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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses a high level Security Council meeting during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Ukraine, Russia and the tense U.N. encounter that almost happened — but didn't

It was a moment the diplomatic world was watching for — but didn’t get. In the end, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov avoided staring each other … more

By JENNIFER PELTZ | 9/20/23

Lt. Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the head of U.S. Air Force Central, speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Iran's supplying of bomb-carrying drones to Russia could see Moscow help Tehran's program become more lethal, raising risks across the wider Middle East, the top U.S. Air Force commander in the Middle East said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Top US Air Force official in Mideast worried over possible Russia-Iran 'cooperation and collusion'

Iran’s supplying of bomb-carrying drones to Russia could see Moscow help Tehran’s program become more lethal, raising risks across the wider Middle East. That's according to the top U.S. Air … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 9/20/23

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second left, with other lawmakers walks in a procession to enter the new Parliament building, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept.19, 2023. The new building was built at an estimated cost of $120 million. It's part of a $2.8 billion revamp of British-era offices and residences in central New Delhi. (AP Photo)

India moves toward reserving 33% of the seats in Parliament and state legislatures for women

India’s Parliament has taken a major step toward reserving 33% of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, an issue that … more

By ASHOK SHARMA | 9/20/23

This Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Nigel gathering strength in the Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA via AP)

Rough surf batters Bermuda as Hurricane Nigel charges through open waters

Forecasters in Bermuda are warning of dangerous swells and rip currents as Hurricane Nigel spun through open waters in the northern Atlantic. The Category 1 hurricane was located about 650 miles … more

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Translators prepare for a high level Security Council meeting on the war in Ukraine, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

As UN Security Council takes up Ukraine, a potentially dramatic meeting may be at hand

All eyes will be on Ukraine’s president and Russia’s top diplomat at a U.N. Security Council meeting Wednesday on the 19-month war in Ukraine: Will they clash? Will they speak? Will they avoid … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ | 9/20/23

FILE -Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro points while meeting Colombia's new ambassador to Venezuela, at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023. United Nations human rights experts are criticizing Venezuela’s government for stepping up efforts to curtail democratic freedoms with use of threats, surveillance and harassment as President Nicolás Maduro faces reelection next year. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)

UN rights experts report a rise of efforts in Venezuela to squelch democracy ahead of 2024 election

United Nations human rights experts are criticizing Venezuela’s government for stepping up efforts to curtail democratic freedoms. A report issued by the Human Rights Council Wednesday said the … more

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FILE - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau upon his arrival at Bharat Mandapam convention center for the G20 Summit, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. Canada has expelled a top Indian diplomat on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023, as it investigates what Prime Minister Trudeau called credible allegations that India’s government may have had links to the assassination in Canada of a Sikh activist. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Sikh separatism long strained Canada-India ties. Now it's sunk them to their lowest point in years

Canada-India relations have sunk to their lowest point in years as the two countries swap allegations after the killing of a Sikh activist, but experts said it remains to be seen if it will create a … more

By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ | 9/20/23

Oxfam's Rishi Sunak 'big head' protests outside the Parliament in London, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. On the eve of the UN Climate Ambition Summit, Oxfam's Rishi Sunak 'big head' staged a protest on top of a giant oil barrel, amongst dozens of real oil drums, supporting the Make Polluters Pay campaign. Calling for oil and gas giants, such as BP and Shell, to pay more tax to raise critical funds to help communities devastated by climate change. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

UK leader Rishi Sunak signals plan to backtrack on some climate goals

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to water down some of Britain’s climate commitments, saying the country must fight climate change without penalizing workers and consumers. Sunak says he'll … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 9/20/23

Children are in a shelter during shelling in Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Azerbaijan's forces fired artillery at Armenian positions in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ethnic Armenian officials reported heavy shelling around the regional capital of Stepanakert. (AP Photo/Siranush Sargsyan)

Azerbaijan and Armenia struggle for 2nd day over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh

Explosions rocked parts of Nagorno-Karabakh early Wednesday, a day after Azerbaijani forces launched heavy artillery fire on Armenian positions in the separatist region that local officials said … more

By AVET DEMOURIAN | 9/20/23

FILE - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, on Aug. 9, 2023. The United Nations said Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023 it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by authorities in Afghanistan during arrests and detentions of people, and urged the Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

UN urges Afghanistan's Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees

The United Nations says it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations committed by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities during arrests and detentions of people. It urged the Taliban … more

By RAHIM FAIEZ | 9/20/23

Pope Francis holds his pastoral staff, made from recycled wood from broken migrant boats, at the end of a Mass during his visit to the island of Lampedusa, southern Italy, Monday July 8, 2013. Ten years after Pope Francis made a landmark visit to the Italian island of Lampedusa to show solidarity with migrants, he is joining Catholic bishops from around the Mediterranean this weekend in France to make the call more united, precisely at the moment that European leaders are again scrambling to stem the tide of would-be refugees setting off from Africa. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Pope goes to Marseille to talk migration, but will Europe listen as it scrambles to stem an influx?

Pope Francis is travelling to the French port city of Marseille to join Catholic bishops in a meeting focusing on the Mediterranean and migration. The visit was planned months ago but it comes amid a … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD, TRISHA THOMAS and SYLVIE CORBET | 9/20/23

A masked Palestinian protester waves his national flag next to burning tires during clashes with Israeli security forces along the frontier with Israel, east of Gaza City, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

At least 6 Palestinians are killed in latest fighting with Israel, Palestinian health officials say

Palestinian health officials say the death toll over a day of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip has risen to six. Officials said on Wednesday … more

By TIA GOLDENBERG | 9/20/23

Derna flood survivor Abdul Salam Anwisi cleans his home after flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, in Derna, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. Anwisi said he woke up at one-thirty in the morning to a scream from outside, to find his neighbours' homes flooded with water. He, his sons, and other neighbours rushed to rescue the stranded families by pulling them from the roof of their house. Thousands of Libyans have lost family members, friends and neighbors in the devastating floods that engulfed the country's east. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Left behind and grieving, survivors of Libya floods call for accountability

Thousands of Libyans have lost family members, friends and neighbors in the devastating floods that engulfed the country's east. Many survivors are still sheltering inside the wrecked city of Derna, … more

By SAMY MAGDY and YOUSEF MURAD | 9/20/23

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi kisses a Quran as he addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Iran's president urges US to demonstrate it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi says that his country will never give up its right “to have peaceful nuclear energy” and urged the United States “to demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 9/20/23

Helmut Kramer poses for a portrait in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Kramer, 53, said he was sexually abused at age 12 in a Jesuit school in Antofagasta, a city in northern Chile. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded

A clergy sex abuse scandal involving Chile’s most notorious pedophile, the priest Fernando Karadima, shook the South American country in 2010 in a way never seen in Latin America. The case prompted … more

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ | 9/20/23

FILE - The shadow of Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, are cast on a large representation of the Yemeni flag as they attend a demonstration against an arms embargo imposed by the U.N. Security Council on Houthi leaders, in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 16, 2015. A delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels have flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the yearslong war tearing at the Arab world's poorest nation, officials say. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Saudi Arabia praises 'positive results' after Yemen's Houthi rebels visit kingdom for peace talks

Saudi Arabia has praised the “positive results” of talks with Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they visited the kingdom for peace talks. However, Riyadh on Wednesday released few details on their … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 9/19/23

Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

UNGA Briefing: Security Council, climate summit and what else is going on at the United Nations

It’s Day 2 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Tuesday at the U.N. and what … more

9/19/23

FILE - Central American migrants ride atop a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border, in Ixtepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico, April 23, 2019. Ferromex, Mexico´s largest railroad company announced Tuesday, September 19, 2023, that it was suspending operations of its cargo trains due to the massive number of migrants that are illegally hitching a ride on its trains moving north towards the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Mexican railway operator halts trains because so many migrants are climbing aboard and getting hurt

A Mexican railway operator has announced it is suspending train runs in the northern part of the country because so many migrants are climbing aboard freight cars and getting hurt in the process. The … more

9/19/23

FILE - Tunisian President Kais Saied gives a speech at the new government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, on Feb. 27, 2020. Tunisian officials detained a former prime minister for questioning before freeing him hours later, but jailed two top officials of the moderate Islamist Ennahdha party who’s leader Rached Ghannouchi has been in prison since mid-April, the official TAP news agency said Wednesday. (Fethi Belaid/Pool via AP, File)

Tunisian president's remarks on Storm Daniel have been denounced as antisemitic and prompt an uproar

Tunisian President Kais Saied’s remarks that have been denounced as antisemitic have prompted an uproar on social media across the world. Saied's remarks came following floods that devastated … more

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FILE - Pope Francis presides over a mass on St. Peter and Paul's Day in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on June 29, 2023. Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist said Tuesday they had been revictimized by his superiors, saying Pope Francis’ recent gestures and an apparent effort to exonerate him publicly showed church pledges of “zero tolerance” were just a “publicity stunt.” (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Women who say they were abused by a onetime Jesuit artist denounce an apparent rehabilitation effort

Women who say they were abused by a once-prominent Jesuit artist say they are now being revictimized by his superiors. They said Tuesday that Pope Francis’ recent gestures and an apparent effort to … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 9/19/23