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Mbera fire brigade members from the NGO SOS desert demonstrate the brushing technique used to extinguish fires in Mbera Refugee Camp, near Bassikounou, Hodh El Chargui Region, Mauritania, Saturday Nov. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Caitlin Kelly)

Refugee firefighters in Mauritania battle bushfires to give back to the community that took them in

9:03 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Bushfires are deadly, they can break out in the blink of an eye and last for days in the vast desert of Mauritania

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference regarding Ukraine's financing needs for 2026-2027 at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Harry Nakos)

EU leaders gather to discuss a massive loan to Ukraine

8:51 PM on Wednesday, December 17

European Union leaders are gathering for a summit aimed at agreeing on a massive loan to cover Ukraine’s military and other financial needs for the next two years

Family carry the coffin following a service for Bondi Beach mass shooting victim 10-year-old Matilda, whose last name is being withheld at the request of her family, in Sydney, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Steve Markham)

Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting as Australia's leader pledges new hate laws

7:55 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Sydney for the funeral of a 10-year-old girl killed in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration

FILE - People walk through smog in New Delhi, India, Dec. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Piyush Nagpal, File)

Unreliable data mask just how bad the air quality crisis is in India

6:14 PM on Wednesday, December 17

India’s air-quality crisis is deepened by unreliable data

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives to brief members of Congress on military strikes near Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

US military says strike on alleged drug boat kills 4 in eastern Pacific

6:05 PM on Wednesday, December 17

The U.S. military says it attacked a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four people

President Donald Trump talks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., after attending a casualty return at Dover Air Foce Base. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump's expanded travel ban hits Africa the hardest but reactions are muted

2:52 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Africa has been the hardest hit by the Trump administration's expanded travel ban that includes 20 more countries

President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters during a rally marking the anniversary of the Battle of Santa Ines, which took place during Venezuela's 19th-century Federal War, in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Some sanctioned oil vessels divert from Venezuela as Trump threatens blockade

1:28 PM on Wednesday, December 17

Some oil vessels are diverting away from Venezuela after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a “blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving the South American country

A vendor sells inflatables on Macuto beach in Venezuela, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

The oil blockade threat creates anxiety in Venezuela but people stick to their daily lives

10:32 AM on Wednesday, December 17

U.S. President Donald Trump's announced blockade on sanctioned Venezuelan oil could lead to shortages of food, fuel, and other basic goods in the Latin American nation

FILE - President Joe Biden, center, greets Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan, Jr., right, before boarding Air Force One at Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

US government sues US Virgin Islands and accuses officials of violating the Second Amendment

10:18 AM on Wednesday, December 17

A Second Amendment clash has erupted between the federal government and the U.S. Virgin Islands

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)

Israel fires mortar into Gaza residential area, wounding at least 10

10:18 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Israel’s military says troops fired a mortar shell into a Palestinian residential area in the Gaza Strip, in the latest incident to rock the tenuous ceasefire with Hamas

FILE - Chelsea's soccer club owner Roman Abramovich attends the UEFA Women's Champions League final soccer match against FC Barcelona in Gothenburg, Sweden, May 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

UK gives Abramovich last chance to give Chelsea sale proceeds to victims of Russia's war in Ukraine

6:25 AM on Wednesday, December 17

The British government says it has given Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich a final chance to hand over 2.5 billion pounds or $3.25 billion to the victims of Russia's war in Ukraine

In this image, made from video provided by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, a Russian "Grad" self-propelled multiple rocket launcher fires towards Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Putin warns that Russia will seek to extend its gains in Ukraine if peace talks fail

5:01 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning that Moscow will extend its gains in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western allies reject the Kremlin's demands in peace talks

FILE - From left, European Council President Antonio Costa, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrive for an EU Summit at the European Council building in Brussels, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana, File)

EU leaders prepare to take unprecedented steps to help Ukraine at a high-stakes summit

3:53 AM on Wednesday, December 17

European Union leaders are about to attempt something unprecedented

FILE - Flags of the U.S. and China are displayed at the Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

China exploits US-funded research on nuclear technology, a congressional report says

3:19 AM on Wednesday, December 17

A congressional report says China exploits partnerships with U.S. researchers to give its military access to nuclear technology and other innovations with economic and national security applications

Migrants confront police as they begin carrying out eviction orders at an abandoned school building where hundreds of mostly undocumented migrants had been living, in Badalona, near Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spanish police evict hundreds of migrants from squat deemed unsafe

1:54 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Spanish police have evicted orders to clear an abandoned school building where around 400 migrants were living in a squat north of Barcelona

FILE - Refugees from South Africa, arrive Monday, May 12, 2025, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

South African authorities raid a US refugee processing center and Washington protests

1:41 AM on Wednesday, December 17

South African immigration authorities have raided a United States refugee processing center in Johannesburg and seven Kenyans working there illegally were arrested and given deportation orders

Unionists demonstrate at the entrance of the Louvre museum after employees have voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world's most visited museum, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Louvre workers vote to extend a strike as the museum partially reopens

1:19 AM on Wednesday, December 17

Employees at the Louvre Museum have voted to extend a strike that has disrupted operations at the world’s most visited museum

Burkhard Scheffler, second from right, a homeless man who died from the cold in 2022 on the edge of St. Peter's Square, is portrayed as St. Peter in a painting by German artist Michael Triegel and exposed in the chapel of the Teutonic College at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Church altar featuring homeless man goes on display a stone's throw from his grave at the Vatican

10:12 PM on Tuesday, December 16

In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first pope

Family react at the coffin of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a victim in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, during his funeral at a synagogue in Bondi on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)

Accused gunman in Bondi Beach shooting charged with 15 counts of murder

6:41 PM on Tuesday, December 16

An accused gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre has been charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder as hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney to begin funerals for the victims

Swimmers gather for a morning vigil in Sydney, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, following Sunday's shooting at Bondi Beach. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)/AAP Image via AP)

Millions are pledged to a Syrian Australian man who stopped a gunman and became a national hero

1:49 PM on Tuesday, December 16

Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian-Australian tobacco shop owner, has become a national hero in Australia, with an online fundraiser for him raising millions of dollars

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