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People gather at the scene of an Israeli missile strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

What to know about the growing conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah

This week saw a dizzying escalation in the 11-month-old conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. First came two days of exploding pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah — deadly … more

By LEE KEATH | 9/20/24

This video grab, shows a walkie-talkie that was exploded inside a house, in Baalbek, east Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo)

Did Middle East device attack violate international law? Advocates want an investigation

Human rights advocates are calling for an independent investigation into the deadly explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon and Syria. Some advocates have suggested that the blasts … more

By JAMEY KEATEN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 9/20/24

New Zealand's army chief Major General Rose King, the first woman to head a military service in the country, is interviewed by The Associated Press at the defense headquarters in Wellington on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Tantrum)

New Zealand’s army chief: Pacific nations need tailored military training

New Zealand’s army chief, Maj. Gen. Rose King, has highlighted the challenges Pacific Island nations face with foreign military training in an interview with The Associated Press. She explained … more

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY | 9/20/24

This handout photo shows a polar bear that was shot by the police after being considered a threat to people nearby, authorities said, in Westfjords, Iceland, Thursday Sept. 19, 2024. The bear was shot near a summer home in the Westfjords in the north west tip of Iceland. (Ingvar Jakobsson via AP)

A rare polar bear showed up on the shores of Iceland. Police shot it

Authorities say a rare polar bear spotted in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat. The bear seen outside a cottage in the northwest of Iceland was shot Thursday afternoon. It … more

By BRIAN MELLEY | 9/20/24

This photo shows the Unit 2 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan, on Aug. 22, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan and China reach deal over Fukushima water release and move closer to resolving seafood ban

Japan and China said Friday they have reached a deal toward resolving their disputes over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | 9/20/24

In this undated photo released by Roscosmos space corporation, Russians Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub are shown aboard the International Space Station on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. They set the record for the longest continuous presence on the ISS, more than 370 days. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

2 Russians set record for longest single stay on the International Space Station

Russia’s space agency says two Russians have set a record for the longest continuous stay on the International Space Station. Roscosmos said that Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub on Friday broke the … more

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This photo shows a house where a Hungarian company that allegedly manufactured pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria, is headquartered in Budapest Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Woman whose firm was linked to the exploding pagers is under Hungarian protection, her mother says

The mother of the woman whose company was linked to thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria says her daughter is under the protection of the Hungarian secret services. Cristiana … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE, PAOLO SANTALUCIA and SARAH EL DEEB | 9/20/24

Israeli Iron Dome air defense system fires to intercept a rocket fired from Lebanon, in northern Israel, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Hezbollah hits northern Israel with 140 rockets

Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets. The strikes came a day after the militant group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to retaliate against Israel for a mass bombing attack. Israel’s … more

By JULIA FRANKEL | 9/20/24

Filipino Sen. Risa Hontiveros, who has led an investigation into the massive online gambling and scam operations in the Philippines, speaks at a news briefing in Manila, Philippines, Friday Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Jim Gomez)

Philippine senator says China should do more to help fight cybercrime gangs

China should do more to battle the illegal online gambling and scam call centers run by Chinese criminal syndicates in Southeast Asian countries often using forced labor, a Philippine senator who led … more

By JIM GOMEZ | 9/20/24

The legal team, from left, barrister Bruce Drummond, Dean Armstrong KC, attorney Gloria Allred, Natacha and barrister Maria Mulla, who featured in 'Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods' attend a press conference to discuss their involvement in the investigation and the legal claim against Harrods for failing to provide a safe system of work for their employees, at Kent House in Knightsbridge, London, Friday Sept. 20, 2024. Multiple ex-Harrods employees have accused Mohamed Al Fayed, the Egyptian billionaire who owned the luxury department store for more than 25 years, of rape and sexual assault. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Lawyers say former Harrods boss Al Fayed was a 'monster' who abused young women and girls

Lawyers representing dozens of women who say they were raped and sexually abused by Mohamed Al Fayed, the former boss of the famous London department store Harrods, said the case was akin to the … more

By PAN PYLAS | 9/20/24

A woman wearing a face mask walks down a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday Sept. 20, 2024 on a day with poor air quality. (AP Photo/Tony Hicks)

Residents in Kyiv told to stay indoors as air pollution blankets the Ukrainian capital

Authorities in Ukraine have advised residents in the capital Kyiv to stay indoors as air pollution, partly caused by fires in the region, blanketed the city. Ukraine’s Ministry of Environmental … more

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In this photograph provided by SEA LIFE Melbourne, Pesto, a huge king penguin chick who weighs as much as both his parents combined, mingles in his enclosure at Australia's Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium, Sept. 3, 2024, and has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at the aquarium. (SEA LIFE Melbourne via AP)

Huge Australian king penguin chick Pesto grows into social media star

A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium. Weighing 22 kilograms at 9 … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 9/20/24

A Cape fur seal on Seal Island near Cape Town, South Africa, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)

Scientists in South Africa say they have identified the first known outbreak of rabies in seals

Tests on dead Cape fur seals in South Africa have shown some had rabies. Scientists say they believe it's the first evidence of the incurable disease spreading in a marine mammal species. Rabies … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 9/20/24

Severe floods on Wednesday continued to ravage northeastern Nigeria, impacting more than 400,000 people, according to the United Nations. Aerials showed the extent of flooding which has displaced hundreds of thousands.

'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa

As torrential rains sweep through Central and West Africa, floods have killed more than 1,000 people and displaced hundreds of thousands across the region. The extreme weather has worsened existing … more

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN and MONIKA PRONCZUK | 9/20/24

In this image made from video provided by Media TV, personnel respond to a stabbing incident late Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024, in the port city of Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Media TV via AP)

Dutch police seek witnesses to Rotterdam stabbing that left 1 dead and another seriously wounded

Dutch police are appealing for witnesses as they investigate a stabbing in which one man was killed and another seriously wounded in the port city of Rotterdam. A suspect was arrested after being … more

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President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, left, is greeted as she arrives at the railway station in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool via AP)

The EU's chief is trying to help Ukraine prepare for winter. Half its energy network is destroyed.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is in Ukraine, focused on helping the country to repair and reconnect its war-damaged electricity grid and boost its heating capacity as winter … more

By LORNE COOK | 9/20/24

FILE - Family nurse practitioner Carol Ramsubhag-Carela prepares a syringe with the Mpox vaccine before inoculating a patient at a vaccinations site on Aug. 30, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)

Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa

The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from Nigeria. Dr. Nicaise Ndembi from the Africa Centres for Disease Control … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 9/19/24

The dead body of man, his arm marked with a tattoo of the Virgin of Guadalupe, lies covered on a street in La Costerita neighborhood of Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexican president blames the US for bloodshed in Sinaloa as cartel violence surges

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has blamed the United States in part for the surge in cartel violence terrorizing the northern state of Sinaloa which has left at least 30 people dead … more

By EDUARDO VERDUGO | 9/19/24

FILE - An elderly patient receives an intravenous drip while using a ventilator in the hallway of the emergency ward in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin

Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people. Researchers analyzed genetic material gathered from the Chinese … more

By MARIA CHENG | 9/19/24

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to members of the media in Rome, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Phil Noble/Pool Photo via AP)

UK leader Starmer is facing flak for taking freebies. He says he's done nothing wrong

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was elected in July on a promise to restore trust in politics. Now he's trying to shake off criticism over donations from a wealthy businessman and the hefty … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 9/19/24