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A woman lights up the road with a flashlight during blackout in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Dozens of soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap
Officials on both sides of Russia's war in Ukraine says dozens of prisoners have returned home following a prisoner swap. Top Ukrainian presidential aide Andriy Yermak said in a Telegram post that … more
FILE - Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani reviews the honor guard as he arrives at the Rafik Hariri international airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
Qatar boosts influence in Lebanon amid multiple crises
Wealthy Qatar has been silently expanding its influence in crisis-hit Lebanon in recent years, while oil-rich Gulf Arab nations ostracized the Mediterranean country over the growing influence of its … more
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Civil guards from the General Directorate of Prisons stand outside holding cells at The Terrorism Confinement Center during a media tour in Tecoluca, El Salvador Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. The "mega-prison" still under construction has a maximum capacity of 40,000 and is intended to imprison gang members, according to the government. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)
El Salvador bets safety on incarceration; unveils new prison
When El Salvador began making mass arrests of people with suspected gang affiliations last year, President Nayib Bukele ordered the construction of what would be the largest prison in Latin America. … more
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FILE - Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi is shown at his home after he was freed from jail on bail after more than two months in custody, in Tehran, Iran, on May 25, 2010 . Panahi who was arrested last summer, weeks before his latest film was released to widespread acclaim, has gone on hunger strike to protest his continued detention amid more than four months of anti-government protests. (AP Photo, File)
Iranian director freed on bail after going on hunger strike
Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been released on bail, two days after going on hunger strike to protest his six-year sentence. Panahi was arrested last July and ordered to serve a … more
FILE - Netherlands' Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren attends the Summit of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) in Riga, Latvia, on Dec. 19, 2022. The Dutch government said Friday that it will not appeal a court ruling that Dutch forces unlawfully bombed a residential complex in Afghanistan in 2007, killing some 20 civilians, in a civil case brought by four survivors. The defense ministry argued that buildings were being used by Taliban fighters when the military hit the walled compound, known as a “quala,” with munitions fired from attack helicopters and F-16s. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)
Dutch ministry won't appeal unlawful Afghan airstrike ruling
The Dutch government says it will not appeal a court ruling that Dutch forces unlawfully bombed a residential complex in Afghanistan in 2007, killing some 20 civilians, in a civil case. The District … more
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Kenya police officers in dock from left to right sentenced Peter Ngugi Kamau, 20 years, Sylvia Wanjiku Wanjohi, 24 years, Stephen Cheburet Morogo, 30 years and Fredrick Leliman, life sentence at Kenya's Milimani court Friday Feb.3, 2023. A former Kenyan policeman has been sentenced to death for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver. Frederick Leliman and three other police officers were charged with the murder of lawyer Willie Kimani and two others in 2016, in yet another case of police brutality and extrajudicial killings in Kenya. (AP photo) f
Former Kenyan policeman sentenced to death for murder
A Kenyan former policeman has been sentenced to death for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver. Frederick Leliman and three others on Friday were convicted of carrying … more
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An an armored police vehicle guards outside the German consulate in Istanbul, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Turkey on Thursday slammed a group of Western countries that temporarily closed down their consulates in Istanbul over security concerns, accusing them of waging “psychological warfare” and attempting to wreck Turkey’s tourism industry. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Turkey says West failed to share details of security threat
Turkey has railed against a group of Western countries that temporarily shut their consulates in Istanbul, for a second day. On Friday Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu accused nine countries of … more
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen with a Ukrainian flag and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. ((Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
EU officials hold Kyiv talks in show of support for Ukraine
Top European Union officials are due to meet in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a show of support for the country as it battles to counter Russia’s invasion and strives to join … more
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A sister wears headwear showing a picture of The Last Supper, as she and a group of the Catholic faithful from the town of Rumbek arrive after walking for more than a week to reach the capital for the visit of Pope Francis, in Juba, South Sudan Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Pope Francis is due to travel to South Sudan later this week on the second leg of a six-day trip that started in Congo, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Pope heads to South Sudan to urge peace as fighting kills 27
Pope Francis opens the second and final leg of his African pilgrimage by heading to South Sudan. There, he and the Archbishop of Canterbury are hoping to encourage the country’s stalled peace … more
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This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage on the roof of an Iranian military workshop, center, after a drone attack in Isfahan, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Friday showed damage done to what Iran describes as a military workshop attacked by Israeli drones, the latest such assault amid a shadow war between the two countries. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
Satellite photos: Damage at Iran military site hit by drones
Satellite photos show damage to what Iran describes as a military workshop attacked by Israeli drones, the latest such assault amid a shadow war between the two countries. That's according to images … more
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Children light candle as they with other take part in a candle light vigil for the victims of Monday's suicide bombing, called by a civil society group, in Quetta, Pakistan, Feb. 2, 2023. A suicide bomber who killed 101 people at a mosque in northwest Pakistan this week had disguised himself in a police uniform and did not raise suspicion among guards, the provincial police chief said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
Pakistani troops kill 2 militants in raid near Afghan border
Pakistan's military says security forces have killed two insurgents during a raid of a militant hideout in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan. Friday's shootout in North … more
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Indian gay couples Utkarsh Saxena, left, and Ananya Kotia, chat inside a public park in New Delhi, India, Jan. 18, 2023. The gay couples, now fifteen years into their relationship, have set out for a bigger challenge and filed a petition to India’s Supreme Court that seeks the legalization of same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Indian gay couples begin legal battle for same-sex marriage
More than four years after India’s top court struck down a colonial-era law that had made homosexuality a criminal offense, it will hear arguments in March on whether to legalize same-sex marriage. … more
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Chris Heaton-Harris, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, leaves after a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
UK to probe whether 1998 Omagh bomb could have been stopped
The U.K. government says it will hold a public inquiry into whether the deadliest bombing in Northern Ireland’s decades of violence could have been prevented. The judge-led probe will look at the … more
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Pope Francis, second from left, looks at traditional dancers performing at the Martyrs' Stadium In Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Francis is in Congo and South Sudan for a six-day trip, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope urges Congo youth to reject corruption and they respond
Pope Francis has led Congo’s young people in a rousing denunciation of political corruption. He turned an otherwise scripted meeting with church catechists into a rally that shook the capital’s … more
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Syria's permanent representative to OPCW, Ambassador Milad Atieh speaks during a press conference in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Atieh on Thursday dismissed the global chemical weapons watchdog's statement that investigators found "reasonable grounds to believe" the air force dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas on the city of Douma in 2018. A picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad hangs on the wall. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Syria slams chemical watchdog report on 2018 attack
Syria has dismissed the global chemical weapons watchdog's statement that said investigators found “reasonable grounds to believe” Syria’s air force dropped two cylinders of chlorine gas in … more
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In this photo taken through a glass window, a black jaguar licks ice treats at the city zoo in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 27, 2023. The zoo's animals are given frozen snacks made from tropical fruits, chunks of meat and frozen yogurt to help cool them off amid intense summer heat. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Blood-flavored ice helps zoo animals beat Rio's heat
Rio de Janeiro’s brutal summer heat has reached 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) on some recent days, sending locals to cool off at the beach. There weren’t many options for residents … more
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A damaged statue of Jesus in the Church of the Flagellation in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Israeli police on Thursday arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in Jerusalem's Old City. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Israeli police: American arrested for vandalizing church
Israeli police have arrested an American tourist after he allegedly knocked down and broke a statue of Jesus in a church in Jerusalem’s Old City. Images on social media showed the statue laying … more
Women light candles during a prayer ceremony for victims of Monday's suicide bombing inside a mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
Militant who killed 101 at Pakistan mosque wore uniform
Pakistan's police say a suicide bomber who killed 101 people at a mosque on Monday disguised himself by wearing a police uniform. Moazzam Jah Ansari, the provincial chief, said Thursday that guards … more
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FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting, on Jan. 3, 2023, in Jerusalem. Israel's attorney general has told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he must avoid being involved in an overhaul to the country's judicial system proposed by his government, saying in a letter made public Thursday Feb. 2, 2023 that he risks a conflict of interest in his ongoing corruption trial. (Atef Safadi/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Israeli AG: Netanyahu mustn't deal with judicial changes
Israel’s attorney general says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must avoid being involved in an overhaul of the country’s judicial system proposed by his government. She said if he gets … more
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FILE - Police officers guard the scene of attack in Vienna, Austria, on Nov. 3, 2020. An Austrian court on Wednesday Feb. 1, 2023 has convicted four men of terrorist offenses and participation in murder over their alleged links to a sympathizer of the Islamic State group who carried out a deadly shooting in Vienna in 2020. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Vienna court convicts 2020 gunman's alleged helpers
An Austrian court has convicted four men of terrorist offenses and participation in murder over their alleged links to a sympathizer of the Islamic State group who carried out a deadly shooting in … more
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