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World's supply of clean energy minerals is concentrated in fewer countries, report says

By David McHugh, Alexa St. John, Associated Press

The world's sources of critical minerals are increasingly concentrated in just a few countries, most notably China, leaving the global economy vulnerable to supply cutoffs that could disrupt industry and hit consumers with higher prices, a report said Wednesday.

Trump says there's a 'genocide' in South Africa, but white Afrikaner farmers reject that claim

By Mogomotsi Magome, Associated Press

Both white and Black farmers and even conservative white Afrikaner groups denied the Trump administration’s “genocide” and land seizure claims that led the U.S. to cut all financial aid to South Africa.

Fact-checking Trump's claims of white farmer 'genocide' in South Africa

By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact

White farmers have been murdered in South Africa, but those murders account for such a small percentage of the country's total and do not amount to genocide, experts say.

Iran says despite U.S. demands, it will never stop enriching uranium

By Amir Vahdat, Associated Press

Iran’s top diplomat is insisting that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium. It further underlines the Islamic Republic’s red line in negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program.

Trump's tariffs will test U.S. allies at G7 finance ministers' summit

By Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press

The annual meetings of the Group of 7 finance ministers, known as the G7, are typically congenial and in previous years have produced joint commitments to combat inflation and counter the COVID pandemic. There may be less agreement this year.

What to know about South Sudan, where U.S. apparently sent migrants on deportation flight

By Cara Anna, Associated Press

The U.S. is being asked to explain why it appears to be deporting migrants from as far away as Vietnam and Cuba to South Sudan, a chaotic country that's once again in danger of collapsing into civil war.

Dozens in Gaza killed by Israeli strikes as critical aid fails to reach Palestinians

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

The attacks killed at least 82 people, including several women and a week-old infant, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and area hospitals.

WATCH: Trump confronts South African president over baseless claim of targeted killings of white farmers

By Gerald Imray, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

President Donald Trump used a White House meeting to confront South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, accusing his country of failing to address the killing of white farmers.

2 of the last functioning hospitals in northern Gaza encircled by Israeli forces, staff say

By Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press

The Indonesian hospital and al-Awda hospital are among the region’s only surviving medical centers. Both have come under fire this week, including shelling at al-Awda that happened Wednesday as The Associated Press spoke to its director on the phone.

WATCH: U.S. says it removed 8 people convicted of crimes after South Sudan deportation flight

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The Trump administration confirmed it had deported eight people it said had been convicted of crimes in the United States, but the government refused to say what their final destinations would be.