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A woman walks on a waterlogged pathway of the informal settlement in Khayelitsha, on the outkirks of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Bheki Radebe)

South Africa declares natural disaster as flooding kills at least 10

8:52 AM on Tuesday, May 12

South African authorities have declared a natural disaster due to severe flooding across six provinces

Map showing where a military drone was found on the Greek island of Lefkada. (AP Digital Embed)

Greece says attack sea drone found on island is Ukrainian, calls incident 'extremely serious'

6:10 AM on Tuesday, May 12

Greece’s defense minister has confirmed that a military sea drone discovered on a Greek island last week is Ukrainian built

FILE - This photo combination shows, from left, Wes Streeting in Liverpool, Sept. 30, 2025, Angela Rayner in Shoreditch, London, June 5, 2025, Andy Burnham in Liverpool, Sept. 29, 2025, Shabana Mahmood in Liverpool, Sept. 29, 2025 and Ed Miliband in Hamburg, Germany, Jan. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Super, Kirsty Wigglesworth, Martin Meissner, File)

What to know about contenders who could replace Keir Starmer as Britain's Labour leader

3:24 AM on Tuesday, May 12

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's leadership is in jeopardy after his Labour Party suffered heavy defeats in local elections last week

Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pauses as he delivers a speech, at the Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre in Waterloo, London, Monday May 11, 2026. (James Manning/PA via AP)

How Keir Starmer could be replaced as UK prime minister after discontent rises in his own party

12:19 AM on Tuesday, May 12

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing pressure to resign after a major defeat in local elections

Hawaii lawmakers and activists pose for a photo after discussing a bill that seeks to limit corporate money in politics in Honolulu on Thursday, April 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

What to know about states' efforts to limit corporate donations in politics

9:05 PM on Monday, May 11

Two states could try to squeeze companies' money out of politics by redefining the powers of corporations

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at an event about maternal healthcare, Monday, May 11, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump is getting another medical checkup at the end of May, the White House says

8:04 PM on Monday, May 11

President Donald Trump is scheduled to see doctors for a medical and dental checkup later this month

FILE - President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, shake hands after their U.S.-China summit talk at Gimhae International Airport Jinping in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Trump and Xi dialed down the trade war, but challenges lurk at their China summit

5:00 PM on Monday, May 11

President Donald Trump claims America is profiting from trade with China despite tensions over rare earth minerals, tariffs and emerging technologies like AI

FILE - Election workers Janet Lambert, left, and Renee Tucker are seen sorting ballots at the MetraPark events center, Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Billings, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown,File)

Montana voters will be able to register to vote on Election Day, judge rules

4:39 PM on Monday, May 11

A Montana judge has blocked the state from limiting voter registration on Election Day

Southern California mayor resigns, will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government

4:18 PM on Monday, May 11

A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government and has resigned from her city position

Workers survey the Memorial Circle, where President Donald Trump has proposed building an arch to commemorate the United States' 250th anniversary, Monday, May 11, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in Washington

4:10 PM on Monday, May 11

Workers have begun preliminary surveys and testing for a proposed Triumphal Arch sought by President Donald Trump

FILE - Cows graze along a section of the Missouri River that includes the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument on Sept. 19, 2011, near Fort Benton, Mont. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Trump administration cancels rule that made conservation a 'use' of public lands

4:02 PM on Monday, May 11

The Interior Department is canceling a rule that put public lands conservation on equal footing with development

A demonstrator holds up a sign outside the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Thursday, May, 7 2026. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)

Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts

3:01 PM on Monday, May 11

The U.S. Supreme Court has set the stage for Alabama to get rid of one of two largely Black congressional districts before this year’s midterm elections

Workers apply a blue protective coating as part of a renovation project to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, May 8, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

A nonprofit sues to halt Trump’s 'American flag blue' repaint of the Reflecting Pool

12:11 PM on Monday, May 11

A Washington-based nonprofit is asking a judge to stop the Trump administration from altering the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Racial gerrymandering may be here to stay

10:41 AM on Monday, May 11

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at an event about maternal healthcare, Monday, May 11, 2026, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Trump says he'll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can't do it on his own

10:23 AM on Monday, May 11

President Donald Trump is moving to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war

Senate Republicans move ahead with $1B for Trump's ballroom security as Democrats pledge to fight

2:11 AM on Monday, May 11

Senate Republicans say they will move forward with a proposal to give the Secret Service up to $1 billion for security upgrades to Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project

France's President Emmanuel Macron, left, and Kenya's President William Ruto, right, participate in the youth session "Africa Forward, Creation in Motion" during the Africa Forward Summit at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, May 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

France woos Anglophone Africa at a summit in Kenya

1:51 AM on Monday, May 11

France is pitching what it says is a new model of partnership with African countries at a summit that begins Monday in Kenya as it completes a military withdrawal from West African countries that has been widely seen as marking declining influence on the continent

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