Former British police officer jailed for abusing over 200 girls on Snapchat
LONDON (AP) — A former British police officer was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with a minimum term of 12 years after he...
109 miners escape from gold mine in South Africa but others continue union standoff,...
SPRINGS, South Africa (AP) — More than 100 miners escaped from a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday after being held underground for...
UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief operations as bombings...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees warned Wednesday that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to...
Leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah holds talks with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group held talks on Wednesday with senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad figures in a key...
‘I wanted to scream’: Growing conflict in Congo drives sexual assault against displaced women
BULENGO, Congo (AP) — A hooded man burst into the 42-year-old woman's tent while her children were out searching for food, then raped her...
Carnival ruled negligent over cruise where 662 passengers got COVID-19 early in pandemic
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A cruise operator that failed to cancel a voyage from Sydney that led to a major COVID-19 outbreak was ruled...
Live updates | Relief operations in Gaza in jeopardy as Israeli airstrikes increase
The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says its relief operations across the Gaza Strip will need to be sharply curtailed amid crippling Israeli airstrikes.Hospitals...
Japan’s top court strikes down required removal of reproductive organs to officially change gender
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a law requiring transgender people to have their reproductive organs removed in order to...
Russia maneuvers carefully over the Israel-Hamas war as it seeks to expand its global...
Russia has issued carefully calibrated criticism of both sides in the war between Israel and Hamas. But the conflict also is giving Moscow bold...
The US is sharing hard lessons from urban combat in Iraq and Syria as...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gaza’s dense urban neighborhoods, where militants use civilians as human shields, brings...
