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Eastern Libyan authorities round up thousands in crackdown on migrants
Libyan activists say authorities in eastern Libya have rounded up thousands of migrants and amassed them in an area on the border with Egypt. They say the migrants, mostly from Egypt, were detained … more
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People inspect the site of passenger trains that derailed in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Rescuers are wading through piles of debris and wreckage to pull out bodies and free people after two passenger trains derailed in India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds as rail cars were flipped over and mangled in one of the country’s deadliest train crashes in decades. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
India's deadly train crash renews questions over safety as government pushes railway upgrade
India’s prime minister had been scheduled to inaugurate an electrical semi-high-speed train equipped with a safety feature _ another step in the modernization of an antiquated railway that is the … more
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Israeli military says gunman kills 2 soldiers along Egyptian border
Israel's military says a shootout in southern Israel along the Egyptian border has killed two Israeli soldiers. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier. The army said Saturday … more
Pope Francis meets with pilgrims from Concesio and Sotto il Monte on the 60th anniversary of the death of Pope John XXIII and the election of Paul VI in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Pope Francis warned the Vatican's missionary fundraisers on Saturday to not allow financial corruption to creep into their work, insisting that spirituality and spreading the Gospel must drive their operations, not mere entrepreneurship. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope to visit Mongolia at end of summer in visit rich in geopolitical significance
Pope Francis is traveling to Mongolia at the end of the summer. The visit will be a first for a pontiff and one rich in geopolitical significance given Mongolia's position sandwiched between Russia … more
FILE - A Hindu devotee throws flowers and plastic bags into river Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Negotiators from around the world gather at UNESCO in Paris on Monday, May 29, 2023, for a second round of talks aiming toward a global treaty on fighting plastic pollution in 2024. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)
Plastic pollution: Key step toward landmark treaty to end plastic waste
Global negotiators have agreed to craft an initial draft treaty to end plastic pollution. The agreement Friday is a preliminary but crucial step toward tackling one of the world's most lasting … more
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan joins legislators elected to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey in the May 14 parliamentary elections and attend their first parliamentary session to take the oath, in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, June 2, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party and its nationalist and Islamist allies have a majority in the 600-seat parliament, having won a total of 323 seats. Erdogan, who won a runoff presidential vote on May 28, formally starts his third presidential term following a ceremony on Saturday. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)
Turkey's Erdogan set to take oath for 3rd term in office, announce new Cabinet lineup
Turkey’s longtime president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is to be sworn in for his third term. All eyes will be on the lineup of his new Cabinet for signs of a return to more conventional policies amid … more
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FILE - Russian anti-corruption campaigner and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny poses in his office in Moscow, Russia on March 17, 2010. In a span of a decade, Navalny has gone from the Kremlin's biggest foe to Russia's most prominent political prisoner. Already serving two convictions that have landed him in prison for at least nine years, he faces a new trial that could keep him behind for another two decades. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Protests, poisoning and prison: A look at the life of Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny
In a span of a decade, Alexei Navalny has gone from the Kremlin’s biggest foe to Russia’s most prominent political prisoner. Already serving two convictions that have landed him in prison for at … more
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Ugandan transgender woman Pretty Peter who fled her home and country in 2019, and wished to be identified by her chosen name out of concern for her safety, poses for a photograph at the safe house where she now lives in Nairobi, the capital of neighboring Kenya Thursday, June 1, 2023. She says frightened members of the Ugandan LGBTQ+ community are searching for a way to get out of the country and some have stayed indoors since new anti-gay legislation was signed on Monday. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda
Frightened LGBTQ+ Ugandans are searching for a way to escape a new law prescribing the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality.’ Homosexuality has long been illegal in Uganda under a … more
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FILE In this file photo made from video provided by the Moscow City Court on Feb. 3, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny makes a heart gesture standing in a cage during a hearing to a motion from the Russian prison service to convert the suspended sentence of Navalny from the 2014 criminal conviction into a real prison term in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin's fiercest foe, has become Russia's most famous political prisoner. He is serving a nine-year term due to end in 2030 on charges widely seen as trumped up, and is facing another trial on new charges that could keep him locked up for another two decades. (Moscow City Court via AP, File)
Inside the penal colonies: A glimpse at life for political prisoners swept up in Russia's crackdowns
Alexei Navalny will spend his 47th birthday Sunday in a tiny prison cell with hardly any natural light. He won’t be able to see or talk to loved ones because phone calls and visits are banned for … more
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FILE - A TV screen shows an image of North Korea's rocket launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on June 1, 2023. The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China on Friday, June, 2, over North Korea’s failed launch of a military spy satellite this week in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, which Moscow and Beijing refused to condemn.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
US, allies clash with Russia, China over North Korea's failed military spy satellite launch
The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China over North Korea’s failed launch of a military spy satellite this week in violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, … more
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FILE - Sugarloaf mountain and the Guanabara Bay are seen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 8, 2016. Brazil’s federal prosecutors blocked a decision on Thursday, June 1, 2023, to authorize the installment of ziplines at Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Sugarloaf Mountain, claiming they will damage the environment around one of the United Nations world’s heritage sites. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
Brazil's prosecutors block zipline construction at Rio's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain
Prosecutors in Brazil have blocked a decision to authorize the installment of ziplines at Rio de Janeiro's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain, claiming they will damage the environment around one of the … more
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III smiles as he speaks during the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum in Singapore, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
US Defense Secretary Austin says Washington won't stand for 'coercion and bullying' from China
American Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin says Washington would not stand for any “coercion and bullying” of its allies and partners by China, while assuring Beijing that the United States … more
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FILE - A view of part of the wreckage of a capsized boat that was washed ashore at a beach near Cutro, southern Italy, on Feb. 27, 2023. Italian media say three members of Italy's border police are being investigated for a suspected role in a shipwreck off the country's southern coast this year that killed more than 90 migrants. Corriere della Sera newspaper said Friday, June 2 investigators cited “significant anomalies” in the border police's log of activity of their patrol boat that had been reported to have searched for the overcrowded migrant vessel, that would break apart after ramming a sandbank close to Cutro. (AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia, File)
Italian media say border police are under investigation over shipwreck that killed 94 migrants
Italian media are reporting that three members of Italy's border police force are under investigation in connection with a February shipwreck in which more 90 migrants died. The Corriere della Sera … more
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Department of Natural Resources and Renewables firefighter Kalen MacMullin of Sydney, Nova Scotia, works on a fire in Shelburne County, N.S. on Thursday, June 1, 2023. Rain and a rainy forecast for the weekend have fire officials hopeful they can get the largest wildfire ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia under control. (Communications Nova Scotia /The Canadian Press via AP)
Rain forecast on Canada's Atlantic Coast promises relief after week of wildfires
Rain and a rainy forecast for the weekend have fire officials hopeful they can get the largest wildfire ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia under control. That wildfire … more
FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley listens during an event at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, on May 29, 2023. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, says the main battle tanks and fighter jets the U.S. has promised to Ukraine won’t be ready in time for the imminent counteroffensive against Russia. Tank warfare will be key to Ukraine pushing Russia out of its territory, and the U.S. has begun training Ukrainian troops on M1A1 Abrams battle tank tactics. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Macron to award top U.S. general France's highest honors
The French president's office says U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley will receive France’s highest medal of honor for his role in coordinating support for Ukraine and for his more than … more
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A visitor looks at a display featuring decorated war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, Friday, June 2, 2023. A judge concluded Roberts-Smith unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan, in a ruling Thursday, June 1 dismissing Roberts-Smith's claims that he was defamed by media reports about his war service. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)
Australian decorated hero quits corporate job after Afghanistan war crime revelations
Australia’s most decorated living war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has quit his corporate job after a civil court blamed the national hero for unlawfully killing four Afghans and escalated calls for … more
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In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Li Hui, China's special envoy for Eurasian affairs listens to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, on May 26, 2023. China’s Ukraine envoy appealed Friday, June 2, 2023 to other governments to “stop sending weapons to the battlefield” and hold peace talks but gave no indication that his trip to the region made any progress toward a settlement. Li Hui’s appeal came as Washington and its European allies are ramping up supplies of missiles, tanks and other weapons to Ukrainian forces that are trying to take back Russian-occupied territory. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
China Ukraine envoy urges governments to 'stop sending weapons to the battlefield,' negotiate peace
China’s Ukraine envoy has appealed to other governments to “stop sending weapons to the battlefield” and hold peace talks but gave no indication his trip to the region made any progress toward … more
FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks before a Senate Appropriations hearing on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 16, 2023. As the United States and China vie to establish new partnerships and expand influence with Asia-Pacific nations, the top defense officials from both nations are preparing to try to win support this weekend from their regional counterparts, diplomats and leaders at a security forum in Singapore. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Top American, Chinese defense officials vie for influence in Asia-Pacific
As the United States and China vie to establish new partnerships and expand influence with Asia-Pacific nations, the top defense officials from both nations are preparing to try to win support this … more
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Thai officers display seized crystal methamphetamine which were disguised as packages of tea during a news conference in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, June 1, 2023. The huge trade in illegal drugs originating from a small corner of Southeast Asia shows no signs of slowing down, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime warned Friday. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
UN anti-drug agency warns there is no let-up in methamphetamine trade from Asia's Golden Triangle
The United Nations anti-drug agency is warning that the huge trade in illegal drugs such as methamphetamine from Southeast Asia's ‘Golden Triangle’ shows no signs of slowing down. The U.N. Office … more
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Firefighters' helmets and water bottles rest against the windshield of a truck at a command center within the evacuated zone of the wildfire burning in Tantallon, Nova Scotia, outside of Halifax on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press via AP)
Nova Scotia wildfires grow, prompt air quality warnings as far south as Virginia
The largest wildfires ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia continue to grow forcing the evacuation of hundreds of more people and prompting air quality warnings in U.S. … more
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