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FILE - A view of the Peace Palace, which houses the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, on Jan. 26, 2024. The United Nations' highest court opens historic hearings Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of the West Bank and east Jerusalem, plunging the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (AP Photo/Patrick Post, File)
Top UN court to hold hearings on legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands
The United Nations’ highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel’s 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state. The case is a U.N. request for a … more
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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, center, sits in a vehicle with his daughters Paetongtarn and Pinthongta after being released on parole Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thaksin was released from Police General Hospital where for the last six months he had been serving time for corruption-related offenses. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin is released on parole after serving 6 months in a hospital
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been released on parole from a Bangkok hospital where he spent six months serving time for corruption-related offenses. Thaksin was seen wearing a … more
French President Emmanuel Macron, right, and Jordan's King Abdullah II address a joint statement Friday, Feb. 16, 2024 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. King Abdullah II meets Emmanuel Macron after urging Biden to push for a cease-fire in Gaza. (Yoan Valat, Pool via AP)
Macron says recognizing a Palestinian state is not a taboo for France
French President Emmanuel Macron says recognizing a Palestinian state is not a ‘’taboo’’ for France. He spoke amid growing international frustration with Israel’s actions in Gaza and other … more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. The 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC) is taking place from Feb. 16 to Feb. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Ukraine's Zelenskyy warns of an "artifical deficit" of weapons after withdrawal from Avdiivka
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned allies that an “artificial deficit” of weapons for his country risks giving Russia breathing space after his military chief said he was … more
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FILE - Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023. Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
Afghan women fear going out alone due to Taliban decrees on clothing and male guardians, UN says
The U.N. mission in Afghanistan says women are scared to leave the home alone because of Taliban rules on clothing and male guardians. The Taliban have barred women from most areas of public life and … more
An H3 rocket lifts off at Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, southern Japan Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)
Japan has launched its flagship H3 rocket in aclosely-watched 2nd test after failed debut last year
A new Japanese flagship H3 rocket lifted off from a space station in southwestern Japan on Saturday in a key second test flight a year after its failed debut launch. The H3 rocket blasted off from a … more
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shake hands during their meeting at the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (Wolfgang Rattay/Pool Photo via AP)
Top diplomats from US, China hold 'constructive' talks on issues dividing them
The State Department says the top U.S. and Chinese diplomats held a “candid and constructive” discussion on issues including Taiwan, Russia's war against Ukraine and synthetic opioids. The … more
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Missile fire targets ship off Yemen in the Red Sea, likely fired by Houthi rebels
Missile fire has apparently targeted a ship off Yemen in the Red Sea. Friday's assault is the latest attack suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels amid Israel’s war on Hamas … more
FILE -Zimbabwean Deputy President Constantino Chiwenga, centre, attends the official opening of the tobacco marketing season in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, March, 8, 2023. Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president said the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people, a move that human rights groups described Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, as a perpetuation of the African country's homophobic practices. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
Zimbabwe's vice president says the government will block a scholarship for LGBTQ+ people
Zimbabwe’s powerful vice president says the government will block a university scholarship for young LGBTQ+ people. The state university scholarship for people between the ages of 18 and 35 is … more
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Supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance attend a rally to protest against what they call vote-rigging in some constituencies in the parliamentary elections, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Pakistan, Friday, Feb. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Pervez Masih)
Imprisoned former Pakistani premier Imran Khan appeals convictions and sentences in 3 legal cases
A defense lawyer says the legal team of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan has appealed his convictions and sentences in three controversial legal cases. Khan was sentenced to … more
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FILE - Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto displays a victory symbol after casting his vote in Bojong Koneng, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Subianto’s rise as Indonesia’s apparent next president is a dramatic comeback from a notorious past, which saw the United States banning his entry over human rights and the Indonesian army, where he led the special forces, expelling him.(AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)
How will Prabowo Subianto, an ex-general who's never held elective office, lead Indonesia?
Foreign leaders have congratulated Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on his apparent victory in Indonesia’s presidential election, while rights activists called him a threat. But how he’ll govern … more
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FILE - A Ukrainian soldier sits in his position in Avdiivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Aug. 18, 2023. Ukrainian troops are under intense pressure from a determined Russian effort to storm the strategically important eastern Ukraine city of Avdiivka, officials say. Kyiv’s army is struggling with ammunition shortages as the Kremlin’s forces pursue a battlefield triumph around the two-year anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion and ahead of a March presidential election in Russia. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)
Russia tightens the noose on Ukraine's city of Avdiivka where outnumbered defenders are holding out
Ukrainian troops in a strategic eastern city are under intense pressure as Russian forces tighten the noose around Avdiivka. Officials say the city's defenders face ammunition shortages. The Kremlin … more
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This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows wall construction in Rafah, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (Maxar Technologies via AP)
Satellite photos show Egypt building a wall near Gaza Strip as Israeli offensive on Rafah looms
Egypt is building a wall and is leveling land near its border with the Gaza Strip ahead of a planned Israeli offensive targeting the border city of Rafah. That's according to satellite images from … more
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FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during his end-of-the-year news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 19, 2023. Zelenskyy is expected to sign bilateral security agreements with Germany and France on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, as Kyiv works to shore up Western support nearly two years after Russia launched its full-scale war. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)
Ukraine's Zelenskyy will sign security agreements with Germany, France as Kyiv shores up support
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to sign bilateral security agreements with Germany and France as Kyiv works to shore up Western support nearly two years after Russia launched its … more
State police maintain a security checkpoint at the entrance of Chilpancingo, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, according to the Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús González Hernández. (AP Photo/Alejandrino Gonzalez)
Catholic bishops in Mexico say they negotiated for possible peace accord with drug cartel leaders
A Roman Catholic bishop in Mexico says he and three other bishops met with drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord in the violent southern state of Guerrero. President … more
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Zuleida greets and speaks with municipal health workers and volunteers who are inspecting the Tabajaras favela for standing water where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can breed, in an effort to stop the spread of dengue in the Copacabana neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
To fight dengue epidemic, health agents in Brazil scour junkyards and roofs for mosquitos
Local public health officials in Rio de Janeiro have been scouring the city's neighborhoods and even its junkyards for signs of standing water where mosquitoes can lay their eggs. It's part of … more
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FILES - This combination of two file photos shows Xochitl Galvez, at left, arriving to register her name as a presidential candidate on July 4, 2023 in Mexico City, and at right, Claudia Sheinbaum at an event that presented her as her party's presidential nominee on Sept. 6, 2023 in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, Files)
Mexico will likely elect a woman as its next president, but money to govern is already being spent
Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June — both leading candidates are women. But it’s almost equally certain that she won’t be able to act independently of outgoing … more
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FILE - Demonstrators protest President Macky Sall decision to postpone the Feb. 25 vote, citing an electoral dispute between the parliament and the judiciary regarding some candidacies in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Senegal’s top election authority has voided the president’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling in December, saying the moves were unconstitutional. A judgement approved by seven members of Senegal’s Constitutional Council cancelled the decree signed by President Macky Sall that postponed the election. (AP Photo/Stefan Kleinowitz, File)
Senegal court rules government's postponement of Feb. 25 presidential vote was illegal
Senegal’s top election authority has voided the president’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling in December, saying the moves were unconstitutional. … more
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Ahmad Khdour, center right, takes part in the funeral preparations of his son Mohammad Khdour, 17, at the hospital's morgue in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. Khdour, a U.S. citizen born in Florida, was shot Saturday while driving with a cousin on a hillside by what his family alleges was Israeli fire. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
US investigators visit homes of two Palestinian-American teens killed in the West Bank
The American embassy is investigating two shootings of Palestinian-American teenagers in the West Bank, the latest of which occurred Saturday. In both shootings, the 17-year-old boys were driving on … more
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FILE - Convicted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik sits in the makeshift courtroom in Skien prison on the second day of his hearing where he is requesting release on parole, in Skien, Norway, Jan. 19, 2022. Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011, on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, lost his second attempt at suing the state, accusing the Justice Ministry of breaching his human rights. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB scanpix via AP, File)
Norwegian mass killer loses second attempt to sue the state for an alleged breach of human rights
Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011, has lost his second attempt at suing the state for what he said was a breach of … more
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