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Movie Review: Ralph Fiennes shines in 'The Choral,' a heartfelt WWI drama about the power of music

3:12 PM on Monday, December 22, 2025

“The Choral” is a gentle, British film set during World War I, focusing on the power of art, says AP critic Mark Kennedy

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope offers gentle critique of Vatican culture in Christmas greeting reminiscent of past

6:26 AM on Monday, December 22, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has urged Vatican cardinals to put their ambitions of power and personal interests aside and work instead on building communion

Angela Halili, 29, right, cohost of the Christian podcast, "Girls Gone Bible," prays over a follower during their live show held at the Atlanta Symphony Hall, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

These influencers are teaching Christianity online — and young people are listening

8:27 AM on Sunday, December 21, 2025

Christian influencers are reaching hundreds of thousands of young people online

Palestinian mother of Ahmad Ziyoud, draped in the flag of the Islamic Jihad militant group, mourns during his funeral in Silat al-Harithiya, near Jenin, in the West Bank, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammad)

Israel's Cabinet approves 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank

5:52 AM on Sunday, December 21, 2025

Israel’s far-right finance minister says the Cabinet has approved 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank

Israel’s far-right finance minister says the Cabinet has approved 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank

5:43 AM on Sunday, December 21, 2025

Israel’s far-right finance minister says the Cabinet has approved 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank

Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks during an event to mark the end of the U.N. political mission in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq's political future in limbo as factions vie for power

Sunday, December 21, 2025

Political factions in Iraq have been maneuvering since the parliamentary election more than a month ago to form alliances that will shape the next government

People attend a ceremony to mark the National Day of Reflection for victims and survivors, at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, following the Bondi shooting on Dec. 14. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Thousands gather at Bondi Beach to mourn victims of antisemitic attack

7:35 PM on Saturday, December 20, 2025

Thousands of mourners have gathered at Sydney’s Bondi Beach to mark a week since two gunmen targeted a Jewish festival, killing 15 people

Floral tributes outside Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Markham)

Australian state plans tougher laws against displaying extremist flags after Bondi shooting

10:03 AM on Saturday, December 20, 2025

The Australian state of New South Wales is proposing a ban on public displays of Islamic State group flags and extremist symbols

FILE - Christmas trees and Santa Clauses decorate the entrance to the beach in Haffkrug, northern Germany, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Everything you need to know about Christmas, and how it has evolved into a global holiday

7:41 AM on Saturday, December 20, 2025

Originally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas has evolved into a global cultural event

Pope Leo XIV greets faithful as he arrives in St. Peter's Square on the occasion of the last Jubilee audience, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo summons world's cardinals for a key assembly to help him govern the church

7:25 AM on Saturday, December 20, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has summoned the world’s cardinals for meetings to help him govern the church, marking the unofficial start of his pontificate

People pose for a picture in Manger Square in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Christmas spirit returns to Bethlehem after ceasefire in Gaza

12:07 AM on Saturday, December 20, 2025

At midnight on Christmas Eve, the hymn “The Night of Christmas” will ring out in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born

Sonam Tashi shouts slogans during a demonstration to commemorate the anniversary of the 1959 uprising in Tibet against Chinese rule, in New Delhi, India, March, 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price

12:01 AM on Saturday, December 20, 2025

Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems in Kenya

Palestinians carry the body of a person killed in an Israeli military strike as they arrive at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

Israeli fire kills at least 5 Palestinians in Gaza, a hospital in the enclave says

5:17 PM on Friday, December 19, 2025

A local Gaza hospital says Israeli troops have fired over the ceasefire line in the northern Gaza Strip, killing at least five Palestinians, including a baby

Church court acquits a bishop from a small Anglican denomination embroiled in scandal

3:36 PM on Friday, December 19, 2025

A church court in the Anglican Church in North America has acquitted a bishop of charges of failing to carry out his duties

FILE - Rev. Manuel Rodriguez celebrates Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in the Queens borough of New York, on Sunday, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman, File)

Pope names pro-immigrant pastor bishop of Florida diocese where Trump's Mar-a-Lago is located

2:53 PM on Friday, December 19, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has named the Rev. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez as bishop of Palm Beach, Florida

FILE - Palestinian women struggle to receive donated food at a community kitchen in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, File)

Spread of famine in Gaza Strip averted but Palestinians there still face starvation, experts say

7:01 AM on Friday, December 19, 2025

The world’s leading authority on food crises says the spread of famine’s been averted in the Gaza Strip

FILE - Surfers and swimmers head out to the ocean as a tribute following Sunday's shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Markham,File)

A sunrise crowd gathers at Bondi Beach in solace and defiance after a massacre

4:08 AM on Friday, December 19, 2025

Thousands of people have returned to Australia's Bondi Beach in the first full day of opening since a mass shooting killed 15 people

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