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FILE - Signs and pictures of those killed, including journalist Brent Renaud, are displayed on a fence during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Lafayette Park near the White House, Sunday, March 13, 2022, in Washington. The International Federation of Journalists says 67 journalists and media staff have been killed around the world so far in 2022, up from 47 last year. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

67 journalists, media workers killed on the job this year

A new report says the war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a 30% spike in the number of journalists killed in 2022 over the previous year. The International … more

12/9/22

In this photo made available by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, is greeted by Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, after his arrival at Al Yamama Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia for Chinese leader Xi's visit

Gulf Arab leaders and others in the Mideast are meeting in Saudi Arabia as part of a state visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. They want to firm up their relations with Beijing as decades of U.S. … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 12/9/22

Nigeria police officers and Civil Defence provides security during an election campaign of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Nigeria's ruling party, ahead of 2023 Presidential elections in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, Nov. 26, 2022. A surge of violence targeting Nigeria's election commission offices and extremist attacks in remote communities are already raising concerns about the upcoming February elections in Africa's most populous nation. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Violent attacks threaten Nigeria's upcoming 2023 elections

Violent attacks targeting Nigeria’s election commission offices are raising concerns about the security of the West African country's upcoming February elections. In the latest attack, assailants … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 12/9/22

Relatives and other protesters from the Roma community chant slogans outside the courthouse in Greece's second largest city of Thessaloniki, holding up photos of an injured 16-year-old and calling for justice, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022. A Greek police officer is appearing in court in northern Greece over the shooting and serious injury of a Roma teenager during a police chase over an allegedly unpaid gas station bill, with protesters gathering outside the courthouse. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

Greek police officer in court over shooting of Roma teen

A Greek police officer is appearing in court in northern Greece over the shooting and serious injury of a Roma teenager during a police chase over an allegedly unpaid gas station bill. Monday’s … more

By COSTAS KANTOURIS | 12/9/22

The illuminated city center with the Cathedral in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. An unprecedented crisis of confidence is shaking the Archdiocese of Cologne. Catholic believers have protested their deeply divisive bishop and are leaving in droves over allegations that he may have covered up clergy sexual abuse reports. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Crisis of confidence over cardinal shakes Cologne Catholics

An unprecedented crisis of confidence is shaking a historic center of Catholicism in Germany. Catholic believers have protested the deeply divisive archbishop of Cologne and are leaving the … more

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | 12/9/22

FILE - Award-winning journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, who was arrested the day before, stands inside a cell after a court hearing, in Guatemala City, Saturday, July 30, 2022. The prominent Guatemalan investigative newspaper “El Periodico” announced on Nov. 30, 2022 that it is stopping its print edition, after the government arrested Zamora, the paper’s president. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Judge orders Guatemalan newspaper chief to stand trial

A judge has ruled that the director of a Guatemalan investigative newspaper will stand trial on charges of money laundering, influence peddling and blackmail. José Rubén Zamora of El Periodico has … more

12/8/22

FILE - Residents who were displaced from their homes due to clashes between armed gangs in La Plaine, are examined at a mobile medical clinic in the Tabare neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 13, 2022. Close to 60% of Haiti’s capital is dominated by gangs whose violence and sexual attacks have caused thousands to flee their homes, the U.N. humanitarian chief in the Caribbean nation said Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

UN aid chief: Gangs control about 60% of Haiti's capital

The U.N. humanitarian chief in Haiti says close to 60% of the capital is dominated by gangs whose violence and sexual attacks have forced thousands to flee their homes. She adds that has left nearly … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 12/8/22

FILE - Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis holds his cellphone during a parliament session in Athens, Greece, Friday Aug. 26, 2022. Lawmakers in Greece on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 were debating draft legislation to outlaw commercial spyware following weeks of allegations that senior government officials may have been targeted. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Greece to ban spyware as wiretap scandal grows

Lawmakers in Greece are set to approve plans to outlaw commercial spyware following weeks of allegations that senior government officials may have been targeted. The use, sale or distribution of … more

By DEREK GATOPOULOS | 12/8/22

A spectator looks at a tiny piece of moon rock encased in a plastic globe, on display at the an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the last of the U.S. manned missions to the moon and the Artemis spacecraft now orbiting the moon, in Nicosia, Cyprus, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. A half century after U.S. astronauts brought it back from the moon's surface, this tiny piece of cosmic rock has finally reached its intended destination, the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Rare Apollo mission moon rock back in Cyprus after 50 years

Half a century after U.S. astronauts brought it back from the moon’s surface, a minute piece of extraterrestrial rock has finally reached its intended destination, the east Mediterranean island … more

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | 12/8/22

FILE - A resident from the Alexandra township gets tested for COVID-19 in Johannesburg, South Africa, April 29, 2020. The World Health Organization's Africa director said Thursday Dec. 8, 2022 that the continent is preparing for the next health crisis by strengthening gaps in health systems found in the continent's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

As COVID-19 becomes routine, Africa readies for next crisis

The World Health Organization’s Africa director said that the continent is preparing for the next health crisis by strengthening gaps in health systems found in the continent's response to the … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 12/8/22

FILE — Emma, 3, who was displaced by the fighting between M23 rebels and FARDC government forces, finds refuge in a school North of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nov. 25, 2022. A new U.N. report says rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least 131 people and inflicted "unspeakable violence" against civilians. The findings published this week in a preliminary investigation by the United Nations, accuses M23 rebels of killing men, women and children in two villages in Congo's Rutshuru territory in North Kivu province last month. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file )

131 civilians killed by M23 rebels in eastern Congo, says UN

A new U.N. report says rebels in eastern Congo have killed at least 131 people and inflicted “unspeakable violence” against civilians. The findings published this week in a preliminary … more

AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO & SAM MEDNICK | 12/8/22

A Ukrainian volunteer Oleksandr Osetynskyi, 44 holds a Ukrainian flag and directs hundreds of refugees after fleeing from the Ukraine and arriving at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Monday, March 7, 2022. This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched. Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine unleashed misery on millions of Ukrainians, shattered Europe’s sense of security, ripped up the geopolitical map and rocked the global economy. The shockwaves made life more expensive in homes across Europe, worsened a global migrant crisis and complicated the world’s response to climate change. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

2022 was year the horror of war returned to Europe

This was the year war returned to Europe, and few facets of life were left untouched. Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine unleashed misery on millions of Ukrainians, shattered Europe’s … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 12/8/22

A Federal Police officer tries to remove a 'Last Generation' activist from a street at the BER Airport in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. Climate activists have briefly disrupted traffic at Munich and Berlin airport in Germany, in a protest against the environmental impact of air travel. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

Climate activists stage protests at 2 German airports

Climate activists have briefly disrupted traffic at Munich airport in southern Germany, in a protest against the environmental impact of air travel. The group Last Generation said some of its members … more

12/8/22

Oleksandra Matviichuk, head of the Center for Civil Liberties, arrives at Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Norway, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was shared by jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the laureates “have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy.” The prize was seen as a strong rebuke to the authoritarian rule of Putin. (Javad Parsa/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Nobel laureate: No lasting peace in Ukraine without justice

The Ukrainian rights activist who leads the group that won this year's Nobel Peace Prize says there will be no lasting peace in Ukraine until there is justice and human rights. Oleksandra Matviichuk … more

By JAN M. OLSEN | 12/8/22

FILE - A Romanian border police officer, seen through a plexiglass fence, patrols a railway border crossing point between Romania and Moldova in Ungheni, Romania, on Jan. 18, 2011. European Union countries will weigh on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, whether the bloc's three newest members — Bulgaria, Romania, and Croatia — can fully open their borders and participate in Europe's ID check-free travel zone, but more delays to their entry appear likely. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

EU split over newest members joining ID-check-free zone

European Union countries are to weigh whether Romania, Bulgaria, and Croatia can fully open their borders and participate in Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone. But concerns over migration appear … more

By STEPHEN McGRATH and LORNE COOK | 12/8/22

Aisha Ali, 40, cries as she and her daughter Husseina, 9, wait in Tabawa, northeastern Nigeria, for four her or children to be prepared for burial Wednesday Oct. 26, 2022. When floodwaters reached her hut made of woven straw mats and raffia palms, she packed up what belongings she could and set off on foot with her eight youngest children. "While the flood was trying to destroy things, we were trying to save ourselves," she said.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

'God's plan': Family flees amid catastrophic Nigeria floods

This year, heavy rains inundated Nigeria and neighboring countries, causing flooding the region hasn’t seen in at least a decade. Hundreds have died. When the floodwaters reached Aisha Ali’s hut … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 12/8/22

Metropolitan Oleksandr delivers a religious service with clerics inside the Transfiguration of Jesus Orthodox Cathedral during blackout caused by recent Russian rocket attacks, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022. A top Orthodox priest in Ukraine's capital says he supports the efforts of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government and counter-intelligence agency to end Russian spying and meddling in Ukrainian politics through a Moscow-affiliated church. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being praised and criticized for proposing legislation that could crack down on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for alleged ties to Moscow. He is proposing … more

By PETER SMITH and VASILISA STEPANENKO | 12/8/22

A foreign tourist looks at the plaque bearing names of the victims of the Bali bombings at the Bali Bombing Memorial Monument in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022. An Islamic militant convicted of making the explosives used in the 2002 attack that killed over 200 people was paroled Wednesday, after serving about half of his original 20-year prison sentence, despite strong objections by Australia, which lost scores of citizens in the Indonesian attacks. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

Australia wants Indonesia to monitor released bombmaker

Australia’s government says it is seeking assurances from Indonesia that the man convicted of making the bombs used in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks would continue to be monitored after his … more

12/8/22

FILE - Jailed, former Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina attends his pre-trial hearing for alleged corruption in Guatemala City, July 22, 2016. A Guatemalan court is expected to announce on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022 its ruling in a different case, for alleged fraud, by Perez Molina. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Guatemalan court convicts ex-president of fraud, conspiracy

A court in Guatemala has convicted former President Otto Pérez Molina and his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, on fraud and conspiracy counts. Both were acquitted Wednesday of illegal enrichment … more

12/7/22

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 9, 2022. Time Magazine on Wednesday Dec. 7, 2022 named Zelenskyy its person of the year, awarding him the accolade “for proving that courage can be as contagious as fear.” (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

Zelenskyy and 'spirit of Ukraine' named Time person of year

Time Magazine has named Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy its person of the year. It awarded him the accolade “for proving that courage can be as contagious as fear.” He was named alongside … more

12/7/22