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FILE - Charred homes sit in piles of ash in Mwe Tone village of Pale township, in the Sagaing region, Myanmar, on Feb. 1, 2022. Myanmar’s military and affiliated militias are committing increasingly frequent and brazen war crimes, including aerial bombings targeting civilians, a group of investigators established by the United Nations said Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023. (AP Photo, File)
Investigators say Myanmar's military is committing increasingly brazen war crimes
A group of investigators says Myanmar’s military and affiliated militias are committing increasingly frequent and brazen war crimes, including aerial bombings targeting civilians. The Independent … more
FILE - In this Sunday, June 28, 2020 file photo, President Andrzej Duda addressees supporters after voting ended in the presidential election in Lowicz, Poland. Poland’s president has announced that the country will hold its parliamentary election on October 15. The announcement on Tuesday marks the official start of an electoral campaign that has informally been underway for months and is being shaped by Russia’s war against Ukraine. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
Poland to hold parliamentary election on Oct. 15, launching campaign in shadow of war in region
Poland’s president has announced that the country will hold its parliamentary election on October 15. The announcement on Tuesday marks the official start of an electoral campaign that has … more
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A copy of a new, government-written fourth-grade textbook is held by Luz de Teresa Oteysa, researcher at the Institute of Mathematics of the UNAM, during an interview at her office in Mexico City, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. A series of about three dozen government-written, free textbooks introduce a new teaching method, something never before done in Mexico, where in the past, each administration updated the texts but kept the subjects largely the same. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
In Mexico, accusations of 'communism' and 'fascism' mark school textbook debate
The debate over school textbooks has gone ballistic in a short time as in Mexico. Opponents are hurling cries of “communist” and “fascist” at each other. The series of about three dozen … more
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FILE - Rwandan refugee children plead with Zairean soldiers to allow them across a bridge separating Rwanda and Zaire, which is now the Democratic Republic of Congo, where their mothers had crossed moments earlier before the soldiers closed the border, Aug. 20, 1994. Appeals judges on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023 threw out a decision by a United Nations court to set up a procedure to hear evidence against an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect who was declared unfit to face trial. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju, file)
Rwanda genocide survivors criticize UN court's call to permanently halt elderly suspect's trial
Survivors of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide have criticized a call by appeals judges at a United Nations court to indefinitely halt the trial of an alleged financer and supporter of the massacre due to the … more
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In this photo provided by the Foundation For Slum Child Care, Vacharaesorn Vivacharawongse, center right, visits the daycare center in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The estranged son of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn visited the daycare center for underprivileged children in Bangkok on Tuesday following his surprise return to the country after 27 years of living abroad. (Foundation For Slum Child Care via AP)
The second son of Thailand's king returns to the country unexpectedly after decades of estrangement
The estranged son of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn visited a daycare center for underprivileged children in Bangkok following a surprise return to the country after 27 years of living abroad. … more
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FILE - An Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of wheat to be allocated to each waiting family after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. The United Nations World Food Program is slowly resuming food aid to Ethiopia, the agency said Monday, Aug. 7, 2023 nearly five months after taking the extraordinary measure of suspending aid to millions of people after the discovery of a massive scheme to steal donated grain. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
The World Food Program slowly resumes food aid to Ethiopia after months of suspension and criticism
The United Nations World Food Program is slowly resuming food aid to Ethiopia nearly five months after taking the extraordinary measure of suspending aid following the discovery of a massive scheme … more
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Røssholmvegen is closed to traffic after a stream overflowed, Reinsvoll on Toten, in the southeastern part of Norway, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Norwegian authorities warned Tuesday to prepare for “extremely heavy rainfall” in the area after Storm Hans caused injuries, ripped off roofs and upended summertime life in northern Europe. (Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB Scanpix via AP)
Stay inside as dangerous stormy weather lashes northern Europe, officials say. 2 people have died
Officials in northern Europe are warning people to stay inside as stormy weather batters the region. Storm Hans has cancelled ferries, delayed flights, flooded streets and injured people. Norwegian … more
Naeem Haider Panjutha, center, a lawyer of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan's legal team, arrives at a court to file petition against Khan's conviction, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The lawyers for Khan petitioned a top court in the capital, Islamabad, on Tuesday, seeking the suspension of his conviction and sentencing of three years in jail in a graft case and requesting his release, a spokesman for the former premier's legal team said. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)
Pakistan's former premier appeals his conviction and 3-year sentence in graft case, seeks release
A Pakistani defense lawyer says former Prime Minister Imran Khan wants a top court in Islamabd to suspend his conviction and three-year jail sentence in a graft case. Naeem Haider Panjutha, Khan's … more
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FILE - Opposition lawmakers demanding a statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the violence in Manipur state carry placards and a banner with name of "INDIA" outside the Parliament building in New Delhi, India, July 24, 2023. India’s opposition accused Modi of choosing silence while the northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in ethnic violence as Parliament began debate Tuesday on a no-confidence motion certain to be defeated. (AP Photo, File)
India's opposition targets Modi in their no-confidence motion over ethnic violence in Manipur state
India’s opposition accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of choosing silence while a northeastern state governed by his party convulsed in ethnic violence. Parliament began debate Tuesday on a … more
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Mohamed Toumba, one of the soldiers who ousted Nigerian President Mohamed Bazoum, addresses supporters of Niger's ruling junta in Niamey, Niger, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. Nigeriens are bracing for a possible military intervention as time's run out for its new junta leaders to reinstate the country's ousted president. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)
Niger's neighbors and the UN seek to deescalate tensions with last-minute diplomacy
Nigeriens face deepening uncertainty about whether a regional bloc will follow through on its threat to use military force to try to reinstall ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, nearly two weeks after … more
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Taro Aso, vice president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks at a forum in Taipei Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. The senior Japanese politician advocated Tuesday for increasing his country's deterrence ability to ensure peace in the region, and called for that message to be clearly conveyed globally, particularly in China. (Kyodo News via AP)
Japanese political leader Taro Aso calls for peace in the Taiwan Strait as Tokyo expands defense
A senior Japanese politician is advocating for increasing his country’s deterrence ability to ensure peace in the region, and called for that message to be clearly conveyed globally — … more
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Volunteers sort the collected rubbish after they arrived at a campsite on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023. Since its start in 2013, participants in the annual Plastic Cup competition — which offers a prize for those who collect the most trash each year — have gathered more than 330 tons (around 727,000 pounds) of waste from the Tisza River and other Hungarian waters. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
Volunteers head off plastic waste crisis by removing tons of rubbish from Hungarian river
Thousands of muddy plastic bottles and other waterlogged pieces of rubbish are piled onto a flatbed trailer on the banks of the Tisza River in Hungary — a metric ton of waste that was removed by … more
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Maira Tembe stands inside Teatro da Paz before the start of a ceremony to present Brazil's national Indigenous census in Belem, Brazil, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Belem will host the Amazon Summit, a meeting by the nations that are part of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty: Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela and French Guiana. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Brazil has 1.7 million Indigenous people, near double the count from prior census, government says
The diminutive woman with a white feather headdress was standing on the stage of the majestic colonial theater in Brazil’s Amazon and addressing the crowd. Minister of Indigenous People Sonia … more
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Attendees of the World Scout Jamboree leave a scout camping site in Buan, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Buses began moving thousands of global Scouts from their campsite on South Korea's coast to inland venues Tuesday ahead of a tropical storm that is forecast to bring intense rains and strong winds to the peninsula within days. (Na Bo-bae/Yonhap via AP)
South Korea begins evacuating thousands of global Scouts from its coast as a tropical storm nears
Buses began moving thousands of global Scouts from their campsite on South Korea’s coast to inland venues ahead of a tropical storm that is forecast to bring intense rains and strong winds to the … more
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro addresses a ceremony commemorating the battle of Boyaca that sealed Colombia's independence from Spain, in Puente de Boyaca, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Petro is marking his first year in office, days after his son was charged for alleged illicit enrichment and money laundering in connection with his 2022 campaign funding. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Colombia's first leftist president is stalled by congress and a campaign finance scandal
Colombian President Gustavo Petro took office laying out ambitious goals for the nation’s first leftist government. He said his agenda would provide Colombians with a “second opportunity” to … more
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The Scottish Highlands are shown in this 2017 photo. Police say the bodies of three missing hikers have been recovered from a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. A search for the trio began Saturday night when they didn't return from hiking along a notoriously narrow ridge in Glen Coe. A Coastguard helicopter flying in fog and mist located the bodies and a search and rescue crew returned Sunday to recover them. (AP Photo/Brian Melley)
Trio of missing hikers who set out on treacherous ridge in Scottish Highlands found dead
Police say the bodies of three missing hikers have been recovered from a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. A search for the trio began Saturday night when they didn't return from hiking along a … more
FILE - A Polish border guard patrols the area of a built metal wall on the border between Poland and Belarus, near Kuznice, Poland, on June 30, 2022. NATO allies located along the alliance’s eastern front are growing increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk, File)
Belarus begins military drills near its border with Poland and Lithuania as tensions heighten
Belarus has begun military exercises near its border with Poland and Lithuania. The drills Monday come with tensions already heightened with the two NATO members over the influx of Russia-linked … more
A flooded area is seen in Crna na Koroskem, Slovenia, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023. The floods were caused by torrential rains on Friday which caused rivers to swell swiftly and burst into houses, fields and towns. Slovenia's weather service said a month's worth of rain fell in less than a day. Experts say extreme weather conditions are partly fueled by climate change. (AP Photo)
NATO and the EU send aid to Slovenia after floods that killed at least 6 and left many homeless
The European Union and NATO began sending urgent aid to Slovenia after severe flooding over the weekend affecting two-thirds of the small European country killed at least six people and left hundreds … more
Lawyers, who support Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, hold a protest against Khan's imprisonment, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Khan is now an inmate at a high-security prison after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
From prison, Pakistan's former Premier Imran Khan and his lawyer plan to challenge his graft case
A lawyer for Pakistan’s Imran Khan has met with him at a prison where the former prime minister is being held after his sentencing to discuss how to challenge the graft case that landed him behind … more
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Mourners pray over the body of Ramzi Hamed, 17, during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Ramzi Hamed, who was shot by Israeli troops last week after throwing a firebomb at soldiers in the occupied West Bank died Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Palestinian teenager dies after he was shot by Israeli troops in the West Bank last week
The Palestinian Health Ministry says a teenager who was shot by Israeli troops last week after throwing a firebomb in the occupied West Bank has died. The Palestinian’s death on Monday was the … more
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