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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia on April 25, 2019. Kim may travel to Russia for a summit with Putin, a U.S. official said, in a trip would underscore deepening cooperation as the two leaders are locked in separate confrontations with the U.S. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Kim Jong Un and Putin may meet. What do North Korea and Russia need from each other?

A U.S. official said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin. That's a trip that would bring the two isolated leaders closer together. U.S. … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG | 9/5/23

FILE - Women queue to receive cash at a money distribution site organized by the World Food Program in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 20, 2021. The U.N. food agency said Tuesday, Sept.. 5, 2023, it must drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan this month due to a massive funding shortfall. The action means that 10 million people will be cut off from the agency's support this year in the country, the World Food Programme said in a statement. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

UN food agency drops aid to another 2 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to cash shortfall

The U.N. food agency says it is forced to drop another 2 million hungry people from food assistance in Afghanistan in September due to a massive funding shortfall. The move announced Tuesday means 10 … more

By RAHIM FAIEZ | 9/5/23

From left to right, Thailand's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sarun Charoensuwan, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet leave the stage after a group photo before the start of the retreat session at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, Pool)

Myanmar won't be allowed to lead Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2026, in blow to generals

Myanmar won’t take over the rotating leadership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as scheduled in 2026, in the latest blow to efforts by its ruling generals to gain international … more

By NINIEK KARMINI and JIM GOMEZ | 9/5/23

Kenya's President William Ruto speaks at Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, during the Africa Climate Summit. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenya's leader says climate change is eating away Africa's GDP, calls for talks on global carbon tax

Kenya's president says climate change is “relentlessly eating away” at Africa’s economic progress and it’s time to have a global conversation about a carbon tax. He spoke while hosting the … more

By CARA ANNA and EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 9/5/23

FILE - Migrants sleep on the floor of a squatted building in Brussels, on Jan. 31, 2023. The Belgian government said Wednesday Aug. 30, 2023 it is imposing a ban on providing shelter for single men seeking asylum, arguing its insufficient reception capacity should be freed for families, women and children first. Aid organizations condemned the move as reneging on international commitments. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

Asylum applications in the European Union continue to rise after a major hike last year

Asylum applications in the European Union continued to rise in the first half of 2023 following a major hike last year, pressuring limited hosting capacities and moving the issue up the political … more

By RAF CASERT | 9/5/23

FILE - Police officers look at collected fragments of the Russian rockets, including cluster rounds, that hit Kharkiv, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 3, 2022. Backers of an international agreement that bans cluster munitions are striving to prevent erosion in support for it after what one leading human rights group calls an “unconscionable” U.S. decision to ship such weapons to Ukraine for its fight against Russia. Advocacy groups in the Cluster Munitions Coalition released their latest annual report on Tuesday Sept. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

The US sent cluster munitions to Ukraine but activists still seek to bolster a treaty banning them

Backers of an international agreement that bans cluster munitions are striving to prevent erosion in support for it after what one leading human rights group calls an “unconscionable” U.S. … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 9/5/23

FILE- Canadian soldiers march at a sunset ceremony and mounting of the vigil at the WWI Canadian National Vimy Memorial in Givenchy-en-Gohelle, France on April 8, 2017. With war ravaging Europe's heartland again, the countless headstones, cemeteries and memorials from World War I are a timeless testimony to its cruelty. Belgium and France want them recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites to make sure people stop and think. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

World War I memorials in France and Belgium are vying again to become UNESCO World Heritage sites

Belgium and France want the countless headstones, cemeteries and memorials from World War I recognized as UNESCO World Heritage sites to make sure people stop and think about the meaning and value of … more

By RAF CASERT | 9/5/23

FILE - Former Chilean dictator and then-military commander Gen. Augusto Pinochet is embraced by a supporter as he meets with supporters who gathered at his home to greet him on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of his taking the post as head of the Chilean armed forces, in Santiago, Chile, Aug. 23, 1995. As Chile marks the 50th anniversary Monday, Sept. 11, 2023 of the coup that brought Pinochet to power, polling shows more than one-third of Chileans today justify the military takeover of a democratically elected government that went on to violate human rights, murder opponents, cancel elections, restrict the media, suppress labor unions and disband political parties. (AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin, FILE)

A half-century after Gen. Augusto Pinochet's coup, some in Chile remember the dictatorship fondly

The world remembers Gen. Augusto Pinochet as the dictator whose regime tortured, killed and disappeared 3,065 people in the name of fighting communism. But as their country marks the 50th anniversary … more

By EVA VERGARA and DANIEL POLITI | 9/5/23

Arrested members of the Wazalendo sect are sat and lined up in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. More than 40 people died and dozens were injured in clashes in the Congolese city of Goma between protesters from the Wazalendo religious sect and the armed forces, national authorities said. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Two military officers are arrested in Congo for leading a protest crackdown that killed 43 people

Two high-ranking military officers in northeast Congo have been arrested for their involvement in a crackdown on protests that left 43 people dead and dozens more severely injured. Defense and … more

By JUSTIN KABUMBA | 9/4/23

FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in parliament in London, on July 19, 2023. British lawmakers headed back to Parliament on Monday Sept. 4, 2023 after their summer break. But thousands of U.K. children won’t be returning to their classrooms this week, because their schools are at risk of collapse from crumbling concrete. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Summer's over for UK politicians as Sunak faces a crisis over crumbling schools

British lawmakers have headed back to Parliament after their summer break but thousands of U.K. children won’t be returning to their classrooms this week. Their schools are at risk of collapse from … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 9/4/23

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa delivers his speech during his inauguration ceremony at the National Sports Stadium in the capital Harare, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Mnangagwa Monday hailed recent elections as a sign of the country’s “mature democracy” and a victory over Western adversaries, as he took an oath of office following polls whose credibility was questioned by multiple observer missions, including those from Africa. (AP Photo /Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean president at his inauguration says the disputed election reveals a ‘mature democracy’

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa says last month's elections are a sign of the country’s “mature democracy.” He was speaking at his inauguration. Mnangagwa won disputed polls held on … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 9/4/23

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Parliament Press Office, Ukrainian Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov shows his resignation letter addressed to the Parliamentary Speaker in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (Ukrainian Parliament Press Office via AP)

Ukraine's defense minister resigns following Zelenskyy's announcement of his replacement

Ukraine’s defense minister has submitted a letter of resignation after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he would be replaced this week and named his successor. more

By HANNA ARHIROVA and YURAS KARMANAU | 9/4/23

This shows a construction work off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan on May 2, 2023, where the Japanese government plans to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of the prefecture to another. Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday, Sept. 4, 2023 dismissed Okinawa's rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals who oppose the American troops' presence. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan's top court orders Okinawa to allow a divisive government plan to build US military runways

Japan’s Supreme Court has dismissed Okinawa’s rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 9/4/23

UN nuclear watchdog report seen by AP says Iran slows its enrichment of near-weapons-grade uranium

Iran has slowed its enrichment of uranium at nearly weapons-grade levels. That's according to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press on Monday. The … more

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN | 9/4/23

FILE - Chinese Premier Li Qiang attends a meeting with Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa, unseen, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on July 11, 2023. Chinese President Xi Jinping will skip this week’s Group of 20 summit in India, amid a downturn in bilateral relations, with Premier Li Qiang to attend in his place, China’s Foreign Ministry said Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool, File)

China's Xi will skip G20 summit in India over soured relations and Premier Li Qiang will go instead

China says President Xi Jinping will skip this week's Group of 20 summit in India as bilateral relations remain icy. The Foreign Ministry says Premier Li Qiang will attend in his place. A one … more

9/4/23

Pope Francis arrives to preside over a mass at the Steppe Arena in the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023. Francis is in Mongolia to minister to one of the world's smallest and newest Catholic communities. Neighboring China's crackdown on religious minorities has been a constant backdrop to the trip, even as the Vatican hopes to focus attention instead on Mongolia and its 1,450 Catholics. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Francis opens clinic on 1st papal visit to Mongolia. He says it's about charity not conversion

Pope Francis is wrapping up the first-ever papal visit to Mongolia. He's inaugurating a new church-run homeless clinic and shelter. And he's insisting that such initiatives aren’t aimed at winning … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SARUUL ENKHBOLD | 9/3/23

Southeast Asian leaders are besieged by thorny issues as they hold an ASEAN summit without Biden

Southeast Asian leaders led by Indonesian host President Joko Widodo are gathering in their final summit this year. They're being besieged by divisive issues with no solutions in sight: Myanmar’s … more

By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN | 9/3/23

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a joint news conference with President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

South Korea's Yoon to call for strong international response to North's nukes at ASEAN, G20 summits

South Korea’s president says he’ll tell world leaders about the need to faithfully enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korea when they converge in Indonesia and India for annual summits this week. … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 9/3/23

People march against legal actions taken by the Attorney General's office against the Seed Movement party and President-Elect Bernardo Arévalo, in Guatemala City, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023. Guatemala's Congress has declared the Seed Movement's seven lawmakers — one of whom is Arévalo — independents, which bars them from holding leadership positions. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala's electoral authority blocks the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo's party

Guatemala’s top electoral authority says that it has blocked the suspension of President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s Seed Movement, at least temporarily giving the party back its legal status and … more

By SONIA PÉREZ D. | 9/3/23

FILE - Johannesburg is seen from the sky, Oct. 18, 2009. Johannesburg has established itself as one of the best cities in the world, South Africa's economic hub where careers are made and dreams come true. But over the last few years, that image and reputation has been changing. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

A building marked by fire and death shows the decay of South Africa's 'city of gold'

The fire that killed at least 76 people last week in a rundown apartment block in Johannesburg has exposed not only the urban decay of South Africa's “city of gold” but also a failure of its … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY | 9/3/23