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A boy carrying bread cycles home as Israeli military armored vehicles block a road leading to the town of Quneitra, Syria, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Residents of Syria's Quneitra are frustrated by lack of action to halt Israeli advance

The presence of Israeli troops who entered a U.N. buffer zone on the border with Syria following the fall of President Bashar Assad is frustrating the local population. They say Israeli troops also … more

By ABBY SEWELL | 1/6/25

In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, Russian servicemen attend a combat training for assault units in an undisclosed location. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia claims it has captured another town in eastern Ukraine but Kyiv doesn't confirm the loss

Russia’s Defense Ministry is claiming that its troops in eastern Ukraine have captured the town of Kurakhove after a monthslong battle. The claim on Monday drew no response from Ukrainian … more

By ILLIA NOVIKOV | 1/6/25

Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

What to know about the siege outside South Korea's presidential compound

A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea is a startling development, even for observers used to the country’s famously rough and tumble politics. … more

By FOSTER KLUG | 1/6/25

FILE - President Nicolas Maduro gestures during a news conference at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, July 31, 2024, three days after his disputed reelection. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

What to know about Venezuela's upcoming presidential inauguration

The next presidential term in Venezuela is set to begin Friday, when the ruling party-controlled congress will host a swearing-in ceremony for President Nicolás Maduro. That's despite serious doubts … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 1/6/25

FILE - In this Monday Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, French former president Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP, file)

France's former President Sarkozy standing trial over alleged campaign funding by Libya's Gadhafi

France’s former President Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The … more

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and SYLVIE CORBET | 1/6/25

FILE - Internally displaced people wait for aid in Djibo, Burkina Faso, May 26, 2022, when violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group began surging and spreading across the West African nation. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

They fled from extremists. Now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence

Their loved ones were slaughtered by extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and traumatized, they fled in search of safety, food … more

By MONIKA PRONCZUK | 1/6/25

FILE - President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on May 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Afghans arrive in the Philippines to complete visa processing for resettlement in US

A group of Afghan nationals have arrived in the Philippines to process special immigrant visas for their resettlement in the United States. The Philippines agreed last year to temporarily host a U.S. … more

By AARON FAVILA and EILEEN NG | 1/6/25

Students have their meals during the kick off of President Prabowo Subianto's ambitious free meal program to feed children and pregnant women nationwide despite critics saying that its required logistics could hurt Indonesia's state finances and economy, at an elementary school in Depok, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Indonesia launches free meals program to feed children and pregnant women to fight stunting

Indonesia’s new government has started an ambitious $28 million project to feed nearly 90 million children and pregnant women to fight malnutrition and stunting although critics question whether … more

By NINIEK KARMINI and DITA ALANGKARA | 1/5/25

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech at a meeting held during Dec. 23 until Dec. 27, 2024, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

South Korea's military says North Korea fired missile into eastern sea

South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile into its eastern seas, extending its heightened weapons testing activities into 2025. The South’s Joint Chiefs of … more

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FILE - Shigemi Fukahori is interviewed at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan, on July 29, 2020. Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing, who devoted his life to praying for peace and the souls of the victims, has died. He was 93. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Shigemi Fukahori, who survived Nagasaki bombing and spent his life advocating for peace, dies at 93

Shigemi Fukahori, who survived the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing and devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93. The Urakami Catholic Church … more

By YURI KAGEYAMA | 1/5/25

Congo executes 102 'urban bandits' with 70 more set to be killed, officials say

102 men were executed by the Congolese government in the past week, and 70 are set to be executed today, according to the Congolese Minister of Justice. The men, aged 18 to 35, were armed robbers and … more

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and WILSON MCMAKIN | 1/5/25

Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia holds hands with a supporters outside the government residence in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. Gonzalez, who claims he won the 2024 presidential election and is recognized by some countries as the legitimate president-elect, traveled from exile in Madrid to Argentina and Uruguay. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Venezuela doubles down on intention to arrest opposition leader who claims he defeated Maduro

Venezuela’s government has doubled down on its intention to arrest the opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s election. This time the threat comes … more

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Heavy snow and freezing rain have brought widespread disruption across the U.K., with several major airports forced to suspend flights and many key roads in the north of England unnavigable.

Heavy snow brings widespread disruption across the UK and Germany

Heavy snow and freezing rain have brought widespread disruption across Europe particularly in the U.K. and Germany with several major airports suspending flights. With the weather set to stay … more

By PAN PYLAS and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | 1/5/25

Ukraine will ask allies to boost its air defenses at a meeting in Germany, Zelenskyy says

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will again call on allies to boost his country's air defenses at a meeting this week in Germany. Zelenskyy said that dozens of partner countries will … more

By VOLODYMYR YURCHUK and ELISE MORTON | 1/5/25

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel kills a member of the Palestinian security forces who it says was a militant

Israeli forces have killed a member of the Palestinian security services in the occupied West Bank whom they accused of being militant. Tearful Palestinians on Sunday meanwhile laid to rest six … more

By SAM MEDNICK and WAFAA SHURAFA | 1/5/25

A woman holds up a poster of the slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a ceremony marking death anniversary of the late commander of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard expeditionary Quds Force, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020, at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Hezbollah leader Nasrallah was killed last year inside the war operations room, aide says

A senior Hezbollah security official says leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike last year while inside the militant group’s war operations room. A series of Israeli airstrikes … more

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 1/5/25

FILE - Greece's Prime Minister Costas Simitis declares a razor-thin victory over conservative opponents following general elections, in Athens on Monday, April 10, 2000. Costas Simitis, a Prime Minister of Greece from 1996 to 2004 and the architect of the country's joining the common European currency, the euro, has died at 88, state TV ERT reports. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Costas Simitis, former Greek prime minister and socialist leader, dies at 88

Costas Simitis, former prime minister of Greece and the architect of the country’s joining the common European currency, the euro, has died at 88, state TV ERT reports. A co-founder of the … more

By DEMETRIS NELLAS | 1/5/25

Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a Sunday service as they gather to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

South Korean protesters brave cold to demand Yoon's ouster as detention deadline looms

Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into Sunday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, calling for his ouster and arrest, … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 1/4/25

FILE - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer attends a press conference in Vienna on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader, File)

Austrian Chancellor Nehammer says he will resign after talks on forming a new government fail

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer says he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed a second time. The announcement Saturday came after the People’s Party and … more

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Pope Francis gestures during an audience with Catholic associations of teachers and students' parents in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis says bullying at school prepares students for war, not peace

Pope Francis has warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace. Francis made the remarks in a speech on Saturday. The pontiff spoke to about 2,000 Italian teachers, … more

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