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Democratic Republic of the Congo youth get the first steps of basic military training in Goma, eastern Congo, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. More than 3,000 new Congolese military recruits began training Monday as the army steps up its fight against the M23 rebels in the country's east that the government alleges are backed by neighboring Rwanda. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Congo trains 3,000 new army recruits amid Rwanda tensions
Congo's military says some 3,000 people have stepped forward to join the military's fight against M23 rebels in the country's east. Tensions have mounted as the M23 rebels have advanced in recent … more
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From left to right, Chief of Staff of Ethiopian Armed Forces Field Marshall Birhanu Jula, former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta, African Union envoy and former Nigerian president Olesegun Obasanjo, and Head of the Tigray Forces Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede, attend continuing peace talks between Ethiopia's government and Tigray regional representatives, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. A new round of talks began Monday to work out military and other details of last week's signing of a "permanent" cessation of hostilities in a two-year conflict thought to have killed hundreds of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
New round of peace talks between Ethiopia, Tigray reps
A new round of talks has begun between Ethiopia’s government and Tigray regional representatives to work out military and other details of last week’s signing of a “permanent” cessation of … more
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People walk across a street during a blackout in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)
Russian authorities: Power back on in occupied Kherson
Russian-appointed authorities in the occupied Ukrainian city of Kherson say power is currently being partially restored following what they have called a Ukrainian terrorist attack on power lines. … more
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A day laborer works at the olive harvest in the southern town of Quesada, a rural community in the heartland of Spain's olive country, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Spain, the world’s leading olive producer, has seen its harvest this year fall victim to the global weather shifts fueled by climate change. An extremely hot and dry summer that has shrunk reservoirs and sparked forest fires is now threatening the heartiest of its staple crops. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Drought tests resilience of Spain's olive groves and farmers
An extremely hot, dry summer is now threatening the heartiest of Spain’s staple crops: the olives that make the European country the world’s leading producer of the tiny green fruits that are … more
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FILE - Cyprus' Orthodox Christian church Archbishop Chrysostomos II speaks to the media during a press conference in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus on Sept. 30, 2011. Chrysostomos has died. The state-run Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation reported his death Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
Cyprus' Greek Orthodox Archbishop Chrysostomos II dies at 81
Archbishop Chrysostomos II, the outspoken leader of Cyprus’ Greek Orthodox Christian Church whose forays into the country’s complex politics and finances fired up supporters and detractors alike, … more
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Ranajit Mandal, 35, the priest of a temple of Hindu goddess Durga stands with his son watching the temple being washed away by the river Brahmaputra at Murkata village, northeastern Assam state, India, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. "The river has washed away everything, and we have no place to go back to now," he said. "Even though we are staying nearby now, if this continues, we'll have no choice but to move away from here, away from the river." (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
AP PHOTOS: In India, river erosion engulfs villages
GAUHATI, India (AP) — In the 12 years that he has been the priest of a small temple by the mighty Brahmaputra, Ranajit Mandal had never witnessed the river’s fury like this. Not only the temple, … more
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The high-rise 8 Boulevard Walk, bottom right, shows fire damage with the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, seen behind it in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. A fire broke out early Monday morning at a 35-story high-rise building in Dubai near the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
Dubai fire races up high-rise near world's tallest building
A fire has broken out at a 35-story high-rise building in Dubai near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. It wasn’t immediately clear if there were any injuries in the blaze at the … more
FILE - Egypt's leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah speaks during a conference at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 22, 2014. The head of Amnesty International says that the proceedings of COP27 will be stained by the death of Egypt's leading rights activist on a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not release him within days. Speaking in Cairo Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022 Amnesty's chief said the government had no more than 72 hours to save Alaa Abdel-Fattah's life. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
Amnesty: Egypt has days to save jailed activist's life
The head of Amnesty International says that the proceedings of COP27 will be stained by the death of one of Egypt's leading rights activists on a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian … more
FILE - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega attends the closing ceremony of the XX ALBA Summit, at the Convention Palace in Havana, Cuba, Dec. 14, 2021. The Biden administration is dramatically ratcheting up pressure on Ortega's government in Nicaragua, banning Americans from doing business in the nation’s gold industry, threatening trade restrictions and stripping the U.S. visas of some 500 government insiders, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, File)
Nicaragua's ruling party hopes to expand in local elections
It's been an electoral campaign without rallies, demonstrations or even real opposition. Now Nicaragua’s governing party is hoping to expand Sunday on the 141 of Nicaragua’s 153 municipalities … more
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Rescuers in boats are seen around the tail fin of a crashed Precision Air passenger aircraft on the shores of Lake Victoria in Bukoba, in western Tanzania Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria near Bukoba airport and the company Precision Air said the flight was coming from the coastal city of Dar es Salaam, though it was not immediately clear how many people were on board. (AYO TV via AP)
Tanzania: Small passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria
A small passenger plane has crashed into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania. Local authorities said 26 of the 43 people on board the Precision Air flight were rescued and taken to a … more
Pope Francis attends a prayer meeting and Angelus with bishops, priests, consecrated people, seminarians and pastoral workers, at the Sacred Heart Church in Manama, Bahrain, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. Pope Francis is making the November 3-6 visit to participate in a government-sponsored conference on East-West dialogue and to minister to Bahrain's tiny Catholic community, part of his effort to pursue dialogue with the Muslim world. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope in Bahrain: Treatment of prisoners a measure of society
Pope Francis is wrapping up the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain by encouraging priests and nuns to keep ministering to the Gulf kingdom’s tiny Catholic flock. He specifically mentioned its … more
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FILE - A monarch butterfly takes off from a tree trunk in the winter nesting grounds of El Rosario Sanctuary, near Ocampo, Michoacan state, Mexico, Jan. 31, 2020. The first monarch butterflies have appeared in the mountaintop forests of central Mexico where they spend the winter. Mexico's Environment Department said Saturday, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, that the first butterflies have been seen exploring the mountaintop reserves in Mexico State and Michoacan. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
Monarch butterflies return to Mexico on annual migration
The first monarch butterflies have appeared in the mountaintop forests of central Mexico where they spend the winter. Mexico's Environment Department said Saturday that the first butterflies have … more
French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech in front of people involved in fighting wildfires last summer, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Emmanuel Macron meets firefighters, rescuers, and volunteers who battled brutal summer blazes (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)
Marcon welcomes French questions on climate ahead of COP27
French President Emmanuel Macron has released a selfie video on social media platforms asking the public to send him questions about what France should do about climate change and biodiversity. … more
Iran Revolutionary Guard launches satellite-carrying rocket
Iran’s powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has launched a new satellite-carrying rocket, state TV reported, seeking to demonstrate the force’s space prowess even as anti-government protests … more
Workers walk past signage promoting this year’s United Nations global summit on climate change, known as COP27, adorns Peace Road, in Sharm el-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. As this year’s United Nations climate summit approaches, Egypt’s government is touting its efforts to make Sharm el-Sheikh a more eco-friendly tourist destination. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)
COP27: Host resort town gives Egypt tight grip over protests
Egypt is touting its efforts to make Sharm el-Sheikh a more eco-friendly tourist destination as this year’s United Nations climate summit approaches. But it has also turned the city into a … more
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A woman removes a girl's face mask as she plays on a plaza in Beijing, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Chinese officials signal no change to 'zero-COVID' policy
Chinese health officials are giving no indication of any relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions following several days of speculation that the government was considering changes to a “zero-COVID” … more
FILE - This undated photograph released by the Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate shows the wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine. As protests rage at home, Iran's theocratic government is increasingly flexing its military muscle abroad. That includes supplying drones to Russia that now kill Ukrainian civilians, running drills in a border region with Azerbaijan and bombing Kurdish positions in Iraq. (Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate via AP, File)
Iran acknowledges sending drones to Russia for first time
Iran’s foreign minister has acknowledged for the first time that his country has supplied Russia with drones, insisting the transfer came before Moscow’s war on Ukraine. The comments on Saturday … more
FILE - In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, F-35B stealth fighter jets and South Korean F-15K fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula during joint drills on Sept. 18, 2017. The United States will fly a supersonic bomber over ally South Korea as part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, in a show of force meant to intimidate North Korea over its barrage of ballistic missile tests this week that has escalated tensions in the region. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP, File)
US to fly supersonic bomber in show of force against NKorea
The United States will fly a supersonic bomber over ally South Korea as part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, in a show of force meant to intimidate North Korea … more
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FILE - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern looks around Scott's Terra Nova hut at Cape Evans in Antarctica on Oct. 27, 2022. Russia and China have again blocked plans supported by the European Union, the United States and 23 other nations to protect three vast stretches of ocean around Antarctica from most fishing. But conservationists said there were some positives from a two-week international meeting on the future of Antarctica's pristine waters that concluded in Australia late Friday, Nov. 4. (Mike Scott/NZ Herald/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Russia, China block plans for Antarctic marine protections
Russia and China have again blocked plans supported by the European Union, the United States and 23 other nations to protect three vast stretches of ocean around Antarctica from most fishing. But … more
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Zeid Raad Al Hussein, left, Mary Robinson, second from right, and Ernesto Zedillo, right, listen as former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Global statesmen: Only diplomacy can end Ukraine war
Members of the group of prominent former world leaders founded by Nelson Mandela say the war in Ukraine can only end with a diplomatic solution that gives both sides something. But they said Ukraine … more
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