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Destroyed buildings stand in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

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Israel urges UN court to reject South Africa's request for more emergency orders in genocide case
By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press
Mon,03/18/24-10:53AM , 57 Reads
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Israel has urged the top U.N.
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A person lifts a sheet to look at the identity of a body lying on the ground after an overnight shooting in the Petion Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

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Gangs unleash new attacks on upscale areas in Haiti's capital, with at least a dozen killed nearby
By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA AND ODELYN JOSEPH - Associated Press
Mon,03/18/24-10:21AM , 66 Reads
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas.
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A man walks along the road in the city of Handan in northern China's Hebei province on Feb. 28, 2024. Chinese authorities in the Feixiang district near Handan city announced three suspects have been detained over the March 10, 2024 gruesome murder of a thirteen-year-old boy, riveting users on Chinese social media and sparking debate over bullying and mental health in China's countryside. (AP Photo/Emily Wang Fujiyama, File)

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Detention of 3 teens over gruesome killing of 13-year-old classmate sparks debate in China
By DAKE KANG - Associated Press
Mon,03/18/24-9:42AM , 177 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — In the last recorded moments before the 13-year-old boy's death, surveillance cameras showed him sitting on a scooter, surrounded by three classmates. An hour later, his phone went dead, kicking off a frantic search by relatives.
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Jaha Dukureh, the founder of Safe Hands for Girls, pickets outside parliament in Serrekunda, Gambia, Monday, March 18, 2024. The West African nation of Gambia could become the first country in the world to reverse a ban on female genital cutting, a practice that experts say is dangerous and has no benefits. Lawmakers are voting Monday on legislation that seeks to repeal the 2015 ban. (Hadim Thomas-Safe Hands for Girls via AP)

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Gambia lawmakers refer a repeal of the ban on female genital cutting to more committee discussions
By ABDOULIE JOHN AND JESSICA DONATI - Associated Press
Mon,03/18/24-7:49AM , 51 Reads
SERREKUNDA, Gambia (AP) — Lawmakers in Gambia referred an attempted repeal of the 2015 ban on female genital cutting for further committee discussions on Monday.
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