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U.S. and South Korean soldiers try to connect a floating bridge during the combined wet gap crossing military drill between South Korea and the United States as a part of the Ulchi Freedom Shield military exercise in Cheorwon, South Korea, on Aug. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions
The alliance with the United States has allowed South Korea to build a strong democracy with citizens confident Washington would protect them if North Korea ever acted on its dream of unifying the … more
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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force One in Norfolk, Va., Nov. 19, 2023. Biden declared an emergency over lead contamination in the U.S. Virgin Islands water after tests on St. Croix revealed levels more than 100 times the limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
Residents in St. Croix sue government over water contaminated with lead and copper
A group of residents have sued a public utility company in the U.S. Virgin Islands after authorities there reported finding high levels of lead and copper in the tap water on St. Croix. The … more
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Poland's President Andrzej Duda speaks during a ceremony where he swore in Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and a new Cabinet in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday Nov. 27, 2023. Duda swore in a government that is expected to last no longer than 14 days, a tactical maneuver that allows the conservative Law and Justice party to hang onto power a bit longer — and make more appointments to state bodies. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Poland's new parliament brings back state financing for in vitro fertilization
Poland’s new parliament has reinstated government funding for in vitro fertilization, previously banned by the conservative party which lost control of the legislature in the country's recent … more
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during the trilateral foreign ministers' meeting with South Korea and Japan, in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon. Pool)
China presents UN with vague Mideast peace plan as US promotes its own role in easing the Gaza war
China has presented the United Nations Security Council with a four-point plan for Middle East peace in a demonstration of its ambitions to be a global superpower. But the plan was somewhere short on … more
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Undated handout photo issued by South Yorkshire Police of Marcia Grant. A British foster child who told police “looks like I got my first kill” after he ran over the 60-year-old woman caring for him when she tried to stop him from stealing her car was sentenced Wednesday to two years in custody. The boy, who was 12 at the time, fled the crime scene after fatally injuring Marcia Grant on April 5 and threatened to kill a police woman when he was arrested about an hour later. (South Yorkshire Police/PA via AP)
Boy who was 12 when he fatally ran over his foster mother gets 2 years in custody
A British foster child who killed the woman caring for him when he ran over her with her car has been sentenced to two years in custody. The boy was 12 at the time. He previously pleaded guilty to … more
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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, right, speaks during an interview at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. NATO allies are showing no sign of war fatigue and remain committed to helping Ukraine not only defend itself against Russia but to take back occupied territory, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dymtro Kuleba told The Associated Press on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Ukraine insists it sees no sign of NATO war fatigue even as fighting and weapons supplies stall
Ukraine's foreign minister insists that NATO allies are showing no sign of war fatigue and remain committed to helping his country defend itself against Russia. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also … more
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FILE - Malian troops join with former members of the Tuareg rebellion for a joint patrol in Gao, Mali, Feb. 23, 2017. Mali's military government has announced Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 an investigation into ethnic rebel leaders who signed a peace agreement in 2015 to halt their quest for an independent state, a development experts say shows the crucial deal has collapsed.(AP Photo/Baba Ahmed, File)
Mali's government will probe Tuareg rebel leaders as crucial 2015 peace deal appears to crumble
Mali’s military government has announced an investigation into the Tuareg rebel leaders who signed a peace agreement in 2015 and now accuse the government of failing to comply with it. Experts … more
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Tranquil and slow-paced life in the expansive savannas and rainforests that is home to Guyana’s native amerindian peoples, have been disturbed recently by rumors of violence – and even war. The territory larger than Greece, known as "The Essequibo,” that stands between Guyana and Venezuela, is claimed by both countries as their own. (AP Video: Juan Arraez) (Nov 29)
Venezuela's planned vote over territory dispute leaves Guyana residents on edge
Congregants of an Anglican church in a sparsely populated rainforest village in Guyana are asking for peace for their community amid what they see as an existential threat. Their village, Surama, is … more
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FILE - Hamas supporters and masked militants from the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, wave the green flags of the Islamist group during a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, after Friday prayer in Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. It has become an Israeli mantra throughout the latest war in Gaza: Hamas is ISIS. Since the bloody Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that triggered the war, Israeli leaders and commanders have likened the Palestinian militant group to the Islamic State group. They point to Hamas’ brutal slaughter of hundreds of civilians and compare their Gaza war to the U.S.-led campaign to defeat IS in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
Israel compares Hamas to the Islamic State group. But the comparison misses the mark in key ways
It has become an Israeli mantra throughout the latest war in Gaza: Hamas is ISIS. Since the bloody Hamas attack on Oct. 7 that triggered the war, Israeli leaders and commanders have likened the … more
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FILE- Same-sex couple Surendra Pandey, right, and Maya Gurung, who got married six years ago, pose for a photograph during an interview with the Associated Press in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, June 29, 2023. The gay couple on Wednesday, Nov. 29, became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha, File)
Gay couple in Nepal becomes the 1st to officially register same-sex marriage in the country
A gay couple in Nepal on Wednesday became the first in the nation to receive official same-sex marriage status. The Himalayan nation is one of the first in Asia to allow it. Earlier this year, … more
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a press conference following the Nato Foreign Ministers meeting on Ukraine at Nato Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)
Blinken seeks a new extension of the Gaza cease-fire as he heads again to the Middle East
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration would like to see a new extension of the cease-fire agreement in Israel’s war with Hamas after the current one expires. The aim … more
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FILE- An aerial view shows a camp of internally displaced people in Djibo, Burkina Faso, May 26, 2022. Videos published by the state-run RTB Television Tuesday, Nov, 28, 2023, showed large groups of people riding motorcycles around a swathe of desert land as they appeared to be running from aerial bombardments. It was not immediately clear the number of civilians and security forces killed during the Sunday attack near Mali's border and involving about 3,000 rebels, according to the broadcaster. The Associated Press could not confirm the authenticity of the videos. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
At least 40 civilians killed by al-Qaida-linked rebels in a Burkina Faso town, UN rights office says
The United Nations' rights office says at least 40 civilians were killed last weekend by al-Qaida-linked rebels trying to take control of a besieged town in Burkina Faso’s hard-hit northern region. … more
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A pro-democracy activist known as "Grandma Wong," center, is escorted by police outside the West Kowloon courts as closing arguments open in Hong Kong's largest national security trial of 47 pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
A Hong Kong Court hears final arguments in subversion trial of pro-democracy activists
A Hong Kong court has started hearing the final arguments of some of the city’s best-known pro-democracy activists tried under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent. … more
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Undated handout file photo issued by Kent Police of David Fuller. A British government-ordered inquiry said Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023 it found “serious failings” at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder had been able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over a 15 year period without being detected. David Fuller's necrophilia was only discovered in 2020 after police who used DNA to tie him to the 1987 slayings of two women discovered millions of images of sexual abuse in his home, including videos of him having sex with the dead bodies of women and girls in the mortuaries at two hospitals where he worked in southeast England. (Kent Police/PA via AP)
British inquiry finds serious failings at hospitals where worker had sex with more than 100 corpses
A British government-ordered inquiry says it found serious failings at hospitals where an electrician who was later convicted of murder was able to have sex with more than 100 corpses over 15 years … more
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FILE - A stray cat sits on a wall in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. The famous felines that roam the historic area of Puerto Rico's capital and attract hordes of tourists will be removed, according to a plan that the U.S. National Park Service unveiled Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File)
Puerto Rico's famous stray cats will be removed from grounds surrounding historic fortress
Officials say that hundreds of stray cats that roam a historic seaside tourist area of Puerto Rico’s capital will be removed over the coming year.  The plan to remove the cats, who are considered … more
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Latvia's Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins talks to journalists during a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday begin a two-day meeting in which the alliance will reaffirm its support for Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion, explore ways of easing tensions between Kosovo and Serbia and look at preparations for NATO's 75th anniversary next year. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Latvia's chief diplomat pursues NATO's top job, saying a clear vision on Russia is needed
Latvia's foreign minister is staking a claim to the top job at NATO. Krisjanis Karins says NATO needs a consensus builder who is committed to defense spending and has a clear vision of how to handle … more
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A giant screen broadcasts Pope Francis delivering his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer from the chapel of the hotel at the Vatican grounds where he lives, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. Pope Francis says he has a lung inflammation but will go later this week to Dubai for the climate change conference. Francis skipped his weekly Sunday appearance at a window overlooking St. Peter's Square, a day after the Vatican said he was suffering from a mild flu. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope cancels trip to Dubai for UN climate conference on doctors' orders after getting the flu
Pope Francis has canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders.  The announcement marked the second time the pope’s frail health had forced the cancellation of a … more
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to VTB Bank Chairman Andrei Kostin during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Putin accuses the West of trying to 'dismember and plunder' Russia in a ranting speech
Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as an existential battle against purported attempts by the West to destroy Russia, a ranting speech ahead of a … more
FILE - The streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone, are empty during a curfew on Sunday, Nov, 26, 2023. The attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons are a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday. (AP Photo/TJ Bade, File)
13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says
The attacks on Sierra Leone’s main military barracks and prisons are a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government’s spokesman said Tuesday. The … more
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FILE - Cardinal Raymond Burke applauds during a news conference at the Italian Senate, in Rome, on Sept. 6, 2018. Pope Francis has taken measures to punish one of his highest-ranking critics, Cardinal Raymond Burke, by yanking his right to a Vatican apartment and salary in the second such radical action against a conservative American prelate this month, according to two people briefed on the measures. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
Pope punishes leading critic Cardinal Burke in second action against conservative American prelates
Pope Francis has taken measures to punish Cardinal Raymond Burke who is one of his highest-ranking critics. Two people briefed on the measures said that Francis has yanked Burke's right to a Vatican … more
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