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Gunmen from the Islamic State extremist group attacked an army barracks in a mountainous area north of Baghdad, killing 11 soldiers as they slept, Iraqi security officials said

A Taliban delegation will travel to Norway next week for talks

For Boris Johnson, facts have always been flexible.

Officials say that at least 17 people have been killed and dozens more injured when a vehicle carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle and blew up in western Ghana

France's Total says it will withdraw from Myanmar oil field project, citing aftermath of military takeover

A fire broke out early in Kuwait at a petrochemical site, forcing a suspension of export operations

JAN. 14-20, 2022 From floods in Madagascar and Novak Djokovic's deportation from Australia to Russians celebrating Epiphany by immersing themselves in water through holes cut in ice, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the week by The Associated Press from Europe and Africa. The selection was curated by Paris Photographer Thibault Camus. Follow AP visual journalism: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP—Images AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com

Iraq security officials say Islamic State gunmen have killed 11 soldiers in an attack on army barracks north of Baghdad

Italy is poised to elect a new president.

A retired Israeli general has emerged as one of the country's most vocal critics against settlers in the occupied West Bank

A Florida man has been charged with human smuggling after the bodies of four people, including a baby and a teen, were found near the Canada United States border

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Scientists have discovered one of the largest healthy coral reefs on record. It appears to have been spared the damaging effects of human activity and climate change.

British-Belgian pilot Zara Rutherford has landed in Belgium, becoming the youngest woman to fly alone around the world.

Yemen has lost its connection to the internet after Saudi-led airstrikes targeted a site in the contested city of Hodeida

A report on sexual abuse in Munich has faulted retired Pope Benedict XVI.

The shortage of parts caused by the coronavirus pandemic is further denting production at Toyota, Japan’s top automaker

Jan. 14-20, 2022 This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and Pacific. The gallery was curated by AP photo editor Masayo Yoshida in Tokyo. Follow AP visual journalism: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AP—Images AP Images blog: http://apimagesblog.com

French energy conglomerate TotalEnergies has asked the American and French governments to support targeted sanctions against Myanmar’s oil and gas funds

Libya’s central bank says that it has started a process to reunify after being split for years during the country’s civil war

Trying to defuse large protests by environmentalists, Serbia’s populist government said Thursday that it was canceling all licenses for mining giant Rio Tinto to open a lithium mine in the Balkan country

Fresh aftermath footage shows roads of Tonga coated in layers of ash and ridden with debris following the volcanic eruption and tsunami.

Around 40 critically endangered turtle hatchlings were released into the sea in Indonesia after being rescued from the beaches in Bali.

A couple of students were lucky to escape injury after huge slabs of snow slid off a roof and fell on them in Turkey.

A Florida man was arrested for driving a van smuggling the people into the U.S.

The marine science community is buzzing with excitement after the discovery of a rare stretch of coral reef in Tahiti.

Cuban courts have wrapped up the hearing phase of six mass trials for people accused of involvement in the largest and most unruly protests on the island in decades

Up to 14% of the coral reefs in the world were killed between 2009 and 2018.

Syrian rescuers and a war monitor say a rocket attack on a town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria killed six civilians and wounded over a dozen people

Roman Protasevich was taken into custody after the flight was forced to land.

Investigators said a mining vehicle likely collided with a motorcycle.

Israel’s attorney general says he is launching an investigation into the police’s use of phone surveillance technology following reports that investigators tracked targets without proper authorization

An Islamic State-linked extremist group accused of killing hundreds in northeast Nigeria has released a video purporting to show child soldiers executing two men identified as members of the Nigerian military

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says he has spoken by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin about cooperation between the two countries

Police in western Ghana say a vehicle carrying mining explosives has collided with a motorcycle and blown up, causing an unknown number of fatalities

A look at the top photos from around the globe.

Belarus’ authoritarian president has called a referendum next month on constitutional amendments that could allow him to further cement his grip on power after months of mass protests and remain in office until 2035

A Moroccan judge has ordered a man suspected of fatally stabbing an elderly French tourist and injuring a Belgian visitor in southern Morocco to undergo psychiatric evaluation

A massive eruption near Tonga left the nation’s many islands littered with ash.

The satellite images show the moment ash spewed from the ocean.

U_S_ Secretary of State Antony Blinken says talks with Iran over its nuclear program are at a “decisive moment.”

Two senior American diplomats say the United States will continue withholding aid from Sudan until the country's military rulers stop the killing of anti-coup protesters and a civilian led-government takes power

Pakistani police say a powerful bomb has exploded in a crowded bazar in Lahore, the country's second-largest city, killing at least three people and wounding 28

Montenegro’s embattled government has called for an early election to be held in the Balkan country

Santa Cruz's streets were filled with water on Jan. 15 following volcanic activity in the Pacific Ocean.

The strong tides crashed along the shoreline in Port Vila on Jan. 15.

A Dutch visualization specialist created the image to show how far the volcano extends beneath the ocean surface.

Video from the Tonga Geological Services showed the most recent volcanic eruptions on Jan. 14.

The European Union is ordering Poland to pay a fine of nearly 70 million euros ($80 million) for its failure to shut down a disciplinary chamber with the power to suspend or otherwise discipline judges

A British man who held four people hostage in a Texas synagogue ranted against Jews and American wars in countries like Afghanistan as his brother pleaded with him to give up and free the captives