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FILE - Trains are parked at a station in Vienna, Austria, Friday, March 27, 2020. Two people were charged in Austria for allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a train running from Bregenz to Vienna, Austrian news agency APA reported Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Duo in Austria charged with playing Hitler speeches on train intercom

Two people have been charged in Austria for allegedly playing speeches by Adolf Hitler via the loudspeaker system of a train running from Bregenz to Vienna. Austrian news agency APA reported Monday … more

5/15/23

FILE - The Norwegian frigate KNM Helge Ingstad takes on water after a collision with the tanker Sola TS, in Oygarden, Norway, Thursday Nov. 8, 2018. The duty commander of a Norwegian Navy frigate that sank following a collision with an oil tanker, was found guilty of negligence Monday, May 15, 2023, by a Norwegian court. (Marit Hommedal/NTB Scanpix via AP, File)

Norwegian officer found guilty of negligence over sinking of Navy frigate

The duty commander of a Norwegian Navy frigate that sank following a collision with an oil tanker, has been found guilty of negligence. The unidentified officer was given a 60-day conditional … more

5/15/23

FILE - This combination of file photos shows China's President Xi Jinping, left, taken in Bangkok, on Nov. 19, 2022, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy taken outside Kyiv, on April 7, 2023. A Chinese envoy was preparing Monday, May 15, 2023 to visit Ukraine and Russia, but there appeared to be little chance of a breakthrough to end the 15-month-long invasion. (AP Photo, File)

China's Ukraine envoy due to start Europe trip

A Chinese envoy is preparing to visit Ukraine and Russia, but there appeared to be little chance of a breakthrough to end the 15-month-long invasion. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government says it … more

5/15/23

Elzbieta Cajzer, head of the museum's collections department, shows a collection of shoes that belonged to child victims of the former Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau at the conservation laboratory on the grounds of the camp in Oswiecim, Poland, Wednesday, May 10, 2023. A two-year effort has been launched in 2023 to preserve 8,000 children’s shoes at the former concentration and extermination camp where German forces murdered 1.1 million people during World War II. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Auschwitz museum begins emotional work of conserving 8,000 shoes of murdered children

The Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum has launched a two-year effort to preserve 8,000 shoes that belonged to children before they were murdered at the Nazi German death camp. In all, about 110,000 … more

By VANESSA GERA | 5/15/23

Supporters of Move Forward party cheer as they watch counting of votes on television at Move Forward Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Vote counting was underway Sunday in Thailand's general election, touted as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

'They want change': Opposition parties win big in Thailand election on promises of reform

Ballots tallied Monday show voters in Thailand want change after nine years under a former general who took power in a coup. Main opposition parties easily bested other contenders in the general … more

By GRANT PECK and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI | 5/15/23

FILE - A group of Arab refugees walks along a road from Jerusalem to Lebanon, carrying their belongings with them on Nov. 9, 1948. The group was driven from their homes by attacks in Galilee. For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus, an action stemming from the U.N.’s partition of British-ruled Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)

UN to commemorate Palestinians' 1948 flight from Israel for the first time

For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th anniversary of their exodus. The flight … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 5/15/23

Supporters of Move Forward party cheer as they watch the counting of votes on television at Move Forward Party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Vote counting was underway Sunday in Thailand's general election, touted as a pivotal chance for change nine years after incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha first came to power in a 2014 coup. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand's opposition wins big election victory, challenging army-backed conservative establishment

Thailand’s main opposition parties have easily bested other contenders with virtually all the votes counted from Sunday’s general election. Their victory fulfilled many voters’ hopes that the … more

By GRANT PECK | 5/14/23

This photo provided by Lion Guardians shows the male lion named "Loonkiito" in Amboseli National Park, in southern Kenya on Feb. 20, 2023. One of Kenya's oldest wild lions, Loonkiito, 19, was killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, May 13, 2023, bringing to 10 the number killed the previous week alone. (Philip J. Briggs/Lion Guardians via AP)

Herders in Kenya kill 10 lions, including Loonkiito, one of the country's oldest

One of Kenya’s oldest wild lions has been killed by herders and the government has expressed concern as six more lions were speared at another village on Saturday, bringing to 10 the number killed … more

5/14/23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, talks to the crowd after the award ceremony of the Charlemagne Prize in Aachen, Germany, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Zelenskyy is in Aachen to receive the International Charlemagne Prize, awarded to him and the people of Ukraine and is surrounded by, front from left, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EU Commission, the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Roberta Metsola, President of the EU Parliament. (Federico Gambarini/DPA via AP, Pool)

Zelenskyy to make surprise visit to Paris for talks with French President Macron

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multi-stop European tour that has elicited fresh … more

5/14/23

FILE - Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Amy Pope listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, May 20, 2016. International Organization for Migration chief Antonio Vitorino of Portugal faces what is poised to be a tight race against his Biden administration-backed American deputy, Amy Pope, as the Geneva-based organization chooses a new director-general on Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Election at UN migration agency pits its European chief against his American deputy

International Organization for Migration chief Antonio Vitorino of Portugal faces what is poised to be a tight race against his Biden administration-backed American deputy, Amy Pope, as the … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 5/14/23

FILE - The yacht harbor in Bremerhaven, Germany, is pictured on May 16, 2019. Voters are going to the polls in Germany’s northern state of Bremen on Sunday, May 14, 2023 to decide whether the center-left Social Democrats should continue to run a city they’ve governed since World War II. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Regional election in north German state of Bremen a test for center-left alliance

Voters are going to the polls in Germany’s northern state of Bremen to decide Sunday whether the center-left Social Democrats can continue to run a city they’ve governed since World War II. The … more

5/14/23

FILE - Militants of the al-Qaida-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham organization stand in front of a destroyed house in Atareb, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. The man known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al Sham, is trying hard to distance his group from its al-Qaida origins, spreading a message of pluralism and religious tolerance.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Syria's main insurgent group seeks to move away from al-Qaida past, get off Western terrorism lists

The leader of the most powerful al-Qaida-linked group in northwest Syria is rebranding his organization by moving away from extremist factions. Abu Mohammed al-Golani is marketing Hayat Tahrir … more

By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE | 5/14/23

Locals stand the bank of sea before Cyclone Mocha hits, in Sittwe, Rakhine State, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar are preparing to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people as they brace for a severe cyclone churning in the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo)

Bangladesh, Myanmar bracing as Cyclone Mocha set to make landfall

Bangladesh and Myanmar are bracing as an extremely severe cyclone is set to hit their coastal areas, as authorities told thousands of people in both countries to seek shelter. U.N. agencies and aid … more

By JULHAS ALAM | 5/14/23

Supporters throw rose petals towards a vehicle carrying Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan to greet him upon his arrival at his home in Lahore, Pakistan, early Saturday, May 13, 2023. A high court in Islamabad on Friday granted Khan protection from arrest in a graft case and ordered him freed on bail. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan prime minister says those involved in violence of Khan detention will face terrorism trials

Pakistan’s prime minister says authorities will go after those involved in violent protests following the detention of his predecessor, Imran Khan, including prosecution in anti-terrorism courts. … more

5/13/23

Yoshimasa Hayashi, center, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, is received by Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom, left, and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell for an EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum in connection to an informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Marsta outside Stockholm, Satursay, May 13, 2023. (Christine Olsson/TT News Agency via AP)

China and Russia are increasing their military collaboration, Japan's foreign minister warns

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi has expressed concern about Russian and Chinese military cooperation in Asia, saying the security situation in Europe and the Indo-Pacific region was … more

By KARL RITTER and DAVID KEYTON | 5/13/23

This satellite image provided by India Meteorological Department shows storm Mocha intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm. Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people Friday, warning them to stay away from coastal areas as a severe cyclonic storm churned in the Bay of Bengal. The storm is expected to roar in on Sunday with a wind speed of up to 160 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour), gusting to 175 kph (110 mph) between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Kyaukpyu in Myanmar, India's Meteorological Department said. (India Meteorological Department via AP)

Thousands along Bangladesh, Myanmar coast told to seek shelter as powerful Cyclone Mocha approaches

Volunteers in coastal districts of Bangladesh are using loudspeakers to urge people to seek shelter as the delta nation braces for an extremely severe cyclone, which is expected to slam ashore in … more

By JULHAS ALAM | 5/13/23

Supporters of opposition Congress party celebrate early leads for the party in the Karnataka state elections in Bengaluru, India, Saturday, May 13, 2023. Elections in India's southern state of Karnataka were held on May 10. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Modi’s Hindu nationalist party set to lose India's Karnataka state in polls ahead of national vote

An early vote counts shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is set to lose Karnataka, the only southern India state it governs. India’s Election Commission on Saturday says … more

By SHEIKH SAALIQ | 5/13/23

FILE - Protesters from climate protest group 'Just Stop Oil' are apprehended by police officers in the crowd close to where Britain's King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey, in London, Saturday, May 6, 2023. London’s top police officer on Friday, May 12, 2023 defended the department against complaints of a heavy-handed response to protesters during the coronation of King Charles III, saying his officers intervened to prevent “serious disruption and criminality.” (Justin Tallis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

London police chief rejects complaints of heavy-handed response to coronation protesters

London’s top police officer has defended the department from complaints of a heavy-handed response to protesters during the coronation of King Charles III. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mark … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 5/12/23

Forensics inspect the scene of an explosion in a high-rise building the day after the explosion seriously injured several police and firefighters, in Ratingen, Germany, Friday May 12, 2023. (Roberto Pfeil/dpa via AP)

Officials say suspect appears to have planned 'fireball' attack that severely injured German police

Officials say an explosion at a residential building in Germany that left nine first responders seriously injured appears to have been a planned attack. Police and firefighters went to the building … more

5/12/23

Municipal workers dismantle a Soviet-era monument to the Soviet soldiers killed during WWII in the village of Pnikut, Lviv region, western Ukraine, Friday, May 12, 2023. Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase the vestiges of centuries of Soviet and Russian influence from the public space by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honour home-grown artists, poets, military chiefs, and independence leaders. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)

Ukraine says it has retaken territory near embattled eastern city of Bakhmut

Ukrainian military commanders say their troops had recaptured more territory from Russian forces at the scene of the war’s longest and bloodiest battle, for the eastern city of Bakhmut, but it … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 5/12/23