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The defense chiefs from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries excluding Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and Niger pose for a group photo during their extraordinary meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, to discuss the situation in Niger. (AP Photo/ Chinedu Asadu)
Niger's junta isn't backing down, and a regional force prepares to intervene. Here’s what to expect
Regional mediation efforts to reverse the coup in Niger collapsed as soon as they started. Tensions are escalating as Sunday's deadline nears for possible military intervention by other West African … more
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Police officers prepare to take position outside the residence of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. A Pakistani court convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan in asset concealment case Saturday, which could disqualify him from politics. It’s a fresh blow to Khan’s bid to return to power. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Pakistani police arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan
Pakistani police on Saturday arrested former Prime Minister Khan at his home in the eastern city of Lahore. It’s the second time the popular opposition leader has been detained this year. Earlier … more
A man watches his mobile phone of broadcasting the election result by the National Election Committee (NEC), at a coffee shop outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023. Cambodia's electoral body on Saturday announced its final result that see ruling party of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen has won a landslide victory from last month election, securing another mandate for the next five years. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Cambodia electoral body confirms Prime Minister Hun Sen's party as the winner after final vote tally
Cambodia’s electoral body has announced its final result for last month's election, sealing a landslide victory for the ruling party of long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen and a mandate for the … more
In this undated photo provided by Bloomsbury Publishing on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, Adrienne Vaughan poses for a portrait. Vaughan, who was president of the company headquartered in New York, died in a boating accident off Italy's Amalfi Coast, her company said Friday. (Bloomsbury Publishing via AP)
U.S. publishing executive dies in a boat crash off Italy's Amalfi Coast
A U.S. publishing executive has died in a boating accident off Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Bloomsbury Publishing Inc. identified her as 45-year-old Adrienne Vaughan, who was president of the company's … more
Tents are pitched at a scout camping site during the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. More than 100 people were treated for heat-related illnesses at the World Scout Jamboree being held in South Korea, which is having one of its hottest summers in years. (Choe Young-soo/Yonhap via AP)
British scouts to leave South Korean Jamboree site after 100 participants suffer heat ailments
The U.K. Scout Association says more than 4,000 British Scouts will leave the World Scout Jamboree at a campsite in South Korea and move into hotels this weekend, as concerns grow after more than 100 … more
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FILE - Riot police fire tear gas grenades at demonstrators during protests in the capital Nairobi, Kenya on July 7, 2023. The United States is praising Kenya's interest in leading a multinational force in Haiti. But weeks ago, the U.S. openly warned Kenyan police officers against violent abuses. Now 1,000 of those police officers might head to Haiti to take on gang warfare. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
Kenyan doctors say civilians were shot, and some killed, while running from police during protests
Doctors in Kenya say the bullet wounds that civilians received during opposition protests last month show that most were shot while running from police or trying to surrender. The findings are in a … more
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National Conference (NC) leader and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah speaks to Associated Press at his residence in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug., 4, 2023. Kashmir’s top pro-India politician says the disputed region is lacking democracy four years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Hindu nationalist party stripped its statehood, separate constitution and inherited protections on land and jobs. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status
Kashmir’s top pro-India politician says the disputed region lacks democracy four years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist party stripped its statehood. Kashmir's … more
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FILE - Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 8, 2023. Violent unrest is escalating in Ethiopia’s Amhara region as federal security forces clash with a local ethnic militia, leading the deputy prime minister in an unusually outspoken statement to call the situation “increasingly grave.” (Ahmed Yosri/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Ethiopia's declaring a state of emergency in its Amhara region as local fighters clash with military
Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers is declaring a state of emergency in the country’s Amhara region after authorities pleaded for help as clashes intensify between regional forces and the military. … more
US and UN should impose more sanctions on Sudanese leaders for alleged atrocities, rights group says
A leading human rights group has called on the United States and the United Nations to impose more sanctions on the Sudanese leaders responsible for the ongoing atrocities in Darfur. Human Rights … more
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Dorothee Klaus, Director of UNRWA in Lebanon, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Damages to the school complex in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp from clashes that erupted between factions in the camp over the past week could delay the start of the school year for some 6,000 children, the Lebanon head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Damage from clashes could delay start of school year in Lebanon's largest Palestinian camp, UN says
The United Nations says damage to the school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp from clashes between factions could delay the start of the school year for some 6,000 children. … more
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Pope Francis speaks to representatives of some aid and charity centers in the parish of Serafina ahead of Sunday's 37th World Youth Day in Lisbon, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Francis is in Portugal through the weekend to preside over the jamboree that St. John Paul II launched in the 1980s to encourage young Catholics in their faith. The Argentine Jesuit has picked up John Paul's mantle with gusto as he seeks to inspire the next generation to rally behind his key social justice and environmental priorities.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope visits a once-troubled Lisbon neighborhood and says true charity must 'get your hands dirty'
Pope Francis is drawing attention to the charitable side of the Catholic Church by visiting a once troubled and crime-plagued neighborhood of Portugal's capital. Francis reminded charity workers at a … more
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FILE - Andrew Tate gives a thumbs up upon exiting the Court of Appeal in Bucharest, Romania, on July 6, 2023. Andrew Tate, the divisive internet influencer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, won an appeal on Friday Aug. 4, 2023 to be released from house arrest and will instead be put under judicial control measures, his spokesperson said. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)
Influencer Andrew Tate released from house arrest while he awaits human trafficking and rape trial
Andrew Tate, the divisive internet influencer who is charged in Romania with rape, human trafficking, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women, has won his appeal to be released from … more
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FILE - In this photo provided by the Moscow City Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny makes a heart gesture standing in a cage during a hearing in Moscow, Russia on Feb. 3, 2021. Navalny is due to hear the verdict Friday Aug. 4, 2023 in his latest trial on extremism charges. The prosecution has demanded a 20-year prison sentence, and the politician himself said he expects a lengthy prison term. (Moscow City Court via AP, File)
Protests, poisoning and prison: The life of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
In a span of a decade, Alexei Navalny has gone from the Kremlin’s biggest foe to Russia’s most prominent political prisoner. Already serving two convictions that have landed him in prison for at … more
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In this photo released by public relations of the State Railway of Thailand, Gov. of the State Railway of Thailand Nirut Maneepan, fourth form left, talks to police at a crash site in Muang, Chachoengsao province, Thailand, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Several people were killed when a freight train struck a pickup truck, seen rear left, crossing the tracks in an eastern province of Thailand early Friday morning, authorities said. (Public relations of the State Railway of Thailand via AP )
Thailand train collision with pickup truck kills 8 people and injures 4, railway agency says
Eight people were killed when a freight train struck a pickup truck crossing the tracks in an eastern province of Thailand. The State Railway of Thailand says the accident at 2:20 a.m. Friday also … more
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FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers from behind a glass cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 20, 2021. Navalny due to hear the verdict Friday Aug. 4, 2023 in his latest trial on extremism charges. The prosecution has demanded a 20-year prison sentence, and the politician himself said he expects a lengthy prison term. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Russia to announce a verdict in Navalny's case; Kremlin critic expects lengthy prison term
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is due to hear the verdict in his latest trial on extremism charges. The prosecution has demanded a 20-year prison sentence, and the politician … more
FILE - Cats sit in a shelter at the main linear park, in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on July 19, 2023. Cyprus’ veterinarians association on Friday Aug. 4, 2023 lauded a government decision to allow its stock of human coronavirus medication to be used on cats to fight a local mutation of a feline virus that has killed thousands of animals on the Mediterranean island. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
Cyprus allows human COVID-19 medications to be used on cats to fight deadly virus mutation
Veterinarians in Cyprus are lauding a government decision to allow its stock of human COVID-19 medication to be used against a feline virus that has killed thousands of cats on the Mediterranean … more
FILE - French soldiers disembark from a U.S. Air Force C130 cargo plane at Niamey, Niger base, on June 9, 2021. On Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, night, the junta said on state television it was terminating the military agreements and protocols signed with it's former colonial ruler, France. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
Mutinous soldiers in Niger sever military ties with France while president says he's a hostage
Niger’s military junta says it is severing military agreements with France, its former colonial ruler. It's also firing some of the previous government’s key ambassadors and warning citizens of … more
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Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his offices in Harare, Monday, Aug 31, 2023.Chamisa accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of "violating the law" and "tearing apart" independent institutions to cling on to power.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe's opposition leader tells AP intimidation is forcing voters to choose ruling party or death
Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power. Nelson Chamisa also gave warning in an … more
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, trapped residents are rescued by boat in the flood-hit Fangshan district on the outskirts of Beijing on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. China's capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri deluged the region, turning streets into canals where emergency crews used rubber boats to rescue stranded residents. (Ren Chao/Xinhua via AP)
Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues continue and areas downriver brace for high water
Heavy rain and high water levels of China's northeastern rivers are threatening cities downstream, prompting the evacuation of thousands. Hebei province, which surrounds the capital Beijing on three … more
Chaldean Christians attend a service in the Mar Youssef Cathedral in Irbil, Iraq, on Sunday, July 30, 2023. Today, the number of Christians in Iraq is 150,000, compared to 1.5 million in 2003. (AP Photo/Julia Zimmermann/Metrography)
A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians
A feud between two prominent Christian leaders has divided believers of the faith in Iraq. The dispute involves a Vatican-appointed cardinal and a militia leader, with land and influence at the core … more
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