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Rina Gonoi, former member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces, attends the press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in Tokyo. A Japanese court on Tuesday convicted three former soldiers in a sexual assault case that authorities had dropped until Gonoi came forward demanding a reinvestigation and prompting a military-wide harassment probe. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
She won her sexual assault case. Now she hopes the Japanese military changes so others don't suffer
A former soldier who won a sexual assault case against three of her former colleagues says she hopes Japan’s Self Defense Force makes it easier for others to speak up. Rina Gonoi came forward in … more
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Displaced Congolese sit outside their tents in the Kanyaruchinya camp outside Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023. As Congo prepares to hold elections on Dec. 20, a record 6.9 million people are internally displaced across the vast Central African nation, according to the United Nations. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Congo's presidential election spotlights the deadly crisis in the east that has displaced millions
Congo's presidential election is a week away, and the major issue is the deadly conflict in the nation's east that has forced millions of people to flee their homes. There are concerns that the … more
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Rohingya child bride, B, age 14, sits on a bed in an apartment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Oct. 4, 2023. B came to Malaysia in 2023 to marry an older man. Her husband wants her to get pregnant, but she says she doesn't feel ready. "I still feel like a girl." Deteriorating conditions in Myanmar and in neighboring Bangladesh’s refugee camps are driving scores of underage Rohingya girls to Malaysia for arranged marriages with Rohingya men who frequently abuse them, The Associated Press found in interviews with 12 young Rohingya brides who have arrived in Malaysia since 2022. The youngest was 13. (AP Photo/Victoria Milko)
'I feel trapped': Scores of underage Rohingya girls forced into abusive marriages in Malaysia
Scores of underage Rohingya girls fleeing violence and starvation in their homeland of Myanmar and in the refugee camps of neighboring Bangladesh are being forced into arranged marriages with older … more
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A worker fumigates a neighborhood against dengue-promoting mosquitoes, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Millions infected with dengue this year in new record as hotter temperatures cause virus to flare
Dengue is sweeping across the Western Hemisphere in numbers not seen since record-keeping began in 1980 as experts warn that rising temperatures and rapid urbanization are accelerating the pace of … more
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A man walks past menorah after lighting candles marking the fifth night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah on Independence square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Multiple injuries reported in nighttime missile attack on Ukrainian capital
Ukrainian officials say a Russian missile attack on Kyiv has resulted in multiple injuries and has damaged buildings. A series of loud explosions could be heard in Kyiv at 3 a.m. Wednesday as air … more
Palestinian United Nations Ambassador Riyad Mansour, right, speaks during a press conference ahead of a U.N. General Assembly vote on a resolution calling for a cease fire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Palestinians expect a high vote in UN General Assembly demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza
The Palestinians are expecting a high vote for a U.N. General Assembly resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. They say it will demonstrate widespread global support for … more
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People take part in a protest against scrapping the Special Prosecutor's Office organised by the Slovakian opposition parties in front of the Government Office in Bratislava, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (Lukas Grinaj/TASR via AP)
Thousands rally in Slovakia to condemn the new government's plan to close top prosecutors' office
Thousands have rallied in the capital and other major cities in Slovakia to denounce a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code. The … more
Pilgrims sleep outside the Basilica of Guadalupe on her feast day in Mexico City, early Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Devotees of Our Lady of Guadalupe gather for one of the world's largest religious pilgrimages on the anniversary of one of several apparitions of the Virgin Mary witnessed by an Indigenous Mexican man named Juan Diego in 1531. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Thousands gather to honor Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe on anniversary of 1531 apparition
Thousands of people sang the traditional Mexican birthday song “Las mañanitas” at Mexico City’s Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe to honor the virgin on the 492th anniversary of her … more
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FILE - Dutch counter terrorism police prepare to enter a house after a shooting incident in Utrecht, Netherlands, on March 18, 2019. The Dutch counterterrorism agency lifted the country's threat alert to its second-highest level on Tuesday Dec. 12, 2023, saying the possibility of an attack in the country is now “substantial.” (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
The Dutch counterterror agency has raised the national threat alert to the second-highest level
The Dutch counterterrorism agency has lifted the country’s threat alert to its second-highest level and says the possibility of an attack in the country is now “substantial.” The announcement … more
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Rina Gonoi, former member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces, speaks to the media after a ruling at the Fukushima District Court in Fukushima, northeastern Japan, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. A Japanese court on Tuesday convicted three former soldiers in a sexual assault case that authorities had dropped until the victim, a former service member, came forward demanding a reinvestigation, prompting a military-wide harassment probe.(Kyodo News via AP)
A court in Japan convicts three former soldiers in groundbreaking sexual assault case
A Japanese court has convicted three former soldiers in a sexual assault case that authorities had dropped until the victim came forward demanding a reinvestigation and prompting a military-wide … more
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., right, during a visit to Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Ukraine faces heavy attack from air and cyberspace while Zelenskyy in US presses for more funding
Local officials say Ukraine has came under heavy attack from the air and from cyberspace. Nearly 600 Russian shells, rockets and other projectiles rained down on the southern Kherson region. And … more
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FILE - Richard Moore, the Chief of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, answers questions at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, in London, on Nov. 30, 2021. The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the UK after it broadcast part of a speech he gave earlier this year. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
MI6 chief thanks Russian state television for its 'help' in encouraging Russians to spy for the UK
The head of Britain's foreign intelligence agency has thanked Russian state television for encouraging Russians to spy for the UK after it broadcast part of a speech he gave earlier this year where … more
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FILE - A Congolese government soldier (FARDC) stands guard by a UN truck at the Kibati checkpoint north of Goma, eastern Congo, on Nov. 23, 2008. The United Nations Peacekeeping efforts is under resourced as its $5.5 billion budget for worldwide operations is less than the New York Police Department's $6.1 billion budget, even though it has 30,000 more personnel, the UN Under-Secretary General, Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix said Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023 at a two-day UN Peacekeeping Ministerial Meeting in Accra, Ghana. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
US says Congo and rebel groups agree to a 3-day cease-fire ahead of key election, but cracks emerge
The White House says Congo’s security forces and rebel groups have agreed on a 72-hour cease-fire to de-escalate tensions in the country’s east near the border with Rwanda. It comes days before … more
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This photo provided by Interpol shows a turtle seized by Thailand custom officers on Nov.17, 2023. Interpol and the World Customs Organization said Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, they seized more than 300 kilograms of ivory, thousands of turtle eggs and dozens of big cat body parts and rhino horns in their annual crackdown on wildlife and timber trafficking that this year covered 133 countries. Interpol said it coordinated around 500 arrests worldwide from Oct. 2 to 27. More than 2,000 confiscations of animals and plants were made. (Interpol via AP)
Police and customs seize live animals, horns and ivory in global wildlife trafficking operation
Interpol and the World Customs Organization say they seized 53 primates, four big cats and more than 1,300 birds in their sweeping annual crackdown on wildlife and timber trafficking. They also … more
FILE - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, left, shakes hand with King Misuzulu kaZwelithini as he hands over a certificate of recognition at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, on Oct. 29, 2022. A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the king of the country’s 15 million-strong Zulu nation in what may spark a lengthy battle for the throne.(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
A court sets aside the South African president's recognition of the Zulu king
A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize Misuzulu kaZwelithini as the king of the country’s 15 million-strong Zulu nation in what may spark a lengthy … more
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Activists participate in a demonstration for the end of fossil fuels at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
As COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what's at stake
As this year's global climate talks reach a conclusion, activists are hoping that negotiators will listen to their stories as they weigh what to do about the fossil fuels that are warming the planet. … more
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FILE - Flourishing poppy fields spread through hills at Nampatka village, Northern Shan State, Myanmar on Jan. 27, 2014. Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has now also regained the unenviable title of world’s biggest opium producer, according to a U.N. agency report released Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)
War-wracked Myanmar is now the world's top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency
Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of world’s biggest opium producer. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in a report released Tuesday … more
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FILE - The United Nations flag flies on a stormy day at the U.N. during the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Palestinians are hoping that a vote Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire will demonstrate widespread global support for ending the Israel-Hamas war, now in its third month. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Palestinians hope a vote in the UN General Assembly will show wide support for a Gaza cease-fire
The Palestinians are hoping that a vote in the U.N. General Assembly on a nonbinding resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire will demonstrate widespread global support for ending … more
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FILE - Cattle roam in Samburu County, Kenya, on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Five countries in East and southern Africa are in the midst of outbreaks of the anthrax disease, with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year, the World Health Organization said Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Anthrax usually affects livestock like cattle, sheep and goats as well as wild herbivores. Humans can be infected if they are exposed to the animals or contaminated animal products. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
5 countries in East and southern Africa have anthrax outbreaks, WHO says, with 20 deaths reported
The World Health Organization says five countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year. A … more
U.N. MINUSMA troops from Bangladesh hoist down the U.N flag for the last time at a departure ceremony held in Bamako, Mali, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. The United Nations has ended its 10-year peacekeeping mission in Mali following the government's request that alleged the force was inadequate to respond to growing violent extremism in the West African nation. ( Serge Ouedraogo/MINUSMA via AP)
The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali ends after 10 years, following the junta's pressure to go
The United Nations has ended its 10-year peacekeeping mission in Mali following the government’s request that alleged the force was inadequate to respond to growing violent extremism in the West … more
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