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Tiles depicting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are displayed outside the U.N. General Assembly Hall at the United Nations, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. The U.N. Secretariat Building is shown in the background. (AP Photo/Ted Anthony)

Many powerful leaders skipped the UN this year. That created space for emerging voices to rise

Togo’s foreign minister wasn’t having any of it. He talked of a resolve to “fight our own battles" and a refusal to be relegated to the children’s table. He might have been one of any number … more

By TED ANTHONY | 9/26/23

Luzineide Marques da Silva, a rubber tapper, talks near a damaged rubber tree in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, in Xapuri, Acre state, Brazil, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Recently some of her forest plot were destroyed by a fire started by a land-grabber encroaching on her territory. (AP Photo/Gleilson Miranda)

Brazil slows Amazon deforestation, but in Chico Mendes' homeland, it risks being too late

Luzineide Marques da Silva knows the location of each of the 748 rubber trees in the Brazilian Amazon that she and her family have rights to tap for latex. That's why she watched in pain and anger … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 9/26/23

FILE — Author Zoleka Mandela, right, granddaughter of former president Nelson Mandela, and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, left, attend the launch of Zoleka's book "When Hope Whispers," in Johannesburg Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Zoleka Mandela died on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, her family said. She was 43. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, file)

Mandela's granddaughter Zoleka dies at 43. Her life was full of tragedy but she embraced his legacy

Nelson Mandela's granddaughter Zoleka has died at age 43. Her family made the announcement of her death in a statement on Tuesday a day after she died on Monday. Zoleka Mandela's life was tangled up … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 9/26/23

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 from the colony in Melekhovo, Vladimir region, during a hearing at the Russian Supreme Court in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. A court in Russia has upheld a 19 year prison sentence against imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. He was found guilty of charges of extremism at a hearing in August. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Moscow court upholds 19-year prison sentence for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny

A court in Moscow has upheld a 19-year prison sentence for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was convicted on charges of extremism in August. Navalny was found guilty on … more

9/26/23

North Korea's UN Ambassador Song Kim addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

At UN, North Korea says the US made 2023 more dangerous and accuses it of fomenting an Asian NATO

North Korea is accusing the United States of making 2023 an “extremely dangerous year." The country's ambassador to the United Nations says U.S. actions are trying to provoke a nuclear war. Kim … more

By TED ANTHONY | 9/26/23

The first refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia after Azerbaijan conducted a lightning military offensive there, reclaiming full control of it as the result.

Exasperated residents flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region

Thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents are fleeing their homes after Azerbaijan's swift military operation to reclaim control of the breakaway region. More than 16,000 people, which is about 16% of … more

By GAIANE YENOKIAN | 9/26/23

Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman answers questions from the audience following a speech on immigration at the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

The UK's hardline immigration chief says international rules make it too easy to seek asylum

Britain’s immigration minister has argued Tuesday that international refugee rules must be rewritten to reduce the number of people entitled to protection. Home Secretary Suella Braverman says … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 9/26/23

Belarus Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Belarus' top diplomat says he can't imagine his nation entering the war in Ukraine alongside Russia

The foreign minister of Belarus says he can't envision a situation where his country would enter the war in Ukraine alongside Russian forces. Belarus has a strategic partnership with Russia. Sergei … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 9/26/23

The Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota delivers a speech following an address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Rota is apologizing for recognizing in Parliament a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II, just after Zelenskyy addressed the House of Commons on Friday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's government calls on House speaker to resign over inviting a man who fought for a Nazi unit

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is urging the speaker of the House of Commons Speaker to resign for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to … more

By ROB GILLIES | 9/26/23

FILE - Vehicles pass under a billboard supporting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi for the coming presidential elections, erected by Egypt's political party of Homat Watan, the Protectors of the Nation, in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 4, 2023. Arabic reads, "yes for stability." Egypt will hold a presidential election over three days in December, officials announced Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to prolong his stay in power until 2030. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egyptian rights group says 73 supporters of a presidential challenger have been arrested

A rights group says Egyptian authorities have detained at least 73 people campaigning for a challenger to incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in the December election. The Egyptian Initiative … more

9/26/23

Park Sang-hak, center, a refugee from the North who runs the group Fighters for a Free North Korea from a small Seoul office, and South Korean conservative activists prepare to release balloons bearing leaflets condemning the North Korean leader during an anti-North Korea rally against the 99th anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth, called "The Day of the Sun," at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, on April 15, 2011. South Korea's Constitutional Court on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, struck down a 2020 law that criminalized the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to North Korea, calling it an excessive restriction on free speech. The balloons read "Overthrow Kim Jong Il's dictatorship." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

South Korea's Constitutional Court strikes down law banning anti-Pyongyang leafleting

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has struck down a 2020 law that criminalized the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to North Korea, calling it an excessive restriction on free speech. … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 9/26/23

UN says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan as conflict grinds on

The U.N. health agency says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering as deadly fighting grinds on between the country’s military … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 9/26/23

People look at the damages caused by an explosion in a residential building in the Ekholmen area, in Linköping, Sweden, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (Stefan Jerrevång/TT News Agency via AP)

2 explosions ripped through dwellings in Sweden. At least one is reportedly connected to a gang feud

Two powerful explosions have ripped through dwellings in central Sweden, injuring at least three people and damaging buildings. Late Monday, an explosion occurred in Hasselby, a suburb of the … more

9/26/23

Indian Army chief Gen. Manoj Pande, left, speaks as Chief of staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Randy George, right, looks on during their joint press conference ahead of 13th Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference and 47th Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

India and US army chiefs call for free and stable Indo-Pacific as Chinese influence grows

India’s army chief says the country is committed to maintaining a free and stable Indo-Pacific, where the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations is respected. General Manoj Pande made … more

9/26/23

This grab taken from video distributed by Siranush Sargsyan's Twitter account on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, shows smoke rising after a fuel depot explosion near Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh. Several dozen people were injured on Monday night at a gas station just outside of the breakaway region's capital, Stepanakert, where a fuel tank exploded. Dozens of people were lining up at the gas station at the time to fuel their cars in order to move to Armenia. (Siranush Sargsyan's Twitter account via AP)

At least 20 dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia

Separatist authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh say at least 20 people were killed and nearly 300 others injured by an explosion at a gas station. The breakaway region’s health department said that 13 … more

By AVET DEMOURIAN | 9/26/23

FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley greets a soldier of the U.S. Army, at the Training Range in Pabrade, some 60km.(38 miles) north of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, March 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)

As Gen. Milley steps down as chairman, his work on Ukraine is just one part of a complicated legacy

As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Mark Milley has spent the better part of the last two years rallying allies to provide weapons for the Ukrainians as they defend their country … more

By LOLITA C. BALDOR | 9/26/23

The Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Rota is apologizing for recognizing in Parliament a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II, just after Zelenskyy addressed the House of Commons on Friday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Opposition lawmakers call on Canada's House speaker to resign for honoring man who fought for Nazis

Opposition parties in Canada have called on the speaker of the House of Commons to resign for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to attend a speech by the … more

By JIM MORRIS | 9/25/23

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm gestures as she speaks at the UN offices in Vienna, Monday Sept. 25, 2023. Granholm has emphasized the importance of nuclear fusion as a pioneering and future-oriented technology in the clean energy transition. As part of its clean-energy agenda, the Biden administration wants to "create a commercial nuclear fusion facility within 10 years," Granholm said in an interview with The Associated Press in Vienna. (AP Photo/Stephanie Liechtenstein)

AP Interview: Jennifer Granholm says US aims to create nuclear fusion facility within 10 years

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says nuclear fusion is a pioneering technology and the Biden administration wants to harness it as part of the transition to clean energy. Biden wants to … more

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN | 9/25/23

Egypt sets a presidential election for December with el-Sissi likely to stay in power until 2030

Egypt says it will hold a presidential election over three days in December with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to prolong his stay in power until 2030. The chairman of the National … more

9/25/23

In this photo provided by the Odesa Region Administration, firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at the seaport after a Russian rocket attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (Odesa Region Administration via AP)

Russia strikes Odesa, damaging port, grain infrastructure and abandoned hotel

Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone and missile strike near Odesa damaged port infrastructure, a grain silo and an abandoned hotel and injured one person. The Ukraine president's office said … more

By ILLIA NOVIKOV | 9/25/23