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Congo says several towns recaptured from rebels but fighting intensifies in its east

The Congolese army says several towns that fell to armed groups in the eastern North Kivu and South Kivu provinces have been recaptured by government forces
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Seoul says North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven't shown desire to defect

South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed a desire to seek asylum in South Korea
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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside of Tsiolkovsky, in the far eastern Amur region, Russia on Sept. 13, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov/Sputnik Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
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What to know about the latest effort to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict

A fresh drive to bring an end to Turkey's 40-year Kurdish conflict has seen politicians from the pro-Kurdish party meet jailed leaders
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FILE - A cardboard cut-out of Selahattin Demirtas is pictured at an election kiosk in Istanbul, June 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
January 12

China's exports in December grew 10.7%, beating estimates amid uncertainty over trade tariffs

China’s exports in December grew at a faster pace than expected, as factories rushed to fulfill orders amid uncertainty over trade tariffs that could be imposed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump
January 12
A truck loaded with vehicles moves to lines of vehicles for export at a port in Yantai in eastern China's Shandong province on Jan. 2, 2025. (Chinatopix via AP)
January 12

India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering

Millions of Hindu devotees and mystics have gathered in the northern Indian city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, which is the largest religious congregation on earth
January 12
Pilgrims take shelter from the rain under a peepal tree by the side of a road, a day before the Maha Kumbh festival, in Prayagraj, India, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
January 12

An Austrian woman has been kidnapped in Niger's Agadez city, authorities say

Gunmen have kidnapped an Austrian woman in Niger's Agadez city
January 12
January 12

Biden and Netanyahu discuss the latest in the effort to reach an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden have spoken in a phone call on the latest efforts to reach a ceasefire and hostage release in the Israel-Hamas war
January 12
Israeli soldiers and relatives carry the flag-draped casket of Sergeant Yahav Maayan, who was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip, during his funeral at a military cemetery in Modiin, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
January 12

An avalanche hits a group of skiers in Italy's Piedmont Alps, killing 3

An avalanche has hit a group of five skiers in Italy’s northern Piedmont region on Sunday, killing three of them, rescuers said
January 12
January 12

Thousands of students protest in Serbia against violation of civil rights, spy agency crackdown

Serbia’s striking university students have protested outside the Balkan country’s top court to draw their attention to what they say have been violations of their civil rights under the populist authorities, including pressure from the secret service
January 12
People gather in front of Serbia's Constitutional Court building during a protest over the collapse of a concrete canopy that killed 15 people more than two months ago, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
January 12

6.2 earthquake jolts southwestern Mexico, causing no damage or casualties

The United States Geological Survey is reporting that a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck a region in southwestern Mexico
January 12
January 12

Young gorilla rescued from aircraft hold recovers at Istanbul zoo

A young gorilla rescued from a plane’s cargo hold is recovering at an Istanbul zoo while wildlife officers consider returning him to his natural habitat
January 12
Zeytin, a 5-month-old male gorilla infant who was rescued at Istanbul Airport, looks on, in a specially created section of a zoo, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
January 12

Tens of thousands protest in Romania’s capital against annulled presidential race

Tens of thousands protested in Romania’s capital against a top court’s decision last month to annul the presidential election after an outsider candidate unexpectedly emerged as the frontrunner
January 12
A protester holding a bagel in one hand shouts slogans during a rally organized by the right wing Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR), calling for free elections after Romania' s Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections last December, in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
January 12

Italy's justice minister seeks to revoke the arrest of an Iranian based on a US warrant

Italy’s justice minister has asked an appeals court to revoke the arrest of an Iranian citizen wanted by the U.S. over a drone attack in Jordan that killed three Americans a year ago
January 12
Cecilia Sala, an Italian journalist who was detained on Dec. 19 as she was reporting in Iran walks on the tarmac as she landed at Rome' Ciampino airport after being released, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (Filippo Attili, Italian Government Office via Ap )
January 12

Sweden to contribute up to 3 warships to reinforced NATO presence in the Baltic

Sweden's government says the country will contribute up to three warships to a NATO effort to increase the alliance’s presence in the Baltic Sea as it tries to guard against sabotage of underwater infrastructure
January 12
Sweden Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson speaks to the Associated Press during an interview at the Estonian Knighthood House in Tallinn, Estonia, on Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
January 12

France's Mayotte islands hit by tropical storm just weeks after devastating cyclone

The French territory of Mayotte is on red alert again with another cyclone heading toward the islands off Africa that were devastated by their worst storm in nearly a century last month
January 12
Children play in Majicavo Koropa, Mayotte, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
January 12

Russia forms emergency task force as Kerch Strait oil spill continues to spread

An emergency task force has arrived in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region to deal with the continuing consequences of an oil spill in the Kerch Strait last month
January 12
In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025, Russian rescuers work to clean up tons of fuel oil that spilled out of two storm-stricken tankers more then three weeks ago near Anapa, in Russia's southern Krasnodar region. (Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service via AP)
January 12

Chad’s ruling party wins majority in parliamentary election boycotted by main opposition

Chad’s ruling party took the majority of votes in last month’s parliamentary election that the main opposition party boycotted
January 12
FILE - Chadian President Mahamat Deby Itno participates in his inauguration ceremony in N'djamena, Chad, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mouta Ali, File)
January 12

Germany's top diplomat calls for 'smart approach' to sanctions at start of Riyadh meeting on Syria

Germany’s foreign minister says sanctions against Syrian officials responsible for war crimes must remain in place but called for a “smart approach” to provide relief to the Syrian population after last month’s overthrow of President Bashar Assad
January 12
People peer through a hole in the wall into the cells gallery of the infamous Saydnaya military prison on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, Sunday Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
January 12

The rate of HMPV infections in northern China is declining, health official says

The rate of infections with the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic
January 12
Journalists wearing face masks film a speech of Wang Liping, a researcher for the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention during a press briefing by the National Health Commission in Beijing, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
January 12

Pope Francis baptizes 21 babies in annual ceremony at the Sistine Chapel

Pope Francis has baptised 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican
January 12
Faithful listen to Pope Francis's Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter's Square the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
January 12

Comoros holds a parliamentary election boycotted by some opposition parties

Comoros is holding a parliamentary election that some opposition leaders have pledged to boycott
January 12
January 12

15 killed in explosion and fire at gas station in central Yemen

Health officials in central Yemen say at least 15 have been killed in an explosion and fire at a gas station
January 12
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)
January 12

Fire in restaurant in northern Czech Republic kills 6 people

Officials says a fire in a restaurant in northern Czech Republic has killed six people and and left six others with serious injuries
January 12
January 12

A startup city in Kenya tries to tackle Africa's problem of urbanizing while poor

Tatu City outside Kenya's capital is a startup city, privately owned and with aspirations of eventually having a population of 250,000
January 12
Waiters serve in a restaurant at Tatu city, a startup city that tries to tackle Africa's problem of urbanizing, in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
January 12

Lebanese whose homes were destroyed in the war want to rebuild. Many face a long wait

It's been six weeks since a ceasefire halted the war between Israel and Hezbollah and many displaced Lebanese whose homes were destroyed in the fighting want to rebuild
January 12
FILE - Displaced residents drive past the rubble of destroyed buildings as they return to their villages, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that went into the day before, in Tyre, southern Lebanon, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
January 12

Croatia's President Milanović wins another term after defeating ruling party candidate in runoff

Croatia’s opposition-backed President Zoran Milanović, a critic of the European Union and NATO, overwhelmingly won reelection for another five-year term on Sunday, defeating a candidate from the ruling conservative party in a runoff vote
January 12
President incumbent Zoran Milanovic with his wife Sanja Music Milanovic greets his supporters as the preliminary results grant him victory in a runoff vote for the Croatian presidential election in Zagreb, Croatia, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. The sign reads "Thank You". (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
January 11

Canada's former leader Chrétien has blunt advice for Trump: 'Give your head a shake!'

President-elect Donald Trump’s remark that Canada should become the 51st state has drawn condemnation and a patriotic outburst from a former Canadian prime minister who offered blunt advice to the incoming U_S_ leader: “Give your head a shake!”
January 11
FILE - President Donald Trump, center, reaches out to Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as they prepare to sign a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that is replacing the NAFTA trade deal during a ceremony at a hotel before the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Nov. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)
January 11

Mayotte on red alert again as another cyclone heads toward the French territory off Africa

The French territory of Mayotte is on red alert again with another cyclone heading toward the islands off Africa that were devastated by their worst storm in nearly a century last month
January 11
A drone view of the Barakani, Mayotte, informal settlement, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Adrienne Surprenant)
January 11

Brazilian police investigate attack on workers’ settlement that killed 2

Authorities say Brazilian police are investigating the deaths of two men in an attack on a workers’ settlement in Sao Paulo state
January 11
January 11

Trams collide in the French city of Strasbourg, injuring dozens, though none critically

Firefighters say two trams have collided in Strasbourg in eastern France, injuring dozens of people, though none critically
January 11
Police officers block the access to the station after two trams collided, injuring dozens of people, though none critically, firefighters said, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)
January 11

A bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany leaves 2 dead

Police say two people have died in a bus accident on a highway in northeastern Germany and another four were seriously injured
January 11
Emergency services work at the scene of a bus accident near Uckermark, Germany on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Michael Ukas/dpa via AP)
January 11

Israel's Netanyahu sends Mossad director to Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar in sign of progress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza
January 11
Adly Eid mourns over the body of his daughter, Dima, 5, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, at the Al-Aqsa Hospital morgue in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
January 11

Israel is sending the Mossad director to Gaza ceasefire negotiations in Qatar in a sign of progress in talks

Israel is sending the Mossad director to Gaza ceasefire negotiations in Qatar in a sign of progress in talks
January 11
January 11

One of four lynx captured in the Scottish Highlands dies

Wildlife officials in Scotland say one of four lynx thought to have been released illegally in the Scottish Highlands has died the day after it was captured
January 11
This image taken from video and made available by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland shows a lynx in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, Dec. 9, 2024. (Royal Zoological Society of Scotland via AP)
January 11

Turkey's Kurdish leaders meet jailed politician as the two sides inch toward peace

A delegation from one of Turkey’s biggest pro-Kurdish political parties has met a leading figure of the Kurdish movement in prison, the latest step in a tentative process to end the country’s 40-year conflict
January 11
FILE - A cardboard cut-out of Selahattin Demirtas is pictured at an election kiosk in Istanbul, June 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
January 11

Sudan’s military retakes a strategic city from RSF rebels, dealing them a major blow

Sudanese officials says the military and its allies had taken back the strategic city of Wad Medani more than a year after the Rapid Support Forces seized it
January 11
People celebrate following the reports that, Sudan's army had entered the central city of Wad Madani and pushed out its paramilitary rivals the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), in Merowe, Sudan, Saturday, Jan.11, 2025. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)
January 11

Black boxes from South Korea plane crash failed to record final 4 minutes: Officials

Officials say the black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident
January 11
FILE - Rescue team members work at the site of a plane crash at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea on Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
January 11

Ukraine says it captured 2 North Korean soldiers fighting for Russia

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine's forces have captured two North Korean soldiers fighting alongside Russian troops in Russia’s Kursk border region
January 11
FILE - In this photo taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry press service on Nov. 29, 2024, a Russian serviceman aims a D-30 howitzer towards Ukrainian positions in the border area of Kursk region, Russia. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
January 11

Syrian intelligence agency says it thwarted a planned Islamic State attack on a Shiite shrine

Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government say they have thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab
January 11
January 11

Animal transports banned in German region after foot-and-mouth disease detected

Animal transports have been banned in a state surrounding Berlin and the capital’s two zoos have closed as a precaution after foot-and-mouth disease was detected in a buffalo herd just outside the city
January 11
People in protective clothing walk through a farm in Hoppegarten, Germany, Friday Jan 10, 2025. (Sebastian Gollnow/dpa via AP)
January 11

Syrians celebrate month since Assad’s overthrow with revolutionary songs in Damascus

A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani, a renowned singer and symbol of the Syrian uprising, performed in celebration of “Syria’s victory.”
January 11
Syrians sing and wave post-Assad flags during a concert by the recently returned "revolutionary" singer Wasfi Maasrani in Damascus late Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025..(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
January 11

Far-right party's convention draws protests as Germany heads into election

A convention of a far-right party is being met by protests in Germany as it and other major parties launch their campaigns for the country’s election next month
January 11
Police officers stand guard during a demonstration ahead of the AfD's national party conference, in Riesa, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP)
January 11

Indonesia and Japan promise deeper defense and economic ties as regional tensions spike

Japan and Indonesia have pledged to deepen economic and defense ties during a visit by the Japanese prime minister amid heightened global geopolitical tensions
January 11
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, center right, walks with Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba as they inspect an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony prior to their meeting at Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
January 11

Trump's words on Greenland and borders ring alarms in Europe, but officials have a guarded response

President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended into Canada and the Danish territory of Greenland, and southward to include t...
January 11
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hold a press conference after their meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)
January 11

Police arrest student suspected of hammer attack at a Tokyo university

Japanese police have arrested a student suspected of a hammer attack at a Tokyo university, which local media said left several injured
January 11
January 11

Uyghurs detained in Thailand say they face deportation and persecution in China

A group of Uyghurs who were detained in Thailand over a decade ago say that the Thai government is preparing to deport them to China, alarming activists who say the men are at risk of abuse and torture if they are sent back
January 11
Police stand outside an immigration detention center of the Immigration Bureau where Uyghur detainees are held in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. The detainees say they are facing deportation back to China, where they fear persecution. (AP Photo/Haruka Nuga)
January 11

Venezuela's opposition supporters grapple with hope and disappointment after Maduro is sworn in

The inauguration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has left his opponents grappling with conflicting feelings of hope and disappointment, pondering why the leftist leader could not be stopped despite credible evidence that he had lost the election...
January 11
A priest blesses Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado during a rally against President Nicolas Maduro the day before his inauguration for a third term, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
January 10

China and UK restart economic and financial talks after 6-year hiatus

China and Britain have restarted economic and financial talks after a six-year hiatus during a visit by Britain’s Treasury chief to Beijing
January 10
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng attend a meeting with Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (Florence Lo/Pool Photo via AP)
January 10

This is how much warmer 2024 was than 2023

By March, NOAA estimated a 55% chance that 2024 would be Earth's warmest year.
January 10
People cool off in misters along the Las Vegas Strip, July 7, 2024, in Las Vegas.
January 10

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