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FILE - Albrecht Weinberg, one of the last survivors of the Holocaust, sits in the Leer town hall in Leer, Germany, March 5, 2025. (Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa via AP, File)

Albrecht Weinberg, a Holocaust survivor who returned to Germany in his 80s, dies at 101

12:56 PM on Tuesday, May 12

Albrecht Weinberg, who survived several Nazi concentration and death camps and lost most of his family in the Holocaust before returning to Germany in his 80s, has died, has died at the age of 101, authorities in his home region said

A man inspects the site of an Israeli army demolition campaign that targeted several Palestinian commercial structures overnight, days after the issue of demolition and evacuation orders to owners, in the West Bank town of Al-Eizariya Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli bulldozers raze about 50 Palestinian shops ahead of settlement-linked road project

8:27 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Israeli authorities have started the demolition of some shops built without permits on the outskirts of a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank

This is a locator map for the Gulf Cooperation Council member states: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo)

Trump and Hegseth claim 'control' over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz as ceasefire talks are stalled

4:07 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Kuwait has accused Iran of launching a failed attack earlier this month on an island where China is helping build a port in the Gulf Arab nation

This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)

Israeli lawmakers set up a special tribunal and allow for death penalty for Hamas-led 2023 attackers

6:06 PM on Monday, May 11

Israeli lawmakers have approved a bill setting up a special tribunal that would try and have the authority to sentence to death Palestinians convicted of taking part in the 2023 Hamas-led attack that triggered the war in Gaza

Israeli troops get prison for desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon

10:16 AM on Monday, May 11

Israel’s military says two soldiers will spend weeks in military prison for the desecration of a Christian statue in southern Lebanon

Israeli border police officers operate in the West Bank refugee camp of Qalandia, after Israeli forces shot and killed a suspected militant who opened fire on troops Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel's military said a Palestinian family could bury their father. Then the settlers arrived

9:40 AM on Monday, May 11

A Palestinian family in the West Bank says Israeli settlers forced them to dig up their newly buried 80-year-old relative

Sarah Atkinson, senior embryologist and lab supervisor at Rejoice Fertility, takes a cryo device containing a patient's frozen embryo from a preservation tank before an embryo transfer, Jan. 11, 2026, at Rejoice Fertility in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Takeaways from AP’s profile of a Christian IVF doctor

7:04 AM on Monday, May 11

IVF presents challenges for some anti-abortion Christians who believe life begins at fertilization

Dr. John Gordon, center, prays with a family before an embryo transfer at Rejoice Fertility, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

A crisis of conscience spurred this Christian IVF doctor's career pivot

7:03 AM on Monday, May 11

A Tennessee doctor is practicing reproductive medicine aligned with his Christian faith

Vehicles drive past banners showing portraits of the school children who were killed during a strike on a school in southern town of Minab on Feb. 28, at Tajrish square in northern Tehran, Iran, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as 'unacceptable'

1:44 AM on Sunday, May 10

Iran has sent its response to the latest U_S_ ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators, but U_S_ President Donald Trump quickly rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!”

Pope blesses Serie A champion Inter Milan and reminds them to be responsible 'heroes'

12:06 PM on Saturday, May 9

Pope Leo XIV has blessed Serie A champion Inter Milan

Security forces and emergency responders gather around a damaged vehicle at the scene of an Israeli airstrike that hit a car in the coastal town of Saadiyat, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Israeli drone strikes near Beirut kill 4 and southern airstrikes kill at least 13

11:42 AM on Saturday, May 9

Three Israeli drone strikes on vehicles south of Beirut have killed four people

FILE - President Donald Trump addresses the White House Religious Liberty Commission during an event at the Museum of the Bible, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Rejecting church and state separation is on the wish list for Trump's religious liberty commission

9:13 AM on Saturday, May 9

President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission is preparing to make recommendations after more than a year of hearings

A cleric speaks on his cellphone holding an Iranian flags for a pro-government campaign in downtown Tehran, Iran, Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran warns the US against attacks on its oil tankers and other ships but ceasefire appears to hold

7:24 AM on Saturday, May 9

Iran's Revolutionary Guard navy has warned of a “heavy assault” on one of the U.S. bases in the region if Iranian oil tankers or commercial vessels are attacked

FILE - Members of the LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families who joined a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome walk through the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Vatican sending new signals of openness but limitations in outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics

1:08 AM on Saturday, May 9

The Vatican is sending new signals about how it intends to minister to LGBTQ+ Catholics in the Pope Leo XIV era

A masked demonstrator stands with their fist in the air, wearing a Land Back beanie in front of signs reading Protect Pe'Sla Now on April 30, 2026, in Pennington County, S.D. (Angel White Eyes via AP)

Black Hills drilling project canceled after backlash from tribes

7:18 PM on Friday, May 8

A South Dakota mining company has canceled a drilling project in the Black Hills after opposition from Native American tribes and local groups

Television evangelistJoni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001 in Colleyville, Texas. (Lawrence Jenkins/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Joni Lamb, who started of one of the largest Christian TV networks, has died

12:02 PM on Friday, May 8

Joni Lamb, who cofounded one of the world's largest Christian TV networks with her late husband, has died

FILE - A man carries wood on his bicycle as he rides past a cemetery in Beni, Congo, Tuesday, July 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)

Islamic militants attack Congo villages near Uganda, killing 40 people, local group says

5:14 AM on Friday, May 8

An Islamic State-affiliated group has attacked villages in Congo near the Uganda border, killing at least 40 people

FILE - Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

The American pope: Pope Leo XIV’s first year in photos

1:36 AM on Friday, May 8

This satellite image provided by European Space Agency shows an apparent oil spill in the Persian Gulf off the western side of Kharg Island, Iran’s main crude oil export terminal, on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. ( European Space Agency via AP)

US fires on and disables 2 more Iranian tankers as tensions rise in the Strait of Hormuz

11:09 PM on Thursday, May 7

The U.S. military says its forces fired on and disabled two Iranian oil tankers after exchanging fire with Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz overnight

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