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Yellow tape marks bullet holes on a tree and a portrait and flowers create a makeshift memorial at the site where Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday,, May 19, 2022. Almost two weeks after the death of Abu Akleh, a reconstruction by The Associated Press lends support to assertions from both Palestinian authorities and Abu Akleh's colleagues that the bullet that cut her down came from an Israeli gun. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
US has not been asked to help in probe of reporter's killing
The State Department says neither Israel nor the Palestinian Authority has formally requested U.S. assistance in the investigation of the killing of a Palestinian-American reporter in the occupied … more
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Germany: Fake doctor gets life in prison for patient deaths
A German court has sentenced a woman who posed as a doctor to life in prison for causing the deaths of several people she treated. Judges at the regional court in Kassel said the evidence showed the … more
Police shootout at Rio de Janeiro favela kills more than 20
Police in Rio de Janeiro have raided the Vila Cruzeiro favela in an operation that prompted a fierce firefight. The state's health secretariat says more than 20 people died Tuesday. Police say the … more
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A Ukrainian mother and her child walk hand in hand inside a refugee camp in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Mexico City will close the camp that has hosted hundreds of Ukrainian refugees for the past month. Now that a U.S. program vetting refugees and then allowing them to fly to the U.S. is operational, authorities say the camp is no longer needed. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Ukrainian refugee camp in Mexico's capital to close
Organizers of a camp for Ukrainian refugees who had traveled to Mexico say they will soon close it and discouraged Ukrainians still in Europe from traveling to Mexico as they try to enter the United … more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, speaks during a joint press conference with South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
German chancellor to discuss Ukraine war in South Africa
South Africa’s neutral stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine will be a major topic of conversation as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets Tuesday with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, to end … more
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FILE - Mexican National Guards stand watch over the Suchiate River where locals transport cargo and ferry people between Mexico and Guatemala, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, a location popular for Central American migrants to cross from Guatemala to Mexico. Mexican migration policy is increasingly militarized. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Report: Mexico's immigration enforcement relies on military
Mexico’s immigration enforcement is increasingly militarized with the armed forces and National Guard now accounting for more migrant detentions than immigration agents. According to a report … more
FILE - Cardinal Matteo Zuppi poses for photographers at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Pope Francis on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 named a bishop in his own image, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, as the new head of the Italian bishops conference, as the Italian Catholic Church comes under mounting pressure to confront its own legacy of clerical sexual abuse with an independent inquest. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
New Italian church head faces demands for abuse inquiry
Pope Francis has named a bishop in his own image as the new head of the Italian bishops conference. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi's nomination was announced Tuesday during the second day of a meeting of the … more
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A waste picker rummages through garbage, at a dumping site in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, May 20, 2022. Environmental activists are gathering in South Africa this week to press governments and businesses to reduce the production of plastic because it is harming the continent's environment. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Environmentalists meet in South Africa to stem plastic waste
Environmental activists are meeting in South Africa this week to press governments and businesses to reduce the production of plastic because it is harming the continent’s environment. The … more
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Several injured in train, bus collision in southern Germany
Several people have been injured when a train collided with a bus at a railroad crossing in southern Germany. The bus got stuck in a traffic jam Tuesday on the train tracks in Blaustein near the … more
In this image supplied by the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), crew wave to a RNZAF Orion near Makin Island in Kiribati, Monday, May 23, 2022. New Zealand's military said Tuesday that an air force plane found seven people who had gone missing. They were aboard two small boats near the remote Pacific nation of Kiribati. (RNZAF via AP)
New Zealand plane finds 7 missing aboard 2 boats in Pacific
Seven people on two small boats that drifted for days in the Pacific have been rescued after a New Zealand plane spotted them near the remote island nation of Kiribati. New Zealand’s military said … more
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More hardship as new sandstorm engulfs parts of Middle East
A sandstorm has blanketed parts of the Middle East including Iraq, Syria, Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Monday's storm was the latest in a series of unprecedented nearly back-to-back sandstorms that … more
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FILE - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro arrives for a ceremony marking Army Day at Army headquarters in Brasilia, Brazil, April 19, 2022. Bolsonaro signed a decree on May 19, 2022 that he says will create a national carbon market to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)
Brazil president announces carbon market, thin on details
Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has announced the creation of a carbon market in Brazil but it is voluntary and the announcement is thin on the kind of details that make for a robust … more
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A supporter of Historical Pact coalition presidential candidate Gustavo Petro, holds a flag with the image of Petro before a closing campaign rally in Zipaquira, Colombia, Sunday, May 22, 2022. Elections are set for May 29. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
Ex-rebel emerges as favorite in Colombian presidential race
A one-time rebel fighter has used an emotional anti-establishment discourse and promises to boost state involvement in the economy to garner a commanding lead in polls as Colombia heads into Sunday's … more
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks before departing Tehran's Mehrabad airport for a trip to Oman, Monday, May, 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran vows revenge over killing of Guard member in Tehran
Iran’s hard-line president has vowed revenge over the killing of a senior Revolutionary Guard member who was gunned down in the heart of Tehran.  The still-mysterious attack on the country’s … more
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A Zimbabwe National Parks official holds an elephant tusk during a tour of the ivory stockpiles in Harare, Monday, May, 16, 2022. Zimbabwe is seeking international support to be allowed to sell half a billion dollars worth of ivory stockpile, describing the growth of its elephant population as “dangerous” amid dwindling resources for conservation. The Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority on Monday took ambassadors from European Union countries through a tour of the stockpile to press for sales which are banned by CITES, the international body that monitors endangered species. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Zimbabwe opens conference to promote sales of elephant ivory
Zimbabwe has opened an international conference to try to win international support for its campaign to be allowed to sell its stockpile of seized ivory. If the southern African country is not … more
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A couple, centre, attempt to make their way through muddy waters on a beach near Durban, South Africa, Sunday, May 22, 2022. More than 300 people have been evacuated from their homes as a result of renewed heavy rains, flooding and mudslides in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, weeks after severe flooding killed more than 400 people and displaced more than 40,000 others. Provincial authorities and emergency personnel say the new rains have damaged roads, homes and electricity infrastructure largely in the northern parts of the province since Friday. (AP Photo)
New floods in eastern South Africa displace more than 300
More than 300 people have been evacuated from their homes as a result of renewed heavy rains, flooding and mudslides in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, weeks after severe flooding killed … more
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FILE - Rohingya refugee girl Azida plays on a makeshift swing tied to World Food Program (WFP) containers inside Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has crossed the milestone of 100 million for the first time on record, propelled by the war in Ukraine and other deadly conflicts, The U.N. refugee agency said Monday, May 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)
UN refugee agency: Number of displaced tops 100 million
The U.N. refugee agency says that the number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has crossed the milestone of 100 million for the first time on … more
Police officers guard the entrance of the Qatar embassy, Monday, May 23, 2022 in Paris. An investigation for homicide was opened on Monday May 23, 2022 after a watchman at the Qatar Embassy in Paris was killed and a suspect arrested, the prosecutor's office said. The circumstances of the killing, including the method used, were not immediately clear. (AP Photo/Alexander Turnbull)
Guard at Qatari Embassy in Paris killed in attack
Prosecutors say a homicide investigation has been opened after a security guard at the Qatari Embassy in Paris was killed and a suspect arrested. The circumstances of the killing, including the … more
A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a child in a neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, May 23, 2022. Pakistan launched a new anti-polio drive on Monday, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Pakistan launches new anti-polio drive after 3rd case found
Pakistan has launched a new anti-polio drive, more than a week after officials detected the third case so far this year in the country's northwestern region bordering Afghanistan. The campaign is the … more
FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. A leading doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as "a random event" that might be explained by risky sexual behavior at two recent mass events in Europe. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, File)
Expert: Monkeypox likely spread by sex at 2 raves in Europe
A doctor who chairs a World Health Organization expert group has described the unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease monkeypox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be … more
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