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In this photo taken Thursday, April 4, 2024 and released by Pingtung Fire Department, firefighters evacuate a body from the Taroko National Park a day after a powerful earthquake struck, in the Hualien county, eastern Taiwan. Rescuers are searching for people out of contact a day after Taiwan's strongest earthquake in a quarter century damaged buildings, caused multiple rockslides. (Pingtung Fire Department via AP)
More than 600 people still stranded in Taiwan, 3 days after earthquake that killed at least 12
Rescuers are planning to bring in heavy equipment to try to recover two bodies buried under boulders on a hiking trail, three days after Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years. Search and … more
Writer Fernanda Montenegro holds Indigenous writer and environmental activist Ailton Krenak during his admission ceremony at the Brazilian Academy of Letters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Friday, April 5, 2024. Krenak is the first Indigenous person to be elected to the academy. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Brazil's Krenak Indigenous group gets literary esteem and an apology for dictatorship crimes
It was a monumental week for Brazil’s Krenak Indigenous group after decades of being overlooked at best, and at worst, subjugated and tortured. On Tuesday, the Krenak people received a formal … more
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People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, April 2, 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)
Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza
The Israeli military has dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers on a food-delivery mission. The military says a … more
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A woman sprays herself with a makeshift mosquito repellant of vanilla and water as she waits to be attended at a hospital amid a surge in dengue fever cases, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, April 5, 2024. A nationwide increase in dengue fever cases as resulted in the demand for repellents to avoid the bite of the mosquito that transmits the disease, causing a shortage and exorbitant prices where available. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Dengue fever outbreak in Argentina leads to shortage of a must-have item: mosquito repellent
In times of triple-digit inflation, Argentines are used to seeing prices for household goods skyrocket, but even they are shocked by the cost of this season’s must-have item: mosquito repellent. … more
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Iranian mourners try to touch the flag-draped coffins of Revolutionary Guard members killed in an airstrike widely attributed to Israel that destroyed Iran's Consulate in Syria on Monday, in a funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 5, 2024. The public funeral coincided with Iran's annual rally Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, a traditional show of support for the Palestinians that has been held on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran vows to 'punish Zionist regime' over deadly strike on Iranian consulate attributed to Israel
The commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard has warned that “our brave men will punish the Zionist regime." He was escalating threats of retaliation Friday against Israel for an … more
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A senior UK lawmaker fell victim to a sexting scam. His colleagues are being urged to go to police
British lawmakers who may have been targeted in a sexting scam were urged Friday to go to police, after a senior Conservative admitted disclosing the personal phone numbers of some colleagues to an … more
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Members of the Abu Draz family hold the bodies of their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at their house in Rafah, southern Gaza, Thursday, April 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Blinken says Israeli offers to increase flow of aid to Gaza are welcome but may not be sufficient
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that measures the Israeli government has announced to expand the flow of aid into Gaza are welcome but may not be enough to meet the Biden … more
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Children practise fencing game, on the outskirts of Kigali, Rwanda, Tuesday, April 4, 2024. The country will commemorate on April 7, 2024 the 30th anniversary of the genocide when ethnic Hutu extremists killed neighbours, friends and family during a three-month rampage of violence aimed at ethnic Tutsis and some moderate Hutus, leaving a death toll that Rwanda puts at 1,000,050. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the genocide
New mass graves are still being found in Rwanda, 30 years after the country's genocide in which an estimated 800,000 Tutsi were killed by extremist Hutu in massacres that lasted over 100 days. It's a … more
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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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