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Supporters of former South African President Jacob Zuma hold a pro-Putin sign at Orlando stadium in the township of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, for the launch of his newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party's manifesto Saturday, May 18, 2024. Zuma, who has turned his back on the African National Congress (ANC) he once led, will face South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced him as leader of the ANC in the general elections later in May. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Former South Africa leader Zuma promises jobs and free education as he launches party manifesto
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma Saturday lamented the high levels of poverty among black South Africans and promised to create jobs and tackle crime as he launched his … more
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A police forensic officer inspects the entrance of the Harry Winston jewelry after a robbery in Paris, Saturday, May 18, 2024. French police investigators were hunting Saturday for armed robbers on motorbikes who hit a jewelry store on one of Paris' poshest streets, and media reports said the target was the exclusive Harry Winston boutique, self-described "Jeweler to the Stars." (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Armed robbers hit luxury store in Paris reported to be 'Jeweler to the Stars'
French police are hunting for armed robbers who hit a jewelry store on one of Paris’ poshest streets. Police said the armed robbers arrived and left on motorbikes Saturday, firing a shot outside … more
An Israeli fighter jet and helicopter carried out a strike in the West Bank city of Jenin late Friday, the military said, a hit that killed at least one Palestinian militant. (AP video shot by Aref Tufaha)
Aid from new pier off Gaza should be distributed this weekend, while pressure grows on Netanyahu
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The first distribution of badly needed aid is expected to begin this weekend after rolling off a newly built U.S. pier off the coast of Gaza, even as aid workers … more
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili gestures while speaking during an interview with The Associated Press, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Zourabichvili said Thursday that a "foreign influence" bill passed by parliament that critics call a threat to free speech is "unacceptable." (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
Georgia's president vetoes media law that has provoked weeks of protests
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s president on Saturday vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests. The law would require media and NGOs to … more
Rasalingam Thilakawathi cries for her missing daughter at her home in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, May 7, 2024. Thilakawathi, who lives in Moongilaaru village of Mullaitivu district, the theatre of the final battles in the civil war, says her daughter was recruited by the Tamil Tigers three years before she went missing. Sri Lanka's civil war, which pitted Sri Lankan government forces against Tamil Tiger separatists, ended 15 years ago but many people are still searching for children or other family members who are missing, some presumed dead. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Dead or alive? Parents of children gone in Sri Lanka's civil war have spent 15 years seeking answers
MULLAITIVU, Sri Lanka (AP) — For 15 years, Rasalingam Thilakawathi has been trying to find out what happened to her daughter at the end of Sri Lanka’s bloody civil war. Or if she might still be … more
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Foreign journalists report from an observation point while smoke rises after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Ukraine's divisive mobilization law comes into force as a new Russian push strains front-line troops
A divisive mobilization law in Ukraine has come into force as Kyiv struggles to boost troop numbers after Russia launched a new offensive that some fear could close in on Ukraine’s second-largest … more
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Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. France has imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The measures imposed on Wednesday for at least 12 days boost security forces' powers to quell deadly unrest that has left four people dead, erupting after protests over voting reforms. (AP Photo/Nicolas Job)
French authorities report sixth fatality in New Caledonia violence
French security forces reported another death Saturday in armed clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, the sixth fatality in a nearly a week of violent unrest wracking the … more
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Pokemon cards are on display for sale at a shop in Tokyo, June 19, 2023. A senior member of yakuza was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards near Tokyo in April 2024, a case seen as an example of Japanese organized crime groups struggling with declining membership. (Kyodo News via AP)
As Japan's yakuza weakens, police focus shifts to unorganized crime hired via social media
TOKYO (AP) — A senior member of yakuza was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards near Tokyo in April, a case seen as an example of Japanese organized crime groups struggling with declining … more
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Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures as he presents his book "El camino del libertario" in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Argentine president begins unusual visit to Spain, snubbing officials and courting the far-right
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Even before kicking off a three-day visit to Madrid on Friday, Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei stirred controversy, accusing the socialist government … more
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FILE - Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addresses journalists following his release from police custody in Dakar, Senegal, on March 8, 2021. Senegal's new prime minister Ousmane Sonko, who was freed from jail weeks before the presidential election earlier this year and propelled his party to victory, criticized the presence of French military bases in the West African country at an event late on Thursday May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)
Senegal's new prime minister criticizes French military presence in the West African country
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal's new prime minister, who was freed from jail weeks before the presidential election earlier this year and propelled his party to victory, has criticized the French … more
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A man walks with a child next to a banner that reads "Violence is Not the Way" and " No Violence" in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, Friday, May 17, 2024. When a gunman shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico this week, shock rippled across the Central European country — even though the pro-Russia leader himself warned that the country was so divided that an assassination attempt was possible. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
Social divisions and hostile rhetoric in Slovakia provide fertile ground for political violence
When a gunman shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico this week, shock rippled across the Central European country — even though the pro-Russia leader himself warned that the country was so divided … more
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Pope Francis in his popemobile leaves at the end of a Mass where he canonized shepherd children Jacinta and Francisco Marto at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, Saturday, Friday, May 13, 2017, in Fatima, Portugal. On Friday, May 17, 2024, the Vatican will issue revised norms for discerning apparitions "and other supernatural phenomena," updating a set of guidelines first issued in 1978. (Paulo Novais/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Some of the Catholic Church's best-known approved, and not approved, reports of apparitions of Mary
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has revised how it evaluates purported supernatural events, such as reported visions of the Virgin Mary, to guard against hoaxes and account for news going viral. … more
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