AP Exclusive: Peruvian loggers charged in Amazon deaths
FRANKLIN BRICEÑO
Associated Press
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Authorities in Peru have charged five men in the timber industry with the 2014 murders of four...
Survivors say burning train took 20 minutes to stop, 74 dead
ASIM TANVEER
Associated Press
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A raging fire swept through a train in Pakistan's eastern Punjab Province on Thursday killing 74 people...
Fire burns down structures at historic Japanese castle
MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — A fire early Thursday burned down structures at Shuri Castle on Japan's southern island of Okinawa, nearly destroying...
Dutch inventor unveils device to scoop plastic out of rivers
MIKE CORDER
Associated Press
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch inventor Boyan Slat is widening his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean...
Chileans reject president’s concessions, plan new protests
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and EVA VERGARA
Associated Press
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Thousands of Chileans filled a plaza in the center of the capital Tuesday in...
Masked gunmen attack protesters in Iraq holy city; 18 killed
BAGHDAD (AP) — Masked gunmen opened fire at Iraqi protesters in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, killing 18 people and wounding...
Lebanese prime minister quits amid anti-government protests
ANDREA ROSA and BILAL HUSSEIN
Associated Press
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's prime minister resigned Tuesday, bowing to one of the central demands of anti-government demonstrators...
UK likely to hold rare winter election with Brexit on table
GREGORY KATZ
Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called for an early general election and the opposition Labour Party has agreed,...
Mountain gorillas rebound thanks to careful interventions
CHRISTINA LARSON
AP Science Writer
KINIGI, Rwanda (AP) — Deep in the rainforest of Volcanoes National Park, a 23-year-old female gorilla named Kurudi feeds on...
‘I’m dying’: Relatives await answers in smuggling case
HAU DINH, GIAP NGUYEN and DANICA KIRKA
Associated Press
DO THANH, Vietnam (AP) — One family received a final text from their daughter saying she...