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Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged …

FILE - Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko speaks to reporters in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday Jan. 16, 2021. Former President Petro Poroshenko has been denied permission to leave Ukraine due to a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukraine’s security service said Saturday. Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Piotr Molecki, File)

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Police in Paris have arrested a man who targeted passersby, …

FILE - French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, right, talks to the media after a meeting on Oct. 9, 2023, in Paris. French police arrested a man who targeted passersby in Paris on Saturday night, Dec. 2, 2023, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others, France's Interior Minister Darmanin said.(Bertrand Guay, Pool via AP, File)

Kissinger’s unwavering support for brutal regimes still …

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, embraces Argentine foreign minister Alberto J. Vignes as they say goodbye at the end of the Latin foreign ministers conference in Mexico City, Feb. 23, 1974. Leftists in Chile were tortured during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and in Argentina, many were "disappeared" by members of the brutal military dictatorship that held detainees in concentration camps. It all happened with the endorsement of Henry Kissinger, the former U.S. secretary of state. Many countries were scarred deeply during the Cold War by human rights abuses inflicted in the name of anti-communism and where many still harbor a deep distrust of their powerful neighbor to the north. (AP Photo, File)

Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving …

Palestinians flee from their neighbourhood in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, during the ongoing Israeli bombardment, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines, …

In this photo provided by the Local Government Unit of Hinatuan, villagers stay at a temporary evacuation center after an earthquake at Hinatuan town, Surigao del Sur province, southern Philippines, late Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning. (LGU Hinatuan via AP)

Third-party candidate leaves Mexico’s 2024 presidential …

FILE - Samuel Garcia, the then newly-elected governor of Nuevo Leon attends his victory celebration in Nuevo Leon, at the Macroplaza of Monterrey, in Nuevo Leon state, Mexico, June 7, 2021. García said Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023 he won’t run for president in the June 2 elections. He had been polling below 10% in the race, and was given almost no chance of actually winning. (AP Photo/Roberto Martinez, File)

Zambia landslides bury miners digging tunnels illegally, …

Mine workers are seen during a rescue mission in Chingola, around 400 kilometres (248 miles) north of the capital Lusaka, Zambia, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. Seven miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo)

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Romanian guru suspected of running international …

This photo shows the red notice of Romania's Gregorian Bipolar on Interpol website, Tuesday, Nov.28, 2023. French authorities arrested the leader of a multinational tantric yoga organization Tuesday on suspicion of indoctrinating female followers for sexual exploitation. The Romanian guru identified as Gregorian B., whom French media identified as Gregorian Bivolaru at the heart of the Atman Yoga Federation was detained during a massive morning police operation across the Paris region, according to a French judicial official, who wasn't authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation. (Interpol via AP)

Italian officials secure 12th Century leaning tower …

The Garisenda medieval tower is pictured in Bologna, Italy, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Bologna's Garisenda tower has been locked down for fear it could collapse. Authorities have provided a security cordon in case of collapse.The Garisenda tower along with the Asinelli(97meters)tower is one of the beauties and attractions for tourists visiting Bologna, and a landmark for citizens. (Michele Nucci, Lapresse Via AP)

With ‘shuttle diplomacy,’ step by step, Kissinger …

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, left, meets with Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, Saturday, Jan. 5, 1974, at the State Department in Washington. Henry Kissinger's legacy in the Mideast is the pursuit of what's possible, not necessarily peace, in one of the world's most intractable conflicts. The former U.S. secretary of state, who died this week at age 100, did just that after Egypt and Syria pulled of a surprise invasion of Israel 50 years ago. (AP Photo/Charles Bennett, File)

Somalia president hails lifting of arms embargo as …

FILE - Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud speaks during a plenary session at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud welcomed Saturday, Dec. 2, the U.N. Security Council vote to lift an arms embargo imposed on the Horn of Africa nation more than 30 years ago.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Bolivia’s Indigenous women climbers fear for their …

Cholita climbers Suibel Gonzales, left, and her mother Lidia Huayllas descend the Huayna Potosi mountain, near El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. In 2015, Huayllas conquered the peak with the group of Cholitas climbers, Aymara women who started out as cooks and who for eight years have dedicated themselves to climbing mountains with their typical clothing of colorful skirts and blankets, as guides for tourists who want to cross off having climbed a glacier from their list of achievements. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Takeaways from Friday’s events at UN climate conference …

COP28 President Sultan al-Jaber prepares for a plenary session with COP28 CEO Adnan Amin at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

UN ends political mission in Sudan, where world hasn’t …

FILE - The United Nations headquarters building is seen from inside the General Assembly hall, on Sept. 21, 2021. The United Nations Security Council voted Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, to end its political mission of a few hundred people dedicated to ending the civil war in Sudan. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool Photo via AP, File)