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Pallbearers carry the coffin of Boguslaw Wos, one of two Polish men killed in a missile explosion, in Przewodow, Poland, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. A funeral for Wos was held on Saturday. Western officials said the deaths appeared to have been caused by a Ukrainian air defense missile that went astray as the country was defending itself against a barrage of Russian missiles directed at Ukraine’s power infrastructure. (AP Photo)
Funeral held for first of 2 Poles killed in missile blast
A funeral has been held for one of two Polish men who died in a missile explosion near the border with Ukraine. Boguslaw Wos and another man died Tuesday in Przewodow, a small Polish farming … more
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Officials: IS militants kill 4 Iraqi soldiers in northwest
Security sources and a local government official say Islamic State group militants attacked an Iraqi army position in the northwestern governorate of Kirkuk killing four soldiers. IS fighters early … more
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In this photo released by the Taipei Zoo, workers attend to the ailing giant panda Tuan Tuan at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan on Friday, Nov. 17, 2022. Tuan Tuan, one of two giant pandas gifted to Taiwan from China, died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, after a brief illness, the Taipei Zoo said. (Taipei Zoo via AP)
Symbol of reunion with China, panda Tuan Tuan dies in Taipei
Tuan Tuan, one of two giant pandas gifted to Taiwan from China as a symbol of hoped-for reunion between the sides, has died. The Taipei Zoo says Tuan Tuan passed away Saturday afternoon. Earlier … more
FILE - A Kherson resident kisses a Ukrainian soldier in central Kherson, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2022. Ukraine liberated Kherson more than one week ago, and the city’s streets are revived for the first time in many months. People no longer sit in their homes in fear of meeting the Russians. Instead, they gather in the city’s squares to recharge their phones, collect water and catch a connection to talk to their relatives. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, file)
'We survived': Kherson comes alive after Russian withdrawal
Residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson can't escape reminders of the terrifying eight months they spent under Russian occupation: missing people, mines everywhere, a scarcity of … more
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FILE - General Esmail Ghaani, head of Iran's expeditionary Quds Force, speaks in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 14, 2022. Multiple Iraqi and Kurdish officials say Ghaani, a senior Iranian military official has threatened Iraq with an unprecedented ground military operation if Baghdad does not disarm Iranian Kurdish opposition groups and fortify its shared borders with Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)
Blaming Kurds for unrest, Iran threatens Iraq with offensive
Multiple Iraqi and Kurdish officials say a senior Iranian military official has threatened Iraq with an unprecedented ground military operation if Baghdad does not disarm Iranian Kurdish opposition … more
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"Zoo Berlin" is written on a facade at the entrance to the Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. The Berlin Zoo shut its doors to visitors after one of its aquatic birds tested positive for avian flu, the facility said Friday. (Monika Skolimowska/dpa via AP)
Berlin Zoo closes door to visitors over bird flu case
The Berlin Zoo has shut its doors to visitors due to a case of avian flu among one of its aquatic birds.  The bird — a hamerkop, or a medium-sized wading bird — that had died last week tested … more
The entrance of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures is pictured in Sevres, outside Paris, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Officials from 64 member states are convening at a conference organized by the supreme authority of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) and scientists have expanded the world's unit systems the first time this century — as the global population surges past 8 billion. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
New measures for size, as world's people surpass 8 billion
What is bigger: A ronna or a quetta?  Scientists meeting outside Paris on Friday who have increased the world’s measuring unit systems for the first time this century have the answer. It's a … more
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Gustavo Caruso, director of IAEA Department of Nuclear Safety and Security who heads the taskforce, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 16, 2022. The head of an Internatinal Atomic Energy Agency taskforce reviewing Japan's planned release into sea of treated radioactive wastewater stored at the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, his team's mission is to show independent views, not to support Tokyo's position.(Kyodo News via AP)
IAEA: Decision on Fukushima wastewater release up to Japan
The head of a taskforce from the International Atomic Energy Agency says it is examining whether Japan’s planned release into the sea of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear … more
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Ukrainian soldiers change their position at an undisclosed location in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Chop)
Russian strikes force Ukraine to face hours-long power cuts
Ukraine’s electricity grid operator is warning of hours-long power outages as Russia zeroed in on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with renewed artillery and missile attacks that have interrupted … more
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FILE - Bill Gates speaks during the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference on Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. Bill Gates, currently visiting Kenya, announced Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022 that his foundation will spend $7 billion to improve health, gender equality and farming in Africa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Gates Foundation pledges $7B for health, farming in Africa
Bill Gates, on a visit to Kenya, has announced his foundation will spend $7 billion to improve health, gender equality and farming in Africa. The new pledge will be spent over the next four years and … more
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Polish police officers search for missile wreckage in the field, near the place where a missile struck, killing two people in a farmland at the Polish village of Przewodow, near the border with Ukraine, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Deadly missile strike adds to Ukraine war fears in Poland
Since Russia invaded Ukraine more than eight months ago, Poland has aided its neighbor and millions of its refugees. The Poles acted both to ease the suffering of Ukrainians and to help guard against … more
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FILE - A woman and child walk past an informational mural portraying the global battle against the coronavirus, on a street in Kericho, Kenya on Jan. 26, 2022. The head of Africa's top public health institute urged authorities across the continent on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022 to step up COVID-19 testing amid a concerning rise in new cases in some countries. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
Africa CDC chief urges more COVID-19 testing as cases rise
The head of Africa’s top public health institute is urging authorities across the continent to step up COVID-19 testing amid a concerning rise in new cases in some countries. Ahmed Ogwell, acting … more
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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 family of the imprisoned Egyptian activist says that they have seen him on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, and that his condition has “deteriorated severely." (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
Family: Egypt activist 'deteriorated' since hunger strike
The family of imprisoned Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah says that they have seen him and that his condition has “deteriorated severely.” The news of Abdel-Fattah was posted in a tweet by his … more
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FILE - A cow crosses the Jordan River near Kibbutz Karkom in northern Israel on Saturday, July 30, 2022. Israel and Jordan have signed a declaration of intent, Thursday, Nov. 17 at the U.N. climate conference to conserve and protect their shared Jordan River — a sacred waterway nearly running dry because of climate change, pollution and other threats. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
Israel and Jordan agree to team up to save Jordan River
Israel and Jordan have signed a declaration of intent at the U.N. climate conference to conserve and protect their shared Jordan River — a sacred waterway nearly running dry because of climate … more
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David Lorenz, Maryland director for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, speaks at a sidewalk news conference outside the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops gathering in Baltimore on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Smith)
Italy church releases abuse accounting, but only for 2 years
Italy’s Catholic bishops have provided their first-ever accounting of clergy sexual abuse. They said 89 presumed victims had reported cases to the church over the past two years, identifying 68 … more
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State media: Gunmen attack bazaar in Iran, killing 5
Iranian state TV says gunmen opened fire in a bazaar in the southwestern Iranian city of Izeh, killing at least five people and wounding civilians and security forces. The motive of Wednesday's … more
In this image made available by Polish Police, experts look through the site where a Russian-made missile hit, killing two men, in Przewodowo, eastern Poland, on Wednesday Nov. 16, 2022. Polish and NATO leaders say it was most probably an accident and not an intentional attack on Poland. (Polish Police via AP)
US and Russia clash over responsibility for missile strike
The U.S. and its Western allies clashed with Russia at the U.N. Security Council over responsibility for a deadly missile strike in Poland near the Ukrainian border. U.N. political chief Rosemary … more
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FILE- People wade through flooded roads in Bayelsa, Nigeria, Oct. 20, 2022. Climate change is to blame for the deadliest yet heavy rains and flooding that swamped Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and the neighboring Sahel region between the months of June and October leaving more than 800 people dead. (AP Photo/Reed Joshua, File)
Nigeria floods 80 times more likely with climate change
Heavy rains and flooding that swamped Nigeria, Niger, Chad and the surrounding region between June and October this year was made 80 times more likely by climate change, a rapid analysis by … more
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FILE - A medical worker disinfects a tent used for suspected Ebola victims inside the Ebola isolation center of Madudu Health Center III, in the village of Madudu, in the Mubende district of Uganda Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday, Nov 16., 2022, that he expects the first doses of Ebola vaccine targeting the strain causing the current outbreak in Uganda to arrive in the country next week. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)
WHO: 1st Ebola vaccines to arrive in Uganda next week
The head of the World Health Organization says he expects the first doses of Ebola vaccine targeting the strain causing the current outbreak in Uganda to arrive in the country next week. At a press … more
Chief of Staff of Ethiopian Armed Forces Field Marshall Birhanu Jula, left, and Head of the Tigray Forces Lieutenant General Tadesse Werede, right, exchange signed copies of an agreement, at Ethiopian peace talks in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. Top military commanders from Ethiopia and its embattled Tigray region agreed Saturday to allow unhindered humanitarian access to the region and form a joint disarmament committee following last week's truce. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
More aid reaches Ethiopia's Tigray region following truce
More aid arrived in Ethiopia’s Tigray Wednesday following the signing of a truce earlier this month calling for unhindered humanitarian access into the northern region. The U.N.’s World Food … more
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