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Peris Conrad of the Dutch police poses for a picture in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, May 26, 2022. Conrad features in a new documentary about discrimination within the ranks of the Netherlands police which has sparked a national conversation about racism, with many officers and others hoping this will finally bring about the change they have long been fighting for. "De Blauwe Familie", or "The Blue Family", discusses a culture of bullying and fear in the national police force. (AP Photo/Jan-Joseph Stok)

Racism in the ranks: Dutch police film spurs conversation

A documentary about discrimination within the ranks of Dutch police has sparked a national conversation in the Netherlands about racism. “The Blue Family,” or “De Blauwe Familie” in Dutch, … more

By MOLLY QUELL | 5/27/22

Relatives sit outside the Abdoul Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in Tivaouane, Senegal, a town 90 kms ( 60 miles) east of Dakar Thursday, May 26, 2022. Senegal's president says 11 newborns have died in a fire that broke out in the neonatal unit of a hospital. Authorities in the town of Tivaouane said only three babies could be saved after a short circuit caused the blaze. (AP Photo/Cheik Sy)

President: 11 babies killed in fire at Senegalese hospital

Senegal's president says 11 newborns have died in a fire that broke out in the neonatal unit of a hospital. Authorities in the town of Tivaouane said only three babies could be saved after a short … more

By BABACAR DIONE | 5/26/22

'No future for babies:' 842 US-bound Haitians end up in Cuba

Some of the more than 840 Haitians who tried to reach the United States in a boat but ended up in Cuba say Thursday that they fled violence in their country and were charged thousands of dollars by … more

By MILEXSY DURÁN and ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ | 5/26/22

Dozens of migrants fall in the water while they struggle to cling to the side of an upturning boat off the waters of Tunisia early Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Some 110 people were rescued by the non-governmental organization Open Arms during a mission in the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)

IOM: Up to 600 missing at sea in 3 months in Central Med

The International Organization for Migration says up to 600 people attempting to reach Europe by sea from Tunisia and Libya have gone missing during the first three months of 2022. That is the … more

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | 5/26/22

People walk on the road near Kibumba, north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, as they flee fighting between Congolese forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu, Tuesday May 24, 2022. Congolese authorities have accused Rwandan forces of supporting armed groups in mineral-rich eastern Congo, where dozens of such groups are active. Rwanda has described allegations of supporting rebels in Congo as baseless. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Congo's M23 rebels attack military base in country's east

Congo military officials said that the M23 rebels closed in on a major military camp in the country’s east after days of fighting the army. Clashes continued Thursday at the Rumangabo base in the … more

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE | 5/26/22

Lawyer Kenichi Ido, second left, sitting among other lawyers representing plaintiffs who were children in Fukushima at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster and later developed thyroid cancer, speaks during a news conference after a trial in Tokyo, Thursday, May 26, 2022. A Tokyo court began hearing a case Thursday seeking nearly $5 million in damages for six people who lived as children in Fukushima and developed thyroid cancer after its 2011 nuclear disaster. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

Cancer patients seek damages from Fukushima nuclear plant

A Tokyo court has begun hearings in a lawsuit seeking nearly $5 million in damages for six people who were children in Fukushima at the time of its 2011 nuclear power plant disaster and later … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 5/26/22

An Aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India, Dec. 12, 2021. A group of Hindus petitioned a local court seeking access to pray inside the mosque compound, saying they believe the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, one of Hinduism’s holiest cities, was built on top of the ruins of a medieval-era temple and that the complex still houses Hindu idols and motifs, a claim that has been contested by the mosque authorities. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Dispute over mosque becomes religious flashpoint in India

For nearly three centuries, Muslims and Hindus in India’s Varanasi city have prayed to their gods in a mosque and a temple that are separated by one wall. But that religious coexistence is under … more

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI | 5/26/22

Pakistan sets up roadblocks to thwart ex-premier's rally

Pakistani authorities have used dozens of shipping containers and trucks to block major roads into the capital Islamabad, after a defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan said he would march with … more

By MUNIR AHMED | 5/26/22

Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday,, May 19, 2022. Almost two weeks after the death of Abu Akleh, a reconstruction by The Associated Press lends support to assertions from both Palestinian authorities and Abu Akleh's colleagues that the bullet that cut her down came from an Israeli gun. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

US has not been asked to help in probe of reporter's killing

The State Department says neither Israel nor the Palestinian Authority has formally requested U.S. assistance in the investigation of the killing of a Palestinian-American reporter in the occupied … more

By JOSEPH KRAUSS | 5/25/22

Germany: Fake doctor gets life in prison for patient deaths

A German court has sentenced a woman who posed as a doctor to life in prison for causing the deaths of several people she treated. Judges at the regional court in Kassel said the evidence showed the … more

5/25/22

Police shootout at Rio de Janeiro favela kills more than 20

Police in Rio de Janeiro have raided the Vila Cruzeiro favela in an operation that prompted a fierce firefight. The state's health secretariat says more than 20 people died Tuesday. Police say the … more

By DAVID BILLER and DIARLEI RODRIGUES | 5/24/22

A Ukrainian mother and her child walk hand in hand inside a refugee camp in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Mexico City will close the camp that has hosted hundreds of Ukrainian refugees for the past month. Now that a U.S. program vetting refugees and then allowing them to fly to the U.S. is operational, authorities say the camp is no longer needed. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Ukrainian refugee camp in Mexico's capital to close

Organizers of a camp for Ukrainian refugees who had traveled to Mexico say they will soon close it and discouraged Ukrainians still in Europe from traveling to Mexico as they try to enter the United … more

5/24/22

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, speaks during a joint press conference with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

German chancellor to discuss Ukraine war in South Africa

South Africa’s neutral stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine will be a major topic of conversation as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets Tuesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, to end … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 5/24/22

FILE - Mexican National Guards stand watch over the Suchiate River where locals transport cargo and ferry people between Mexico and Guatemala, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, a location popular for Central American migrants to cross from Guatemala to Mexico. Mexican migration policy is increasingly militarized. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Report: Mexico's immigration enforcement relies on military

Mexico’s immigration enforcement is increasingly militarized with the armed forces and National Guard now accounting for more migrant detentions than immigration agents. According to a report … more

5/24/22

FILE - Cardinal Matteo Zuppi poses for photographers at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Pope Francis on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 named a bishop in his own image, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, as the new head of the Italian bishops conference, as the Italian Catholic Church comes under mounting pressure to confront its own legacy of clerical sexual abuse with an independent inquest. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

New Italian church head faces demands for abuse inquiry

Pope Francis has named a bishop in his own image as the new head of the Italian bishops conference. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi's nomination was announced Tuesday during the second day of a meeting of the … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 5/24/22

A waste picker rummages through garbage, at a dumping site in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, May 20, 2022. Environmental activists are gathering in South Africa this week to press governments and businesses to reduce the production of plastic because it is harming the continent's environment. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Environmentalists meet in South Africa to stem plastic waste

Environmental activists are meeting in South Africa this week to press governments and businesses to reduce the production of plastic because it is harming the continent’s environment. The … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 5/24/22

Several injured in train, bus collision in southern Germany

Several people have been injured when a train collided with a bus at a railroad crossing in southern Germany. The bus got stuck in a traffic jam Tuesday on the train tracks in Blaustein near the … more

5/24/22

In this image supplied by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), crew wave to a RNZAF Orion near Makin Island in Kiribati, Monday, May 23, 2022. New Zealand's military said Tuesday that an air force plane found seven people who had gone missing. They were aboard two small boats near the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati. (RNZAF via AP)

New Zealand plane finds 7 missing aboard 2 boats in Pacific

Seven people on two small boats that drifted for days in the Pacific have been rescued after a New Zealand plane spotted them near the remote island nation of Kiribati. New Zealand’s military said … more

By NICK PERRY | 5/24/22

More hardship as new sandstorm engulfs parts of Middle East

A sandstorm has blanketed parts of the Middle East including Iraq, Syria, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Monday's storm was the latest in a series of unprecedented nearly back-to-back sandstorms that … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 5/23/22

FILE - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro arrives for a ceremony marking Army Day at Army headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, April 19, 2022. Bolsonaro signed a decree on May 19, 2022 that he says will create a national carbon market to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil president announces carbon market, thin on details

Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has announced the creation of a carbon market in Brazil but it is voluntary and the announcement is thin on the kind of details that make for a robust … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 5/23/22