By NICOLE WINFIELD, LORNE COOK and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Italian government approved new measures to crack down on migration Monday, after the southern island of Lampedusa was again overwhelmed by a wave of arrivals setting off from Tunisia and the migration ...
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police said Monday that they had received a sexual assault allegation after media outlets published claims by several women against Russell Brand. Promoters postponed the remaining dates in a string of live gigs by the comedian, who ...
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The second phase of the African Union troop withdrawal from Somalia has begun, the bloc said Monday. The pullout follows a timeline for the handover of security to the country's authorities, which are fighting al-Qaida's affiliate in ...
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts say war crimes continue in Ethiopia despite a peace deal signed nearly a year ago to end a devastating conflict that has also engulfed the country's Tigray region. The violence has left at least 10,000 people ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's armed forces declared three days of national mourning after five members of a military rescue team were killed in a road accident in flood-hit Libya. The bodies of the five — three military officials and two civilians — were flown back to a military base ...
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The trial of five Israelis accused of gang raping a British woman in a Cyprus hotel room is scheduled for next month, when they will enter pleas to charges including rape, sexual assault, sexual harassment and abduction, Cypriot police said Monday. Police said the ...
GENEVA (AP) — The rights situation in Russia has "significantly deteriorated" since President Vladimir Putin launched his war against Ukraine in February last year, an expert commissioned by the U.N.'s top human rights body said in her first report on the country on Monday. Mariana ...
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian lawmakers sat in the last session before moving to a new Parliament building, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call Monday that saw him lauding India's parliamentary history and the recently concluded Group of 20 ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has flown 103 military planes toward Taiwan in a new daily high for the activity the island considers harassment. Taiwan's Defense Ministry says it also detected Chinese vessels in the 24 hours from Sunday to early Monday. China's military regularly sends planes ...
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Two years after the Taliban banned girls from school beyond sixth grade, Afghanistan is the only country in the world with restrictions on female education. Now, the rights of Afghan women and children are on the agenda of the United Nations ...
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia's early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country's military and political support for neighboring Ukraine, in a direct challenge to the European ...
ROME (AP) — A 4.8-magnitude earthquake rattled parts of Tuscany early Monday, geologists and firefighters said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake's epicenter was near Marradi, northeast of Florence, and it struck at 5:10 a.m., after some smaller temblors, ...
By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic. Then, it was Russia's war in Ukraine. Throughout it all, the perils of climate change, poverty and inequality have steadily, increasingly thrummed through each convening of world leaders ...
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's government said Monday the online dating industry must improve safety standards or be forced to make changes through legislation, responding to research that says three-in-four Australian users suffer some form of ...
By KIM TONG-HYUNG, HYUNG-JIN KIM and ELISE MORTON Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on his way home Sunday from Russia, ending a six-day trip that triggered global concerns about weapons transfer deals between the two countries locked in separate ...
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The war in Ukraine and its visiting president take center stage at the United Nations this week, but developing countries will be vying for the spotlight as well as they push for faster action on poverty and inequality at the first ...
CAIRO (AP) — Four Greek rescue workers dispatched to Libya following devastating flooding in the eastern city of Derna were killed in a road collision Sunday, Libya's health minister said. Some 11,300 people died when two dams collapsed during Mediterranean storm Daniel last week sending a ...
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is extending an olive branch to video gamers after previously linking computer games to rioting that rocked France earlier this year. Posting on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, Macron backpedaled on remarks in June where he ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For two years, it was the coronavirus pandemic. Then, it was Russia's war in Ukraine. Throughout it all, the perils of climate change, poverty and inequality have steadily, increasingly thrummed through each convening of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. As ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The commitments were far-reaching and ambitious. Among them: End extreme poverty and hunger. Ensure every child on Earth gets a quality secondary education. Achieve gender equality. Make significant inroads in tackling climate change. Create "universal access to ...