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Fireworks burst as Houthi supporters rally against the Saudi-led coalition in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, July 20, 2026. Placards in Arabic read: "God is great, Death to America, Death to Israel, A curse on the Jews and Victory to Islam" and "boycott American and Israeli goods". (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Attacks between US and Iran across Mideast overshadow efforts to keep diplomacy alive

2:44 AM on Tuesday, July 21

Diplomats are seeking to salvage the collapsed interim deal between Iran and the United States even as both countries continued to launch attacks in a 10th day of renewed fighting

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows a section of an earthen barrier being built by the Israeli military, right side of image moving top to bottom, in the central Gaza Strip, July 1, 2026. At left is the Maghazi refugee camp, and on the other side are homes demolished by the military. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division

12:03 AM on Tuesday, July 21

The Israeli military is rapidly constructing a large earthen barrier in the Gaza Strip, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave

Tatsuaki Inoue, a member of the Japan Association for Recovery and Repatriation of War Casualties, leads volunteers to pay respects ahead of their excavation work to find remains of Japanese soldiers who died during WWII and washed ashore on the coastline of Hengchun township, Pingtung county, southern Taiwan, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

An excavation in Taiwan searches for remains of Japanese soldiers lost in WWII ship sinking

7:15 AM on Monday, July 20

Experts have begun an excavation in Taiwan to recover the remains of Japanese soldiers from World War II

Vehicles drive past a monument depicting the clenched fist of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strike on Feb. 28, in Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Another tanker attacked in Strait of Hormuz as US strikes Iran for 10th consecutive night

10:44 PM on Sunday, July 19

Iran has attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, forcing its crew to abandon the ship

Alice Rufo, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans, second left, Aurore Bergé, Minister Delegate for Equality between Women and Men and the Fight against Discrimination, third left, Emmanuel Gregoire Paris mayor, center, and Yonathan Arfi, President of CRIF (Representative Council of Jewish Institutions in France), third right, attend the ceremony marking the 84th anniversary of the 1942 Vel d'Hiv police roundup, the largest roundup of Jews in France during World War II, and paying tribute to the Righteous Among the Nations of France in Paris, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

France commemorates the Vel d’Hiv roundup after a Paris plaque honoring rescuers is vandalized

5:23 AM on Sunday, July 19

France has commemorated the Vel d’Hiv roundup, a mass arrest of Jews by French police in 1942

Festival participants carry Yasaka Shrine's Eastern Mikoshi back into the shrine's main hall following the "Mikoshi Arai" purification ritual ahead of the Gion Matsuri festival in Kyoto, western Japan, Friday, July 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Fred Mery)

A centuries-old festival in Japan brings Shinto traditions and towering floats to the streets

12:13 AM on Sunday, July 19

In Japan, the Gion Matsuri festival brings towering floats to the streets in Shinto religious processions that are rooted in rituals dating back more than 1,000 years and that were intended to ward off epidemics

A man carries his bicycle in front of a monument depicting the clenched fist of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strike on Feb. 28, in Islamic Revolution Square in Tehran, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US launches more airstrikes against Iran after announcing another death of a service member

10:52 PM on Saturday, July 18

The United States has announced another death of a service member as it launches more airstrikes at Iran

Residents inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 3 children and 6 adults, health officials say

10:31 AM on Saturday, July 18

Israeli strikes in Gaza City have killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, according to hospital officials

FILE - A large menorah stands in front of the White House on the third night of Hanukkah, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Takeaways from the AP-NORC poll of more than 1,000 Jewish Americans

8:12 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Associated Press has surveyed more than 1,000 Jewish adults in the U.S. to better understand their views on Israel’s military actions in Gaza, their opinions of the political parties and their experiences with prejudice

Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir perform from the Colchester Arts Centre in Colchester, England during their Fabulous Unknown UK tour on Oct. 23, 2024. (Miranda Zhen Yao via AP)

Pop culture’s 'reverent irreverence': How artists blur irony, sincerity and religion

6:34 AM on Saturday, July 18

Indie artist Alex Cameron has sparked curiosity with a song about Jesus, blending humor and sincerity

People walk past the Grand Mosque of Paris, where a banner reads, "100 years of light, a century of history, spirituality and dialogue" marking its 100th anniversary, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Paris’ Grand Mosque celebrates its 100th anniversary and interfaith dialogue

5:44 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Grand Mosque of Paris is celebrating its centenary

A woman walks past a mural depicting a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strike on Feb. 28, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US military launches new airstrikes to 'swiftly punish' Iran for deaths of US troops

2:31 AM on Saturday, July 18

The U.S. military says it has carried out new airstrikes against Iran to “swiftly punish” the country’s Revolutionary Guard for an attack in Jordan that killed two American service members, left one more missing and four requiring hospitalization

Sunflowers bloom in Kalyvia Varikou, near Litochoro in northern Greece, backdropped by Mount Olympus, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Mount Olympus, home of the ancient Greek gods, vies for World Heritage status

12:26 AM on Saturday, July 18

Mount Olympus, the mythological home of ancient Greece’s 12 Olympian gods, may soon join UNESCO’s World Heritage List

FILE - Schoolgirls walk home past a mural from the women's organization Plan International in Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)

Takeaways from AP's report on the impact of US aid restrictions on reproductive rights in Africa

12:16 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Trump administration has announced new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas

FILE - A woman walks past a billboard promoting the Safe Motherhood Bill on Wilkinson Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly, File)

Women are dying in Africa as US ramps up its global battle against abortion

12:14 AM on Saturday, July 18

The Trump administration's new, sweeping restrictions on U.S. funding for nongovernmental organizations, foreign governments and U.N. agencies that promote access to abortion overseas is delivering new momentum to U.S. anti-abortion groups

In East India, a Marian shrine draws in Christian, Hindu and Muslim pilgrims

1:59 PM on Friday, July 17

Each week for the last 13 years, 28-year-old Rimpa Chowdhury, who describes herself as a devout Hindu, has visited the Basilica of the Holy Rosary

FILE - Clara Ester stands in the Centenary United Methodist Church in Memphis, Tenn., on March 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Clara Ester, activist who rushed to Martin Luther King Jr. after he was shot, dies at 78

1:54 PM on Friday, July 17

Clara Ester, an activist and minister who rushed to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s side when he was shot, has died at 78

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

An Israeli strike on a funeral in Gaza kills 7 people and wounds 22, a local hospital says

10:25 AM on Friday, July 17

An Israeli strike on a funeral in the Gaza Strip has killed at least seven people and wounded another 22

A woman flashes a victory sign while walking at Tehran's traditional main bazaar, Iran, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US and Iran escalate strikes across Mideast

11:11 PM on Thursday, July 16

The United States and Iran have exchanged strikes aimed at infrastructure and military targets as their battle over the Strait of Hormuz intensifies

LDS church would get sacred site, Martin’s Cove, under proposed BLM land trade now gaining steam

4:59 PM on Monday, July 13

A Wyoming state lawmaker is leading efforts to transfer Martin’s Cove, a site significant to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, from public to church ownership

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