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Photos show how toxic runoff from rare earth mines are risking Southeast Asia’s rivers

Chiang Saen, THAILAND (AP) - A lone finger-length fish was a disappointing start to 75-year-old Sukjai Yana's day. He recast his net from the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, slowly drifting towards the confluence of the Mekong and Kok rivers in northern Thailand. Thailand ...
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Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’

Chiang Saen, THAILAND (AP) - Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled a handful of small fish from his net, disappointed by his catch and fretting over whether he can sell them. Some days Yana earns nothing: demand for ...
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Uganda detains 231 foreigners in crackdown on possible human trafficking

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Ugandan authorities said Tuesday that they have detained dozens of foreigners in a crackdown on illegal migration that the internal affairs ministry suggested was linked to human traffickers and cyberscam operations. At least 231 people have been detained since Monday ...
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UN court orders medical evaluation for Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A U.N. court asked for a health assessment on Tuesday for the military chief known as the "Butcher of Bosnia," following a request by his attorneys to release the 84-year old on humanitarian grounds. Ratko Mladic was sentenced to life ...
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Young Palestinian artists in Gaza exhibit their impressions of war as a fragile ceasefire holds

BUREIJ, Gaza Strip (AP) - Young Palestinian artists in Gaza staged an impromptu exhibit on Tuesday, seeking another way to show the world what has happened during war and a fragile ceasefire. The row of paintings, like much of Gaza life itself, was displayed outdoors, ...
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Mali’s junta leader meets Russian ambassador after attacks the Kremlin called a coup attempt

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Mali's junta leader met with Russia's ambassador to Bamako on Tuesday, authorities said, his first public appearance since the West African nation saw a massive, coordinated attack by Islamic militants and separatists over the weekend. Russia, the junta's key ally, ...
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United Arab Emirates says it will leave OPEC in a blow to the oil cartel

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it will leave OPEC effective May 1, stripping the oil cartel of one of its largest producers and further weakening its leverage over global oil supplies and prices. The UAE's decision had ...
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Croatia, Bosnia sign pipeline deal to reduce dependency on Russia

DUBROVNIK, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Croatia and Bosnia signed an agreement Tuesday to build a gas pipeline designed to reduce energy dependency on Russia in the volatile Balkans region. The Southern Interconnection pipeline will link Bosnia with Croatia's gas network and the liquefied natural gas terminal ...
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Swiss court throws out graft case against imprisoned daughter of former Uzbek president

GENEVA (AP) - A Swiss court on Tuesday dismissed a trial against the daughter of a former president of Uzbekistan on charges including money laundering and bribery, noting that she is in prison at home and has not been allowed to take part in ...
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Romania’s Socialists and a hard-right party seek to topple the center-right prime minister

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romania's leftist Social Democratic Party and the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians jointly submitted a no-confidence motion on Tuesday as the two political parties seek to topple liberal Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan. The PSD, Romania's largest political party that ...
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South Korean court convicts of wife of ousted President Yoon on further corruption charges

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - An appeals court has raised to four years the sentence for the wife of South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol for corruption, about two months after her husband was sentenced to life in prison for rebellion. In January, ex-first ...
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Gunman, reportedly age 89, opens fire at 2 locations in Greek capital, wounding several people

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Police in Greece's capital were searching for a gunman, reportedly aged 89, who opened fire Tuesday in a social security office and a courthouse in central Athens, wounding at least four people. Armed with a shotgun, the gunman initially opened ...
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