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A man walks in the ward where Pope Francis is hospitalized at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Italy, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope had a good night's rest after overcoming possible risks from respiratory crisis

The Vatican says Pope Francis has had a good night’s rest. All indications suggest he has overcome the possible risks from a respiratory crisis last week. He is stable, off mechanical ventilation … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 3/3/25

As nations mark World Wildlife Day, conservationists in Kenya are warning of shrinking wildlife spaces in the country. But they also cite an opportunity in what are known as wildlife corridors — strips of land connecting areas that would otherwise be separated by human activities. (AP video shot by Jackson Njehia)

'Wildlife corridors' are encouraged to support Kenya's recovering animal populations

As nations mark World Wildlife Day, conservationists in Kenya are warning of shrinking wildlife spaces in a country that generates substantial revenue from wildlife tourism. While conservation … more

By NICHOLAS KOMU | 3/3/25

A student participates in an active shooter drill at the Socrates elementary school in Culiacan, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Cartel-plagued Mexican city pins hopes on Trump's anti-drug trafficking pressure

In Mexico's Culiacan, a city of 1 million residents, an elementary school principal starts each day checking for shootouts before deciding whether to cancel classes. For the past six months, Culiacan … more

By MARÍA VERZA | 3/3/25

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference at Canada House in London on Sunday, March 2, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Trudeau to bring up Trump's threat to annex Canada in meeting with King Charles

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with King Charles III on Monday where he will discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st state. The king has come under … more

By ROB GILLIES | 3/2/25

The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier is escorted into a navy port in Busan, South Korea, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (Son Hyung-ju/Yonhap via AP)

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea, days after North Korea test-fired missiles

A U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea in a show of force, days after North Korea test-launched cruise missiles to demonstrate its counterattack capabilities. South Korea's navy says that … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 3/2/25

A woman takes pictures as it rains in St Peter's Square at The Vatican, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Pope stable and resting in hospital, again skips Sunday noon blessing as he recovers from pneumonia

Pope Francis is resting as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia. But for the third weekend in a row, he's skipping his weekly noon blessing on Sunday to avoid even a brief public … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 3/2/25

Fatima Al-Absi prepares food for her family's iftar, the fast-breaking meal, on the first day of Ramadan in their damaged apartment in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Loss, worry, relief and prayers for better days as Ramadan begins in Gaza amid a fragile ceasefire

For Palestinians observing Ramadan in Gaza, the Muslim holy month started this year under a fragile ceasefire agreement that paused more than 15 months of the Israel-Hamas war. Compared to last … more

By MOHAMMAD JAHJOUH, WAFAA SHURAFA and MARIAM FAM | 3/2/25

Farooq Safar standing in his back yard that was bombed by a Turkish drone in October 2024. Guharze village in Dahuk, Iraq, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Rashid Yahya)

Iraq's displaced Kurds hope to return home after Turkey's Kurdish militants declare a ceasefire

The mountains of northern Iraq have for years been a sanctuary for Kurdish militants fighting a decades-long insurgency against the government in neighboring Turkey. Turkish airstrikes and ground … more

By STELLA MARTANY | 3/2/25

Rita Ninsiina, ebola survivor, leaving the isolation centre at Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala, Uganda Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

A child dies of Ebola in Uganda, raising concern over disease surveillance in outbreak

The World Health Organization says a 4-year-old child has become the second person to die of Ebola in Uganda. It marked a setback for health officials who had hoped for a quick end to the outbreak … more

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA | 3/1/25

Uruguay's incoming President Yamandu Orsi and Vice President Carolina Cosse attend an Inauguration Day ceremony, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Uruguay's new leftist president takes office, facing a financial balancing act

Yamandú Orsi, a telegenic left-leaning former mayor and history teacher, has taken office as Uruguay’s new president. On Saturday in a swearing-in ceremony, he took the helm of a government that … more

By MATILDE CAMPODONICO and ISABEL DEBRE | 3/1/25

Syrian Druze hold up a placard in Arabic reads "Sweida will not be your poisoned dagger in Syria's back." as stage a demonstration against Israeli incursions into Syrian territory in the southern province of Sweida, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Israel's military is told to prepare to defend a Druze community outside Syria's capital

Israel’s defense ministry says the military has been instructed to prepare to defend a Druze settlement in the suburbs of Damascus in neighboring Syria. It asserts that the minority it has vowed to … more

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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer, embraces and greets Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Downing Street, London, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Zelenskyy embraced by British prime minister a day after White House blowout

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy he has the nation’s unwavering support a day after the blowout at the White House with President Donald Trump. … more

By BRIAN MELLEY | 3/1/25

Youngsters hold a photograph of the jailed leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, Abdullah Ocalan as they gather to watch live on a tv screen a Pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, delegation members releasing an statement from Ocalan, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Metin Yoksu)

Turkey's Kurds wary of path to peace after PKK declares ceasefire

A momentous ceasefire declaration has stirred a mix of emotions in southeast Turkey and northern Iraq, where people bore the brunt of the 40-year conflict between Kurdish militants and the Turkish … more

By MUCAHIT CEYLAN and ADNAN AHMAD | 3/1/25

Palestinians hang decorations next to their destroyed homes in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Syrians begin fasting during first Ramadan without Assad family rule in decades

Some restaurants and coffee shops in Syria were closed during the day as observant Muslims began fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. Ramdan, which started in Syria on Saturday, is the first … more

By ABDULRAHMAN SHAHEEN | 3/1/25

Some of 2461 polar swimmers get out of the water after breaking a world record for the largest polar bear dip at a lake in Most, Czech Republic, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Cold-water swimmers in the Czech Republic set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip

Czech cold-water swimmers have set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip. A total of 2,461 took part in the attempt in the Most lake in northwest Czech Republic. The previous record was … more

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People gather for the state funeral for Namibia's founding president Sam Nujoma at Heroes' Acre, in Windhoek, Namibia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)

Namibian founding president Sam Nujoma is laid to rest and praised as the last African liberator

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president who steered the country to freedom from apartheid South Africa, has been laid to rest in the country’s Heroes Acre cemetery following a state funeral … more

By SONJA SMITH | 3/1/25

Hamas says there's been 'no progress' on second ceasefire phase in indirect talks with Israel

A senior Hamas official says no progress has been made in the latest round of talks on the second phase of the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. It remained unclear … more

By SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING | 3/1/25

In this handout photo supplied by the Indian Army, a team carries out rescue operations for trapped construction workers who were swept away by an avalanche near the Mana Pass in northern Uttarakhand state in Chamoli district, India, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (Indian Army via AP)

At least 4 construction workers are killed in an avalanche in northern India

The Indian army says at least 4 workers have died a day after an avalanche swept away a large construction crew working on a highway near India’s mountainous border with Tibet. The incident took … more

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE | 3/1/25

People gather outside a pro-Taliban seminary 'Darul Uloom Haqqania' following a suicide bombing in a mosque, in Akora Khattak, a district in the Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Thousands attend funeral for senior Taliban-linked cleric slain in Pakistan's northwest

Pakistani authorities are offering a reward for information about a suicide bomber who attacked a mosque in the northwest and killed seven people. Thousands attended the funeral for one of the … more

By RIAZ KHAN | 3/1/25

Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, left, prays during a rosary prayer held for the health of Pope Francis in St Peter's Square at The Vatican, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Pope rests after setback in recovery — a bronchial spasm requiring further ventilation

Pope Francis is resting after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia. The Vatican said doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation following a coughing … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 3/1/25