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  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 14-20

  October 09, 2018 20:30 IST

  Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 14-20

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  Trump says UN Ambassador Nikki Haley leaving administration 'at the end of the year'

  October 09, 2018 20:30 IST

  Trump says UN Ambassador Nikki Haley leaving administration 'at the end of the year'

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  AP sources: UN Ambassador Haley resigning

  October 09, 2018 20:30 IST

  U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is resigning, The Associated Press has learned

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  The Latest: Poland calls migration a threat to Europe

  October 09, 2018 20:15 IST

  Poland's interior minister says other European countries are coming around to his nation's view that Europe's capacity to absorb new migrants is limited

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  French drug dealer in US beard contest gets 20 years' prison

  October 09, 2018 20:15 IST

  A Frenchman who was arrested when he arrived in the U.S. for a world beard-growing championship has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for online drug trafficking using the alias "OxyMonster"

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  Afghan women's basketball player among 9 elected IOC members

  October 09, 2018 20:00 IST

  The International Olympic Committee has elected nine new members including 24-year-old Samira Asghari, an Afghanistan women's national basketball team player

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  Taylor Swift, Cardi B set for American Music Awards

  October 09, 2018 20:00 IST

  Taylor Swift is having a big week: She first broke her long-standing refusal to discuss politics Sunday and now she's going to give her first awards show performance in three years at the American Music Awards

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  Berlin ordered to institute partial diesel vehicle ban

  October 09, 2018 20:00 IST

  A Berlin court has ordered city officials to ban older diesel vehicles from several downtown streets in order to reduce nitrogen dioxide levels in the German capital

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  US stock indexes are mixed as rising-rate shakeout extends

  October 09, 2018 20:00 IST

  U.S. stock indexes are mixed in early trading as markets continue to absorb the shakeout from last week's rapid rise in interest rates

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  Man with hammer hacks Algeria statue of bare-breasted woman

  October 09, 2018 20:00 IST

  A man with a hammer has attacked and damaged a statue of a bare-breasted woman, an emblem of the eastern city of Setif, the latest in a series of such attacks

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  France's government reshuffle expected by Wednesday

  October 09, 2018 19:45 IST

  French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to give his green light to a government reshuffle by Wednesday following the resignation of his interior minister last week

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  Want election results? On West Coast, patience is required

  October 09, 2018 19:45 IST

  In Washington and California, the election often isn't over on election night

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  Minnesota teacher probed over Kavanaugh assassination tweet

  October 09, 2018 19:45 IST

  A Minnesota teacher is under scrutiny after a message allegedly appeared on her Twitter account suggesting someone should assassinate new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh

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  UK union calls for 24-hour strike of Uber drivers

  October 09, 2018 19:45 IST

  A British union has called for a 24-hour strike of Uber drivers in London, Birmingham and Nottingham, putting up a "digital picket line" to demand better pay and conditions.

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  Poisoning suspect honored by Putin in 2014, UK group says

  October 09, 2018 19:45 IST

  A British investigative group says one of the two suspects in the poisoning of an ex- Russian spy in Britain is a military intelligence officer who was made a Hero of the Russian Federation by President Vladimir Putin in 2014

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  The Latest: Michael's rain may bring evacuations to Georgia

  October 09, 2018 19:30 IST

  Forecasters say Hurricane Michael and its torrents of rain might prompt many evacuations and rescues in Georgia

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  UK central bank warns EU of risk to trillions in contracts

  October 09, 2018 19:15 IST

  The Bank of England is warning the European Union it is running short on time to mitigate disruption in derivatives contracts in the event of a departure from the 28-nation bloc without a deal

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  Madagascar cardinal hopes Pope Francis will visit in 2019

  October 09, 2018 19:15 IST

  A cardinal from Madagascar says Pope Francis is expected to visit the African island nation next year, in what is shaping up to be a year of global travel

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  Turkish firms reduce prices to help fight inflation

  October 09, 2018 19:15 IST

  Turkey's finance minister says several private sector firms have agreed to reduce their prices to support the government's effort to bring down painfully high inflation.

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  Pot legalization advocates seek foothold in Midwest states

  October 09, 2018 19:15 IST

  Backers of broad marijuana legalization are looking to break through a geographic barrier in November and get their first foothold in the Midwest after a string of election victories in Northeastern and Western states

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  Albania wants to block entry of Serbian mobile phone company

  October 09, 2018 19:00 IST

  The Albanian government says it is against the takeover of the country's second-biggest mobile phone company by a Serbian counterpart

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  AP FACT CHECK: Indiana candidates make misleading claims

  October 09, 2018 18:45 IST

  AP FACT CHECK: A look at claims made on Kavanaugh, health care, taxes and business during the Indiana Senate debate

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  Police in Bosnia fire warning shots to stave off migrants

  October 09, 2018 18:30 IST

  Bosnian police say an officer has fired warning shots to stave off an attack by migrants in a northwestern town

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  Fire at Ukraine's ammunition depot forces massive evacuation

  October 09, 2018 18:30 IST

  Ukrainian officials say that a massive fire at an ammunition depot in Ukraine has forced the evacuation of more than 10,000 people but inflicted no casualties

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  The Latest: Kremlin refuses to comment on Bellingcat report

  October 09, 2018 18:15 IST

  The Kremlin has refused to comment on the claim by investigative group Bellingcat that one of the two suspects in the poisoning of an ex-spy in England is a doctor who works for Russian military intelligence

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  Officials: 4 men remain missing in West Texas flooding

  October 09, 2018 18:15 IST

  Four men remain missing after a West Texas RV park was overrun by raging floodwaters and authorities are awaiting daybreak to resume their search

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  Kanye West to visit Trump, discuss prison reform, violence

  October 09, 2018 18:15 IST

  Rapper Kanye West has been invited to the White House to have lunch with President Donald Trump and meet with Jared Kushner to talk about manufacturing, prison reform, preventing gang violence and reducing violence in Chicago

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  APNewsBreak: Wife of ex-Interpol boss describes threats

  October 09, 2018 18:15 IST

  The wife of the former Interpol president who disappeared in China has detailed to The Associated Press the telephoned threats she received