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People take photos at Merlion Park in Singapore, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Suhaimi Abdullah)

Francis will be only the second pope to visit Singapore, one of the wealthiest nations

When Pope Francis arrives Wednesday in Asia’s financial powerhouse Singapore for the last leg of a four-nation tour, he is expected to bring his message of unity and hope to one of the world’s … more

9/10/24

Dziana Maiseyenka, 28, walks in a street in Yerevan, Armenia, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, after being denied entry to neighboring Georgia because an arrest warrant had been issued for her by authorities in Minsk. (Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolurey via AP)

Belarusians fleeing repression at home say they face new threats and intimidation abroad

More than a half-million Belarusians have fled their country since 2020 as the authoritarian government cracked down its critics. Some of them, however, are discovering they can't escape intimidation … more

By YURAS KARMANAU | 9/10/24

Pope Francis greets people in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Dili, East Timor, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

East Timorese flock to seaside park for Pope Francis' Mass at site of John Paul II's historic visit

Tens of thousands of East Timorese are streaming toward a seaside park for Pope Francis’ big Mass. It's being held on the same field where St. John Paul II celebrated an historic liturgy in 1989 … more

By NINIEK KARMINI and NICOLE WINFIELD | 9/9/24

Cars drive through a road that was damaged by floods caused by heavy rainfall in Tazarine, Zagora, southern Morocco, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. Moroccan authorities say exceptional weather has killed at least 11 people and destroyed homes in southern Morocco. (AP Photo)

Flooding kills more than 20 people in Morocco and Algeria

Torrential downpours hit North Africa’s normally arid mountains and deserts over the weekend. They caused flooding that killed nearly two dozen people in Morocco and Algeria and destroyed homes and … more

By SAM METZ | 9/9/24

North Koreans celebrate the country's 76th founding anniversary at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

North Korea's Kim vows to put his nuclear force ready for combat with US

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to redouble efforts to make his nuclear force fully ready for combat with the United States and its allies. State media reported Kim made the remarks Monday … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG | 9/9/24

FILE - A man dips his finger in ink after casting his ballot at a polling station in Tunis, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

Rejected poll monitors accuse Tunisia's election authorities of bias

Election officials in Tunisia have doubled down on their decision to deny accreditation to certain election observer groups. Those groups say the move shows that the October election in the North … more

9/9/24

Fishing boats sit on the shore of the Paraguay River in Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Water levels have plunged to their lowest-ever level amid a drought, according to Paraguay's Meteorology and Hydrology Office. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Severe drought drops water level to historic low on the Paraguay River, a regional lifeline

A powerful drought in the Amazon rainforest has led to the lowest water levels on the Paraguay River in more than a century, disrupting commerce on the major waterway, creating hazards for local … more

By EMILIO SANABRIA and ISABEL DEBRE | 9/9/24

Smoke rises as fires spread through the Brasilia National Forest, Brazil, in the middle of the dry season, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Amid the worst drought in Brazil history, wildfires rage and the Amazon falls to a record low level

Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began in 1950, according to the National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters. Almost 60% of the territory, … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 9/9/24

Judicial workers lead a strike to protest the government's proposed judicial reform, which would make judges stand for election, outside the Senate in Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Orbach)

Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico's president

Mexico’s Catholic leaders have raised their concerns over a controversial judicial reform pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In a video released by the Catholic bishops conference … more

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ | 9/9/24

Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party participate in a rally demanding his release from prison where he has been held for more than a year after being sentenced in multiple cases, on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/W. K. Yousufzai)

Top leaders of Imran Khan's party arrested in Pakistan after being accused of inciting violence

Pakistani police have arrested several top leaders from former imprisoned Prime Minister Imran Khan’s opposition party, a day after some people clashed with the police a mile from a protest calling … more

By MUNIR AHMED | 9/9/24

Palestinians inspect the damage at a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, hit by an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The UN chief calls the death and destruction in Gaza the worst he's seen

The U.N. chief says the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and is demanding an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure. … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 9/9/24

FILE - A stray cat rests on a statue in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

US halts plan to remove iconic stray cats from a historic area in Puerto Rico's capital

The U.S. government has temporarily halted a plan to remove iconic stray cats that live in a historic district in Puerto Rico’s capital until a lawsuit opposing the project is resolved. The ruling … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 9/9/24

Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, takes his seat at the high security court at Schiphol, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, to hear the verdict against two Pakistani men on charges of threatening Wilders. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A Dutch court convicts 2 Pakistani men over death threats to anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders

A Dutch court has convicted two Pakistani men in their absence over calls to their followers to murder anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom that won last year’s … more

By MIKE CORDER | 9/9/24

German Interior Nancy Faeser speaks during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Germany expands controls at borders to stem irregular migration and extremism risks

Germany’s interior minister has ordered temporary controls at all German land borders as a response to irregular migration and to protect the country from extremist threats. Nancy Faeser said at a … more

9/9/24

Israeli soldiers stand guard near the site of a deadly shooting attack where Israeli officials say three people were shot and killed at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinians' UN proposal demands Israel leave Gaza and the West Bank in 6 months

The Palestinians have circulated a draft U.N. resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the West Bank within six months. The AP obtained the proposed General … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 9/9/24

This photo provided by OneWhale.org on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, shows the skin surface of the carcass of the beluga whale Hvaldimir, who was found dead on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (OneWhale.org via AP)

Police say a Russian 'spy whale' in Norway wasn't shot to death

Norwegian police say there's no evidence to suggest that gunshots caused the death of a tame beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation it was a Russian spy. … more

9/9/24

Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air during a Russia aerial attack on the capital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Iranian missiles in Russia are a legitimate target, a Ukrainian official says

A senior Ukrainian official says tWestern partner countries must allow Ukraine to use weapons they have supplied to strike military warehouses inside Russia because of strong suspicions Iran has … more

By ILLIA NOVIKOV | 9/9/24

Photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 of the young golden eagle that attacked a toddler in Norway in what an ornithologist says is likely the bird’s in the fourth such attack on humans in the past week. The bird’s unusual aggression occurred over five days across a vast mountainous area of southern Norway. (Francis Ari Sture/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Golden eagle attacks toddler and 3 others in Norway. Expert suspects a 'behavioral disorder'

A young golden eagle attacked a toddler in Norway in what an ornithologist says is likely the same bird’s fourth such attack on humans in the past week. The unusual aggression occurred over five … more

By JAN M. OLSEN and STEFANIE DAZIO | 9/9/24

A police officer stands guard as a health worker, right, administers a polio vaccine to a child in a neighbourhood of Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

A bomb hits a vehicle guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan and wounds 9

Officials say a roadside bomb has hit a vehicle carrying officers assigned to protect health workers conducting a polio immunization drive in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in … more

9/9/24

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, presents a global update on human rights in the world, during the opening of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UN rights chief urges voters to beware 'strongman' politicians who 'throw glitter in our eyes'

The U.N. human rights chief is urging voters to be wary of “strongman” politicians and personalities “that throw glitter in our eyes” as more elections loom in a busy electoral calendar this … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 9/9/24