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REMOVES POLITICAL REFERENCE: Nelson Mandela's grandson Mandla Mandela joins a press conference held by the Global Sumud Flotilla about its upcoming Spring 2026 mission Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, South Africa. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Organizers say a new civilian-led aid flotilla with over 100 boats will sail to Gaza in March

9:11 AM on Thursday, February 5

Organizers of an international flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza have announced plans for another mission with over 100 boats in March

An aerial view shows a fridge and a car tire amongst other waste clogging the Drina river in Visegrad, Bosnia, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

As winter comes, so does garbage. A river in Bosnia chokes in tons of waste year after year

8:24 AM on Thursday, February 5

Each year the Drina River in eastern Bosnia is filled with waste brought downstream from illegal dump sites

FILE - Former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Slotkin rejects Justice Department request for interview on Democrats' video about 'illegal orders'

7:15 AM on Thursday, February 5

Sen_ Elissa Slotkin of Michigan says she won't sit for an interview with the Justice Department regarding a probe into a video she organized urging U_S_ military members to resist “illegal orders.”

FILE - The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium before a press conference, May 6, 2025, at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)

Justice Department steps up pressure on cartels' financial networks as launderers turn to crypto

6:45 AM on Thursday, February 5

The Justice Department is intensifying efforts to choke off cartels’ financial networks, targeting the money launderers who are increasingly relying on cryptocurrency to move drug proceeds from the U.S. to Mexico

The detention of New Jersey kebab shop owners sparked change. Deportation still looms

6:04 AM on Thursday, February 5

The detention of a Turkish couple who own a New Jersey kebab shop helped galvanize their community against immigration crackdowns last year

What a Human Rights Watch report says about the economic toll of backsliding rights in Asia

5:59 AM on Thursday, February 5

A report by Human Rights Watch says backsliding on protections is taking a toll on Asian economies as growing inequality leaves the poor vulnerable to labor abuses and scams

FILE - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, speaks during a press conference, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 26, 2025. (AP Photo, File)

UN human rights chief warns of impunity for perpetrators as he seeks extra funds

5:01 AM on Thursday, February 5

The U.N. human rights chief says his office is in "survival mode" as he appeals for $400 million to meet this year's needs

Mohammed Assoura, 57, a Syrian Shiite man sits in his housing unit at the Imam Ali Housing Compound, where hundreds of mostly Lebanese and Syrian Shiite Muslims displaced from Syria reside, in Hermel, northeast Lebanon, Jan. 30, 2026. 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Questions around a compound of Shiite refugees from Syria in Lebanon show lingering post-Assad fears

11:37 PM on Wednesday, February 4

A compound in Lebanon housing people who fled Syria after Bashar Assad's fall has faced allegations of harboring Assad loyalists, which residents deny

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te speaks during a press conference on "Taiwan-U.S. Economic Prosperity Partnership" in Taipei, Taiwan on Feb. 3, 2026. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

Taiwan-US ties are ‘rock solid,’ the island’s president says after Trump-Xi call

10:45 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Taiwan’s ties with the United States are “rock solid,” the island’s president said Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on the phone, including about the self-ruled island’s future

FILE -Used charging cables and power adapters are piled up at a shop in Nhat Tao market, the largest informal recycling market in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Jan. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Malaysia bans e-waste imports, vows to end illegal dumping

10:36 PM on Wednesday, February 4

Malaysia has announced a full ban on importing electronic waste

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