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Muslims pray on Laylat al-Qadr, or night of power, that marks the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Israel finds the body of a hostage killed in Gaza, while talks will resume on a cease-fire

CAIRO (AP) — Israel's military said Saturday it had recovered the body of a 47-year-old farmer who was held hostage in Gaza, while negotiators prepared to begin another round of talks on brokering … more

By SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ | 4/6/24

The United Nations chief is blaming Israel’s military strategy and procedures for the killing of nearly 200 humanitarian workers and is calling for independent investigations to fix those failures and practices.

Half a year into the war in Gaza, here's a look at the conflict by the numbers

The Israel-Hamas war has stretched on for half a year and has become one of the most destructive, deadly, and intractable conflicts of the 21st century. Since Hamas’ shocking Oct. 7 cross-border … more

By JULIA FRANKEL | 4/6/24

FILE - Rwandan refugees hold their hands up and ask for help from Belgian soldiers, who had come to a psychiatric hospital compound outside of Kigali on April 13, 1994. People are patients of this hospital. (AP Photo/Karsten Thielker, File)

Though Rwanda has come a long way since the 1994 genocide, scars of the past still haunt the nation

Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide against its minority Tutsi as new mass graves are still being discovered across the country in a grim reminder of the scale of the … more

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA | 4/6/24

Police break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024. The raid took place hours after the Mexican government granted former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas political asylum. (AP Photo/David Bustillos)

Mexico’s president says country will break diplomatic ties with Ecuador, after police raid embassy

Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday evening the country will break diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito to detain former … more

4/6/24

Israel says its strike that killed aid workers was a mistake. Rights groups say it was no anomaly

The Israeli military says two basic mistakes led to the series of drone strikes that killed seven staffers from the World Central Kitchen charity. The explanation raises a question: If that's the … more

By LEE KEATH | 4/6/24

For families of hostages, it's a race against time as Israel's war reaches six-month mark

It’s the last wish of a dying mother, to see her daughter once more. But six months into Israel’s war, time is running out for Liora Argamani. She has brain cancer and hopes to stay alive long … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 4/6/24

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

4/6/24

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

By ELÉONORE HUGHES and MAURICIO SAVARESE | 4/5/24

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

By JULIA FRANKEL | 4/5/24

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

By ISABEL DEBRE | 4/5/24

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

By AMIR VAHDAT | 4/5/24

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

By PAN PYLAS | 4/5/24

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

By MATTHEW LEE | 4/5/24

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

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA | 4/5/24

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

4/5/24

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

By JOSEF FEDERMAN | 4/5/24

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

4/4/24

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

By ERIKA KINETZ and SOLOMIIA HERA | 4/4/24

Christian families light candles and put flowers on the graves of their dear ones early morning on Easter in Purulia, West Bengal, India, Sunday, March 31, 2024. Christian around the world are celebrating Easter commemorating the day when according to Christian tradition Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

AP PHOTOS: Easter Sunday around the world

Across the globe, people celebrated Easter Sunday — commemorating the day when, according to Christian tradition, Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem two millennia ago. In India, Christian … more

By The Associated Press | 3/31/24

FILE - Tourists visit the ancient Acropolis hill during a heat wave in Athens, Greece, on July 21, 2023. Climate change is making heat waves crawl slower across the globe and last longer with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people

A new study says climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas. Friday's study … more

By SETH BORENSTEIN | 3/29/24