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FILE - A job seeker waits to talk to a recruiter at a job fair Aug. 28, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

A look at how Trump-era work requirements could impact people who receive public benefits

9:07 AM on Monday, December 29

The Trump administration made work requirements for low-income people receiving government assistance a priority in 2025

FILE - Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands before a meeting at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (Turkish Presidency via AP, File)

Turkey and Armenia agree to simplify visa procedures to normalize ties

8:22 AM on Monday, December 29

Turkey and Armenia have agreed to simplify visa procedures to normalize ties, Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced Monday

Members of the new Iraqi Parliament are seen before the start of their first legislative session in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq's parliament elects a new speaker to face political and financial challenges

6:49 AM on Monday, December 29

Iraq’s parliament has elected a new speaker following overnight talks to break a political deadlock

FILE - The Iowa Capitol building is viewed Jan. 7, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Iowa’s state Senate special election

4:01 AM on Monday, December 29

Voters in a Democratic-leaning West Des Moines-area district will pick a new state senator Tuesday in a special election that could allow Iowa Republicans to regain a supermajority in the chamber

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 opposition leaders demand human rights activist be stripped of citizenship for past tweets

3:35 AM on Monday, December 29

Opposition leaders in the United Kingdom are calling for a human rights activist to be stripped of his citizenship over past social media messages

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

In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press (AKP), Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn, left, Thai counterpart Sihasak Phuangketkeow, right, and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi pose for a photograph in Yunnan province, China, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (AKP via AP)

Top diplomats of China, Cambodia and Thailand meet as Beijing seeks a stronger role in dispute

10:40 PM on Sunday, December 28

Foreign ministers from Cambodia and Thailand have convened with their Chinese counterpart to discuss the border dispute between the two Southeast Asian countries

Official says 6 Islamic State militants and 3 police officers killed in clash in northwest Turkey

10:06 PM on Sunday, December 28

Turkey’s interior minister says six Islamic State militants and three police officers were killed in a clash in northwest Turkey

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

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

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

Today in History: December 29, the Wounded Knee Massacre

1:58 PM on Monday, December 15

Tracking the retirement announcements of members of Congress

8:28 AM on Monday, December 8

More House seats are opening up as more members announce their upcoming departures

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