from Somalia

Students lay out photos of people they consider political prisoners at the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Hundreds more Venezuelans come forward to register relatives as 'political prisoners'

10:48 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Edilson Torres has been buried in his hometown after dying in a Venezuelan prison

Naaja Nathanielsen, Greenland's Minister for Business, speaks during a press conference in the Houses of Parliament in London, England, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Greenland official calls it 'unfathomable' that the US is considering taking over the island

8:14 AM on Tuesday, January 13

A senior Greenland government official says it’s “unfathomable” that the United States is discussing taking over a NATO ally, and urged the Trump administration to listen to voices from the Arctic island nation

FILE - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during the 60th Independence Anniversary Celebrations, in Kololo, Uganda, Sunday Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, file)

Uganda's military deployed in national capital before presidential election

8:03 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and his opponents have held their final rallies before the country's next election

FILE - Then South Korea's ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol who is facing charges of orchestrating a rebellion when he declared martial law on Dec. 3, arrives to attend his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool, File)

South Korean prosecutor seeks death sentence for ex-leader Yoon over martial law decree

7:46 AM on Tuesday, January 13

A Seoul court says an independent counsel has demanded a death sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

FILE - Then Lebanon's Central Bank governor Riad Salameh listens to a journalist's question during a press conference, in Beirut, Lebanon, Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Lebanon ex-central bank chief's corruption case being sent to top court, officials say

7:02 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Judicial officials in Lebanon says that the corruption case of former central bank governor Riad Salameh is being transferred to the country’s highest criminal court

FILE - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct. 31, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

China urges Canada to break from US influence as PM Carney visits Beijing

6:29 AM on Tuesday, January 13

China is hoping President Trump's economic and military actions against other countries will weaken the U.S.-Canada relationship

People inspect the site where at least four Palestinians died following the collapse of walls onto tents sheltering displaced people in Gaza City amid rainfall and strong winds, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gaza's living conditions worsen as strong winds and hypothermia kill 5

6:02 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Strong winds have caused at least four deaths in Gaza as walls collapsed onto tents in the coastal territory

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russia launches another major strike on Ukraine's power grid in freezing temperatures

4:10 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Russia has launched another major drone and missile attack on Ukraine that targeted the country's power grid in freezing temperatures

FILE - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures as she gives her victory speech to Labour Party members at an event in Auckland, New Zealand, Oct. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw after the exclusion of a Palestinian writer

3:04 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival have canceled the weeklong event after most writers withdrew over the removal of an Australian Palestinian writer

FILE - Chan Pui-man, associate publisher of Apple Daily newspaper walks out from a court in Hong Kong, June 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung), File)

Hong Kong court moves closer to sentencing activist Jimmy Lai after hearing lighter penalty pleas

12:55 AM on Tuesday, January 13

A Hong Kong court moved closer to sentencing prominent democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, who was convicted under a national security law and could face up to life imprisonment

In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)

Death toll from Iranian protests surpasses 2,000, activists say, as chaos recalls 1979 revolution

12:36 AM on Tuesday, January 13

Activists say the death toll from nationwide protests in Iran has surpassed 2,000 people

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen leaves for a break during her appeal trial after an embezzlement conviction, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Marine Le Pen's appeal trial opens in Paris, with far-right leader's 2027 presidential bid at stake

Tuesday, January 13

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has returned to court to appeal an embezzlement conviction that risks affecting her 2027 presidential ambitions

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, right, and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pose for a photo as they shake hands during their joint news conference after their talk in Nara, western Japan, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Leaders of South Korea and Japan agree to improve cooperation

11:08 PM on Monday, January 12

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi have agreed to enhance cooperation in economic security, defense and the search for Korean forced laborers' remains

Flor Zambrano, whose son, Rene Chourio, she says is detained at Zone 7 of the Bolivarian National Police for political reasons, embraces relatives of other detainees outside the facility in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Families of prisoners in Venezuela wait in anguish as promised releases trickle

2:34 PM on Monday, January 12

Yaxzodara Lozada has woken up freezing on a sidewalk outside a Venezuelan prison, hoping her husband, a police officer detained in November, will be released

FILE - Protesters march on a bridge in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP, File)

Here's how AP reports on the death toll from Iran's protests

12:07 PM on Monday, January 12

The difficulty of tracking the death toll from Iran's nationwide protests has been compounded by the government's decision to cut off the internet to the country

As Canada tries to reduce its dependence on the US, its leader will visit China to rebuild ties

6:21 AM on Monday, January 12

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is visiting China this week to mend relations with the world's second-largest economy

In this frame grab from footage circulating on social media from Iran showed protesters once again taking to the streets of Tehran despite an intensifying crackdown as the Islamic Republic remains cut off from the rest of the world in Tehran, Iran, Saturday Jan. 10, 2026. (UGC via AP)

Trump says Iran wants to negotiate as the death toll in protests rises to at least 646

1:38 AM on Monday, January 12

U.S. President Donald Trump says Iran wants to negotiate with the U.S. after his threat to strike the country over its crackdown on protesters

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House passes bill to extend health care subsidies in defiance of GOP leaders

2:27 PM on Thursday, January 8

The House has passed legislation that extends expired health care subsidies for those who get coverage through the Affordable Care Act

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