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Ma Chengyun griefs for his daughter-in-law who was killed in the earthquake in Yangwa village near Dahejia town in northwestern China's Gansu province, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing many in the nation's deadliest quake in nine years. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
China's earthquake survivors endure frigid temperatures and mourn the dead
Surrounded by destruction, the relatives of an earthquake victim are mourning her death in temporary shelters and frigid temperatures high in the mountains of northwest China. Ma Lianqiang stood next … more
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, greets New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on his arrival to the Commonwealth Parliament Offices in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The one day visit is Luxon's first official overseas visit as New Zealand Prime Minister. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Australia and New Zealand leaders seek closer defense ties
Australia and New Zealand leaders have agreed to seek closer defense ties as New Zealand considers sharing advanced military technologies with the United States and Britain through the so-called … more
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FILE - North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song addresses a Security Council meeting on Non-proliferation/North Korea, Thursday, July 13, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. North Korea and Russia clashed with the United States, South Korea and their allies at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 19, on Pyongyang’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, which it called “a warning counter-measure” to threats from the U.S. and other hostile forces. Song called this “the most dangerous year” for security on the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
North Korea and Russia clash with US, South Korea and allies over Pyongyang's latest missile launch
North Korea and Russia have clashed with the United States, South Korea and their allies at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on Pyongyang’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile … more
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Friends and family of David Hernandez carry his coffin during a funeral procession, in Salvatierra, Guanajuato state, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec 19, 2023. Survivors of a massacre in central Mexico told investigators that a group of people turned away from a holiday party on Sunday, returned later with gunmen who killed several attendees including Hernandez, and wounded over a dozen. (AP Photo/Mario Armas)
Group turned away at Mexican holiday party returned with gunmen killing 11, investigators say
Survivors of a massacre in central Mexico told investigators that a group of people turned away from a holiday party returned later with gunmen who killed 11 and wounded 14. Navigio Agustín Gallardo … more
FILE - A Congolese women walks past United Nations peacekeepers from Uruguay as they stand guard on a street in Goma, eastern Congo, Friday, July 13, 2012. The Security Council on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, voted unanimously to start the withdrawal of the U.N. peacekeeping force from Congo before the end of the year as the conflict-ridden country prepares to elect its next president on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Marc Hofer, File)
UN votes unanimously to start the withdrawal of peacekeepers from Congo by year's end
The Security Council has voted unanimously to start the withdrawal of the U.N. peacekeeping force from Congo before the end of the year as the conflict-ridden country prepares to elect its next … more
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A river borders an area that has been illegally deforested by land-grabbers and cattle farmers in an extractive reserve in Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages for allegedly purchasing cattle raised illegally in the area. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Takeaways from lawsuits accusing JBS, others of contributing to Amazon deforestation
Authorities in a western Brazil state are taking aim at deforestation of the Amazon with a slew of lawsuits against slaughterhouses and farmers accused of illegally raising cattle in a protected … more
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Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Meat processing giant JBS SA and three other slaughterhouses are facing lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in environmental damages for allegedly purchasing cattle raised illegally in the area. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Brazil lawsuits link JBS to destruction of Amazon in protected area, seek millions in damages
In an unusual series of legal actions, Brazilian prosecutors have sued multinational meatpacker JBS and three smaller slaughterhouses for allegedly buying cattle directly from illegal ranches in a … more
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Palestinians unload wheat sacks from a humanitarian aid truck into a grocery store under guard by Hamas fighters in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo)
UN Security Council in intense negotiations on Gaza humanitarian resolution, trying to avoid US veto
U.N. Security Council members are in intense negotiations on an Arab-sponsored resolution to spur desperately needed humanitarian aid deliveries to Gaza during some kind of a halt in the fighting, … more
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FILE - Vicar Wolfgang Rothe, left, blesses the couple Christine Walter, center, and Almut Muenster, right, during a Catholic service with the blessing of same-sex couples in St Benedict's Church in Munich, on May 9, 2021. Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document released Monday Dec. 18, 2023 explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it. (Felix Hoerhager/dpa via AP, File)
Pope's approval of gay blessings could have impact where rights are restricted, LGBTQ+ advocates say
Pope Francis’ authorization for Catholic priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples is in many ways a recognition of what has been going on in some European parishes for years. But LGBTQ+ … more
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a meeting with the top military brass in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Putin hails Russia's military performance in Ukraine and he vows to achieve Moscow's goals
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared that the military has seized the initiative on the battlefield in Ukraine after repelling Kyiv’s counteroffensive and is well positioned to achieve … more
FILE - A man casts his ballot for the German elections in a polling station in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ordered the 2021 national election to be partially repeated in the German capital because of severe glitches at many polling stations. The court ruled Tuesday that the election must be repeated in 455 of 2,256 constituencies in the state of Berlin, which is one of three German cities that is also a state. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Germany's top court orders a repeat of the 2021 national election in parts of Berlin due to glitches
Germany’s highest court has ordered the 2021 national election to be partially repeated in Berlin because of severe glitches at many polling stations in the capital. The Federal Constitutional … more
FILE - In this image made from a 2005 video, Abdul Benbrika, an Algerian-born Muslim cleric, speaks during an interview at his home in Melbourne, Australia. Benbrika, a convicted terrorist whom Australia had wanted to strip of citizenship and deport is to be released into the community under strict conditions Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP, File)
Australia releases a man convicted on terrorism charges from prison under strict conditions
A man convicted on terrorism charges whom Australia had wanted to strip of his citizenship and deport has been released into the community under strict conditions. Algerian-born Muslim cleric Abdul … more
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Sosthene Munyemana, a Rwandan doctor arrives at Paris court house, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023 over his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in his home country. Munyemana who has been living in France for decades faces charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and complicity in such crimes. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A Rwandan doctor in France faces 30 years in prison for alleged role in his country's 1994 genocide
A French court is expected to rule Tuesday on charges against a Rwandan doctor for his alleged role in the 1994 genocide in his home country. Prosecutors have requested a sentence of 30 years in … more
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Members of the public line up to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates' Courts, where activist publisher Jimmy Lai's trial takes place, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. The national security trial of Hong Kong's most famous activist publisher Jimmy Lai entered its second day, with judges expected to rule on his lawyer's bid to throw out a sedition charge that has been increasingly used to target dissidents under Beijing's crackdown on Friday. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Hong Kong court begins Day 2 of activist publisher Jimmy Lai's trial
The national security trial of Hong Kong’s famous activist publisher Jimmy Lai entered its second day with the expectation that judges will rule by the end of the week on his lawyers' bid to throw … more
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A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the sea Monday in a resumption of its high-profile weapons testing activities, its neighbors said, as the North vows strong responses against U.S. and South Korean moves to boost their nuclear deterrence plans. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
North Korea's Kim threatens 'more offensive actions' against US after watching powerful missile test
North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has vowed “more offensive actions” to repel what he called U.S.-led threats after watching the third test of his country’s most advanced long-range missile. … more
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FILE - The sun sets behind the Palais Coburg, where closed-door nuclear talks on the revival of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) take place, in Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 5, 2022. The Western powers in the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran accused Tehran on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023, of developing and testing ballistic missiles, transferring hundreds of drones to Russia, and enriching uranium to an unprecedented 60% level for a country without a nuclear weapons program — all in violation of a U.N. resolution endorsing the deal. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter, File)
West accuses Iran of illegally testing missiles, transferring drones to Russia, enriching uranium
The Western powers in the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran are accusing Tehran of developing and testing ballistic missiles, transferring hundreds of drones to Russia, and enriching uranium to an … more
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CORRECTS DATE U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin makes a joint statement with Israel Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, after their meeting about Israel's military operation in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)
Pentagon announces new international mission to counter attacks on commercial vessels in Red Sea
The U.S. and a host of other nations are creating a new force to protect ships transiting the Red Sea that have come under attack by drones and ballistic missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas … more
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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a video address to participants of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Heads of Government Council meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Vladimir Putin submits documents to register as a candidate for the Russian presidential election
Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted documents to Russia’s Central Election Commission to register as a candidate in the 2024 presidential election. Supporters of Putin on Saturday … more
FILE - In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces Valeriy Zaluzhny, front, attends an event for marking Statehood Day in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv, Friday, July 28, 2023. Ukraine’s military chief said Monday that a covert listening device was found in one of the offices where he works and hinted without elaborating that other bugs were detected in other locations. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP, File)
Ukraine’s military chief says one of his offices was bugged and other devices were detected
Ukraine’s military chief says a covert listening device was found in one of the offices where he works and he is hinting that other bugs were detected in other locations. Army Cmdr. Valeriy … more
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Qais al-Khazali, center, the leader of the militant Shiite group Asaib Ahl al-Haq, casts his vote in the country's provincial elections in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec.18, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A boycott call and security concerns mar Iraq's first provincial elections in a decade
Baghdad’s streets are nearly empty on Monday, the main day of polling in the country’s first provincial elections in a decade. The vote has been boycotted by an influential political bloc and … more
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