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FILE - Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center, is taken in handcuffs to a waiting aircraft as he is extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking charges at an Air Force base in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, April 21, 2022. Hernandez's trial in New York starts Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Elmer Martinez, File)
Ex-head of Honduras police pleads guilty to drug trafficking; darkens outlook for ex-president
For years, Juan Carlos Bonilla, better known as “El Tigre,” was a feared figure in Honduras. His roots were in the military and he brought that bearing to the National Police that he ultimately … more
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FILE - Monarch butterflies land on branches at Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, Calif., on Nov. 10, 2021. The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped 30% from the previous year likely due to a wet winter. Researchers with the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental organization, said Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, that volunteers who visited sites in California and Arizona around Thanksgiving tallied more than 230,000 butterflies, compared to 330,00 in 2022. (AP Photo/Nic Coury, File)
The number of monarch butterflies at their Mexico wintering sites has plummeted this year
Experts say the number of monarch butterflies at wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59% this year to the second lowest level since record keeping began. The experts blame pesticide use and climate … more
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Sunak criticized for a gender remark on the day a murdered teen's mother visited UK Parliament
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing mounting pressure to apologize for a remark he made about transgender people, moments after he was informed that the mother of a murdered transgender … more
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The remains of former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera arrive at the airport to be taken to Congress in Santiago, Chile, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. The two-time former president died on Feb. 6 in a helicopter crash. He was 74. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Chilean ex-President Piñera drowned after a crash in a helicopter he was piloting, prosecutors say
Chilean prosecutors have released more details about the death of former President Sebastian Piñera. They said Wednesday that he drowned after the helicopter he was piloting crashed into a lake on … more
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Israeli activists set up tents for blocking trucks carrying humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and Gaza, in southern Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. The activists say no aid should enter the territory until Israeli hostages held captive by the Hamas militant group are released. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Israel and Hamas are far apart on a Gaza cease-fire and hostage deal. What are the sticking points?
Israel and Hamas are examining proposed terms for a deal meant to bring about a cease-fire in the four-month-old war in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of dozens of hostages who are still … more
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FILE - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a session at the Africa Pavilion at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 7, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has agreed to back a move in Parliament to abolish the death penalty, a punishment that was last used in the southern African nation nearly 20 years ago. Mnangagwa, who won reelection for a second term in Aug, 2023, has repeatedly expressed his opposition to the death penalty, citing his own personal experience when he was sentenced to death in the 1960s for blowing up a train during Zimbabwe's independence war, when the country was called Rhodesia and under white minority rule. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
Zimbabwe's government backs a move to abolish the death penalty having last hanged someone in 2005
Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has agreed to back a move in Parliament to abolish the death penalty. The punishment was last used in the southern African nation nearly 20 years ago. Zimbabwe is one of more … more
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United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan addresses a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
NATO allies warn Hungary not to hold up Sweden's membership as US patience wears thin
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan says he and his NATO counterparts have cautioned Hungary against further delaying Sweden’s membership in the military alliance. Sullivan said Wednesday … more
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FILE - Traffic lights are out of service during a blackout in San Juan, Puerto Rico, early April 7, 2022. As Puerto Rico struggles with chronic power outages and a decaying electric grid, officials believe the U.S. territory that is heavily dependent on fossil fuels can fully shift to clean energy by 2050, according to a new study by FEMA and the US Dept. of Energy published on Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)
Fossil-dependent Puerto Rico can fully shift to clean energy by 2050, a two-year federal study says
As Puerto Rico struggles with chronic power outages and a decaying electric grid, federal officials believe the U.S. territory that is heavily dependent on fossil fuels can fully shift to clean … more
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FILE - U.N. humanitarian aid coordinator Martin Griffiths speaks in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, May 18, 2023. The U.N. humanitarian aid and refugee agencies appealed Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024 for $4.1 billion in international support for embattled civilians in Sudan amid signs that some may be dying of starvation after nearly a year of war there between the forces of rival generals. (AP Photo/Jamey Keaten, File)
UN aid chief says warring Sudan generals agreed to talk on humanitarian issues. He's still waiting
A top U.N. official says that two generals in Sudan whose forces have been at war for the last 10 months assured him recently that they would attend a meeting in Switzerland to discuss humanitarian … more
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Thousands who are fleeing the ongoing conflict between government forces and M-23 rebels reach the entrance the Democratic Republic of Congo eastern city of Goma Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Residents scatter as they fear Congo rebel group will again seize key eastern city of Goma
Residents say one of eastern Congo’s most active rebel groups is attacking a community considered the last line of defense before the region’s largest city of Goma. The M23 rebels claim they have … more
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Israeli Alin Atias, right, holds a picture of her daughter Amit Buskila who was abducted by Hamas at the Supernova festival and Nathalie Amouyal, left, a family member, calling for the release of hostages who were kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023 during a media conference in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
France pays homage to victims of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack in Israel with national ceremony led by Macron
France is paying tribute Wednesday to French victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, in a national ceremony led by President Emmanuel Macron. It comes four month after the deadly assault into Israel that … more
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in an apartment building after Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Authorities say Russia has fired cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones at targets across Ukraine including the capital Kyiv. Officials said the Wednesday morning attack killed at least one civilian and injured 10 others. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Russia attacks targets across Ukraine with missiles and drones as EU’s top diplomat visits Kyiv
Authorities say Russia has fired cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones at targets across Ukraine. Officials said the Wednesday morning attack killed at least three civilians and … more
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FILE - In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen, on Sept. 28, 2022. Swedish officials say they have decided to close their investigation into the September 2022 explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany, because they don’t have jurisdiction. (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)
Sweden closes probe into explosions on Nord Stream pipelines, saying it doesn't have jurisdiction
Swedish officials say they have decided to close their investigation into the September 2022 explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which were built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany, … more
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A Lufthansa aircraft stands on the apron at Hamburg Airport, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Ground staff for Lufthansa walked off the job at five major German airports on Wednesday, causing the airline to cancel hundreds of flights. The Ver.di union called on ground staff at Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa's two main hubs, as well as Berlin, Duesseldorf and Hamburg, to strike for 27 hours starting at 4 a.m. Wednesday.(Rabea Gruber/dpa via AP)
Germany's Lufthansa cancels hundreds of flights as its ground staff strike for a day at 5 airports
Ground staff for Lufthansa have walked off the job at five major German airports, causing the airline to cancel hundreds of flights. The Ver.di union called on ground staff at Frankfurt and Munich, … more
This image made from video shows a pod of killer whales bobbing up and down in a small gap surrounded by drift ice in Rausu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, Feb. 6, 2024. Japanese officials say a pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off the northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped. (NTV-NNN via AP)
A pod of killer whales trapped in drift ice off northern Japan has apparently safely escaped
Japanese officials say a pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off the northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped. The … more
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FILE - A woman casts her vote at a polling station for the parliamentary elections in Peshawar, Pakistan, July 25, 2018. Pakistan is holding elections for a new parliament on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Forty-four political parties are vying for a share of the 266 seats that are up for grabs in the National Assembly, or the lower house of parliament. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad, File)
A timeline of key events leading up to Pakistan's parliamentary election
Pakistan is holding elections for a new parliament on Thursday. Forty-four political parties are vying for a share of the 266 seats that are up for grabs in the National Assembly, or the lower house … more
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center, and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, right, waves to their supporters as they arrive to address an election campaign rally in Hafizabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. More than 120 million voters in Pakistan get to elect a new parliament on Thursday. The elections are the twelfth in the country's 76-year history, which has been marred by economic crises, military takeovers and martial law, militancy, political upheavals and wars with India. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Pakistan's election: Who's running, what's the mood and will anything change?
Pakistanis are heading to the polls to elect a new parliament on Thursday in a race that essentially boils down to two top parties. One party is that of the recently returned and absolved of all … more
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Family and friends gathered to mourn Anthony Shungea Pasha who was thoroughly dismembered and killed by hyenas while he was collecting firewood at a forest neighbouring his homestead, in Kajiado, Kenya Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The wild animals from the Nairobi National Park have been distressing the community. "Everything has been killed in this homestead. Cows were killed, goats and now its people. We haven't found any part of the deceased. We have not been given any help," Gladys Maingu, relative to Pasha, echoed. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Hyenas kill 1 person and injure 2 near Kenyan university, where students say they don't feel safe
Marauding hyenas have killed a man and wounded two people near a university outside the Kenyan capital, prompting hundreds of students from the school to block streets to protest what they called a … more
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Election posters of all Azerbaijani presidential candidates are displayed in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Azerbaijan will hold presidential elections on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Azerbaijan holds snap presidential vote as Aliyev rides support from retaking of Karabakh
Azerbaijanis are voting Wednesday in an election almost certain to see incumbent President Ilhan Aliyev chosen to serve another seven-year term. That follows his government’s retaking late last … more
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People walk past burning tires during a protest against Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Banks, schools and government agencies closed in Haiti’s northern and southern regions on Monday while protesters blocked main routes with blazing tires and paralyzed public transportation, according to local media reports. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Former rebel leader arrives in Haiti's capital as protests against prime minister gain momentum
A former rebel leader has made a surprise appearance in Haiti’s capital amid large protests across the country for the second consecutive day, demanding the ouster of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. … more
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