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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, 2025

Families of victims of the recent Sydney massacre are urging more federal action to investigate rising antisemitism and security failures

Palestinians try to recover their tent after overnight rainfall flooded their beachside tent camp in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)

Winter rain floods Gaza camps as Netanyahu heads for US meeting

6:17 AM on Sunday, December 28, 2025

Winter rain has lashed the Gaza Strip and flooded camps with ankle-deep puddles as Palestinians displaced by war try to stay dry in fraying tents

A police officer injured by a thrown stone is helped away from the area after clashes erupted between Alawite protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterprotesters, two days after a bomb in an Alawite mosque in Homs killed eight people and wounded 18 during Friday prayers, in Latakia, Syria's coastal region, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)

4 dead, dozens injured in Syria during clashes between Alawites and counterdemonstrators

3:59 AM on Sunday, December 28, 2025

At least four people have been killed and dozens wounded in clashes on Syria’s coast

Shaimaa Wadi, 25, sits with her 1-year-old daughter Tala, inside their tent in a makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Chilly Gaza braces for more winter rain and word of any progress in ceasefire talks

10:25 AM on Saturday, December 27, 2025

Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza’s thousands of displaced people prepared threadbare tents for another round of winter rain

FILE - Hoda Abrahim, founder and CEO of, "Love, Inshallah," a matchmaker featured on the series, "Muslim Matchmaker," on Hulu, appears in her home on Aug. 11, 2025, in Conroe, Texas. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

How TV shows like 'Mo' and 'Muslim Matchmaker' allow Arab and Muslim Americans to tell their stories

5:14 AM on Saturday, December 27, 2025

Comedian Mo Amer is gaining attention for his show “Mo,” which explores the journey of a Palestinian refugee family seeking asylum in the U.S. The series is part of a wave of TV shows by Arab or Muslim American creators that aim to tell authentic stories without relying on stereotypes

A man holds an imaginary depiction of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad who is revered by Syria's Alawite community, during the funeral of victims of an attack a day earlier at the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in the predominantly Alawite Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood of Homs, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Hundreds mourn in Syria's Homs after deadly mosque bombing

2:00 AM on Saturday, December 27, 2025

Hundreds of mourners have gathered outside a mosque in Homs, Syria, after a bombing killed eight people and wounded 18

People visit the site of a U.S. airstrike in Northwest, Jabo, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/ Tunde Omolehin)

Nigerian villagers are rattled by US airstrikes that made their homes shake and the sky glow red

7:22 AM on Friday, December 26, 2025

A U.S. airstrike that targeted an alleged camp of the Islamic State group in Nigeria has caused panic in the village of Jabo, close to where the strike hit

In this photo released by Israel Police on Friday, Dec. 26, 2025, Israeli police officers work on the site where a vehicle was used, according to the authorities, during a suspected ramming and stabbing attack in Afula, northern Israel. (Israel Police via AP)

A Palestinian man kills 2 in car-ramming and stabbing attack in northern Israel and injures 2 others

4:34 AM on Friday, December 26, 2025

Police say that two people have been killed and at least two more injured in northern Israel in a car-ramming and stabbing attack by a Palestinian man

FILE - Robert Friedrichs poses for a photo at the Atomic Museum, on April 16, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

ICYMI: Close out 2025 with these great reads from AP

4:26 AM on Friday, December 26, 2025

As 2025 wraps up, The Associated Press has curated a list of memorable stories and enjoyable reads published this year

Syrian security forces inspect the damage after an explosion in the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque in a predominantly Alawite area of the Wadi al-Dhahab neighborhood in Homs, Syria Friday, Dec. 26, 2025.(AP Photo)

Mosque bombing in Syria leaves 8 dead and 18 wounded

3:56 AM on Friday, December 26, 2025

A bombing at a mosque in Homs, Syria, during Friday prayers has killed at least eight people and wounded 18 others

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Monday, Dec. 22, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US launches strikes against Islamic State group in Nigeria after attacks target Christians

3:40 PM on Thursday, December 25, 2025

President Donald Trump says the U.S. launched a deadly strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians

Turkey detains dozens of IS suspects planning attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations

5:47 AM on Thursday, December 25, 2025

Istanbul police have launched simultaneous raids at 124 locations, detaining over a hundred suspected members of the militant Islamic State group

Palestinian parishioners check a recently installed Christmas tree after the previous one was destroyed at the Holy Redeemer Latin Church in the West Bank town of Jenin, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

3 Palestinians arrested on suspicion of torching a Christmas tree at a Catholic church in West Bank

3:55 AM on Thursday, December 25, 2025

Three Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a Christmas tree and damaging a Nativity scene at a Catholic Church in the West Bank city of Jenin

Pope Leo XIV waves after delivering the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for 'to the city and to the world' ) Christmas' day blessing from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering

3:10 AM on Thursday, December 25, 2025

Pope Leo XIV, during his first Christmas Day message, has urged the faithful to shed indifference toward those who are suffering

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive to attend the Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025.(AP Photo/Jon Super)

King Charles III calls for kindness and unity in Christmas message amid global conflicts

9:00 PM on Wednesday, December 24, 2025

King Charles III has urged people to focus on kindness instead of conflict in his annual Christmas address

People inspect the scene of a deadly bomb explosion inside a mosque in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Jossy Ola )

Blast at mosque in Nigeria kills 5 and injures more than 30 in apparent suicide attack

7:56 PM on Wednesday, December 24, 2025

A bomb has exploded during prayers at a mosque in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, killing five people

Children ride a carousel at the Christmas fair decorated for Christmas and the New Year festivities in Red Square in Moscow, Thursday, Dec. 25, 2025, with the Spasskaya Tower in the background. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Photos of Christmas celebrations around the world

8:16 AM on Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Displaced Palestinian Salah al-Mabhouh, 40, sits by the fire with his son Abdul-Razzaq 8, next to their tent in al-Bureij camp, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A blast in Gaza wounds a soldier and Israel accuses Hamas of ceasefire violation

6:06 AM on Wednesday, December 24, 2025

An explosive device has detonated in Gaza and wounded one Israeli soldier, prompting Israel to accuse Hamas of violating the U.S.-brokered ceasefire

Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Faithful return to Bethlehem and Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's

4:44 AM on Wednesday, December 24, 2025

On Christmas Eve, thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square and other Holy Land sites, after two years of subdued Christmas celebrations because of the war in Gaza

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