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Workers begin demolition of collapsed building, two days after a powerful earthquake struck the city, in Hualien City, eastern Taiwan, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Rescue teams searching for family feared trapped in rockslide following Taiwan earthquake
Rescue teams are searching for a family of five feared trapped in a rockslide following Taiwan's biggest earthquake in 25 years. The quake Wednesday left at least 10 dead. Two bodies were found in … more
FILE - Israelis take cover from the incoming rocket fire from the Gaza Strip in Ashkelon, southern Israel on Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
After six months of war, Israel's isolation grows with no end in sight
When Israel declared war against Hamas last October, it stood unified at home and enjoyed broad backing from around the world following an unprecedented attack by the Islamic militant group. Six … more
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Technical error with Danish missile leads authorities to issue warning to ships. Air space closed
A technical error on a navy missile has spurred Danish authorities to issue a warning, saying there was a risk the missile could launch unintentionally — but not explode — resulting in fragments … more
Oleksii Yukov examines the body of a Russian soldier he collected on the frontline in the Sloviansk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. The 38-year-old martial arts instructor leads a team of volunteer body collectors in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)
The true toll of the war in Ukraine is measured in bodies. This man brings them home, one at a time
Oleksii Yukov says the same thing to all the mothers: We will bring your dead children home. The 38-year-old martial arts instructor leads a team of volunteers in Ukraine who collect both Ukrainian … more
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An orca calf stranded in a Canadian lagoon will be airlifted out to reunite with pod, rescuers say
Plans are underway to airlift a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off Canada's northern Vancouver Island in an effort to reunite the young orca with its extended family. … more
Firefighter's vehicle is seen on fire after Russian drone strikes on residential neighborhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, April. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/George Ivanchenko)
Russia launches drone attack on Kharkiv that kills 4 people and wounds 12
A Ukrainian regional governor says a Russian drone attack on Kharkiv has killed four people and wounded 12. At least 15 Shahed drones were launched at the city and some were shot down by air … more
From right, Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Xavier Bettel, Belgium's Foreign Minister Hadja Lahbib, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Mariya Gabriel, Romania's Foreign Minister Luminita-Teodora Odobescu and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron pose during a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in foreign ministers format at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. NATO foreign ministers gathered in Brussels on Wednesday to debate plans to provide more predictable, longer-term support to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
NATO marks its 75th birthday as war in Ukraine and rising populism gnaw at its unity
NATO is marking its 75th anniversary. But Russia’s war on Ukraine and rising populism is eating away its unity and resolve. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his counterparts will mark on … more
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FILE - Tourists visit the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, on Jan. 27, 2024. More than 250 Holocaust survivors have joined an international initiative to share their stories of loss and survival with students around the world during a time of rising antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. The Survivor Speakers Bureau was launched Thursday by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also referred to as the Claims Conference. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
Jewish group launches Holocaust survivor speakers bureau to fight increasing antisemitism worldwide
More than 250 Holocaust survivors have joined an international initiative to share their stories of loss and survival with students around the world during a time of rising antisemitism following the … more
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Debris surrounds a titled building a day after a powerful earthquake struck, in Hualien City, eastern Taiwan, Thursday, April 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
Rescuers search for people out of contact in Taiwan after strong earthquake
Rescuers are searching for dozens of people out of contact a day after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, caused multiple rockslides and killed nine people. In … more
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An Israeli tank on its position on the border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Bodies of 6 foreign aid workers slain in Israeli strikes are transported out of Gaza
Egyptian state media say the bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in a series of Israeli strikes have been transported out of the Gaza Strip before their repatriation. Qahera TV says the bodies … more
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FILE - Monkeys eat fruit during monkey feast festival in Lopburi province, Thailand. Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Thai wildlife officials laid out a plan on Wednesday, March 3, 2024, to bring peace to a central Thai town after at least a decade of human-monkey conflict. (AP Photo/Chalida EKvitthayavechnukul, File)
Officials have a plan to end years of monkey mayhem in a central Thai city
Thai wildlife officials laid out a plan on Wednesday to bring peace to a central Thai city after at least a decade of human-monkey conflict. The macaques that roam Lopburi are a symbol of local … more
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A vehicle carrying Fu Bao, the first giant panda born in South Korea, arrives for a farewell ceremony before Fu Bao is transferred to the airport for China at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. A crowd of people, some weeping, gathered at the rain-soaked amusement park in South Korea to bid farewell to their beloved giant panda before her departure to China on Wednesday.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
South Koreans bid emotional farewell to beloved panda leaving for China
A crowd of people, some weeping, has gathered at an amusement park in South Korea to bid farewell to a giant panda before her departure to China. Fu Bao has been a major attraction at the Everland … more
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye is sworn in as Senegal's president in Dakar, Senegal, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. Senegal has sworn in Bassirou Diomaye Faye as its new president, completing the previously little-known opposition figure’s dramatic ascent from prison to the palace in recent weeks. Faye was released from prison less than two weeks before the March election following a political amnesty announced by the outgoing president. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)
Senegal swears in Africa's youngest elected leader as president in a dramatic prison-to-palace rise
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal inaugurated Africa's youngest elected leader as president on Tuesday, as the 44-year-old and previously little-known Bassirou Diomaye Faye completed a dramatic ascent … more
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Street vendors withdraw from the area where they were selling their bread, near the National Palace, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Haiti's surge in gang violence has led more than 53,000 to flee the capital in less than three weeks
More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks as deadly gang violence continues. That's according to a new U.N. report. The majority of people fleeing are headed to … more
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FILE - Pope Francis, left, and Pope Benedict XVI, meet each other on the occasion of the elevation of five new cardinals at the Vatican, on June 28, 2017. Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” to sway votes during the past two conclaves and denied he is planning to reform the process to elect a pope in a new book-length interview published Tuesday April 2, 2024. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool photo via AP, File)
Pope exposes confidential details of past conclaves and settles scores with Pope Benedict XVI's aide
Pope Francis has exposed the political “maneuvers” used to sway votes during the two most recent elections of popes in a book-length interview. The revelations are contained in “Pope Francis, … more
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Iranian protesters wave Iranian and Palestinian flags as one of them holds up a poster of the late Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020, during their anti-Israeli gathering to condemn killing members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Syria, at the Felestin (Palestine) Sq. in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, April 1, 2024. An Israeli airstrike that demolished Iran's consulate in Syria killed two Iranian generals and five officers, Syrian and Iranian officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran vows response after strike it blames on Israel demolishes consulate in Syria
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran and one of its key proxies vowed Tuesday to respond to a strike widely attributed to Israel that demolished Iran's consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus and killed … more
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The body of a person wearing a World Central Kitchen t-shirt lies on the ground at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, April 1, 2024. World Central Kitchen, an aid group, says an Israeli strike that hit its workers in Gaza killed at least seven people, including several foreigners. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Aid group says Israeli strike kills 7 of its workers in Gaza, including foreigners
An aid group says an Israeli that hit its workers in Gaza killed at least six international aid workers and their Palestinian driver. The World Central Kitchen, the food charity founded by celebrity … more
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Heba al-Haddad, right, and her family displaced from Gaza City, stand in a makeshift tent camp in Rafah, southern Gaza, Friday, March 29, 2024. Al-Haddad was forced out of her home in Gaza City on March 21 when Israeli troops stormed her apartment and ordered her and her family to leave for the south. Amid fighting that has engulfed the area since Israel raided Shifa Hospital, witnesses say troops have been pushing residents out of nearby neighbourhoods. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Forced from their Gaza home by Israeli troops, a family makes a frightening walk through a war zone
For days, Heba al-Haddad and her family huddled in their Gaza City home, watching Israeli troops drive their neighbors out of nearby buildings. Then in the dead of night, it was their turn. After … more
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Efua, a 25-year-old fashion designer and single mother in Ghana who became pregnant in 2023, poses for a photo in Accra, Ghana, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Efua sought an abortion at a health clinic but worried the procedure might be illegal. More than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on abortion in recent years, but experts say that like Efua, many women probably don't realize they are entitled to a legal abortion. Efua spoke to the AP on condition that only her middle name be used, for fear of reprisals from the growing anti-abortion movement in her country. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Abortions are legal in much of Africa. But few women may be aware, and providers don't advertise it
More than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on abortion in recent years, but experts say many women probably don’t realize they are entitled to a legal abortion. And some … more
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Oleksandr Turovskyi, father of Sviatoslav Turovskyi, in the top right picture, one of the men killed by Russian forces near the building on Yablunska street, leaves after bringing fresh flowers to the place where his son's body was abandoned, in Bucha, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Days after Russian forces withdrew from the area in late March, in the dramatic first weeks of the full-scale invasion, a photo taken by AP Photographer Vadim Ghirda revealed what happened to the eight men. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Life has returned to Ukraine's Bucha. But 2 years after the killings, some families can't move on
Two years have passed since Russian forces withdrew from the Ukrainian suburb of Bucha and left exposed one of the worst atrocities of the war. Now there are signs of renewal and rebuilding in … more
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