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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, foreground center, stands with his counterparts from left, Palestine Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha and their delegations as they pose for a group photo prior to their meeting at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. China's foreign minister welcomed five Arab and Islamic counterparts to Beijing on Monday, saying his country would work with "our brothers and sisters" in the Arab and Islamic world to try to end the fighting in Gaza as soon as possible. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China welcomes Arab and Muslim foreign ministers for talks on ending the war in Gaza
China’s top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and the Indonesian one to Beijing, saying his country would work with “our brothers and sisters” in the Arab and Islamic world to try … more
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Thirty-one premature babies were safely transferred from Gaza's main hospital to another in the south on Sunday, and will be moved to Egypt on Monday, health officials said. (Nov. 19)
Heavy fighting breaks out around another Gaza hospital after babies evacuated from Shifa
Heavy fighting erupted around a hospital in northern Gaza where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks. Israel is trying to clear out medical facilities that it … more
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Abdelazim Wadi, 50, holds up a poster commemorating his brother, Ibrahim Wadi, and his nephew, Ahmed Wadi, who were killed by Israeli settlers during a funeral procession on Oct. 12 in the rural Palestinian village of Qusra, West Bank, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023. With the world’s attention focused on the fighting in Gaza, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians since Oct. 7 has surged to the highest levels ever recorded by the United Nations. Palestinians say this Israel-Hamas war has left them more scared and vulnerable than ever in recent memory. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
With the world's eyes on Gaza, attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, which faces its own war
When Israeli warplanes swooped over the Gaza Strip following Hamas militants’ brutal attack on southern Israel, Palestinians say a different kind of war took hold in the occupied West Bank. … more
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Wildfires consume an area near the Transpantaneira, also known as MT-060, a road that crosses the Pantanal wetlands, near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Fires in Brazil threaten jaguars, houses and plants in the world's largest tropical wetlands
In the first two weeks of November, fires fueled by unusually dry and hot weather destroyed nearly 770,000 hectares (1.9 million acres) of the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands. … more
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Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, in the hospital in Khan Younis, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
UN team says 32 babies are among scores of critically ill patients stranded in Gaza's main hospital
A United Nations team says 291 patients were left at Gaza’s largest hospital after Israeli troops had others evacuate. Those left include 32 babies in extremely critical condition, trauma patients … more
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FILE - This combo image shows Javier Milei, the Liberty Advances coalition presidential candidate, in Cordoba, Argentina, Nov. 16, 2023, left, and Economy Minister Sergio Massa, the ruling party's presidential candidate in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug. 28, 2023. Voters in Argentina head to the polls Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in a runoff election to determine which of the two candidates will be will be their new president. (AP Photo/File)
Argentines vote in election that could lead Trump-admiring populist to the presidency
Voters in Argentina head to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election that will determine whether South America’s second-largest economy will take a rightward shift. Populist Javier Milei, … more
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French Holocaust survivors are recoiling at new antisemitism, and activists are pleading for peace
Survivors of Nazi atrocities have joined young Jewish activists in Paris to sound the alarm about resurgent antisemitic hate speech, graffiti and abuse linked to the Israel-Hamas war. The impact of … more
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This image taken with a drone shows the town of Grindavik, Iceland, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Residents of a fishing town in southwestern Iceland have left their homes after increasing concern about a potential volcanic eruption caused civil defense authorities to declare a state of emergency in the region. Iceland's Meteorological Office says police decided to evacuate Grindavik after recent seismic activity in the area moved south toward the town. (AP Photo/Bjorn Steinbekk)
Residents of Iceland town evacuated over volcano told it will be months before they can go home
People in southwest Iceland are on edge, waiting to see whether a volcano rumbling under the Reykjanes peninsula will erupt. Civil protection authorities say it will likely be months before residents … more
Airstrikes continued to hammer the southern Gaza, where most of the territory’s population is now sheltering. Among them are hundreds of thousands of people who heeded Israel’s calls to evacuate the north ahead its ground offensive. (Nov. 17)
Gaza communications blackout ends, giving rise to hope for the resumption of critical aid deliveries
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Internet and phone service was partially restored to the Gaza Strip on Saturday, ending a telecommunications blackout that forced the United Nations to shut down … more
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FILE - People pay respect as the coffin containing the body of Serhii Havryliuk, 48, passes by during his funeral procession in Tarasivka village, near Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. Serhii Havryliuk, an officer of the Azov Assault Brigade, died while defending the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol on April 12, 2022 against the Russians. Serhii has finally been buried after DNA tests confirmed his identity. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
The world's attention is on Gaza, and Ukrainians worry war fatigue will hurt their cause
With the onset of the war between Israel and Hamas, the world’s attention has swung away from the nearly 2-year-old conflict in Ukraine. In Washington, the war in Gaza consumes attention at the … more
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Banners promoting the Miss Universe Pageant hang from a building in downtown San Salvador, El Salvador, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. El Salvador hosts the 72nd Miss Universe Beauty Pageant. The pageant is the latest spectacle touted by President Nayib Bukele in his efforts to change the reputation of his historically violence-torn nation. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
El Salvador's Miss Universe pageant drawing attention at crucial moment for president
The Miss Universe competition hosted by El Salvador is the latest spectacle touted by President Nayib Bukele in his efforts to change the reputation of his historically violence-torn nation. But … more
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Rescuers walk near the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India on Friday to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom. (AP Photo)
In India, 40 workers are trapped in a tunnel for a 7th day as rescuers wait for a new drill
Forty workers are trapped in a collapsed road tunnel in northern India for a seventh day as rescuers wait for a new machine to drill through the rubble so they can crawl to their freedom. The workers … more
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The image of presidential hopeful Javier Milei fills the side of a bus carrying his supporters, left, parked by a wall along the sidewalk where a sign promoting his rival Sergio Massa, during Milei's closing campaign rally in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. In the run-up to the tightly contested Argentina presidential election runoff Sunday, Nov. 19, Milei is alleging electoral fraud without evidence. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Milei echoes Trump with fraud claims that inject uncertainty into Argentina's presidential runoff
In the run-up to the tightly contested Argentina presidential election runoff Sunday, right-wing populist Javier Milei is following former President Donald Trump's playbook, alleging electoral fraud … more
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One of Napoleon's signature bicorne hats on auction in France could fetch upwards of $650,000
One of the signature broad, black bicorne hats that Napoleon Bonaparte wore when he ruled 19th-century France and waged war in Europe is expected to fetch more than half a million euros (dollars) at … more
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FILE - Erdogan supporters gather in a street near the new central mosque to catch a sight of the Turkish president in Cologne, Germany, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected in Berlin on a short visit to Germany as the two countries’ stances on the war between Israel and Hamas are poles apart. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Turkey's Erdogan to visit Germany as differences over the Israel-Hamas war widen
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected in Berlin on a short visit to Germany, with the two countries’ stances on the war between Israel and Hamas poles apart. Erdogan on Friday is due … more
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Israeli troops stormed into Gaza’s largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility, where newborns and hundreds of others have suffered without electricity and other basic necessities as fighting raged outside. (Nov. 16)
Aid to Gaza halted with communications down for a second day, as food and water supplies dwindle
Communications systems in the Gaza Strip were down for a second day with no fuel to power the internet and phone networks, causing aid agencies to halt cross-border deliveries of humanitarian … more
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People stand near the entrance to the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in mountainous Uttarakhand state, India, Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India on Friday to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom. (AP Photo)
New drill bores deeper into tunnel rubble in India to create an escape pipe for 40 trapped workers
Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tunnel in northern India to fix wide pipes for 40 workers trapped underground for a sixth day to crawl to their freedom. A disaster … more
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FILE- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a rally in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. Modi says his country strongly condemns the civilian deaths taking place during the Israel-Hamas war. During his speech at a virtual summit of more than 100 developing countries Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, Modi urged the leaders of the developing countries to unite in the face of growing challenges rising due to the war. Modi also condemned the Oct. 7 attack by the militant group Hamas. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)
At a Global South summit, Modi urges leaders to unite against challenges from the Israel-Hamas war
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged leaders of developing nations to unite in the face of growing challenges due to the Israel-Hamas war. He said in a speech convening a virtual summit … more
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A hospital worker searches for recoverable items from a food depot at the Fontaine Hospital Center the day after it was broken into and robbed during an armed attack on the hospital in the Cité Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. A heavily armed gang surrounded the hospital on Wednesday, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them, according to the director of the medical center. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
Gang attack on Haitian hospital leads to a call for help and an unlikely triumph for police
One of Haiti's most vulnerable and impoverished communities is recovering from a gang attack that targeted a hospital serving as a lifeline for many. The latest attack in the capital of … more
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A supporter of Economy Minister Sergio Massa, the ruling party’s presidential candidate, holds a campaign poster promoting Massa, in Ezeiza, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. As Argentina heads for a presidential Nov. 19 runoff election, the decades-old populist movement known as Peronism has Massa working overtime to keep once-steadfast supporters from straying to his opponent, right-wing populist Javier Milei. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Argentina's Peronist machine is in high gear to shore up shaky votes before the presidential runoff
As Argentina heads for a presidential runoff election on Sunday, the decades-old populist movement known as Peronism is on shaky ground. Its candidate has lost some traction, even among longtime … more
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