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FILE- Spanish couples take their newly adopted Chinese children for a walk in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, March 7, 2007. (AP Photo/Greg Baker, File)

China halts foreign adoptions for its children

The Chinese government is no longer allowing international adoptions of its children. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said Thursday that the only exception will be for blood relatives adopting … more

9/5/24

Federal court workers block the road in front of the Senate to protest the government's proposed judicial reform in Mexico City, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

What’s at stake in Mexico's judicial system under sweeping overhaul pushed by the president

Mexico’s governing party says judges in the current court system are corrupt, and it wants to push through a unusual proposal to make the country’s entire judicial branch — some 7,000 judges … more

By MARÍA VERZA | 9/5/24

The coffin with the body of New Zealand's Maori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, is carried up Taupiri Mountain for burial in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Alan Gibson)

A Māori king who urged racial unity in New Zealand is laid to rest and a new queen rises

New Zealand's Māori monarch, Kīngi Tūheitia, has been laid to rest atop a sacred mountain as his youngest daughter, Ngā wai hono i te po, became the second Māori queen in a tradition dating back … more

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ALAN GIBSON | 9/5/24

FILE- Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during a press conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Jan. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

Students in Bangladesh forced out the country's leader a month ago. Where do things stand now?

It’s been a month since a student-led movement ousted Bangladesh's prime minister, Sheikh Hasina. What began as student protests over government jobs became a weekslong, large-scale revolt against … more

By JULHAS ALAM | 9/4/24

FILE - Flags fly outside the United Nations headquarters during the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Jennifer Peltz, File)

UN officials hail limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow polio vaccinations

United Nations officials are hailing limited pauses in the fighting between Israel and Hamas to allow children’s polio vaccinations as rare moments of hope in the war in Gaza. U.N. officials spoke … more

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN | 9/4/24

People run from tear gas fired by police to disperse protesters demanding police and the Prime Minister take immediate action against gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

The US mulls a peacekeeping operation for Haiti to secure money and equipment to fight gangs

The U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs says the U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a current mission led by … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 9/4/24

FILE - This June 2024 photo provided by Survival International shows members of the Mashco Piro along Las Piedras River in the Amazon near the community of Monte Salvado, in Madre de Dios province, Peru. (Survival International via AP, File)

Remote Indigenous tribe kills two loggers in Peru as rights groups call for more government action

Two loggers have been killed by the reclusive Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru's Amazon. The loggers encroached on their land, according to local rights groups, in the latest event of rising … more

By STEVEN GRATTAN | 9/4/24

Bodies of people killed by suspected Boko Haram Islamist extremists are transported for burial, in Tarmuwa, northeast Nigeria, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Abu)

Boko Haram militants on motorcycles attacked a Nigerian village, killing over 100, residents say

Residents in northeastern Nigeria say at least 100 villagers were killed when suspected Boko Haram Islamic extremists opened fire on a market, on worshippers and in people’s homes. The killings in … more

By HARUNA UMAR | 9/4/24

FILE - People pay their respects at the Grenfell tower to mark the two-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower block fire, in London, Friday, June 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

The Grenfell fire inquiry has ended with a damning report. So now what?

Now that an independent inquiry has completed its investigation into Britain’s deadliest residential fire since World War II, survivors and bereaved relatives are demanding that criminal charges be … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 9/4/24

Madeleine Mbalaka, centre, whose son was killed during the recently attempted jailbreak sits outside her house with family members in Kinshasa, Congo, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. Families of those that died in what Congo's authorities described as an attempted jailbreak in the country's biggest prison demand answers from the government, as criticism mounts over what activists describe as inhumane conditions in Congo's overcrowded penitentiary facilities. (AP Photo/Benz Bokote)

Questions swirl around attempted jailbreak in Congo as families of victims demand accountability

Families of those killed in what officials called an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s biggest prison are demanding answers as activists denounce what they say are inhumane conditions in the … more

By JEAN-YVES KAMALE | 9/4/24

FILE - This satellite photo taken by Planet Labs PBC shows two Chinese corvettes docked at the Ream Naval Base, Cambodia, on the Gulf of Thailand, May 8, 2024. (Planet Labs PBC via AP File)

Cambodia says China gifting 2 warships as it finishes work expanding strategically important port

Cambodia’s Defense Ministry says China is giving its navy two warships of the type it has had docked for months at a strategically important base being expanded with Beijing’s funding. The base … more

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING | 9/4/24

A boat thought to be with migrants is seen in the sea near the Wimereux beach, France, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. A boat carrying migrants ripped apart in the English Channel as they attempted to reach Britain from northern France on Tuesday, plunging dozens into the treacherous waterway and leaving 12 dead, authorities said. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)

Migrant boat seen trying to make an apparent crossing of English Channel a day after 12 people died

Another boat carrying several dozen people appears to be making another attempt to cross the English Channel seemingly to Britain from northern France just a day after 12 migrants died. Associated … more

9/4/24

FILE - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi gestures during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Cairo, Egypt, on Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool, File)

Egyptian President el-Sissi makes his first visit to Turkey, as relations thaw

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi is making his first official visit to Turkey after the two countries ended years of tensions. El-Sissi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are set to … more

9/4/24

FILE - Migrants aboard a Cyprus marine police patrol boat as they're brought to a harbor after being rescued from their own vessel off the Mediterranean island nation's southeastern coast of Protaras, Cyprus, on Jan. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Rights group alleges Lebanon and Cyprus violated refugees' human rights and EU funds paid for it

A global watchdog report says European Union aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights. Human Rights Watch released a report … more

By ABBY SEWELL | 9/4/24

FILE - Serhii Shumei talks to his son Vitalii, a Ukrainian officer heavily wounded in a battle with Russian forces, in a city hospital in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 11, 2023. Vitalii, a long-range anti-aircraft missile commander, was wounded in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine that has become synonymous with horrific losses in ongoing fighting for both Ukraine and Russia. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Hope for recovery emerges for a Ukrainian soldier who suffered a severe brain injury 2 years ago

A devoted father has stayed by the side of his bedridden son for two years. Vitalii Shumei is a Ukrainian soldier who suffered a severe brain injury. His father finds joy in every small victory of … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA | 9/4/24

FILE- An Iraqi woman protests against a proposed law to permit underage female marriage in Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, July 28, 2024. Rights groups and many Iraqi women fear the country's parliament will open the door to child marriages as lawmakers consider legal changes that would give religious authorities more power over family law. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say

Rights groups and many Iraqi women fear the country's parliament will open the door to child marriages as lawmakers consider legal changes that would give religious authorities more power over family … more

By STELLA MARTANY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 9/4/24

A farm laborer picks coca leaves on a hillside of the Micay Canyon, southwestern Colombia, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024. The Micay Canyon, which plays a key role in the illicit trade of both drugs and weapons, connects the Andes mountains and the Pacific Ocean along dozens of remote trails used to bring cocaine to small ports where it is loaded unto homemade submarines heading to Central America. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Cocaine trade in the rugged Micay Canyon threatens Colombia's peace efforts

In the rugged Micay Canyon of southwestern Colombia, rebel groups have beefed up their presence over the past two years despite efforts by Colombian President Gustavo Petro to negotiate peace deals … more

By MARKO ÁLVAREZ | 9/4/24

FILE - Protesters clash with police during demonstrations against the official election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro's reelection, the day after the vote in Caracas, Venezuela, July 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Human rights group implicates Venezuelan security forces in killings during post-election protests

A global human rights watchdog has implicated Venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed groups in killings that occurred during the protests that followed the country’s disputed July … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 9/4/24

Law students block a street to protest against constitutional reform proposals that would make judges stand for election, outside a sports center where lawmakers are meeting as an alternative due to other demonstrators blocking the Congress building in Mexico City, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. The signs read in Spanish: "Call us to ignore us," and "The future of the next decades in Mexico is being voted on now!" (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

As Mexican protesters block Congress over judicial overhaul, lawmakers head to vote in nearby gym

Protesters in Mexico City are blocking entrances to Congress over proposals that would make judges stand for election. Many employees, including those at the Supreme Court, have gone on strike to … more

By MEGAN JANETSKY | 9/3/24

FILE - President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters in Caracas, Venezuela, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Christmas in Venezuela kicks off in October, President Maduro has declared

The world’s attention on Venezuela has focused lately on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won, the persecution of … more

By JORGE RUEDA | 9/3/24