Virus Hits 100,000 Cases as Its Economic Impact Snowballs

MATT SEDENSKY and ANGELA CHARLTON / The Associated Press Mar 6, 2020 The number of global infections is largely symbolic, but dwarfs other major outbreaks, such as SARS, MERS and Ebola. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Officials Say Gunmen Kill 32 at Ceremony in Afghan Capital

TAMEEM AKHGAR / The Associated Press Mar 6, 2020 Militants from the Islamic State group have declared war on Afghanistan's Shiites; IS claims responsibility for Friday's attack. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.N. List Targets Firms Linked to Israeli Settlements

JOSEF FEDERMAN and JAMEY KEATEN / The Associated Press Feb 12, 2020 Over 100 companies are said to be complicit in violating Palestinian human rights by operating in the occupied West Bank. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Syrian Advance Sends Hundreds of Thousands Fleeing in Idlib

SARAH EL DEEB and SUZAN FRASER / The Associated Press Feb 7, 2020 The region, which is near the border with Turkey, is the last rebel-held bastion in the war-ravaged country. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.N. Chief Warns ‘A Wind of Madness Is Sweeping the Globe’

EDITH M. LEDERER / The Associated Press Feb 4, 2020 Antonio Guterres points to escalating conflicts from Libya and Yemen to Syria and beyond. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Leaked Report Shows United Nations Suffered Hack

JAMEY KEATEN and FRANK BAJAK / The Associated Press Jan 29, 2020 An official says it is possible a state-backed actor might have been behind last year's infiltration of U.N. offices in Geneva and Vienna. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

China Locks Down 3 Cities With 18 Million to Stop Virus

KEN MORITSUGU and YANAN WANG / The Associated Press Jan 23, 2020 Seventeen people have died in the outbreak, all of them in and around Wuhan; close to 600 have been infected. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Fighting Rages Near Libya’s Capital Amid Push by Rebel Army

SAMY MAGDY / The Associated Press Dec 14, 2019 The country may be plunged into a bout of violence rivaling the scale of the 2011 conflict that ousted and killed Moammar Gadhafi. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Police Surround Last Holdouts at Hong Kong Campus Protest

KEN MORITSUGU and ANDI JATMIKO / The Associated Press Nov 19, 2019 Even as the latest violence winds down, a fundamental divide suggests the protests in the former British colony are far from over. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Amnesty Says at Least 106 Killed in Iran Protests

JON GAMBRELL / The Associated Press Nov 19, 2019 State television shows video of burned Qurans and pro-government rallies, part of efforts to both demonize and minimize the demonstrations. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Chile Scraps Asia-Pacific and Climate Summits Amid Protests

MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN / The Associated Press Oct 30, 2019 Protracted nationwide demonstrations over economic inequality leave over a dozen dead, hundreds injured and businesses damaged. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.N.: Haiti Unrest Harming Hospitals, Orphanages, Students

DÁNICA COTO / The Associated Press Oct 2, 2019 Protests against President Jovenel Moïse have paralyzed the economy, closed roads and curtailed essential services. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )