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Members of the religious sect Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) shout slogans during a three-day anti-corruption rally at Manila’s Rizal Park, Philippines.
November 2025

Hundreds of thousands rally in Manila against flood-control corruption scandal

MANILA (AP): Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful…
Tim Gackstatter (left) and Dirk Gissel lead sheep past the Frauenkirche and the main market square in Nuremberg’s city centre, Germany.
November 2025

Make way for the flock! Hundreds of sheep head to their winter pastures

BERLIN (AP): Pedestrians in the German city of Nuremberg made way for hundreds of bleating sheep on Sunday as a flock of the animals was herded through downtown on its way to its winter quarters.…
American aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.
November 2025

Aircraft carrier arrives in the Caribbean in major build-up

WASHINGTON (AP): The United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of US military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and…
Colombian President Gustavo Petro
November 2025

Seven children killed in an airstrike against a rebel group

BOGOTA (AP): Colombia’s human rights ombudswoman said Saturday that seven children were killed in a controversial airstrike against a rebel group in the country’s south earlier this week, as the…
Police officers patrol an area near the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
November 2025

World Bank supports upgrades in transport infrastructure

WASHINGTON (CMC): The World Bank says its board of executive directors has approved a new project in Haiti aimed at improving resilient rural accessibility and road connectivity in the south and…
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro attends a meeting at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, February 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos, File)
November 2025

Venezuelan president says regional peace threatened by joint military drills between Trinidad and US

CARACAS, CMC – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is warning that Trinidad and Tobago’s joint military drills with the United States could “threaten peace” in the Caribbean. He made the statement…
Climate activists protest with coffins that read coal, oil and gas during the COP30 UN Climate Summit, Saturday, November 15, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
November 2025

Climate protesters demand to be heard as they march on COP30 with costumes and drums

BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Some wore black dresses to signify a funeral for fossil fuels, hundreds wore red shirts, symbolizing the blood of colleagues fighting to protect the environment and others…
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November 2025

19 migrants deported by US to Ghana have been moved to an unknown location, lawyer says

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Nineteen West African nationals deported by the US to Ghana have been moved to an unknown location, a lawyer for one of the deportees said. Ana Dionne-Lanier, who represents one…
Families watch planes on the tarmac at Johannesburg's OR Tambo's airport, Monday November 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
November 2025

South Africa investigates mystery of a plane that arrived with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's intelligence services are investigating who was behind a chartered plane that landed in Johannesburg with more than 150 Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza who…