At UN Climate talks, oil companies pledge to combat methane; Environmentalists call it “smokescreen”
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end...
Somalia president hails lifting of arms embargo as government vows to wipe out al-Shabab...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud welcomed Saturday the U.N. Security Council vote to lift an arms embargo imposed on the...
Police charge director of Miss Nicaragua pageant with running ‘beauty queen coup’ plot
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan police said Friday they want to arrest the director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, accusing her of intentionally rigging...
Bolivia’s Indigenous women climbers fear for their future as the Andean glaciers melt
EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — When they first started climbing the Andes peaks, they could hear the ice crunching under their crampons. These days,...
UN ends political mission in Sudan, where world hasn’t been able to stop bloodshed
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council voted Friday to end its political mission of a few hundred people dedicated to ending...
Canadian mining company starts arbitration in case of closed copper mine in Panama
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd. announced Friday it has requested arbitration proceedings to fight a Panamanian decision to halt a...
Takeaways from Friday’s events at UN climate conference known as COP28
Friday was a day for speechmaking at the United Nations annual climate conference known as COP28, as heads of state each gave short speeches...
Blinken sees goals largely unfulfilled in Mideast trip, even as Israel pledges to protect...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returned to the Mideast this week pressing for agreements to extend the...
Putin orders the Russian military to add 170,000 troops for a total of 1.32...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday ordered the country's military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a...
Bombs are falling on Gaza again. Who are the hostages still remaining in the...
JERUSALEM (AP) — A weeklong cease-fire that brought the exchanges of dozens of hostages held by Hamas for scores of Palestinian prisoners held by...