KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – Efrem Lukatsky, a Kiev-based photographer for The Associated Press, recalls the confusion and anxiety of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion, the world’s worst nuclear accident. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion was only about 100 kilometers (65 miles) from my home in Kiev, but …

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) – The violence of the 7.8-magnitude earthquake left countless towns and villages across central Nepal in shambles. Almost one year later, in shambles they remain. The country has made almost no progress in rebuilding hundreds of thousands of homes, schools and government buildings, as well as some …

WINDSOR, England (AP) – Queen Elizabeth II – Britain’s oldest and longest-serving monarch – was celebrating her 90th birthday Thursday with a day at home with the dogs, a short walk to greet well-wishers and a family party, as the nation paid tribute to her service and stamina. Her government …

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Two men who were among 41 people picked up over the weekend from a boat found adrift in the Mediterranean Sea described on Thursday surviving what they say was a shipwreck that might have killed up to 500 people. Muaz Mahmud Aymo, a 25-year-old Ethiopian, and …

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – President Barack Obama said Thursday that the U.S. and its Gulf partners should wait to see whether Iraq can resolve its political crisis before committing more financial aid, arguing that the paralysis is impeding U.S.-led efforts to defeat the Islamic State group and reconstruct the …