President Barack Obama came to Accra, Ghana with a message - the African continent is part of his international agenda. (July 11)
Before leaving Ghana, President Barack Obama said the message the nation sends to the rest of the world every day is that democracy can thrive in Africa. (July 11)
What do rollerskating babies and Evian water have in common? Nothing really. But the viral video has become an Internet phenomenon. (July 11)
During a visit to Ghana, President Barack Obama visited the fortifications of Cape Coast Castle, converted to the slave trade by the British in the 17th Century. (July 11)
British commanders in Afghanistan defended their military operation against the Taliban in southern Helmand province despite the deaths of eight British soldiers in 24 hours. (July 11)
President Barack Obama has landed in Ghana on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. He will make a speech to lawmakers there and tour a fort once used to ship slaves to the Americas. (July 10)
Tehran's police chief said Friday that few arrests were made in opposition protests that erupted a day earlier in the Iranian capital in an opposition attempt to revive street demonstrations over the country's disputed election. (July 10)
Boisterous crowds turned up at mosques in riot-hit parts of this western Chinese city, ignoring orders canceling Friday prayers due to the ethnic violence, and police quickly broke up a small protest nearby. (July 10)
President Barack Obama sat down with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican on Friday for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks were expected between two men who agree on helping the poor but disagree on abortion and stem cell research. (July 10)
Scores of firefighters are fighting a blaze at a London apartment complex Friday. (July 10)
Organizers of Pamplona's running of the bulls say a man has been gored to death, the first fatality since 1995. The man was gored in the neck after a rogue bull that separated from the pack. Some of the video may be considered graphic. (July 7)
As G-8 leaders try to persuade the world to make lifestyle and economic sacrifices, their Italian host calls international attention to L'Aquila-- a city still reeling from April's deadly earthquake. The AP's Mark Smith reports.
Witnesses are describing the first demonstration by opponents of Iran's government in nearly two weeks. They say thousands of people streamed down avenues in Tehran today, chanting 'death to the dictator.' (July 9)
British police say there will no new investigation into allegations that journalists from a tabloid newspaper illegally hacked into the mobile phones of hundreds of celebrities and politicians. (July 9)
President Barack Obama says that the global recession makes it harder to strike an international climate agreement but that leaders must 'fight the temptation toward cynicism' and press forward. (July 9)
Three roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven people on Thursday, part of a string of bomb attacks hitting targets in the Iraqi capital and across the country. (July 9)
One Australian town has become the first in the country to ban bottled water. Bundanoon is banning bottle water in an effort to help the environment. (July 9)
Authorities say a suicide bomber has killed nearly three dozen people and injured 70 near a judge's house in northern Iraq, and two roadside bombs in Baghdad killed seven people. (July 9)
British scientists claimed Wednesday to have created human sperm from embryonic stem cells for the first time, an accomplishment they say may someday help infertile men father children. (July 8)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to disperse the clouds of doubt surrounding his re-election in his first major television address.(July 8)
World leaders have agreed that the global economy is too shaky to begin rolling back massive fiscal stimulus plans right now, but said they would begin to work out strategies to unwind the program once "recovery is assured." (July 8)
President Barack Obama was escorted around the quake damage in L'Aquila, Italy, where the Group of Eight summit is being held. (July 8)
The Berlin Zoo has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for the right to keep its star on display there. (July 8)
A widespread computer attack knocked out the Web sites of the Treasury Department, the Secret Service and other U.S. agencies, as well as South Korean government sites. (July 8)
China's president cut short a G8 summit trip to rush home Wednesday after ethnic tensions soared in Xinjiang territory, and the government flooded the area with security forces in the wake of a massive riot that left 156 dead. (July 8)
President Barack Obama is now in Italy to take part in the G8 Summit. Topics at the summit will include climate change, world hunger and Iran's nuclear ambitions. (July 8)
Pres. Barack Obama sought to speak to the hearts and minds of the Russian public despite chilly relations in the last several years. He hoped for a thaw between the two nations but says on some issues there won't be agreement anytime soon. (July 7)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that Costa Rican President Oscar Arias will serve as international mediator in the Honduran political crisis. (July 7)
Fan of the late pop star Michael Jackson gathered around the world to pay tribute to their idol and watch the artist's memorial on television screens live from Los Angeles, California. (July 7)
In a London park stands a new forest of steel pillars each representing a victim of the July 7, 2005, attacks on the British capital's transit system. (July 7)
11-year-old Azhar Ismail, one of the young stars of the Oscar-winning movie "Slumdog Millionaire" moved into a new apartment in Mumbai Tuesday. (July 7)
Protesters clash with riot police on the streets of Rome, ahead of a Group of Eight, or G8, industrialized nations meeting in the country. (July 7)
President Barack Obama may be keeping a busy schedule during his trip to Moscow, but for the press corps, much of the time is spent playing the waiting game. (July 7)
At least 150 people are dead since ethnic violence started Sunday in Western China. Tuesday, hundreds of Han Chinese armed with clubs marched through the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi, knocking over food stalls run by Muslims. (July 7)
Police have arrested 1,434 suspects in connection with the worst ethnic violence in decades in China's western Xinjiang region, which killed at least 156 people, state media reported Tuesday. (July 6)
President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a preliminary agreement Monday to reduce the world's two largest nuclear stockpiles by as much as a third. (July 6)
Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was kept from landing at the main Honduras airport Sunday because the runway was blocked by military vehicles and groups of soldiers, some of them clashing with a crowd of thousands outside. (July 6)
Michael Jackson fans gathered in Taiwan to imitate their late hero's dance moves and watch his performances Sunday, as tributes to the American pop legend continued to pour in from Asia more than a week after his death. (July 5)
President Barack Obama will face a complex media landscape in Russia, where the influence of the state is always in question. The AP's Julie Pace looks at the complicated, and sometimes dangerous, Russian press. (July 5)
The Fourth of July may be the quintessential American holiday, but Russians have started their own celebration. The AP's Julie Pace celebrated July 4th the Russian way. (July 4)