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  • dubaiMiddle East

    ‘This is Dubai’s ultimate nightmare’: Missile strikes rock safe-haven status of the Las Vegas of the East

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Passengers stranded by the closure of Dubai International Airport await for assistance in the airport parking lot in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Middle East

    This American tourist stranded in Dubai due to Iran’s bombardment doesn’t think she’ll be back — ‘the universe was trying to tell us something’

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • iranMiddle East

    American, Israeli strike on Iran came 2 days after latest talks, as theocracy struggled with nationwide protests

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • iranMiddle East

    ‘This will be probably your only chance for generations’: Trump tells Iranians to first take cover, then rise up

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Painted houses and residential apartment blocks overlooking the fjord in Nuuk, Greenland, on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Denmark launched a second Arctic military package on Oct. 10, including investments in additional capacities for defense at sea in Greenland, with maritime patrol aircraft for monitoring and combatting submarines. Photographer: Juliette Pavy/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesEurope

    Britain is in talks with NATO to boost Arctic security, agreeing with Trump on Russia and China risks as he continues to eye Greenland

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Zelenskyy looks up at Trump smilingly.Global

    Zelenskyy’s speedrun of gratitude—nine thank yous in one minute—shows how foreign leaders talk to Trump

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Chris Brown on stageLifestyle

    Chris Brown is out on bail after allegedly assaulting a music producer during his last tour. His next world tour starts next month

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Gene Hackman smiles with his wife Betsy ArakawaLifestyle

    Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife, and their dog all found dead in their New Mexico home

    By Susan Montoya Bryan, Felicia Fonseca, and others
  • KYIV, UKRAINE – JANUARY 16: Britain’s Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, speaks during an interview on January 16, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. The British Prime Minister’s visit to Ukraine comes at a pivotal moment for Ukraine’s allies in the conflict against Russia, ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday. Trump had made campaign promises to end the war on Day One of his term, but has since walked back his ambitious timeline. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)Politics

    U.K.’s Keir Starmer seeks to stay in Trump’s good books as Europe comes next in Trump’s tariff list

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • British royal guards outside Buckingham PalacePolitics

    Buckingham Palace is clashing with animal rights groups over the guards’ iconic bearskin caps

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Prince Harry leaves the High Court after giving evidence in London, on June 7, 2023. Prince Harry won his phone hacking lawsuit Friday Dec. 15, 2023 against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and was awarded over 140,000 pounds ($180,000) in the first of his several lawsuits against the tabloids to go to trial. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)Finance

    Prince Harry won his lawsuit against tabloid publisher that hacked his phone—and was awarded $175,000

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Disappearing California forestsEnvironment

    California’s prized redwood forests are going extinct: ‘We’re losing them at a rate that is something that we can’t sustain’

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • LONDON, ENGLAND – MAY 23: Queen Elizabeth II visits The Chelsea Flower Show 2022 at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on May 23, 2022 in London, England. The Chelsea Flower Show returns to its usual place in the horticultural calendar after being cancelled in 2020 and postponed in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic. This year sees the Show celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and also a theme of calm and mindfulness running through the garden designs. (Photo by James Whatling – WPA Pool/Getty Images)

    UK man encouraged by an AI chatbot to kill Queen Elizabeth II is sentenced to 9 years in prison for trying to carry out the murder

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – AUGUST 03: An art handler looks at Freddie Mercurty’s stage costumes during a photocall at Sotheby’s auction house for the unveiling of Freddie Mercury’s entire private collection ahead of an exhibition and six dedicated sales in London, United Kingdom on August 03, 2023. ‘Freddie Mercury: A World of His Own’ exhibition starring stage costumes, handwritten lyrics, fine and decorative arts, Japanese art, precious objects and a trove of personal belongings will be open to the public between August 4th and September 5th, before the items are offered across six dedicated auctions, each one devoted to a different aspect of Mercuryâs life, both public and private. (Photo by Wiktor Szymanowicz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Freddie Mercury auction is a hit as his ‘clutter’ including a prized piano and lyrics to ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ fetch $15.4 million

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press
  • Hartwig Fischer

    ‘He basically told me to sod off and mind my own business’: British Museum whistleblower stunned at director’s resignation 2 years late

    By Brian Melley and The Associated Press