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In this grab taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation on Thursday, April 11, 2024 an Angara-A5 rocket lifts off from Vostochny space launch facility outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. Russia on Thursday successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier in the week. (Roscosmos Space Corporation via AP)
In Russia's Far East, a new heavy-lift rocket blasts off into space after two aborted launches
Russia has successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier this week. The first attempt to launch the … more
Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest ever fraud case
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh city in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud case ever, state … more
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Members of the Siberian Battalion, which was formed mostly of volunteer Russian citizens, of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' International Legion, practice during military exercises, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Ukraine's parliament passes a controversial law to boost much-needed conscripts and fill army ranks
Ukraine’s parliament has passed a law that will govern how the country recruits new conscripts following months of delay and after thousands of amendments were submitted to water down the initial … more
Jennifer Peter, who was kidnapped with others in her school by gunmen in March 2021, speaks during an interview in Kaduna, Nigeria, Tuesday, March, 26, 2024. The gunmen who kidnapped Jennifer Peter and dozens of her peers from school in March 2021 returned months later to attack another school in her state in northwestern Nigeria. The second time, they seized over 100 children including Jennifer's 10-year-old cousin, Treasure, who was held captive for more than two years. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)
10 years after Chibok, Nigerian families cope with the trauma of more school kidnappings
The mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls a decade ago in Nigeria marked a new era of fear in Africa's most populous country. Since the Chibok abductions in April 2014, at least 1,500 students have been … more
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Chhem Hay, 37, stands at a main door of her house under construction at Run Ta Ek village in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on April 2, 2024. She decided last June to take the opportunity to move from the village where she'd lived since she was a young teenager to the new settlement. Cambodia's program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological site is drawing international concern over possible human rights abuses, while authorities maintain they're doing nothing more than protecting the UNESCO World Heritage Site from illegal squatters. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Forced evictions or free choice? Cambodia's relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns
Cambodia’s program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological site is drawing international concern over possible human rights abuses, while authorities maintain they’re doing … more
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An Israeli airstrike has killed seven aid workers in Gaza, threatening to set back efforts to open a maritime corridor for aid from Cyprus to help ease the desperate conditions in northern Gaza.
A mission of mercy, then a fatal mistake: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel's target
It was hours after sundown when eight aid trucks and three support vehicles started their journey into Gaza. The roads were dark, except for occasional patches where ragged light spilled from … more
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Chhem Hay, 37, stands at a main door of her house under construction at Run Ta Ek village in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on April 2, 2024. She decided last June to take the opportunity to move from the village where she'd lived since she was a young teenager to the new settlement. Cambodia's program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological site is drawing international concern over possible human rights abuses, while authorities maintain they're doing nothing more than protecting the UNESCO World Heritage Site from illegal squatters. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Forced evictions or free choice? Cambodia's relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns
Cambodia's program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological site is drawing international concern over possible human rights abuses, while authorities maintain they're doing … more
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South Korea’s liberal opposition parties were expected to win a landslide victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election, initial exit polls suggested, a result that if confirmed would make conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol a lame duck for his remaining three years in office.
South Korea's prime minister and top presidential officials offer to resign after election defeat
Reports say South Korea’s prime minister and senior presidential officials offered to resign en masse after their conservative ruling party was crushed in parliamentary elections. The results of … more
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Olivia Orozco Lopez cries as she holds a portrait of her late daughter Celestina Carolina during an interview in the Culvilla hamlet of Tejutla, Guatemala, Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Carolina died asphyxiated alongside 50 other migrants in a smuggler's trailer truck in San Antonio, Texas in June 2022. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Desperate young Guatemalans try to reach the US even after horrific deaths of migrating relatives
In the small town of Comitancillo in Guatemala’s mostly Indigenous highlands, two murals memorialize the nearly two dozen local migrants who died in mass tragedies en route to the United States … more
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Palestinians walk through the destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and ground offensive in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, April 8, 2024. Israel says it has withdrawn its last ground troops from the city, ending a four-month operation. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Biden says Netanyahu's approach to the war is a mistake, deepening a rift between the two allies
U.S. President Joe Biden has called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war in Gaza a mistake. In remarks aired late Tuesday, Biden ramped up his criticism of Israel, … more
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Mouhamed Sall, who is deaf, attends class at the Guinaw Rail Sud public high school in Pikine, Senegal, Monday, March 18, 2024. Sall and three other students are part of a new approach in a small number of schools in Senegal that seat those who are deaf and hard of hearing with the rest of the class. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)
In some classrooms in Senegal, deaf and hard-of-hearing students now study alongside everyone else
A new approach in Senegal is mixing a small number of hard-of-hearing students into public classrooms. It's a step forward in the West African country where some people still associate disabilities … more
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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, right, leaves after the opening of the new Iranian consulate building in Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 8, 2024. Iran's foreign minister Monday accused the United States of giving Israel the "green light" to strike the consulate building in Syria that killed seven Iranian military officials including two generals. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)
Iran’s supreme leader reiterates a promise to retaliate against Israel over killings of generals
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is reiterating a promise to retaliate against Israel over the killings of Iranian generals in Syria. Khamenei spoke Wednesday at a prayer ceremony … more
Muslim men perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr with family reunions, new clothes, treats and prayers
The Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan is being celebrated by Muslims with family reunions, new clothes and sweet treats. In Indonesia, the world’s most … more
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6 former Mississippi law officers to be sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men will be sentenced by a state judge Wednesday. Rankin County … more
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Firefighters walk past a building called New Lucky House where a fire started in Hong Kong, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)
Hong Kong building fire kills at least 5 people and injures 11
A fire at a building in Hong Kong has killed at least five people and left another 11 injured. Police said they were still receiving calls from people inside the building asking for help. … more
Supporters of South Korea's ruling People Power Party flash their smartphones' lights during the party's parliamentary election campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
South Korea's president faces a crucial referendum in parliamentary election
South Koreans are voting for a new parliament in a hotly contested election that's seen as a referendum on conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. The vote has raised worries about a deepening domestic … more
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A traveler pets the dog Kuki while walking with handler through Istanbul Airport in Turkey, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Istanbul Airport has made five new hires to provide stress-free travel experience for anxious passengers: therapy dogs that are ready to offer support with snuggles, belly rubs and sloppy kisses. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Istanbul airport provides anxious travelers with paw-sitive experience by hiring 5 therapy dogs
Istanbul Airport has made five new hires to provide a stress-free travel experience for anxious passengers: therapy dogs that are ready to offer support with snuggles, belly rubs and sloppy kisses. … more
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FILE - Britain's Professor Peter Higgs smiles during a press conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Oct. 11, 2013. The University of Edinburgh says Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at 94. Higgs predicted the existence of a new particle — the so-called Higgs boson — in 1964. But it would be almost 50 years before the particle’s existence could be confirmed at the Large Hadron Collider. Higgs won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work, alongside Francois Englert of Belgium. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)
Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says
The University of Edinburgh says Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the Higgs boson particle, has died at 94. Higgs predicted the existence of a new particle — … more
Champions League matches will go ahead despite Islamic State terror threat
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — This week’s Champions League games will go ahead as scheduled despite an Islamic State terror threat, the governing body of European soccer said Tuesday. A media … more
A pro-Palestinian activist works on a protest poster near the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, April 8, 2024, prior to the start of a two days hearing in a case brought by Nicaragua accusing Germany of breaching the genocide convention by providing arms and support to Israel. (AP Photo/Patrick Post)
Germany rejects allegations that it's facilitating acts of genocide in Gaza at UN court
Germany is strongly rejecting a case brought by Nicaragua at the United Nations’ top court accusing Berlin of facilitating breaches of the Geneva Convention and international humanitarian law by … more
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