ALGIERS — In Algeria, the value of the Algerian dinar has plummeted compared to euros, pounds and dollars. The oil-rich country's large black market for foreign currency is among the signs of its economic woes.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The top UN court has rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip. But it has also stressed that Israel must respect earlier measures imposed late last month at a preliminary stage in a landmark genocide case.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden plans to welcome Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House in May, hosting a state visit after reneging on his promise to visit Africa last year.
LOISABA CONSERVANCY, Kenya— Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating as rhinos were returned to a grassy plateau that hasn’t seen them in decades.
KINSHASA, DRC — A civil society organization says that at least a dozen people were killed and 16 kidnapped by rebels at a mining site in eastern DRC.
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The U.S. will build up to five military bases for Somalia in a project that seeks to bolster the capabilities of the Horn of Africa nation's army amid ongoing threats from an extremist group.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Israel is urging the United Nations’ highest court to reject an urgent South African request to consider whether Israel’s military operations targeting the southern Gaza city of Rafah breach provisional orders the court handed down last month in a case alleging genocide.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Two South African soldiers were killed and three injured when a mortar landed in their base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo amid increased unrest in the region.
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations chief warned Tuesday that climate chaos and food crises are increasing threats to global peace, telling a high-level U.N. meeting that “empty bellies fuel unrest.”
JERUSALEM — International efforts to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas have suffered a setback as Israel reportedly recalled its negotiating team. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday accused Hamas of hobbling the high-stakes negotiations by sticking to “delusional” demands.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Former captives and relatives of hostages held since the October 7 attack by Hamas in southern Israel are visiting the International Criminal Court to urge prosecutors to charge and seek the arrest of leaders of the militant group.
As the conflict in Sudan continues, some women and girls have been undergoing combat training at camp set up in a former Port Sudan school yard.
GOMA, DRC — A group of rebels bombed a displacement camp in eastern DRC’s North Kivu province killing three civilians and injuring eight others, a local civil society group says.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has welcomed Jordan's King Abdullah II to the White House for talks on how to end the months-long war in Gaza and plan for what comes afterward.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — A Carnival Parade called attention to malaria, malnutrition, deforestation and other devastating effects brought by illegal mining inside territory of the Indgenous Yanomami people.
LONDON — The world has entered an era of increasing instability as countries around the globe boost military spending in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Hamas attack on Israel and China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. That’s the conclusion of a new report Tuesday from the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
BANGUI — About 10,000 children are still fighting alongside armed groups in Central African Republic more than a decade after civil war broke out, the government said Monday.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military has rescued two hostages from captivity in the Gaza Strip. It identified them as Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har. It says both men were kidnapped by Hamas militants from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in the October 7 cross-border attack.
WASHINGTON — A new United Nations report says nearly half of the world's migratory species are in decline.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Egypt has threatened to suspend its peace treaty with Israel if the Israeli Gaza offensive expands into the densely populated border town of Rafah. That's according to two Egyptian officials and a Western diplomat who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters.
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