KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (AP) — The pops of welding torches and the piecing whine of angle grinders fill the spacious production floor at a steel plant in Kryvyi Rih, the city in central Ukraine that is President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ’s hometown. Instead of doing their usual jobs producing and...

Evgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner paramilitary group involved in Russia's "special military operation," claimed on Friday that his fighters have almost encircled Ukraine's city of Bakhmut. In a video on Telegram, Prigozhin said only one road remained under the control of Ukrainian forces....

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A World Health Organization official in Africa is urging more support to countries facing cholera outbreaks, saying the disease has the potential to "quickly explode" as rainfall persists in some areas. Dr. Patrick Otim, a WHO official monitoring emergencies, said...

The UN chief was speaking to journalists following a visit to the Jeddah Rehabilitation Centre in northern Iraq, where he met returnees from the notorious Al-Hol camp, whose residents are mainly women and children under 12.  “Iraq is demonstrating with enormous commitment that...