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In this image taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, damaged armored military vehicles are seen after fighting in Russia's western Belgorod region on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. Russia alleges that dozens of Ukrainian militants crossed into one of its border towns in its Belgorod region, striking targets and forcing an evacuation, before over 70 of the attackers were killed or pushed back by a counterterrorism operation. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Belgium investigating whether arms destined to defend Ukraine ended up in Russia fighting
Belgium is investigating whether weapons it sent to help Ukraine defend its territory were used just over the border in Russia. Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo warned Monday against jumping … more
Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, second left, welcomes U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin before their meeting, in New Delhi, India, Monday, June 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
US defense secretary discusses upgrading ties with India to counter China
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has discussed upgrading partnership with India, a major arms buyer, as both countries grapple with China’s economic rise and increased belligerence. Austin on … more
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Delfina Gomez, Mexico state gubernatorial candidate for the National Regeneration Movement, or MORENA, celebrates her electoral victory during local state elections in Toluca, Mexico state, Mexico, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico president's ruling party rolls to win in country's most populous state
Mexico’s most populous state has turned its back on decades of single-party rule, deciding to move forward with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s ruling Morena party. The preliminary … more
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FILE- An aerial view shows a camp of internally displaced people in Djibo, Burkina Faso, May 26, 2022. Burkina Faso's government says more than 2 million people have become internally displaced, fueling a dire humanitarian crisis across the conflict-ridden country. The number of displaced people has mushroomed by more than 2,000% since 2019, when violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group began surging and spreading across the West African nation. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
More than 2 million people displaced, Burkina Faso's government says, as aid falls short
Violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group has made Burkina Faso a country with one of the world’s fastest-growing populations of internally displaced people. Government data shows the … more
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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Chung-Hoon observes a Chinese navy ship conduct what it called an "unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait, Saturday, June 3, 2023, in which the Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of the American destroyer, forcing the U.S. ship to slow to avoid a collision. The incident occurred as the American destroyer and Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were conducting a so-called “freedom of navigation” transit of the strait between Taiwan and mainland China. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Andre T. Richard/U.S. Navy via AP)
US releases video showing close-call in Taiwan Strait with Chinese destroyer
The United States military has released video of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an … more
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FILE - Kathleen Folbigg appears via video link during a convictions inquiry at the NSW Coroners Court, Sydney, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. New South Wales Attorney-General Michael Daley pardoned Folbigg on Monday, June 5, 2023, after spending 20 years in prison for killing her four children after being advised there was reasonable doubt about Folbigg's guilt based on new scientific evidence that the deaths could have been from natural causes.(Joel Carrett/AAP Image via AP, File)
Australian mother imprisoned 20 years pardoned and freed because of doubt she killed her 4 children
An Australian woman who spent 20 years in prison was pardoned and released based on new scientific evidence that her four children died by natural causes as she had insisted. The pardon was seen as … more
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Remnants of a fire on the front of a refugee shelter in Apolda, Germany, Sunday June 4, 2023. Police said the fire broke out around 5 a.m. Sunday and that one person had died. A local government spokesperson said the shelter housed 300 people and was evacuated. (Michael Reichel/dpa via AP)
Fire at refugee shelter in eastern Germany kills 1, injures 10
A fire at a refugee shelter in eastern Germany has killed one person and injured at least 10 others. Police in the German state of Thuringia said the fire broke out around 5 a.m. Sunday at a facility … more
FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers standing behind a glass of the cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 20, 2021. Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters held pickets and demonstrations to mark his birthday. Navalny turned 47 on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2023 while serving a nine-year sentence at a maximum-security prison 250 kilometers (150 miles) east of Moscow. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Supporters of Russian opposition leader Navalny hold demonstrations to mark his 47th birthday
Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters held demonstrations to mark his birthday. Navalny turned 47 on Sunday while serving a … more
Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference at the European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Bulboaca, near Chisinau, Moldova, Thursday, June 1, 2023. (Carl Court, Pool via AP)
Ukrainian president says at least 500 children killed by war
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia’s war has killed at least 500 Ukrainian children since it started more than 15 months ago. Zelenskyy provided the number on Sunday hours after … more
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A police officer, left, gestures to a journalist to stop as people on bicycles are ordered to stop for identification check at a checkpoint along a street near Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Sunday, June 4, 2023, during the 34th anniversary of China's bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China tightens access to Tiananmen Square on anniversary of 1989 pro-democracy protests
China has tightened already strict access to Tiananmen Square in central Beijing on the anniversary of 1989 pro-democracy protests. In Hong Kong, which had been the last Chinese-controlled territory … more
A Ukrainian soldier covers his ears while firing a mortar at Russian positions on the frontline near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukraine keeps up pressure following Russian declaration of victory in Bakhmut
Defenders of Ukraine's city of Bakhmut are keeping up the pressure even though Russian forces declared victory there after the longest, deadliest battle of the war so far. The ongoing defense gives … more
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FILE - Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw, Poland, on April 19, 2023. Poland's largest opposition party is leading a march Sunday, June 4, 2023 which is meant to mobilize voters against the right-wing government which it accuses of eroding Poland's democracy and following Hungary and Turkey down an autocratic path. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk, file)
Opposition leads anti-government march on day symbolizing Poland's democratic achievements
Poland’s largest opposition party is leading a march meant to mobilize voters against the right-wing government, which it accuses of eroding democracy. Party leader Donald Tusk has called on Poles … more
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People watch at the site where trains that derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Indian authorities end rescue work and begin clearing mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing over 300 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian officials end rescue work for 2 wrecked passenger trains that killed over 300 people
With rescue work finished, authorities have begun clearing the mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing over 300 people and injuring hundreds in one of the … more
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Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu salutes before delivering his speech on the last day of the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Sunday, June 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
China defends buzzing American warship in Taiwan Strait, accuses US of provoking Beijing
China’s defense minister has defended sailing a warship across the path of an American destroyer and Canadian frigate transiting the Taiwan Strait, telling a gathering of some of the world’s top … more
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FILE - Kim Yo Jong attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 2, 2019. The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again Sunday, June 4, 2023, to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch. (Jorge Silva/Pool Photo via AP, File)
North Korean leader's sister vows 2nd attempt to launch spy satellite, slams UN meeting
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed again to push for a second launch of a spy satellite. Kim Yo Jong's statement Sunday also included criticism of a recent U.N. … more
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Department of Natural Resources and Renewables firefighter Kalen MacMullin of Sydney, Nova Scotia, works on a fire in Shelburne County, N.S. on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Rain and a rainy forecast for the weekend have fire officials hopeful they can get the largest wildfire ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia under control. (Communications Nova Scotia /The Canadian Press via AP)
Rain brings much-needed relief to firefighters battling Nova Scotia wildfires
Officials in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province Nova Scotia said a wildfire that forced thousands of residents from their homes over the past week is now largely contained because of rain. The fire … more
A member of the public is taken away by the police in the Causeway Bay area on the eve 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square massacre in Hong Kong, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Hong Kong detains 8 people on eve of Tiananmen Square anniversary
Hong Kong police have detained eight people on the eve of the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown. The arrests are a sign of the city’s shrinking freedom of expression. Police … more
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Cardinal Mauro Bassetti, center, blesses the altar of the confession during a penitential rite inside St. Peter's Basilica, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Cardinal performs rite to restore Vatican altar desecrated by man's naked protest
The archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica has performed a special rite at the basilica's main altar. That, after it was desecrated when a man stripped naked and hopped on the altar with the words … more
Eastern Libyan authorities round up thousands in crackdown on migrants
Libyan activists say authorities in eastern Libya have rounded up thousands of migrants and amassed them in an area on the border with Egypt. They say the migrants, mostly from Egypt, were detained … more
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People inspect the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers are wading through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds as rail cars were flipped over and mangled in one of the country’s deadliest train crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
India's deadly train crash renews questions over safety as government pushes railway upgrade
India’s prime minister had been scheduled to inaugurate an electrical semi-high-speed train equipped with a safety feature _ another step in the modernization of an antiquated railway that is the … more
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