Drone surveillance and warfare
Supporters of a Pakistani religious party take part in a rally in support of Palestinians in conflict with Israelis Friday, May 21, 2021, in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
The Latest: Biden says his party 'still supports Israel'

By The Associated Press May. 21, 2021 05:44 AM EDT

Bangladeshi Muslims protesting against Israeli attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, gather after Eid al-Fitr prayers in front of Baitul Mukarram Mosque and wave Palestinian and Bangladeshi flags in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
The Latest: Israeli airstrike on Gaza house kills at least 7

The Associated Press May. 14, 2021 07:55 AM EDT

Members of a civil society group burn representations of Israeli, U.S. and Indian flags during a demonstration in support of Palestinians during the latest round of violence in Jerusalem, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
The Latest: Israeli aircraft strike another building in Gaza

May. 11, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2021 05:07 PM EDT
Adirondack Daily Enterprise. April 15, 2021. Editorial: Water is still cold; wear a PFD We have been surprised to see a...

Saudi university catches fire near Yemen border in attack

Apr. 15, 2021 04:17 AM EDT
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi university near the country's border with Yemen caught fire early Thursday after the kingdom's air defenses intercepted a...

FILE - In this Mar. 7, 2021 file photo, smoke rises after Saudi-led airstrikes on an army base in Sanaa, Yemen. Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday, March 22, 2021, to offer Yemen's Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country's yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, the kingdom's latest attempt to halt fighting that has sparked the world's worst humanitarian crisis in the Arab world's poorest nation. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
Saudi Arabia offers cease-fire plan to Yemen rebels

By Jon Gambrell And Isabel Debre Mar. 22, 2021 10:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 8, 2020, file photo, the sun sets behind an idle pump jack near Karnes City, USA. Oil prices pressed higher Monday, March 8, 2021, after strikes on major oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, shook energy markets. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
Attack on Saudi oil site fuels upward march for crude prices

By Cathy Bussewitz And Elaine Kurtenbach Mar. 08, 2021 03:59 AM EST

UK police raid packed makeshift club with 150 partygoers

Feb. 16, 2021 09:21 AM EST
LONDON (AP) — British police have fined dozens of people for breaking coronavirus restrictions after officers found 150 guests packed into an illegal nightclub...

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2014 file photo, Hawthi Shiite rebels chant slogans at the compound of the army's First Armored Division, after they took it over, in Sanaa, Yemen. Yemen’s war began in September 2014, when the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa. Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates and other countries, entered the war alongside Yemen’s internationally recognized government in March 2015. The war has killed some 130,000 people and driven the Arab world’s poorest country to the brink of famine. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
Timeline: Yemen war began in 2014 when Houthis seized Sanaa

Feb. 11, 2021 01:04 AM EST

FILE - In this July 27, 2018, file photo, Kahlan, a 12-year-old former child soldier with Yemen's Houthi rebels, demonstrates how to use a weapon at a camp for displaced persons where he took shelter with his family in Marib, Yemen. President Joe Biden's announcement that the U.S. will end its support of a Saudi-led coalition's years-long war against Yemen's Houthi rebels likely will increase pressure on the kingdom to end its campaign there, though reaching an enduring peace for the Arab world's poorest country still remains in question. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
EXPLAINER: What US ending Saudi war support means for Yemen

By Jon Gambrell Feb. 05, 2021 06:12 AM EST

A man walks by orange fencing set up outside the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in advance of Joe Biden's Presidential Inaugural in Washington D.C. on Jan. 20. (Mark Pynes/The Patriot-News via AP)
Guard to defend Pennsylvania Capitol, city to close streets

By Mark Scolforo Jan. 14, 2021 03:13 PM EST

In this undated photo released on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, by Iranian Army, drones are displayed prior to a drill, Iran. The Iranian military on Tuesday began a wide-ranging, two-day aerial drill in the country's north, state media reported, featuring combat and surveillance unmanned aircraft, as well as naval drones dispatched from vessels in Iran's southern waters. (Iranian Army via AP)
South Korean tanker was boarded by armed Iran Guard forces

By Hyung-Jin Kim And Jon Gambrell Jan. 05, 2021 12:25 AM EST

A billboard carries a portrait of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, an Iranian scientist linked to the country's nuclear program who was killed by unknown assailants last month, at the site of his killing in Absard east of the capital, Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Iran's supreme leader and the country's president both warned America on Wednesday that the departure of President Donald Trump does not immediately mean better relations between the two nations. The billboard also shows other slain nuclear scientists. The Persian reads: "the site of ascension of martyred scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh to heaven." (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran leaders: Biden arrival won't guarantee better relations

By Amir Vahdat Dec. 16, 2020 07:30 AM EST

Visitors prepare to fish in front of the Red Sea port, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Dec.14, 2020. An explosion rocked a ship off Saudi Arabia's port city of Jiddah on the Red Sea, authorities said Monday, without elaborating. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
'External source' causes oil tanker blast off Saudi Arabia

By Jon Gambrell Dec. 14, 2020 03:51 AM EST

People walk by a clothes stall in the Rastro flea market in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Madrid's ancient and emblematic Rastro flea market reopened Sunday after a contentious eight-month closure because of the COVID-19 pandemic that has walloped the Spanish capital. (AP Photo/Paul White)
Ancient Madrid market reopens amid debate over virus rules

Nov. 22, 2020 07:06 AM EST

An Armenian wounded soldier receives treatment in a military hospital near the frontline in the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. Armenia and Azerbaijan have accused each other of violating the new U.S.-brokered cease-fire aimed to halt the fighting over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh. (AP Photo)
Armenia, Azerbaijan keep fighting despite cease-fire deal

By Avet Demourian Oct. 27, 2020 04:34 PM EDT

Azime Ali Topchu, 48, a Bulgarian Roma woman, gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in a village on the outskirts of Burgas, Bulgaria, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. Human rights activists and experts say local officials in several countries with significant Roma populations have used the pandemic to unlawfully target the minority group, which is Europe's largest and has faced centuries of severe discrimination. Topchu said that the police-enforced lockdown of her village in Burgas, on Bulgaria's Black Sea Coast, made her family "really sad." (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Some European officials use virus as a cover to target Roma

By Maria Cheng And Teodora Barzakova Oct. 15, 2020 05:06 AM EDT

In this photo released Tuesday, July 28, 2020, by Sepahnews, Revolutionary Guard's speed boats circle around a replica aircraft carrier during a military exercise. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has fired a missile from a helicopter targeting the mock-up aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz according to footage aired on state television on Tuesday. Iranian commandos also fast-roped down from a helicopter onto the replica in the footage from the exercise called "Great Prophet 14." The drill appears aimed at threatening the U.S. amid tensions between Tehran and Washington. (Sepahnews via AP)
Iran launches underground ballistic missiles during exercise

By Amir Vahdat And Jon Gambrell Jul. 29, 2020 09:27 AM EDT

Saudi Arabia says it intercepts Yemen rebel drones, missiles

Jun. 23, 2020 10:09 AM EDT
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it intercepted ballistic missiles and bomb-laden drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels in an...

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 file photo, Iraqi militiamen march and chant anti U.S. slogans while carrying a picture of Soleimani, left and al-Muhandis, with Arabic that reads "our martyr leaders," during the funeral of Iran's top general Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi militia leaders were expecting the usual bags of cash when the new head of Iran's expeditionary Quds Force , a successor Soleimani, paid his first visit. Instead, Esmail Ghani brought them silver rings, as tokens of gratitude. The episode, relayed by several officials, illustrates Iran's struggle to maintain influence abroad as it grapples with the economic fallout from crushing U.S. sanctions and the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
Troubled Iran struggles to maintain sway over Iraq militias

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra And Samya Kullab Jun. 11, 2020 02:17 AM EDT