By IGNATIUS SSUUNA and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandans vote Monday in an election that will almost certainly extend the long rule of President Paul Kagame, who is running virtually unopposed after three decades in power in the eastern African ...
PRAGUE (AP) — A second Chinese pangolin was born in the Prague zoo in less than two years and is doing well, defying the odds and surprising park officials.
The female of the critically endangered mammal was born July 1, the second Chinese pangolin born in captivity in Europe following her ...
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military on Thursday acknowledged a string of errors in its response to the deadly Hamas attacks last Oct. 7, including slow response times and disorganization, as it released the results of its first investigation into ...
By LEO CORREA and AMI BENTOV Associated Press
ASHDOD, Israel (AP) — The head of the U.S. agency overseeing American humanitarian assistance worldwide on Thursday said she has received Israeli pledges to allow aid workers to move more quickly and safely throughout the war-battered Gaza ...
By JAMEY KEATEN and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press
GENEVA (AP) — Sudan's warring parties have arrived in Geneva at the invitation of the United Nations to discuss the protection of civilians through possible local cease-fires, U.N. officials said Thursday. But one side did not show up ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world's population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around 10.3 billion, a major shift from a decade ago, a new report by the United Nations said Thursday.
The ...
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels likely fired an Iranian-made anti-ship cruise missile at a Norwegian-flagged tanker in the Red Sea in December, an assault that now provides a public, evidence-based link between the ongoing rebel ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
ROME (AP) — The Knights of Columbus, an influential Catholic charitable organization, announced Thursday that it will cover up its mosaics made by a famous ex-Jesuit artist accused of abusing women in a sign of solidarity with victims of abuse.
The ...
By JADE LOZADA Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States signed a memorandum with several of the world's biggest social media companies on Thursday aimed at preventing the use of their platforms for the distribution of synthetic drugs.
U.S. Ambassador Linda ...
By ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — An investigation by federal police has led to allegations that Brazil's intelligence agency spied on members of the judiciary, lawmakers and journalists during the administration of former President Jair Bolsonaro, court records ...
By SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — The leftist coalition that won the most seats in France's National Assembly in surprise results demanded on Tuesday the immediate right to form a government, even though no grouping won a majority of seats.
It is ...
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency and Pakistan's prime minister held talks Tuesday about Afghan refugees living in uncertainty in Pakistan following the government's anti-migrant crackdown that started last year as militants stepped up ...
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members confronted Russia on Tuesday over a missile strike the previous day that destroyed part of Ukraine's largest children's hospital, pouring out condemnations at an emergency meeting chaired by Moscow's own ...
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The sky was crystal clear as Oksana Femeniuk took her daughter to Ukraine's largest children's hospital for routine dialysis.
Around 10 a.m, air-raid sirens blared. Sixteen-year old Solomiia was undergoing the treatment that required ...
By EVENS SANON Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille and Haiti's police chief visited the country's largest hospital on Tuesday, after authorities said they took control of the medical institution over the weekend from armed ...
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press
LYON, France (AP) — Former supermodel and French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy was given preliminary charges Tuesday for involvement in alleged efforts to pressure a witness who accused ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy of receiving illegal campaign ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of newly elected lawmakers trooped excitedly into Parliament on Tuesday after the U.K.'s transformative election brought a Labour government to power.
The halls of the labyrinthine building echoed with excited chatter of the 650 ...
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in southern Gaza killed at least 25 Palestinians on Tuesday, as heavy bombardment in the north forced the closure of medical facilities in Gaza City and sent ...
By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Search efforts for those trapped in a deadly landslide intensified Wednesday, with more rescuers deployed to search an unauthorized gold mine on Indonesia's Sulawesi island that saw 23 deaths over the ...
By MALAK HARB Associated Press
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — At the graduation ceremony of New York University Abu Dhabi this May, a student wearing the traditional Palestinian black-and-white keffiyeh scarf shouted "Free Palestine!" as he crossed the stage to receive his diploma, witnesses say. ...