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ICC prosecutor announces renewed probe into alleged crimes in conflict-torn eastern Congo

Oct. 14, 2024 12:31 PM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court prosecutor said Monday he is renewing an investigation in Congo and focusing on allegations of crimes committed in the conflict-torn North Kivu province in the central African nation's east since early 2022. Eastern...

Leaders of Jordan and southern Europe want Lebanon's army to reassert itself in the country's south

Oct. 11, 2024 15:24 PM EDT

PAPHOS, Cyprus (AP) — The leaders of nine southern European Union countries on Friday pledged support for Lebanon’s armed forces to reassert control over the country’s southern territory in hopes of bringing peace to an area plagued by fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. In...

The Nobel Prizes will be announced against a backdrop of wars, famine and artificial intelligence

Oct. 04, 2024 05:49 AM EDT

STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognized when Nobel Prize announcements begin next week under a shroud of violence. The prize week coincides with the Oct. 7 anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, which...

Rebel group in Congo generates $300,000 monthly in seized mining area, UN official says

Oct. 01, 2024 09:40 AM EDT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A rebel group in Congo generates around $300,000 a month in revenue through its control of a mining area in the east of the country, a U.N. official said. In April, the M23 — a rebel group with alleged links to Rwanda — seized the Rubaya mining area in...

Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond

Oct. 01, 2024 00:32 AM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country's population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse as gang violence smothers life in the capital of Port-au-Prince and beyond, according to a new report...

Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene

Sep. 30, 2024 20:50 PM EDT

VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia. The former president and Republican nominee claimed upon landing...

What to know from the UN: Ukraine doesn't want the world to forget, and attention turns to Lebanon

Sep. 25, 2024 20:08 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sometimes the issues brought forward at the United Nations signature annual meeting may feel a bit familiar. Climate change is always in focus, especially in the past few years. There are regular disputes about who is on the security council. Pleas to stop wars and address...

Sepsis and malnutrition stalk the new mothers and babies of South Darfur

Sep. 24, 2024 18:03 PM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — Mothers and children in the Sudanese region of South Darfur are experiencing one of the “worst” health emergencies in the world, humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders said Tuesday, one of the consequences of the violence that has engulfed the country since April 2023....

Burkina Faso's ruling junta claims foiling an attempt to destabilize the country

Sep. 24, 2024 10:33 AM EDT

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s ruling junta said it thwarted an attempt to destabilize the African country “with the help of foreign powers.” A transitional government has been running the West African country after the military seized power in 2022,...

'Water is flooding everywhere' as torrential rains sweep through West and Central Africa

Sep. 20, 2024 07:16 AM EDT

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Houses swept away to the very last brick. Inmates frantically fleeing the city's main prison as its walls got washed away by water rising from an overflowing dam. Corpses of crocodiles and snakes floating among human bodies on what used to be main streets. As...