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Troy Jackson, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks to attendees at the Southern Maine Labor Council breakfast, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, in South Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Midterm elections head into the home stretch as candidates hit Labor Day events

12:25 PM on Monday, September 7

Candidates in several states with competitive House and Senate races are beginning the stretch run of election season with Labor Day events at festivals, union halls and parades

FILE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic waves a Serbian flag during a rally of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in Belgrade, Serbia, on June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Serbia's government proposes dissolving Parliament for early election

9:41 AM on Monday, September 7

The Serbian government has proposed dissolving Parliament, setting in motion a procedure for scheduling a high-stakes early parliamentary election

In this photo released by the Government of Primorsky Krai Region on Monday, Sept. 7, 2026, vehicles drive across the new bridge between Russia and North Korea named after the Soviet officer Yakov Novichenko, who is credited with saving North Korea's founding leader, Kim Il-sung, over the Tumannaya River in Primorsky Krai Region of Russia. (Dmitry Ignatenko/Government of Primorsky Krai Region via AP)

Russia and North Korea open the first road link across shared border

8:36 AM on Monday, September 7

Russia and North Korea have opened their first road bridge for car traffic, enhancing their growing ties

Incoming Panama Canal Administrator Ilya Espino de Marotta speaks during an international financial summit in Panama City, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

First female administrator in the Panama Canal's history takes the helm

8:04 AM on Monday, September 7

Naval engineer Ilya Espino de Marotta takes the helm on Monday as the first woman to lead the Panama Canal administration, stepping into the role at a challenging time for the vital maritime route

FILE - Two women embrace each other as they watch the World Trade Center burn following a terrorist attack on the twin skyscrapers in New York, Sept. 11, 2001. (AP Photo/Ernesto Mora, File)

One attack, many Americas: Why 9/11 and its many griefs land differently 25 years later

7:47 AM on Monday, September 7

The September 11 attacks 25 years ago left a lasting impact on the United States, affecting not just those who lost loved ones but the entire nation

Co-leader of Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, Alice Weidel, leaves for a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

AfD party's landslide win in eastern Germany tests country's 'firewall' against the far right

7:41 AM on Monday, September 7

Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has become a major political force in the 13 years since its founding

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, left, and Greenland's Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, visit the company Eutelsat OneWeb in Nuuk, Greenland, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

EU seeks to reassure a Trump-rattled Greenland with promise of a new partnership and investment

7:38 AM on Monday, September 7

The European Union is promising Greenland a stronger partnership and hundreds of millions of euros in investment

Former Sen. John E. Sununu, who is seeking the GOP nomination for his old seat, takes a selfie with supporter Sudie Francouer, in Berlin, N.H., Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Hampshire’s state primary

7:13 AM on Monday, September 7

Former Republican U.S. Sens. John Sununu and Scott Brown will compete in New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate primary Tuesday for the seat currently held by retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen

A sign directs voters to an entrance for City Hall during early voting for the Rhode Island primary election, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Rhode Island’s state primary

7:03 AM on Monday, September 7

Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee faces a tough Democratic primary challenge Wednesday in his bid for a second full term

Ulrich Siegmund, top candidate for the "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) party and his wife Julia leaving a polling station on a small Schwalbe motorcycle after voting during the Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Tangermuende, eastern Germany, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Charismatic candidate propels German far-right party to victory after giving it a friendly face

5:32 AM on Monday, September 7

Ulrich Siegmund, a charismatic 35-year-old, has led the far-right Alternative for Germany to its strongest showing yet

FILE - Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan speaks at a plenary session at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

Husband of Tanzania's president dies while undergoing hospital treatment

5:19 AM on Monday, September 7

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan's husband has died while undergoing treatment in Zanzibar

FILE - House Speaker Martin Romualdez hears the decision of members of Congress to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte at the House of Representatives in Quezon City in Manila, Philippines, Wednesday, Feb.5, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerard Carreon, File)

Former Philippine House speaker arrested for alleged kickbacks

4:18 AM on Monday, September 7

A Philippine lawmaker has been arrested for allegedly pocketing millions from flood control projects

Police officers form a line to block protesters near Eastney Beach, in Portsmouth, England, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (PA via AP)

UK government condemns anti-migrant protests at ports over Channel boat crossings

3:49 AM on Monday, September 7

The British government has condemned the "intimidating and thuggish behavior" of anti-immigrant demonstrators who tried to prevent migrants arriving in southern England

Jamaica's Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Olivia Grange, attends a service, in London, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Jamaica takes its case for reparations for Britain's role in slavery to King Charles III

3:33 AM on Monday, September 7

Jamaica is pushing for Britain to pay reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade

Top candidate for the Saxony-Anhalt state elections Ulrich Siegmund, center, attends a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Germany's Merz shocked by far-right state election triumph but doubles down on unpopular reforms

2:31 AM on Monday, September 7

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has doubled down on pushing through unpopular reforms to Europe’s largest economy after a far-right party surged to a landslide victory in a regional election, with a very good chance of forming the first far-right state government since the Nazi era

A man touches the cross as Serbian national military servicemen stand around the coffin of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities during the war in Bosnia, at the St. Luka Church, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

War criminal Mladic is buried as a hero in Serbia despite EU warnings

2:19 AM on Monday, September 7

Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb commander who died while serving a life sentence for war crimes, was buried as a hero on Monday in Serbia with military honors and big crowds attending

FILE - Fatemeh Pasandideh, left, and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh, right, former members of the Iranian women's soccer team, stand with Australia's Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke, after receiving their citizenship in Brisbane, Australia, on Aug. 5, 2026. (Department of Home Affairs via AP, File)

Iranian soccer players who sought asylum in Australia say anthem silence was protest against Tehran

1:23 AM on Monday, September 7

Two members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who claimed asylum in Australia have confirmed their pivotal refusal to sing the national anthem during the Women’s Asian Cup in March was a protest against Tehran

Haitian costumes for Lespri Ayiti Mas Camp are displayed ahead of the West Indian Day Parade, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

For New York's Haitian community, annual West Indian Day Parade means more in trying times

11:06 PM on Sunday, September 6

Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway will buzz with steel drums and flag-draped floats on Monday during the West Indian Day Parade

Residents look at the area destroyed by a fireworks explosion by Santa María Canchesdá church in Temascalcingo, Mexico, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramses Mercado)

Explosion of fireworks in central Mexico kills at least 10, injures 64

3:21 PM on Sunday, September 6

Mexican authorities say at least 10 people died and another 64 were injured when pyrotechnic material exploded during a patron saint festival in a town in the State of Mexico

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