By KEMO CHAM and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among the fastest growing on a continent whose governments have long struggled to address some of the ...
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press
UMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Prayer chants and the sounding of traditional ram's horns fill the air in the town of Uman, in central Ukraine, as thousands of pilgrims join an annual gathering to mark the Jewish new year, despite the war against Russia.
Uman, 200 ...
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court unsealed arrest warrants Friday for six men allegedly linked to a brutal Libyan militia blamed for multiple killings and other crimes in a strategically important western town where mass graves ...
By TERESA DE MIGUEL Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In her first days as Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum made a point of distancing herself from the fossil fuel reliance promoted by her predecessor and mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and vowed to resume an energy ...
By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader on Friday praised the country's recent missile strike on Israel and said it was ready to do it again if necessary, state TV reported.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in his first appearance as leader at Friday prayers in ...
By SIMINA MISTREANU and JOHNSON LAI Associated Press
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — An approaching typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall to Taiwan killed two people and injured dozens of others over the past few days and forced thousands to evacuate from low-lying or mountainous ...
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — When Israel bombed buildings outside the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Mohamed Arkadan and his team rushed to an emergency unlike anything they had ever seen.
About a dozen apartments had collapsed onto the hillside they once overlooked, ...
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Three young Swedes were arrested Wednesday in connection with two predawn explosions that occurred in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, prompting a nearby Jewish school to close for the day. Police said no one was ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The four contenders to lead Britain's Conservative Party took turns in the spotlight on Wednesday, each claiming to be the one who can lead the right-of-center party back from a catastrophic election defeat.
Former Immigration ...
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland ruled Wednesday that anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 23 while Denmark's Justice Ministry decides whether to approve his extradition to Japan.
It was unclear when ...
By PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press
CORTELEONA E GENZONE, Italy (AP) — One of Giovanni Airoli's sows tested positive for African swine fever in late August. Within a week, all 6,200 sows, piglets and fattening pigs on his farm south of Milan were slaughtered under strict protocols to halt ...
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COTONOU, Bénin (AP) — Two men close to Benin's president who were arrested last week on suspicions of plotting a coup in the small West African country were remanded in custody ahead of their trial, one of their lawyers said Tuesday.
Olivier Boko — a ...
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press
YATTA, West Bank (AP) — At dawn in mid-May, Sayyed Ayyed and dozens of other unemployed Palestinian men gathered at the foot of the towering wall of concrete and barbed wire dividing the occupied West Bank from Israel.
A smuggler was there with a ladder ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis opened the second phase of his big Catholic reform project Wednesday, with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of responsibility in the church topping the agenda but ordained ministry still ruled out.
Francis ...
BEIJING (AP) — China is marking the 75th year of Communist Party rule as economic challenges and security threats linger over the massive state.
No festivities have been announced for the 75th anniversary on Tuesday, save for a flag-raising ceremony at Tiananmen Square, with an honor guard ...
By MELANIE LIDMAN, AAMER MADHANI, and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran launched at least 180 missiles into Israel on Tuesday, the latest in a series of rapidly escalating attacks between Israel and Iran and its Arab allies that threatens to push the Middle East closer to ...
By FATMA KHALED Associated Press
CAIRO (AP) — In the days since Israel intensified its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon, including the strike that killed the militant group's leader Hassan Nasrallah, Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been quick to show they are an important ...
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Unpredictable rains and increasing heat aren't just making life more difficult for the people of Rayanpet, a village in India's arid south. They're also taking a toll on the thousands of acres of rice grown here.
"We used to know when ...
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and MARIANA MARTÍNEZ BARBA Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in Tuesday as Mexico's first female president, riding the enthusiasm over her predecessor's social programs but also facing challenges that include stubbornly high levels of ...
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis launched the second phase of his big Catholic reform project Tuesday by asking forgiveness for a host of sins, reasoning that the church must atone for its transgressions if it wants to re-establish credibility with the ...