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The Latest | Death toll climbs after airstrikes and rocket fire on Lebanon-Israel border

Mar. 28, 2024 03:33 AM EDT

The death toll from Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon has climbed to 16, including several militants and members of paramedic groups, according to Lebanese state media and the militant organizations. And in northern Israel, one man was killed by a barrage of at least 30...

Security in Congo's mineral-rich east is deteriorating with rebel group expanding territory, UN says

Mar. 27, 2024 20:50 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Security in Congo’s mineral-rich east has deteriorated since recent elections, with a rebel group allegedly linked to neighboring Rwanda making “significant advances and expanding its territory,” the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked African nation said...

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says

Mar. 27, 2024 12:41 PM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world wasted an estimated 19% of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to a new United Nations report. The U.N. Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report, published Wednesday, tracks the progress of...

Here are the big hurdles to the global push to build up renewable energy

Mar. 26, 2024 02:14 AM EDT

The world's governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the U.N. climate summit in December. But right now, the post-pandemic global economy is throwing up obstacles that will need to be overcome if the goal is going to be met. ...

UN demand for Gaza cease-fire provokes strongest clash between US and Israel since war began

Mar. 25, 2024 21:11 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council on Monday issued its first demand for a cease-fire in Gaza, with the U.S. angering Israel by abstaining from the vote. Israel responded by canceling a visit to Washington by a high-level delegation in the strongest public clash between the...

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons

Mar. 25, 2024 15:22 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons after nearly three years of trying to tackle mounting humanitarian crises in Ukraine, Gaza and Africa, the United Nations announced Monday. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres...

Six more bodies are found days after a boat of Rohingya refugees capsized off Indonesia

Mar. 25, 2024 12:27 PM EDT

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Six more bodies of Rohingya refugees have been found at sea off Indonesia after a boat with more than 150 people aboard capsized last week, local authorities said Monday. The bodies of the six women were found off the coast of Aceh province, search and...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels diplomatic delegation's visit to Washington to protest U.N. vote

Mar. 25, 2024 11:29 AM EDT
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancels diplomatic delegation's visit to Washington to protest U.N. vote.

Thailand sends aid to war-torn Myanmar, but critics say it will only help junta

Mar. 25, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday, in what officials hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting. But critics charge that the aid will benefit only people...

Malawi follows Zambia in declaring drought disaster as El Niño brings hunger to southern Africa

Mar. 25, 2024 02:41 AM EDT

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The southern African nation of Malawi has declared a state of disaster over drought in 23 of its 28 districts and the president says it urgently needs more than $200 million in humanitarian assistance, less than a month after neighboring Zambia also appealed for...