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FILE - Palestinians search for bodies and survivors in the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, in Rafah southern Gaza Strip, on Dec. 20, 2023. An AP analysis of Gaza Health Ministry data finds the proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply. Israel faces heavy international criticism over unprecedented levels of civilian casualties in Gaza. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Women and children of Gaza are killed less frequently as war’s toll rises, AP data analysis finds
An Associated Press analysis of Gaza Health Ministry data finds the proportion of Palestinian women and children being killed in the Israel-Hamas war appears to have declined sharply. The trend both … more
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Young soldiers wave Union Jack flags during a D-Day national commemoration event in Portsmouth, England, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool)
AP PHOTOS: A look at the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy
Veterans from the U.S., Britain and Canada, more than two dozen heads of state and countless others took to the beaches of Normandy and elsewhere this week to mark the 80th anniversary of the June 6, … more
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FILE - The scaffolding surrounded 17th century, 95ft-tall bronze canopy by Giovan Lorenzo Bernini surmounting the papal Altar of the Confession is seen in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Vatican police have detained a former employee on charges of attempted extortion after he allegedly tried to sell a 17th century gilded manuscript describing Bernini’s designs for the altar canopy of St. Peter’s Basilica back to the Holy See. Vatican prosecutors said the 18-page manuscript, which apparently contains the first known specifications for the gilding of the baldacchin canopy, had disappeared from the basilica archives. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
Vatican detains ex-employee who allegedly tried to sell back manuscript of Bernini's basilica canopy
Vatican police have detained a former employee after he allegedly tried to sell a 17th century manuscript back to the Holy See.Vatican prosecutors said the 18-page manuscript contains the first known … more
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In several Nigerian communities in the northeastern Gombe state, UNICEF is training thousands of women to boost their families’ nutrient intake. More than a dozen women gathered this week in the village of Poshereng, where they are learning at least 200 recipes they can prepare with crops like cassava, orange-fleshed sweet potato, maize and millet. (AP Video by Dan Ikpoyi)
The UN says a quarter of the world's children under 5 have severe food poverty. Many are in Africa
A report by the U.N. children's agency says 181 million children younger than 5 live in severe food poverty. That's more than a quarter of the world’s youngest children. Africa’s population of … more
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FILE - European flags fly outside the European Parliament on Feb. 7, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Some 400 million EU citizens go to the polls this weekend to elect the members of the European Parliament in one of the biggest global democratic events. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)
What's at stake in the European Parliament election this week
Around 400 million European Union citizens are electing members of the European Parliament in one of the biggest global democratic events. Far-right parties are seeking to gain more power amid a rise … more
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Palestinians check the bodies of their relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of UNRWA school at Nusseirat refugee camp, in front of the morgue of al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, early Thursday, June 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli strike on Gaza school that military says was being used by Hamas kills 30 people
Palestinian health officials say an Israeli strike on a school in central Gaza killed at least 30 people overnight. The Israeli military said Thursday the school was being used as a “Hamas … more
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Ahmed, a Palestinian shepherd, poses for a portrait in a hamlet in the South Hebron Hills, Friday, May 17, 2024. Ahmed spoke to AP on condition that only his first name be used, over fear of retaliation. He and other Palestinians in the West Bank say they face harassment and intimidation by Israeli settlers, some of whom have been sanctioned internationally. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Takeaways from AP's report on sanctioned settlers in the West Bank
More than a dozen Israeli settlers have been targeted by international sanctions over accusations of attacks and harassment against Palestinians in the West Bank. The measures are meant as a … more
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Ahmed, a Palestinian shepherd, poses for a portrait in a hamlet in the South Hebron Hills, Friday, May 17, 2024. Ahmed spoke to AP on condition that only his first name be used, over fear of retaliation. He and other Palestinians in the West Bank say they face harassment and intimidation by Israeli settlers, some of whom have been sanctioned internationally. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Israeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them
More than a dozen Israeli settlers have been targeted by international sanctions over accusations of attacks and harassment against Palestinians in the West Bank. The measures are meant as a … more
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FILE - A woman casts her ballot at a polling station, during general elections in Eshowe, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. South Africa is in a moment of deep soul-searching after an election that brought a jarring split from the African National Congress, the very party that gave the country freedom and democracy 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
South Africa questions its very being. Yet a difficult change has reinforced its young democracy
South Africa is in a moment of deep soul-searching after an election that brought a jarring split from the African National Congress party. The ANC is the party of Nelson Mandela and the very … more
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A bicyclist passes a billboard for the European Election opposite the Concertgebouw concert hall Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Voters in the European Union are set to elect lawmakers starting Thursday June 6th for the bloc's parliament. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Netherlands to kick off 4 days of European Union elections across 27 nations
Polls are to open across the Netherlands to kick off four days of voting across the 27 member states in European Union parliamentary elections that are expected to deliver gains for the hard right. … more
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FILE- Opposition leaders raise their hands together during the 'Save Democracy' rally organized by INDIA bloc, a group formed by opposition parties, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, March 31, 2024. India’s bruised and battered opposition, largely written off in the lead-up to the national elections, has now scored a stunning comeback, slowing down the Modi juggernaut and pushing his Bharatiya Janata Party well below the majority mark. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, file)
India’s opposition, written off as too weak, makes a stunning comeback to slow Modi's juggernaut
India’s bruised and battered opposition was largely written off in the lead-up to its national election as too weak to take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist governing … more
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American WWII veteran Bill Wall throws roses into the water during a wreath-laying ceremony at Utah Beach, Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at Utah Beach, Normandy,. World War II veterans from across the United States as well as Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat. (AP Photo/Jeremias Gonzalez)
The costs of World War II and the war in Ukraine fuse as Allies remember D-Day without Russia
The sun is setting on the D-Day generation. And it's set to rise again over the Normandy beaches where the waves long ago washed away the blood and boot-steps of its soldiers. Their exploits on June … more
Spare a thought for weather watcher Maureen Sweeney who made the right call for D-Day
The generals, paratroopers, pilots infantrymen all played their role for the D-Day invasion. But spare a thought for the young Irish woman who may have had the most important role of all in making … more
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FILE - An Israeli soldier pauses in the Mount of Olives cemetery, just outside of the Old City of Jerusalem, as he turns towards the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Monday, May 13, 2024. Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis were expected to take part in an annual march through dense Palestinian neighborhoods of Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday, June 5, in an event that often sees racist chants and brawls. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
Israeli nationalist march through Palestinian area of Jerusalem is set to proceed despite tensions
Thousands of mostly ultranationalist Israelis are expected to take part in an annual march through a dense Palestinian neighborhood of Jerusalem’s Old City. It's an event that often sees racist … more
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FILE-Kashmiris shout slogans during a protest after Friday prayers against the abrogation of article 370, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Oct. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin, File)
Modi loses ground in parliament, but his Hindu nationalist policies are here to stay
For the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, the party did not secure a majority on its own in 2024 national election. But the prime … more
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FILE - A shell that appears to be white phosphorus from Israeli artillery explodes over a house in al-Bustan, a Lebanese village along the border with Israel, on Oct. 15, 2023. A global human rights group claimed in a report published Wednesday, June 5, 204, that Israel has used white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly harming civilians and violating international law. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
Rights group claims Israel has hit residential buildings with white phosphorous in Lebanon
A global human rights group claimed that Israel has used white phosphorus incendiary shells on residential buildings in at least five towns and villages in conflict-hit southern Lebanon, possibly … more
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In France, D-Day evokes both the joys of liberation and the pain of Normandy's 20,000 civilian dead
The 80th anniversary this week of D-Day brings mixed emotions for French survivors of the Battle of Normandy. They remain eternally grateful for their liberation from Nazi occupation in World War II … more
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Palestinian children play by the rubble of buildings that were destroyed during Israeli army operations in the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank on May 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
In a West Bank refugee camp, Israel's raids fuel the militancy it tries to stamp out
An Israeli army raid in April set off a near three-day gunbattle with Palestinian militants. By the time it was over, homes had been blasted to rubble and many residents had fled. The raid wasn’t … more
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FILE - Relatives and supporters of the Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group attend a rally calling for their release, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 16, 2024. Fears are rising that time is running out for hostages in Gaza that are still alive. Nearly eight months later, there are 43 hostages whose remains are being held by Gaza militants and roughly 80 who have not been declared dead. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
As Gaza hostage crisis drags on for Israel, here's what we know
Fears are rising that time is running out for hostages in Gaza that are still alive. Israel announced Tuesday that four more hostages have died in Hamas captivity. The hostage crisis began on Oct. 7 … more
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A view of migrants behind the metal barrier border that Poland has erected along the border with Belarus, in Bialowieza Forest, on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Poland says neighboring Belarus and its main supporter Russia are behind a surging push by migrants in Belarus toward the European Union. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Why Poland says Russia and Belarus are weaponizing migration to benefit Europe’s far-right
Poland says neighboring Belarus and its main supporter and ally Russia are behind a recent surge in migrants from Belarus toward the European Union. The accusation comes as the 27-country bloc … more
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