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The sun rises during a forest fire on El Cable Hill in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia declares a disaster because of wildfires and asks for international help

Colombia’s government has issued a disaster declaration and requested help from the international community to combat raging wildfires affecting the South American country. Officials on Thursday … more

1/25/24

FILE - Starved prisoner's, nearly dead from hunger, at one of the largest Nazi Concentration camps at Evensee Austria, in the Austrian Alps, May 7, 1945. Many were starving to death and inmates were dying at the rate of 2,000 per week. The camp was reputedly used for 'Scientific' experiments. It was liberated by the 80th Division, U.S. Third Army. (AP Photo, File)

How genocide officially became a crime, and why South Africa is accusing Israel of committing it

In the aftermath of World War II and the murder by Nazi Germany of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, the world united around the pledge: Never again. A key part of that lofty aspiration was the … more

By MIKE CORDER | 1/25/24

FILE - Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip play next to the border with Egypt, in Rafah, southern Gaza, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Israel and Egypt are engaged in an increasingly public spat over a narrow strip of land between Egypt and Gaza. That strip is the Philadelpi Corridor. The dispute puts Israel in a bind. If it stops its military offensive against Hamas without taking control of the southern Gaza city Rafah on the border with Egypt, it falls short on its top war goal of crushing the Islamic militants. If its military pushes south to the border, it risks undermining its peace deal with Egypt and likely upsetting its closest ally, the United States. The Egypt-Israel peace deal has been a pillar of stability in a turbulent Middle East.(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Israel vows to fight Hamas all the way to Gaza's southern border. That's fueling tension with Egypt

Israel and Egypt are engaged in an increasingly public spat over a narrow strip of land between Egypt and Gaza. That strip is the Philadelpi Corridor. The dispute puts Israel in a bind. If it stops … more

SAMY MAGDY | 1/25/24

Pakistan accuses Indian agents of orchestrating the killing of 2 citizens on its soil

Pakistan has accused neighboring India’s intelligence agency of involvement in the extrajudicial killings of its citizens, saying it had credible evidence linking two Indian agents to the deaths of … more

By MUNIR AHMED | 1/25/24

FILE - Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walk through the garden after meetings at Suu Kyi's residence in Yangon, Myanmar on Dec. 2, 2011. A court in military-controlled Myanmar has ordered that the family home of the country’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, where she spent 15 years under house arrest, be put on auction in March, issuing its ruling after a decades-long legal dispute between her and her brother. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool, File)

After family feud, Myanmar court orders auction of home where Suu Kyi spent 15 years' house arrest

A court in military-controlled Myanmar has ordered the family home of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi, where she spent 15 years under house arrest, be put on auction in March following a decades-long … more

By GRANT PECK | 1/25/24

FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban briefs the media in Berlin, Germany, on Feb. 10, 2020. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent a letter to his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, inviting him to Budapest to discuss Sweden's accession into the NATO military alliance, Orban wrote Tuesday Jan. 23, 2023, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Swedish PM says he's willing to meet Hungary's Orban to end deadlock over Sweden’s NATO membership

Swedish media say Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has agreed to meet with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán, who invited Kristersson to Budapest to discuss Sweden’s accession into NATO. … more

1/25/24

FILE — Medics stand by the covered bodies of victims of a deadly blaze in downtown Johannesburg, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. A man has made a shocking claim that he started the building fire in South Africa that killed 76 people last year when he set alight the body of a person he had strangled in the basement of the rundown apartment complex. South African media reported that the man’s surprise claim came when he was testifying Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024 at an ongoing inquiry into the disaster. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay/File)

A man is charged with 76 counts of murder in a deadly South African building fire last year

A man has been charged with 76 counts of murder and 86 counts of attempted murder for allegedly causing a fire at an apartment building in South Africa last year that was one of the country’s worst … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 1/25/24

Igor Girkin also know as Igor Strelkov, the former military chief for Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, sits in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow's City Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A separatist rebel leader in Ukraine who called Putin cowardly is sentenced to 4 years in prison

The Moscow City Court has convicted a former Ukraine rebel leader who called President Vladimir Putin cowardly of extremism and sentenced him to four years in prison. Igor Girkin was the most … more

1/25/24

Nepal's Foreign Minister Narayan Prakash Saud speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at his office in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Nepal has asked Russia to send back hundreds of Nepali nationals who have been recruited to fight against Ukraine and repatriate the bodies of those who were killed in the conflict, Nepal's foreign minister said Thursday. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal asks Russia to send back Nepalis recruited to fight in Ukraine and the bodies of those killed

Nepal’s top diplomat says his country has asked Russia to send back hundreds of Nepali nationals who were recruited to fight in Ukraine and repatriate the bodies of those who were killed in the … more

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA | 1/25/24

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 file photo, two ultra-Orthodox Jewish men walk in Antwerp, Belgium. Antisemitism is on the rise in Belgium since the Hamas attack against Israel that triggered a war in Gaza. According to the latest figures released Thursday by an independent body fighting discrimination, 91 reports related to the Israel-Hamas conflict were received between Oct. 7 and Dec. 7 last year. M (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Antisemitic acts have risen sharply in Belgium since the Israel-Hamas war began

Antisemitism is on the rise in Belgium since the Hamas attack against Israel that triggered a war in Gaza. According to the latest figures released Thursday by an independent body fighting … more

1/25/24

This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University shows an image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) of a robotic moon rover called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, on the moon. (JAXA/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University via AP)

Japan's precision moon lander has hit its target, but it appears to be upside-down

Japan’s space agency said Thursday that its first lunar mission hit the tiny patch of the moon’s surface it was aiming for in a successful demonstration of its pinpoint landing system — … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 1/25/24

People Power Party lawmaker Bae Hyunjin speaks at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on May 31, 2023. South Korean police say a governing party lawmaker is being treated at a Seoul hospital after being attacked by an unidentified man who struck her head with a rock-like object. (Go Bum-joon/Newsis via AP)

South Korean police say a lawmaker has been injured in an attack with a rock-like object

South Korean police say a governing party lawmaker is being treated at a Seoul hospital after being attacked by an unidentified man who struck her head with a rock-like object. A police official says … more

By JIWON SONG | 1/25/24

In this photo provided by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, its members clear snow off to make enough space for vehicles to move on an expressway near or in Sekigahara, central Japan, Wednesday, Jan. 24. 2024, following heavy snow in the area. Weather officials in Japan predicted more heavy snow Thursday, a day after nearly 800 vehicles were trapped for hours on an expressway in central Japan. (Japan Ground Self-Defense Force via AP)

More heavy snow expected in Japan after 800 vehicles trapped on expressway

Weather officials in Japan predicted more heavy snow Thursday, a day after nearly 800 vehicles were trapped for fours on an expressway in central Japan. The 4-mile traffic jam happened after two … more

1/25/24

A couple view the skyline of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jan. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

AP PHOTOS: In Vietnam, vibrant Ho Chi Minh City is a magnet that pulls in millions

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — From the sky, the sprawling Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam appears to erupt from the green expanse of the riverine delta that surrounds it. Millions of … more

By JAE C. HONG and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL | 1/24/24

A TV screen shows a report of North Korea's cruise missiles with file footage during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. South Korea's military says North Korea fired several cruise missiles into waters off its western coast, adding to a provocative run of weapons demonstrations in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with the United States, South Korea and Japan. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea says it tested a new cruise missile in the latest example of its expanding capabilities

North Korea says it has conducted its first flight test of a new cruise missile, as it expands its military capabilities in the face of tensions with the United States and neighbors. The test was … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 1/24/24

Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a media briefing on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)

Russia's top diplomat accuses US, South Korea and Japan of preparing for war with North Korea

Russia’s top diplomat is accusing the United States, South Korea and Japan of preparing for war with North Korea. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a U.N. news conference Wednesday that this new … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 1/24/24

FILE - Palestinians transport a captured Israeli civilian, Adina Moshe, from her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz to the Gaza Strip, Oct. 7, 2023. The 72-year-old Israeli woman held captive by Hamas militants for nearly 50 days told an Israeli TV channel Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, that she was held at length in a dark, humid tunnel where she met Hamas’ leader and helped pass the time with a makeshift lecture series by her knowledgeable fellow hostages. (AP Photo, File)

Freed Israeli hostage says she met Hamas' leader in a tunnel, where she was kept in dire conditions

A 72-year-old Israeli woman held captive by Hamas militants for nearly 50 days has told an Israeli TV channel that she was held at length in a dark, humid tunnel where she met Hamas’ leader. She … more

By TIA GOLDENBERG | 1/24/24

Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala disembarks from a prison truck upon his arrival at the magistrates courts in Harare, Wednesday, Jan, 24. 2024. A Zimbabwean court is expected to give judgment Wednesday on Sikhala who spent nearly two years in pretrial detention on political charges. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

A Zimbabwe opposition figure seen by supporters as the face of resistance to repression is convicted

A Zimbabwean opposition figure who has spent close to 600 days in pretrial detention has been convicted of inciting public violence. Some supporters sobbed at the treatment of a man seen by many as … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 1/24/24

A Syrian man who lives in Cyprus waves to his relatives from Syria as they sit inside a bus at the Pournara migrant reception center in Kokkinotrimithia outside of capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Officials say at least four people have been hospitalized after Cypriot police rescued 60 Syrian migrants found aboard a rickety wooden boat off the island nation's southeastern tip. They have been at sea for six days. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus rescues 60 Syrian migrants from rickety boat after 6 days at sea. Five minors hospitalized

Officials in Cyrpus say police have rescued 60 Syrian migrants from a rickety wooden boat that had been at sea six days and appeared to have run short of food and water. Five minors have been … more

1/24/24

FILE - A resident of a riverside community carries food and containers of drinking water after being distributed due to the ongoing drought in Careiro da Varzea, Amazonas state, Brazil, Oct. 24, 2023. Human-induced global warming was the primary driver of last year's severe drought in the Amazon that sent rivers to record lows, researchers said Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo /Edmar Barros, File)

Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds

Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of the severe drought in the Amazon last year that sent rivers to record lows, isolated hundreds of river communities and killed … more

BY FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 1/24/24