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A man stands atop the rubble as smoke rises from a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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AP’s Tehran team covers story under increasingly grim circumstances

MARCH 20, 2026

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Mideast Wars Palestinians Transferred from Gaza

Palestinians who traveled to South Africa via a charter flight organized by an Israeli group whose founder supported U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to resettle Palestinians from Gaza stand in their temporary flat in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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AP finds an Israeli group behind the mystery flights that have evacuated Palestinians from Gaza

MARCH 20, 2026

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Workers build a cofferdam to stop the flow of raw sewage into the Potomac River after a massive sewage pipe rupture in Glen Echo, Md., Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of US infrastructure problems

MARCH 20, 2026

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FILE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain a person, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Immigration data story points out holes in administration’s transparency claims

MARCH 20, 2026

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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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World exclusive interview with Turkish foreign minister on the war engulfing the Middle East

MARCH 20, 2026

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Venezuela fans celebrate a day after their team’s victory over the United States in the championship match of the World Baseball Classic, at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Pedro Mattey)

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A baseball title unleashes the happiness Venezuelans kept bottled up for years

MARCH 19, 2026

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FILE – People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo, File)

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Major global news moments of February, in AP photos

FILE – Venezuelan nationals celebrate after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that President Nicolas Maduro had been captured and flown out of Venezuela, in Lima, Peru, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

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A man stands atop the rubble as smoke rises from a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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AP’s Tehran team covers story under increasingly grim circumstances

In the second week of a war that has inflamed the region, AP’s Tehran team has continued reporting under intensifying airstrikes pounding Iran’s capital — delivering some of the most important images and reporting from inside the country. As one of the few international news organizations with a presence in Iran, AP has played a […]

MARCH 20, 2026

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AP finds an Israeli group behind the mystery flights that have evacuated Palestinians from Gaza

AP’s investigation was the first to uncover who was behind a series of mysterious flights transporting Palestinians out of Gaza — raising urgent questions about the purpose and implications of the operation. The reporting began when Sam Mednick, based in Jerusalem, received a tip that Palestinians in Gaza had paid for flights to Indonesia. Months […]

MARCH 20, 2026

Workers build a cofferdam to stop the flow of raw sewage into the Potomac River after a massive sewage pipe rupture in Glen Echo, Md., Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Human waste backing up in basements is a gut-churning sign of US infrastructure problems

A major sewage spill into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., added urgency to reporting Mike Phillis had already been pursuing on the nation’s aging wastewater systems — revealing a widespread infrastructure crisis with direct consequences for millions of Americans. Phillis and data journalist M.K. Wildeman found residents in nearby Baltimore living with recurring sewage […]

MARCH 20, 2026

FILE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain a person, Jan. 27, 2025, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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Immigration data story points out holes in administration’s transparency claims

As the Department of Homeland Security touted high arrest and deportation numbers, Rebecca Santana set out to test those claims — and uncovered significant gaps in the administration’s transparency. Santana found that key immigration data sources long used by researchers and journalists had not been updated since President Donald Trump took office. Through interviews with […]

MARCH 20, 2026

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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World exclusive interview with Turkish foreign minister on the war engulfing the Middle East

AP’s team secured a rare and timely world exclusive interview with Turkey’s foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, delivering key insight into the rapidly escalating conflict in the Middle East. The interview was the result of months of persistence and careful negotiation. Reporter Suzan Fraser and News Director Abby Sewell worked through complex logistics — including location, […]

MARCH 20, 2026

Owen Ramsingh, who spent months in Camp East Montana before his deportation to The Netherlands, poses for a portrait in his father’s home in Utrecht, Netherlands, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

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AP uses 911 calls to offer one of the most detailed accounts of life inside largest ICE detention camp

Through a Texas public records request, Ryan Foley obtained audio recordings of 130 emergency calls placed from the largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center to the city of El Paso. The calls, spanning from the camp’s opening in August through Jan. 20, revealed repeated medical crises and at least six instances in which […]

MARCH 13, 2026

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