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Israel’s deadly airstrikes this week targeting Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have damaged residential areas in the country’s capital of Sanaa, leaving many houses in ruins and residents unable to afford repairs on their own. Wednesday’s…

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Limited access and scarce funds are the key challenges facing health officials trying to respond to the latest Ebola outbreak in southern Congo, the World Health Organization said Friday. It is the first Ebola…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarus has been accused of the “forced deportation” of dozens of political prisoners released in a U.S.-led deal, opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Friday. Belarus freed 52 political prisoners…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Dozens of people were killed in a fishing village north of Haiti’s capital in the latest massacre carried out by powerful gangs in the troubled Caribbean country, an official said Friday. At least 42 people were…

President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods that occurred this spring and summer. The disaster declarations, announced Thursday, will allow federal funding to flow to…

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Floodwaters that had threatened a major town in eastern Punjab province began to recede Friday, sparing its 700,000 residents, but rising waters swamped villages near two nearby cities, forcing panicked evacuations,…

Nepal’s president has appointed former Supreme Court Chief Justice Sushila Karki as interim prime minister. President Ram Chandra Poudel also has dissolved parliament and set elections for March 5. Karki is the first woman to head the South…

Russia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate Friday by one percentage point to 17%, a step that could support the economy as growth slows and spending on the war against Ukraine increases the budget deficit. The bank had raised…

Cities across the U.S. are combining art with shade to shield people from rising temperatures and educate them about our warming world. In the sizzling city of Phoenix, nine artists created sculptures to bring shade and cooler temperatures…

Sterling K. Brown and Dan Fogelman are heading into Sunday's Emmy Awards with nominations for the first season of their show, “Paradise.” Brown has three Emmys, while Fogelman has none despite nine nominations. Fogelman jokes he's not…

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The initials of former South Florida basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim are on the headset that USF football coach Alex Golesh wears on the sideline. And Abdur-Rahim's words that he said in 2023 have quickly become…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The head of the U.S. military's Central Command held talks Friday with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus in a rare meeting between the new Syrian leader and a top U.S. military officer. The visit…

JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Amnesty International on Friday called for a public trial of a South Sudanese opposition figure facing treason and other criminal charges, in a case that some worry could deepen political tensions in the east…

LONDON (AP) — The Netherlands added itself Friday to a list of countries pressuring organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest to drop Israel from the contest because of its war in the Gaza Strip. Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS, one of dozens of…

Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh says the genius of the American system of government is that no one should have too much power. That's even as Kavanaugh and other conservatives on the high court face criticism for deferring repeatedly…