Russia says Ukraine has launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet left a serviceman missing and the …
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By SUSIE BLANN
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9/23/23
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Pope Francis is challenging French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty. He insisted on Saturday that Europe doesn't face a …
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By NICOLE WINFIELD and SYLVIE CORBET
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9/23/23
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Pakistan’s interim prime minister says he expects elections to take place in the new year, dismissing the possibility that the country’s powerful military would manipulate the results to ensure …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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9/23/23
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A prominent Uyghur scholar specializing in the study of her people’s folklore and traditions has been sentenced to life in prison, according to a U.S.-based foundation that works on human rights …
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By DAKE KANG
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9/23/23
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At the annual meeting of world leaders last year, the United Nations chief sounded a global alarm about the survival of humanity and the planet. This year, the alarm was louder and more ominous. And …
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
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9/23/23
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JAMTALFERNER GLACIER, Austria (AP) — High up on an Alpine ridge beneath a ceiling of ice, water drips from above into a cave formed by the slowly shrinking Jamtalferner glacier.
In just a few …
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By MATTHIAS SCHRADER
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9/22/23
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It’s Day 5 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Friday at the U.N. and what …
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9/22/23
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Mexico’s top diplomat, Alicia Bárcena, says President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to travel to Washington D.C. in early November to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden about immigration and …
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9/22/23
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Some archaeologists describe Peru’s capital as an onion with many layers of history, others consider it a box of surprises. That’s what some gas line workers got when their digging uncovered …
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By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO
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9/22/23
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The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President Gustavo Petro received during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Associated …
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By LEÓN RAMÍREZ
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9/22/23
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A government official says that Germany is considering establishing short-term border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to keep irregular migrants from entering the country. Interior …
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9/22/23
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The president of the Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council said in an interview that he will prioritize the creation of a separate country in negotiations with their rivals, the Houthi rebels. …
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By DAVID BILLER
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9/22/23
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Animals at a zoo in Rio de Janeiro have been getting cold treats to cool them down during a rare winter heat wave. Black spider monkeys were given fruit-flavored ice pops on Friday at Rio's …
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By ELÉONORE HUGHES
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9/22/23
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A Chinese dissident known for regularly commemorating the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square has fled to Taiwan and is pleading for help in seeking asylum in the …
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By HUIZHONG WU and JOHNSON LAI
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9/22/23
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Catholic church officials in Germany say a statue of late Cardinal Franz Hengsbach will be removed from outside a cathedral after allegations of sexual abuse against him surfaced. German news agency …
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9/22/23
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Brazil’s top court is deciding whether abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy will be decriminalized nationwide. The South American nation currently allows abortions only in cases of rape, an …
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By MAURICIO SAVARESE
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9/22/23
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India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves one-third of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending …
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By ASHOK SHARMA
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9/22/23
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping said that China and Syria will announce a strategic partnership as he kicked off a series of diplomatic meetings ahead of the opening of the Asian Games on Saturday. Xi met …
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9/22/23
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Azerbaijan says it's delivering food and other humanitarian aid to Nagorno-Karabakh, two days after the region’s ethnic Armenian separatist government called a cease-fire in a short but intense …
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By AVET DEMOURIAN
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9/22/23
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Britain's King Charles III is heading to Bordeaux on the third day of his state visit to France to focus on climate and the environment. The king and Queen Camilla will meet emergency workers and …
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9/22/23
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