UN countries adopt treaty to better trace origins of genetic resources under...
GENEVA (AP) — U.N. member countries on Friday concluded a new treaty to ensure that genetic resources used in inventions, like new medicines derived from exotic plants in the Andes mountains, are...
View ArticleUN human rights office decries beheadings, other violence in Myanmar's...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office warned Friday of “frightening and disturbing reports” about the impact of new violence in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine, pointing to new attacks on...
View ArticleTop UN court orders Israel to halt military offensive in Rafah, though Israel...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations' top court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but stopped short of ordering a...
View ArticleNotre Dame cathedral cross reinstalled in Paris amid restoration efforts
PARIS (AP) — The cross at the apse of Notre-Dame de Paris, which survived the devastating 2019 fire, was reinstalled atop the cathedral’s framework Friday after a meticulous restoration by artistic...
View ArticleEgypt agrees to send aid trucks through Israeli crossing to Gaza but impact...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Egypt said Friday it has agreed to send U.N. humanitarian aid trucks through Israel’s main crossing into Gaza, but it remained unclear if they will be able to enter the...
View ArticleSecurity Council approves resolution decrying attacks on UN and aid workers...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution Friday that strongly condemns attacks on humanitarian workers and U.N. personnel and demands that all combatants protect...
View ArticleEmergency convoy takes provisions to survivors of devastating landslide in...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An emergency convoy was delivering food, water and other provisions Saturday to stunned survivors of a landslide that devastated a remote village in the mountains of Papua...
View ArticleIt's possible no party will get a majority in South Africa's election. Here's...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The focus for South Africa's national election next week is on the fate of the African National Congress party and whether it is going to lose its parliamentary majority...
View ArticleMillions vote in India's grueling election with Prime Minister Modi's party...
NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of Indians voted Saturday in the next-to-last round of a grueling national election with a combined opposition trying to rattle Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign for a...
View ArticleZelenskyy says Ukraine has taken back control in areas of Kharkiv region,...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces have secured “combat control” of areas where Russian troops entered the northeastern Kharkiv region earlier this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said....
View ArticleA World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed in a field in England,...
LONDON (AP) — A World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane crashed near a British air force base in eastern England on Saturday, killing the pilot, the U.K. defense ministry said. The ministry confirmed...
View ArticleAt least 27 people killed in a fire at an amusement park in western India,...
NEW DELHI (AP) — A major fire broke out Saturday at an amusement park in Gujarat state in western India, killing at least 27 people, including several children, police and media reports said. The fire...
View ArticleSouth Africa's 4 big political parties begin final weekend of campaigning...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's four main political parties began the final weekend of campaigning Saturday before a possibly pivotal election that could bring the country's most important change...
View ArticlePro-independence leader calls on protesters in New Caledonia to 'maintain...
NICE, France (AP) — The leader of a pro-independence party in New Caledonia on Saturday called on supporters to “remain mobilized” across the French Pacific archipelago and “maintain resistance”...
View ArticleScuffles erupt between police, protesters demanding return of Israeli...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Scuffles between Israeli police and protesters erupted in Tel Aviv on Saturday after thousands gathered to demonstrate against the government and demand that it bring back the...
View ArticleAid group says over 100 people killed in 2 weeks of fighting in a Sudanese city
CAIRO (AP) — More than two weeks of fighting between Sudan’s military and a notorious paramilitary group over a major city in the western Darfur region killed at least 123 people, an international aid...
View ArticleEU foreign chief says Israel must respect UN court, control settler violence...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's foreign policy chief insisted Sunday that Israel must abide by the U.N. top court's rulings and end its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and, at the...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia appoints first ambassador to Syria since 2012
BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the appointment of its first ambassador to Syria since severing ties with Damascus in 12 years, marking an ongoing thawing in relations since the...
View ArticleMacron begins the first state visit to Germany by a French president in 24 years
BERLIN (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday started the first state visit to Germany by a French head of state in 24 years, a three-day trip meant to underline the strong ties between the...
View Article12 people injured after Qatar Airways plane hits turbulence on flight to Dublin
LONDON (AP) — Twelve people were injured when a Qatar Airways plane flying from Doha to Dublin on Sunday hit turbulence, airport authorities said. Eight of the injured were hospitalized. Dublin...
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