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FILE - Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida wave to supporters after presiding over the opening of a new mass transit station in Bangkok, Thailand on Nov. 14, 2020. Thailand's king and queen have tested positive for COVID-19, and so far have only mild symptoms, the royal palace said Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Rapeephat Sitichailapa, File)

Thailand's king, queen test positive for COVID-19

Thailand’s king and queen have tested positive for COVID-19, and so far have only mild symptoms. The royal palace in Bangkok says doctors prescribed treatment for King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen … more

12/17/22

Ukrainian State Emergency Service firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the building which was destroyed by a Russian attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Russian forces launched at least 60 missiles across Ukraine on Friday, officials said, reporting explosions in at least four cities, including Kyiv. At least two people were killed by a strike on a residential building in central Ukraine, where a hunt was on for survivors. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Dead boy pulled from rubble of latest Russian hit on Ukraine

Emergency crews have pulled the body of a toddler from the rubble in a pre-dawn search for survivors of a Russian missile strike that tore through an apartment building in the central Ukrainian city … more

12/17/22

Rescue teams continue the search for victims caught in a landslide, Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, in Batang Kali, Malaysia. A landslide Friday, Dec. 16, 2022, at a tourist campground in Malaysia left more than a dozen of people dead and authorities said a dozen of others were feared buried at the site on an organic farm outside the capital of Kuala Lumpur. (AP Photo Vincent Thian)

Search resumes for 12 missing in Malaysia landslide

Rescue workers using tracker dogs and excavators are scouring through rubble and mud in search of a dozen people still missing after a landslide in Malaysia killed 21 people. Authorities said 94 … more

12/16/22

FILE - Internally displaced people wait for aid in Djibo, Burkina Faso, on May 26, 2022. More than 25,000 people will face starvation in conflict-plagued parts of West Africa next year, a United Nations official warned Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Populations in Nigeria, Mali and Burkina Faso will be in phase five catastrophic hunger by June driven largely by violence as well as economic impacts from the fallout of COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine, said the United Nations Friday.(AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

UN: Thousands in West, Central Africa could face starvation

A United Nations official has warned that more than 25,000 people could face starvation in conflict-plagued parts of West Africa next year. Federico Doehnert of the World Food Program said violence … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 12/16/22

Jordan bans TikTok after police officer killed in protests

Jordan has imposed a “temporary ban” on the social media platform TikTok, a day after a police officer was killed during clashes with protesters that broke out over high fuel prices. Videos … more

12/16/22

Pakistan seeks UN help as flood aid for survivors drains

Pakistan is seeking U.N. help in securing long-term aid for survivors of last summer’s record-breaking floods before recovery funds run out next month. The World Food Program says the dangerous … more

By MUNIR AHMED | 12/16/22

African National Congress delegates cheer as they wait for the delayed start of the ANC national conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday Dec. 16, 2022. The conference will elect the party's leadership and adopt key policies for governing the country. President Cyril Ramaphosa is seeking re-election as the party's leader at the national conference which is held every five years and is the ANC's highest decision-making body. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

South Africa's ANC party opens key conference amid scandal

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party is starting its crucial national conference amid scandals and bitter divisions. The conference opening in Johannesburg Friday will elect the … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 12/16/22

Salih Mustafa, a former Kosovo rebel, waits in the Kosovo Specialist Chambers court for the judges to read the verdict in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Mustafa is charged with the war crimes of arbitrary detention, cruel treatment, the torture of at least six people and the murder of one person at a detention compound in Zllash, Kosovo, in April 1999. Salih Mustafa pleaded not guilty to all charges. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool)

Former Kosovo rebel commander convicted of 1999 murder

A former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army has been found guilty of arbitrarily detaining and torturing prisoners perceived as supporters of Serbia during the country’s 1999 war of … more

By MIKE CORDER | 12/16/22

Letoyie Leroshi, a Samburu man gives cows water from a well in Kom village, Samburu County, Kenya, on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022. Elections, coups, disease outbreaks and extreme weather are some of the main events that occurred across Africa in 2022. Experts say the climate crisis is hitting Africa “first and hardest.” Kevin Mugenya, a senior food security advisor for Mercy Corps said the continent of 54 countries and 1.3 billion people is facing “a catastrophic global food crisis” that “will worsen if actors do not act quickly.” (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Africa has peaceful polls in 2022 but hit by coups, droughts

Elections, coups, disease outbreaks and extreme weather are some of the main events that occurred across Africa in 2022. Problems brewed thousands of miles away — climate change and the war in … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 12/16/22

Debris lay on the street after a huge fish tank burst at the Seal Life Aquarium in central Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

Huge Berlin aquarium bursts; housed 1,500 tropical fish

German police say a huge aquarium in the center of Berlin has burst, causing a wave of devastation in and around the Sea Life tourist attraction. Police spokesman Martin Stralau said officers were … more

12/16/22

A man walks during a power outage in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Russia launches another major missile attack on Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities have reported explosions in at least three cities, saying Russia has launched a major missile attack on energy facilities and infrastructure. Local authorities on social media … more

12/16/22

In this photo provided by Civil Defense Department, Civil Defense personnel search for survivors buried after a landslide hit a campsite in Batang Kali, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. A landslide hit the campsite outside Kuala Lumpur early Friday, Malaysia's fire department said. (Malaysia Civil Defence via AP )

Landslide at Malaysia campground leaves 2 dead, 51 missing

A landslide at a tourist campground in Malaysia has left two people dead and authorities say 51 people are feared buried at the site on an organic farm outside the capital of Kuala Lumpur. … more

12/15/22

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervise what it says a test of "high-thrust solid-fuel motor" at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in North Korea Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea performs key test to build more agile ICBM

North Korea has tested a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” as a key step toward building a new strategic weapons system, as the country pushes to develop more agile and powerful intercontinental … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 12/15/22

FILE - Supporters of Capt. Ibrahim Traore parade wave a Russian flag in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Oct. 2, 2022. Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, during his visit to the United States where he's attending the U.S.-Africa summit, claimed Burkina Faso had allegedly made an agreement with Russia's shadowy mercenary outfit the Wagner Group to bolster the country's security amid surging jihadi violence, in exchange for a mine. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia, File)

Burkina Faso contracts Russian mercenaries, alleges Ghana

Burkina Faso has allegedly made an agreement with Russia’s Wagner Group in which the shadowy mercenary outfit will help the West African country deal with surging jihadi violence in exchange for a … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 12/15/22

Portugal's head coach Fernando Santos gestures during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Morocco and Portugal, at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Portugal coach quits after World Cup exit in quarterfinals

Portugal coach Fernando Santos has quit after eight years in the job and five days after Portugal’s exit from the World Cup in the quarterfinals. The Portuguese soccer federation announced Thursday … more

12/15/22

Bus passengers who have been stuck for two days continue to wait as supporters of ousted Peruvian President Pedro Castillo block the Pan-American North Highway to protest his detention, in Chao, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Peru's new government declared a 30-day national emergency on Wednesday amid violent protests following Castillo's ouster, suspending the rights of "personal security and freedom" across the Andean nation. (AP Photo/Hugo Curotto)

Judge to rule on Castillo's detention amid Peru protests

A judge in Peru is deciding whether ousted President Pedro Castillo will remain in custody while authorities build their rebellion case against him with a positive ruling expected to ignite further … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 12/15/22

FILE - In this handout photo released by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service, a view of the International Space Station taken on March 30, 2022 by crew of Russian Soyuz MS-19 space ship after undocking from the Station. NASA and Russia's space agency canceled a spacewalk by two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, just as they were preparing to exit the International Space Station late Wednesday, Dec. 14 because of an apparent coolant leak from an attached space capsule. (Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service via AP, File)

Russian space capsule leak likely caused by micrometeorite

A Russian space official says a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached to the International Space Station was likely caused by a micrometeorite strike. Russia’s space corporation … more

12/15/22

A view of the main entrance to Furuvik Zoo, around 10 kms east of Gavle, Sweden, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. Four chimpanzees, one of which is wounded, are on the loose inside a building in a Swedish zoo, a day after they escaped from their enclosure. Three others have been shot dead. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT via AP)

4 chimps loose in monkey house in Swedish zoo, 3 shot dead

Four chimpanzees, one of which is wounded, are on the loose inside a building in a Swedish zoo, a day after they escaped from their enclosure. Three others have been shot dead. Swedish officials and … more

12/15/22

FILE - Pope Francis is flanked by Jesuits' superior general Arturo Sosa Abascal, left as he leaves the Church of the Gesu', mother church of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), after presiding a mass on March 12, 2022. The head of Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order admitted Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, that a famous Jesuit priest had been convicted of one of the most serious crimes in the Catholic Church some two years before the Vatican decided to shelve another case against him for allegedly abusing other adult women under his spiritual care.The Rev. Arturo Sosa, the Jesuit superior general, made the admission during a briefing with journalists that was dominated by the scandal over the Rev. Marko Ivan Rubnik and the reluctance of both the Vatican and the Jesuits to tell the whole story behind the unusually lenient treatment he received. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Jesuit case underscores secrecy, leniency for abuse of women

Revelations that the Vatican let a famous Jesuit priest off the hook twice for abusing his authority over adult women has exposed two main weaknesses in the Holy See’s abuse policies. One is that … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 12/15/22

A man examines a damaged apartment building after what Russian officials in Donetsk said was a shelling by Ukrainian forces, in Donetsk, the capital of Russian-controlled Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Russia warns 'consequences' if US missiles sent to Ukraine

Russia’s Foreign Ministry is warning that if the United States confirms reports that it plans to deliver sophisticated air defense missiles to Ukraine, it would be a “provocative move" that could … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 12/15/22