By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine on Monday officially started European Union membership negotiations, launching a process that will require its government to commit to years of political reforms even as it fights a Russian invasion. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Officials in Brazil on Monday were inspecting the site of a crash in which six people were killed Sunday, after two helicopters collided midair over a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. American singer Oliver Tree was among those listed on the passenger list filed with aviation ...

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and FATMA KHALED Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece' s migration minister on Monday called criticism from human rights groups a "badge of honor" and vowed to further toughen migration policies he called "the toughest — if not the toughest — in ...

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Syrian national accused of crimes against humanity was sentenced on Monday to 26 years in prison by a Dutch court for the torture and rape of imprisoned opponents of the government of former president Bashar Assad during the ...

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya will pay compensation to almost 2,000 victims of protest-related human rights abuses, President William Ruto said on Monday, marking a rare national reparations process outside the judicial system. Violent protests in the ...

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Myanmar was detained upon his return to Yangon, police said Monday, an arrest that came after the organization said it was looking into suspicious financial transactions by ...