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FILE - Vehicles drive past the El Palito oil refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment

10:01 AM on Friday, January 9

Environmental experts warn that U.S. plans under President Donald Trump to restart and control Venezuelan oil exports could intensify pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and ecological damage in a country already burdened by decades of oil-related degradation

FILE - Reza Pahlavi, the son of Iran's toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, speaks during a news conference, June 23, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

Iran's exiled crown prince rises as a figure in protests, decades after leaving his homeland

9:16 AM on Friday, January 9

Nearly 50 years after the 1979 Islamic Revolution overthrew his father, exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi has spurred demonstrators onto the streets in a massive escalation of the protests sweeping Iran

FILE - Evana, an oil tanker, is docked at El Palito Port in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Dec. 21, 2025. The U.S. military says U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea. The Olina is the fifth tanker seized by U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

US intercepts fifth sanctioned tanker as it exerts control over Venezuelan oil distribution

9:16 AM on Friday, January 9

The U.S. military says U.S. forces have boarded another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration continues to target sanctioned tankers traveling to and from Venezuela

Water flows near homes in flood-prone Cahokia Heights, Ill., May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)

Takeaways from AP reporting on Trump administration cuts affecting US water systems

9:14 AM on Friday, January 9

Deep funding cuts under President Donald Trump will make it more difficult for struggling communities to get help to fix sewer systems that put health and homes at risk

Yvette Lyles points to the spot on her wall reached by floodwaters in Cahokia Heights, Ill., May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Phillis)

Poor communities threatened by aging sewers see crucial aid slashed under Trump

9:10 AM on Friday, January 9

Deep funding cuts under President Donald Trump will make it more difficult for struggling communities to get help to fix sewer systems that put health and homes at risk

A woman sits in front of a store in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez)

As Trump promises Venezuelan renaissance, locals struggle with crumbling economy

8:48 AM on Friday, January 9

President Donald Trump says American intervention in Venezuela will bring billions of dollars of investment in the country's infrastructure, a revival of its once-thriving oil industry and a new age of prosperity for the Latin American country

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives at her annual start-of-the-year press conference in the press room at the Lower Chamber, in Rome, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy gives key support to EU trade deal with South American nations

8:27 AM on Friday, January 9

Italy has provided crucial support to plans by the European Union to seal a huge free trade deal with five South American nations

An Electoral Commission officer organises voter registrations at the Electoral Commission office in Kampala, Uganda, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

UN rights office cites 'widespread repression' in Uganda before next week's presidential election

8:10 AM on Friday, January 9

A new U.N. rights report says that the presidential election in Uganda next week will be “marked by widespread repression and intimidation" against the opposition and others

Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships arrive in South Africa for naval drills as tensions run high

7:55 AM on Friday, January 9

Chinese, Russian and Iranian warships are in South African waters for a week of naval drills as geopolitical tensions run high over the United States’ intervention in Venezuela

In this photo released by the Lebanese Government press office, Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, right background, attends the signing of an international consortium deal for gas exploration in the cost of southern Lebanon between the Lebanese government and representing officials from the international consortium consisting of France's Total, Italy's ENI, and state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (Lebanese Government press office via AP)

Lebanon signs gas exploration deal with international consortium amid economic crisis

7:20 AM on Friday, January 9

Lebanon's government has signed a deal with an international consortium for gas exploration in an offshore area bordering Israel

FILE - Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump, right, watch as Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, second left, and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet hold up a document after the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the sidelines of the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 26, 2025. (Mohd Rasfan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

US will provide $45 million in aid to Thailand and Cambodia in a bid to ensure regional stability

6:42 AM on Friday, January 9

The United States will be providing significant aid to Thailand and Cambodia to ensure regional stability in the wake of the two nations fighting last year

European Council President Antonio Costa, left, reads a statement next of the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Visiting EU leaders pledge to support Syria's recovery after years of civil war

5:47 AM on Friday, January 9

European Union officials have visited Syria for the first time to meet with interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa

This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council announces dissolution after its leader flees to the UAE

5:43 AM on Friday, January 9

Yemen's Southern Transitional Council and its institutions are being dismantled, the group's secretary-general has announced

Palestinians inspect the damage at a displacement camp following an Israeli strike in Gaza City, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli strikes kill at least 13 across Gaza, as Trump is expected to announce Board of Peace

2:57 AM on Friday, January 9

Health officials say at least 13 people were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza as U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to announce his Board of Peace to oversee the fragile ceasefire

In this frame grab from video taken by an individual not employed by The Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows people blocking an intersection during a protest in Tehran, Iran, Thursday Jan. 8, 2026. (UGC via AP)

Iran supreme leader signals crackdown coming as protesters are 'ruining their own streets' for Trump

12:03 AM on Friday, January 9

Iran's judiciary chief has vowed decisive punishment for protesters, signaling a coming crackdown against demonstrations

A residential building burns after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia uses its new ballistic missile in a major attack on Ukraine and a warning to West

10:58 PM on Thursday, January 8

Russia has launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine, using hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles

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