Years of neglect during the previous government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro led to a health crisis in Brazil's Indigenous Yanomami population. It got worse while thousands of illegal gold …
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By FABIANO MAISONNAVE and EDMAR BARROS
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2/10/23
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This week's deadly quake has potentially displaced millions of people in war-torn Syria, many of them for the second time. The country’s 12-year-old uprising turned civil war had already displaced …
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By BASSEM MROUE, ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB
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2/10/23
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Belgium's federal prosecutor's office says an EU lawmaker linked to a corruption scandal that rocked the bloc’s Parliament in December has been detained for questioning as police conduct further …
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2/10/23
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Israeli police say a suspected assailant rammed his car into several pedestrians in east Jerusalem, killing two people and injuring five others before being shot and killed. It's the latest incident …
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2/10/23
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University student Vlada Yushchenko was still in her teens and nearly three months pregnant when she hugged her husband at the border, turned away and walked into Moldova. Now she’s in Romania, one …
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By STEPHEN McGRATH
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2/10/23
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Turkey has for years tempted fate by not enforcing modern construction codes while allowing — and in some cases, encouraging — a real estate boom in earthquake-prone areas, experts say. The lax …
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ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SUZAN FRASER
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2/10/23
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China's orbiting space station crew has completed their first spacewalk of their six-month mission. Several more spacewalks are planned, demonstrating how such activities have become routine for …
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2/9/23
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says 222 inmates considered by many as political prisoners of the government of President Daniel Ortega have arrived in Washington. Blinken said after the …
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By GABRIELA SELSER and AAMER MADHANI
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2/9/23
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As hours have turned to days after Turkey's deadly earthquake, rescues are becoming rarer. Many of the family members left behind are facing an awful truth: that it’s unlikely they’ll ever be …
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By JUSTIN SPIKE
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2/9/23
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The Church of England’s national assembly on Thursday voted to let priests bless same-sex marriages and civil partnerships, while continuing to ban church weddings for the same couples. Bishops …
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By DANICA KIRKA
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2/9/23
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Russia's foreign minister has met with Sudan’s military rulers as the two troubled nations seek to deepen economic and political ties. Sudan marked the final leg of the minister’s tour of Africa. …
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By JACK JEFFERY
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2/9/23
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A small convoy has crossed from Turkey into Syria’s rebel-held northwest with desperately needed medicines, blankets, tents and U.N. shelter kits, the first aid to reach the enclave, three days …
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By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, FAY ABUELGASIM and OMAR ALBAM
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2/9/23
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A woman victimized by a World Health Organization doctor during a recent Ebola outbreak in Congo says she is shocked that no senior officials were punished for the sexual abuse and exploitation …
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By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO and MARIA CHENG
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2/9/23
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Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s forces carried out rape, looting and other abuses in the war in neighboring …
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By CARA ANNA
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2/9/23
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U.S. and French troops who are in Romania as part of a NATO battlegroup held a military exercise to test the 30-nation alliance’s eastern flank defenses, as Russia’s full-scale invasion of …
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2/9/23
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Retired Pope Benedict XVI’s second secretary has come out with a new memoir. It's a light, photo-filled daily journal that sharply contrasts with the bombshell tell-all book published last month by …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD
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2/9/23
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is under pressure to convince the country that his government is addressing the nation’s dire electricity crisis and bleak economic outlook in his annual …
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By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
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2/9/23
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he has discovered plans by Russian secret services to destroy Moldova. Speaking to European Union leaders in Brussels, Zelenskyy said he recently spoke …
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2/9/23
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Authorities say a gas explosion in an apartment building in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk has killed at least five people including a 2-year-old child. The explosion at 7:43 a.m. on Thursday …
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2/9/23
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Hundreds of Afghans have rushed to the Kabul airport chasing a false rumor that an airlift operation was flying people to Turkey to help with the deadly earthquake rescue. Wednesday's dash, which …
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RAHIM FAIEZ
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2/9/23
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