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FILE - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, shakes hand with King Misuzulu kaZwelithini as he hands over a certificate of recognition at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, on Oct. 29, 2022. A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the king of the country’s 15 million-strong Zulu nation in what may spark a lengthy battle for the throne.(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

A court sets aside the South African president's recognition of the Zulu king

A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the king of the country’s 15 million-strong Zulu nation in what may spark a lengthy … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 12/12/23

Activists participate in a demonstration for the end of fossil fuels at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

As COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what's at stake

As this year's global climate talks reach a conclusion, activists are hoping that negotiators will listen to their stories as they weigh what to do about the fossil fuels that are warming the planet. … more

By UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India | 12/12/23

FILE - Flourishing poppy fields spread through hills at Nampatka village, Northern Shan State, Myanmar on Jan. 27, 2014. Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has now also regained the unenviable title of world’s biggest opium producer, according to a U.N. agency report released Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

War-wracked Myanmar is now the world's top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency

Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of world’s biggest opium producer. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in a report released Tuesday … more

By GRANT PECK | 12/11/23

FILE - The United Nations flag flies on a stormy day at the U.N. during the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Palestinians are hoping that a vote Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire will demonstrate widespread global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Palestinians hope a vote in the UN General Assembly will show wide support for a Gaza cease-fire

The Palestinians are hoping that a vote in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire will demonstrate widespread global support for ending … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 12/11/23

FILE - Cattle roam in Samburu County, Kenya, on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Five countries in East and southern Africa are in the midst of outbreaks of the anthrax disease, with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year, the World Health Organization said Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Anthrax usually affects livestock like cattle, sheep and goats as well as wild herbivores. Humans can be infected if they are exposed to the animals or contaminated animal products. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

5 countries in East and southern Africa have anthrax outbreaks, WHO says, with 20 deaths reported

The World Health Organization says five countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year. A … more

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U.N. MINUSMA troops from Bangladesh hoist down the U.N flag for the last time at a departure ceremony held in Bamako, Mali, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The United Nations has ended its 10-year peacekeeping mission in Mali following the government's request that alleged the force was inadequate to respond to growing violent extremism in the West African nation. ( Serge Ouedraogo/MINUSMA via AP)

The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali ends after 10 years, following the junta's pressure to go

The United Nations has ended its 10-year peacekeeping mission in Mali following the government’s request that alleged the force was inadequate to respond to growing violent extremism in the West … more

By BABA AHMED | 12/11/23

Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, talks to the media after a meeting with speaker of the House Vera Bergkamp, two days after Wilders won the most votes in a general election, in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch official says Geert Wilders and 3 other party leaders should discuss forming a new coalition

An official leading preliminary coalition talks in the Netherlands says that the far-right party led by Dutch election winner Geert Wilders should open negotiations with three other parties on … more

By MIKE CORDER | 12/11/23

National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez, left, and Chairman of the Special Commission for the Defense of Guyana Essequibo Hermann Escarra, shake hands after unveiling Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory, a swath of land that is administered and controlled by Guyana but claimed by Venezuela, in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Leaders of Guyana and Venezuela to meet this week as region worries over their territorial dispute

The leaders of Guyana and Venezuela will meet this week to address an escalating dispute over the Essequibo region that is rich in oil and minerals. Guyana’s president says he is coming to the … more

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FILE - Smoke rises from the Parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Monday, Jan 3, 2022 after the fire re-ignited late afternoon. A man charged with terrorism and other offenses over a 2022 fire that badly damaged South Africa’s historic Parliament complex in Cape Town has been declared unfit to stand trial. Zandile Mafe was diagnosed with schizophrenia by an expert panel in a report and a judge in the Western Cape High Court ruled Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, that he agreed with the report. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, File)

Man charged with terrorism over a fire at South African Parliament is declared unfit to stand trial

A man charged with terrorism and other offenses over a 2022 fire that badly damaged South Africa’s historic Parliament complex in Cape Town has been declared unfit to stand trial. Zandile Mafe was … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 12/11/23

Activists hold signs during a demonstration for Egypt's jailed leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and Mohamed al-Siddiq, jailed activist, at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Report says United Arab Emirates is trying nearly 90 detainees on terror charges during COP28 summit

An activist organization says the United Arab Emirates is conducting a mass trial of nearly 90 prisoners on terrorism charges as it hosts the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit. The trial … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 12/11/23

Swedish police arrive at the site where a construction elevator crashed to the ground on a building site seriously injuring several people in Sundbyberg, north of Stockholm, Sweden, Monday Dec. 11, 2023. The construction elevator fell 20 meters (66 feet) with four or five people inside in Sundbyberg, in the north of the city, Kurt Jonsson, a spokesman for the rescue service, told Swedish news agency TT. (Claudio Bresciani/TT News Agency via AP)

5 people seriously injured when a construction site elevator plunged to the ground in Sweden

Swedish authorities say that five people have been seriously injured after a construction site elevator plunged to the ground in Stockholm. Further details about their injuries weren't immediately … more

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, visits the newest frigate "Admiral of the fleet Kasatonov" during a flag-raising ceremony on Monday for newly-built nuclear submarines at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk in Russia's Archangelsk region, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The navy flag was raised on the Emperor Alexander III and the Krasnoyarsk submarines during Monday's ceremony. Putin has traveled to a northern shipyard to attend the commissioning of new nuclear submarines, a visit that showcases the country's nuclear might amid the fighting in Ukraine. (Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin visits a shipyard to oversee the commissioning of new Russian nuclear submarines

Russian President Vladimir Putin has traveled to a shipyard to attend the commissioning of new nuclear submarines. The visit on Monday showcased the country’s nuclear might amid the fighting in … more

12/11/23

FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is seen on a TV screen, as he appears in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service in a courtroom of the Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 18, 2022. Allies of Navalny are sounding the alarm and saying that neither they nor his lawyers have heard from him in six days. Navalny is serving a 19-year prison term on the charges of extremism. He was due to appear in court Monday, Dec. 11, 2023 via video link but didn’t. (AP Photo, File)

Allies of imprisoned Kremlin foe Navalny sound the alarm, say they haven't heard from him in 6 days

Allies of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are sounding the alarm and saying that neither they nor his lawyers have heard from him in six days. Navalny is serving a 19-year prison … more

By DASHA LITVINOVA | 12/11/23

Iraqis attend the funeral of the Kataib Hezbollah members in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov 22, 2023. Kataib Hezbollah fighters were killed in the US airstrikes in response to attacks against U.S. forces at Al-Asad Air Base earlier this week. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Iraq scrambles to contain fighting between US troops and Iran-backed groups, fearing Gaza spillover

Dozens of attacks on U.S. military facilities by Iran-backed factions in Iraq over the past two months have forced the government in Baghdad to perform a balancing act that is becoming more difficult … more

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | 12/11/23

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at the COVID Inquiry at Dorland House in London, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Sunak was Chancellor of the Exchequer during the pandemic and is likely to be questioned about the impact of his policies such as the Eat Out to Help Out scheme had on the spread of the outbreak. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

It's a tough week for Rishi Sunak. He faces grilling on COVID decisions and revolt over Rwanda plan

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak faces one of the toughest weeks of his 13 months in office. On Monday he will be grilled by lawyers about his decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic while fending … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 12/11/23

FILE - Birds fly over a canal that spills into the ocean near a mangrove forest that is under environmental protection in Panama City, March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

Some nations want to remove more pollution than they produce. That will take giving nature a boost

As countries at the COP28 climate talks are wrangling over deadlines for lowering their carbon dioxide emissions, a Danish-led group of countries has decided to set the ultimate goal: to remove more … more

By DAVID KEYTON | 12/11/23

Briseida Iglesias, an indigenous tribes leader from Panama, poses for a photo at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Iglesias, of Panama, spearheaded a woman-led movement, the Bundorgan Women Network, that came up with a way to cultivate eucalyptus plants to reduce soil salinity — a major problem in coastal areas where seas are rising now because of planetary warming. (Uzmi Athar/Press Trust of India via AP)

At COP28, Indigenous women have a message for leaders: Look at what we're doing. And listen

Indigenous women at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai are coming together to share some of their innovative ideas on how communities on the front lines of climate change can contend with it. … more

By UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India | 12/11/23

FILE - U.S. Air Force's F-16 fighter takes off during an annual joint air exercise "Max Thunder" between South Korea and the U.S. at Kunsan Air Base in Gunsan, South Korea on April 20, 2017. A U.S. Air Force pilot safely ejected on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, before his F-16 fighter jet, like the same model seen in this photo, crashed into the sea off South Korea’s southwestern coast, U.S. and South Korean military officials said. (Go Bum-jun/Newsis via AP, File)

Officials say a US pilot safely ejected before his F-16 crashed into the sea off South Korea

A U.S. Air Force pilot has safely ejected before his F-16 fighter jet crashed into the sea off South Korea’s southwestern coast. The U.S. military says the unidentified pilot was recovered by South … more

12/11/23

A penguin's colony is visible near Bransfield Strait shore, Antarctica, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

AP PHOTOS: On Antarctica's ice and in its seas, penguins in a warming world

KING GEORGE ISLAND, Antarctica (AP) — When U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Antarctica in November to highlight a planet in peril to set the stage for global climate talks in Dubai, … more

AP PHOTOS: On Antarctica's ice | 12/11/23

Relatives of Ukrainian soldiers who were captured by Russia hold their photos demanding to free them at a flashmob action in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. Writing on a poster reads "My heart is in captivity with my son for the second year".(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Explosions heard in Kyiv in possible air attack; no word on damage or casualties

A series of loud explosions has occurred in Ukraine’s capital followed by air raid sirens. There was no immediate word on the origin of the explosions early Monday, but they sounded like air … more

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