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FILE - Members of a group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum are seen in Bialowieza, Poland, on May 28, 2023.. (AP Photo/Agnieszka Sadowska, File)
Poland halted asylum claims at the Belarus border and now wants Europe to follow its example
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — When Poland stopped registering asylum applications from migrants entering from Belarus in March 2025, authorities presented it as a temporary emergency measure to counter … more
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FILE - Commissioner-General of the U.N. agency for Palestinian Refugees Philippe Lazzarini speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Feb. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
Board of Peace has met with UNRWA despite saying it has no Gaza role, agency's ex-chief says
JERUSALEM (AP) — As the U.S.-created Board of Peace pushes ahead with plans to rebuild Gaza, it’s said there’s no place for the U.N. body that for decades has provided support to displaced … more
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Tarek al-Salami, 7, who was displaced from the city of Mokha and is showing symptoms of malnutrition, sits on a bed while receiving treatment at a therapeutic feeding center in Buraiqa, on the western outskirts of Aden, Yemen, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)
Yemen’s civil war returns and overwhelms hospitals with 'a very dangerous situation'
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Tarek al-Salami, aged 7, sat in a diaper, looking frail. Normally, the malnutrition and diarrhea that weakened his tiny frame would have been treated within a few days, but … more
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This photo provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Polo moving away from the southwestern coast of Mexico on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (NOAA via AP)
Powerful Hurricane Polo drenches Mexico's coast as Nolo takes aim at Hawaii
Nolo is now the latest hurricane in the Pacific Ocean. The National Hurricane Center says Nolo strengthened into a hurricane Thursday. It’s expected to intensify and make a turn toward Hawaii’s … more
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A pigeon flies past Pope Leo XIV as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope heads to secular France with an appeal to respect the dignity of every human life
Pope Leo XIV is taking his call to respect the dignity of every human life on the road with a weekend visit to France. Leo is spending four intense days in Paris, the Catholic shrine at Lourdes and … more
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President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping walk in the Grand Foyer of the White House during a State Dinner, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Xi is wrapping his visit to Washington with a peek at the Constitution and Bill of Rights
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is taking Chinese President Xi Jinping to visit the National Archives on Friday, showing off the sacred texts of U.S. democracy to the leader of the … more
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Rescue workers conduct search and rescue operations, near a Chinese national flag, at the core disaster-hit area at Gyirong Port amid rescue efforts following the August 26 mudslide, during an organised media tour in Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP)
A month after Nepal-China floods, families await answers about more than 50 missing Ukrainians
BANGKOK (AP) — Olena Kalynychenko was looking forward to sharing the chrysanthemum tea she had bought in China with her partner. “She said, ‘When I come back home, we will drink the tea … more
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Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah addresses the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Nepal's leader, at UN, says recent floods serve as a 'warning to the world' about climate change
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nepal's prime minister scolded fellow world leaders Thursday, saying the nation's recent deadly flood reminds a warming world that climate change keeps hurting people who … more
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Jannatur Nayeem, 33, an Italian citizen of Bangladeshi origin, top left, chats with other mothers as they wait for a sports lesson to end at a school in downtown Rome, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Italy decrees limits on non-Italian speakers and veils in school classrooms
ROME (AP) — Italy’s government passed a decree Thursday to place an upper limit on the number of students in each school classroom who have only limited Italian language skills and to ban … more
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FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow quick third-country deportations to continue
President Donald Trump's administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow continued quick deportations of immigrants to third countries where they have no ties. Lower courts have ruled that people … more
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Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
In their words: From across the world, leaders call for action on climate change at the UN
NEW YORK (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world cannot “allow countries and cultures to vanish beneath the waves” on Thursday as the General Assembly approved its first … more
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Boat heading from Tanzania to Congo on Lake Tanganyika capsizes, leaving at least 41 dead
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A boat heading from Tanzania to Congo on Lake Tanganyika capsized Thursday, leaving at least 41 people dead, local authorities said. The boat was carrying about 100 … more
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