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. ...
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 MOHAMMED JAHJOUH and FATMA KHALED Associated Press
MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — On his key chain, Hassan Nofal keeps the keys to two homes. One is to the house of his grandparents in what is now southern Israel, which his family was driven out of by Israeli forces in 1948 and to which ...
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers dug through tons of mud and rubble on Tuesday as they searched for dozens of missing people after a landslide hit an unauthorized gold mining area on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 23 people.
More than 100 villagers were digging for ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Rescue operations stretched into a second day at a major Kyiv children's hospital struck by a Russian missile, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday, adding that 38 people were killed and almost 200 injured in an intense daytime barrage that smashed into ...
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government named a special envoy Tuesday to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country since the Israel-Hamas war began.
A similar envoy will soon be appointed to challenge Islamophobia in Australia and ...
By EVENS SANON Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The head of the Kenya-led multinational force tasked with curbing gang violence in Haiti said on Monday "there's no room for failure" and that the United Nations-backed police mission was committed to ensuring democratic ...
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's Federal Police allege former President Jair Bolsonaro embezzled jewelry worth 6.8 million Brazilian reals (about $1.2 million) during his time in office, according to the investigative report unsealed Monday by the Supreme ...
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda's government says it is aware of the United Kingdom's intention to terminate its plan to deport asylum-seekers to the East African country.
In a statement late Monday, the office of the Rwandan government spokesman said ...
By SYLVIE CORBET and LORI HINNANT Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of France's prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after a chaotic election result left the government in limbo.
Voters ...
By STEVEN GRATTAN Associated Press
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Deforestation in Colombia fell 36% in 2023 versus the previous year, the government said Monday, marking the lowest level since records began.
The decline was driven by a drop in environmental destruction in the Amazon, the ...
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — Seemingly so close, and yet still so far away.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen looked to be nearer to power than ever last week after her National Rally party, strengthened by new allies, triumphed in the opening round of legislative ...
By JIM GOMEZ and HARUKA NUGA Associated Press
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japan and the Philippines signed a key defense pact Monday allowing the deployment of Japanese forces for joint drills in the Southeast Asian nation that came under brutal Japanese occupation in World War II but is ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Nearly 1,000 homes in informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa, have been destroyed by gale-force winds, displacing around 4,000 people, authorities and an aid organization said as the city braces for a week of damaging storms.
South African weather ...
By HANNA ARHIROVA and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A major Russian missile attack across Ukraine killed at least 31 people and injured almost 130 on Monday, officials said, with one missile striking a large children's hospital in the capital, Kyiv, where emergency ...
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — Election results show French voters have chosen to give a broad leftist coalition the most parliamentary seats in pivotal legislative elections, keeping the far right away from power. Yet no party won an outright majority, putting France in an ...
By SAMY MAGDY and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces deepened an operation in the Gaza Strip's largest city in what the military said was meant to weed out militants, sending thousands of Palestinians fleeing on Monday from an area already ...
By SYLVIE CORBET and LORI HINNANT Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron refused the resignation of the country's prime minister, asking him on Monday to remain temporarily as the head of the government after chaotic election results left the government in ...
By HANNA ARHIROVA and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — For Ukrainian hurdler Anna Ryzhykova, each stride on the Paris Olympic track will have meaning far beyond the time she clocks.
Her competitions are no longer strictly an individual battle, but war on a different ...
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's government announced Monday it will abandon its plan to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors as part of its efforts to convince them to return to work and resolve the country's monthslong medical ...