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In this photo taken from video released by Russian Investigative Committee on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, investigators work at the place where Illia Kyva was killed in a cottage village near Moscow, Russia. Kyva, a former member of Ukraine's parliament who had called for Kyiv to surrender when Russian troops invaded the country in February 2022, was found on Wednesday with a gunshot wound to the head in a cottage village near Moscow. (Russian Investigative Committee via AP)
A former Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia found shot dead outside of Moscow
A renegade Ukrainian lawmaker who fled to Russia shortly after Moscow’s invasion has been found dead near Moscow. The Ukrainian military intelligence lauded the killing, warning that other … more
French policemen patrol near the Eiffel Tower after a man targeted passersbys late saturday, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others in Paris, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. Police subdued the man, a 25-year-old French citizen who had spent four years in prison for a violent offense. After his arrest, he expressed anguish about Muslims dying, notably in the Palestinian territories. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
A French investigating judge hands terror-linked charges to a man accused of killing tourist
Prosecutors say a man accused of fatally stabbing a tourist and injuring two other people over the weekend near the Eiffel Tower has been placed under investigation on charges of murder and attempted … more
Home Secretary James Cleverly during a press conference with Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta after the signing of a new treaty in Kigali, Rwanda, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. The treaty will address concerns by the Supreme Court, including assurances that Rwanda will not remove anybody transferred under the partnership to another country. (Ben Birchall/PA Wire via AP)
The UK plans to ignore part of its human rights law to revive a Rwanda asylum plan
The U.K. government has published legislation that will let it ignore a part of the country's human rights laws in order to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. The move triggered … more
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Firefighters struggle to contain a fire at a multi-story commercial building in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. The massive fire broke out Wednesday in a multi-story commercial building in Pakistan's largest southern port city of Karachi, killing a number of people and damaging several shops, police and rescue officials said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
3 killed at massive fire in Pakistan's largest southern city of Karachi, officials say
Officials say a massive fire has swept through a multi-story commercial building in Pakistan’s largest southern port city of Karachi, killing at least three people and damaging several shops. … more
The Essequibo River flows through Kurupukari crossing in Guyana, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2023. Venezuela has long claimed Guyana’s Essequibo region, a territory larger than Greece and rich in oil and minerals. (AP Photo/Juan Pablo Arraez)
Guyana's president says it is preparing to defend itself from Venezuela over disputed area
Guyana's president tells The Associated Press his country is taking every necessary step to protect itself from Venezuela, which has ordered its state-owned companies to explore and exploit oil and … more
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FILE - A Culex tarsalis mosquito is shown at the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District on Aug. 28, 2023, in Salt Lake City. Mosquitoes can carry viruses including dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika. Dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, where officials are reporting new infections and deaths from the virus this week. Mali’s director general of health and public hygiene, Dr. Cheick Amadou Tidiane Traore, told The Associated Press in an interview Wednesday Dec. 6, 2023 that his department had counted 21 deaths and 600 cases of the virus as of Monday. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Dengue fever is on the rise in Mali with more than 20 deaths, health director says
Authorities say dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, posing a new threat to the West African nation struggling with extremist attacks and political turbulence. The director general of health and … more
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Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right party PVV, or Party for Freedom, waits for the start of 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)
A new Dutch parliament has been sworn in after Wilders' victory in the national election 2 weeks ago
A new lower house of the Dutch parliament has been sworn. That's two weeks after the far-right party of lawmaker Geert Wilders won a general election in a seismic shift that reverberated through … more
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Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson talks during a meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
NATO member-to-be Sweden and the US sign defense deal, saying it strengthens regional security
On the brink of joining NATO, Sweden has signed a defense cooperation agreement with Washington that will allow the United States access to all of the military bases across the Scandinavian country, … more
Government officials and miners are seen at the scene of the mine rescue mission on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in Chingola, around 400 kilometres (248 miles) north of the capital Lusaka, Zambia. Seven miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo)
A survivor is pulled out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after being trapped. Dozens remain missing
Rescuers say a man has been pulled alive out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after dozens of informal miners were trapped under landslides caused by heavy rain. Zambia's Disaster Management and … more
FILE - In this March 19, 2013 file photo, afghan boys study in a makeshift school in the village of Budyali, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. The Taliban's "abusive" educational policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, according to a Human Rights Watch report published Wednesday. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)
Taliban’s abusive education policies harm boys as well as girls in Afghanistan, rights group says
A rights group says the Taliban’s education policies are harming boys as well as girls in Afghanistan. The Taliban have been globally condemned for banning girls and women from secondary school and … more
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Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot of the Netherlands, left, and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attend a joint news conference following their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Dutch government pledges 2.5 billion euros for Ukraine in 2024 as Zelenskyy to address US senators
The Dutch government says it has allocated 2.5 billion euros to support Ukraine in 2024. Foreign Minister Hanke Bruins Slot announced it during a visit. The 21-month war is entering another winter … more
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Britain's Home Secretary James Cleverly, left, and Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs Vincent Biruta shake hands after signing a new treaty in Kigali, Rwanda, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. The treaty will address concerns by the Supreme Court, including assurances that Rwanda will not remove anybody transferred under the partnership to another country. (Ben Birchall/PA Wire via AP)
Britain and Rwanda strike a new treaty in efforts to revive asylum plan blocked by UK courts
The interior ministers of Britain and Rwanda have signed a treaty that aims to revive a plan to send asylum-seekers to the East African country that has been blocked by U.K. courts. British Home … more
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People watch on a screen the funeral of Giulia Cecchettin, outside the Church of Santa Giustina in Padua, Italy, Tuesday Dec. 5, 2023. Mourners gathered at the Church of San Giustina in Padua for the funeral of Giulia Cecchettin, the 22-year-old killed by her former boyfriend, 21-year-old Filippo Turetta, on Nov. 11. (Lucrezia Granzetti/LaPresse via AP)
Father of slain Italian woman challenges men to be agents of change against femicide
The father of a young woman whose murder galvanized Italian outrage against violence targeting women implored men to be agents of change to a culture that often “undervalues the lives of women.” … more
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At least 85 confirmed killed by Nigerian army drone attack, raising questions about such misfires
Nigeria's emergency services agency says more than 80 people are confirmed dead after military drones “mistakenly” bombed a religious gathering in the northwest. Some 60 people were injured in … more
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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds the annual meeting of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, via video conference, in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a 1-day trip to Saudi Arabia and UAE
The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused on the Israeli-Hamas war and also host the Iranian president in … more
FILE - Ethnic Rohingya men sit on a beach after they landed in Sabang, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. The U.N. refugee agency on Monday Dec. 4, 2023 sounded the alarm for hundreds of Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats reported to be out of supplies and adrift on the Andaman Sea. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah, File)
UN warns that 2 boats adrift in the Andaman Sea with 400 Rohingya aboard desperately need rescue
Aid groups and the United Nations say an estimated 400 Rohingya Muslims believed to be aboard two boats adrift in the Andaman Sea could die if more is not done to rescue them. The number of Rohingyas … more
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FILE - Team members of ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) glaciologist and head of the Swiss measurement network 'Glamos', Matthias Huss, arrive at the Rhone Glacier partially covered near Goms, Switzerland, June 16, 2023. The U.N. weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020, as it released its latest stark report about the fallout on the planet from climate change. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
UN agency cites worrying warming trend as COP28 summit grapples with curbing climate change
The U.N. weather agency is reporting that glaciers shrank more than ever from 2011 and 2020 and the Antarctic ice sheet lost 75 percent more compared to the previous ten years, as it released its … more
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Young cedar trees that have been planted in a forestation initiative 2,400 meters above sea level, bottom left, are scattered in open land overlooking the Kadisha Valley, covered by fog, considered a holy site to Lebanon's Maronite Christians, in the northeast mountain town of Bcharre, Lebanon, Saturday, July 22, 2023. For Lebanon's Christians, the cedars are sacred, these tough evergreen trees that survive the mountain's harsh snowy winters. They point out with pride that Lebanon's cedars are mentioned 103 times in the Bible. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanon's Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley
For Lebanon’s Christians, the cedars are sacred, these tough evergreen trees that survive the mountain’s harsh snowy winters. They point out with pride that Lebanon’s cedars are mentioned 103 … more
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People participate in a demonstration for a just and equitable transition from fossil fuels at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Activists at COP28 summit ramp up pressure on cutting fossil fuels as talks turn to clean energy
Activists had a series of events and actions lined up Tuesday at the United Nations climate summit seeking to amp up pressure on conference participants to agree to phase out coal, oil and gas, … more
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This combination of undated images shows residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz who have been freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, where they had been held hostage since an Oct. 7 cross-border attack. Top row from left: Adina Moshe, Sapir Cohen, Ofelia Roitman, Irena Tati, Yelena Trupanov, Ada Sagi. Second row from left: Sahar Kalderon and her brother Erez Kalderon, Liat Atzili, Ilana Gritzewsky, Shani Goren, Channa Peri. Third row from left: Yaffa Adar, Nili Margalit, sisters Aviv, right, and Raz Asher Katz, Eitan Yahalomi, Yagil Yaakov, Tamar Metzger. Bottom row from left: Dafna Elyakim and her sister Ela Elyakim, Sharon Aloni Cunio, center, and her twin daughters, Emma and Yuli, Keren Munder and her son Ohad, Ditza Heiman, Hannah Katzir. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum via AP)
'We are officially hostages.' How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
The recent release of dozens of Israeli hostages is bringing new focus on the Hamas rampage through the kibbutz of Nir Oz. In Nir Oz, Palestinian fighters roamed unopposed for hours. By the time … more
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