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Faithful pray as they take part in a pro-life march in Zagreb, Croatia, Friday, March 15, 2024. Scores of religious and neo-conservative groups in recent years have been building up pressure in the staunchly Catholic country, trying to force a ban on abortions. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

50 years after the former Yugoslavia protected abortion rights, that legacy is under threat

Religious and neo-conservative groups have been ramping up pressure to ban abortions in staunchly Catholic Croatia. They have held vigils outside abortion clinics and marches drawing thousands of … more

By DARKO BANDIC and JOVANA GEC | 3/27/24

The relative of a victim embraces a person after the reading of the verdict for former police officers on trial for crimes against humanity during the 1976-1983 dictatorship, in La Plata, Argentina, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The officers were convicted on Tuesday of torturing over 20 pregnant women and stealing at least 10 babies, seven of which have been identified and recovered. Hundreds of babies were abducted during the Argentine dictatorship. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

In first, an Argentine court convicts ex-officers of crimes against trans women during dictatorship

Judges overseeing a high-profile human rights trial in Argentina have convicted 11 former officials of crimes against humanity. It's the first case to focus on the former military dictatorship’s … more

By DÉBORA REY | 3/26/24

FILE - This photo taken on Monday, March 12, 2018 and released by svaboda.org RFE/RL shows Belarusian journalist Ihar Karnei, who was arrested in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, on July 17, 2023. Ihar Karnei, a prominent independent journalist went on trial in Belarus on Tuesday March 19, 2024 on extremism charges widely seen as politically motivated. (svaboda.org RFE/RL Photo via AP, File)

An imprisoned journalist in Belarus designated a political prisoner by a leading rights group

A prominent journalist in Belarus has been designated a political prisoner by the country’s leading human rights group. The classification on Tuesday came following Ihar Karne's conviction on … more

By YURAS KARMANAU | 3/26/24

Women scuffle for plates of food for their children at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Hunger deepens as relentless gang violence targets Haiti's capital

Gangs have intensified their rampage in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital, setting fire to a school and looting pharmacies near the country’s largest public hospital. The attacks that began … more

3/26/24

FILE - Visitors walk outside the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London, Friday, June 26, 2015. The British Museum is suing a former curator alleged to have stolen almost 2,000 artifacts from its collections and offered them for sale online. Peter Higgs was fired in July 2023 after more than 1,800 items were discovered to be missing. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland, File)

The British Museum is suing a former curator over the alleged theft of almost 2,000 items

The British Museum is suing a former curator alleged to have stolen almost 2,000 artifacts from its collections and offered them for sale online. Peter Higgs was fired in July 2023 after more than … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 3/26/24

Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks at an event hosted by the Hellenic community in Toronto on Monday, March 25, 2024. (Arlyn McAdorey/The Canadian Press via AP)

Greek opposition party seeks to bring down the government over its handling of a 2023 rail disaster

A Greek opposition party has submitted a motion of no-confidence in the government over its handling of a deadly railway disaster last year. A three-day debate beginning Tuesday will culminate in a … more

By ELENA BECATOROS | 3/26/24

FILE - French soldiers fire a French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer during the Spring Storm 2023 military drills, the largest annual exercise of Estonian Defence Forces, near Tapa, Estonia on May 25, 2023. France will soon be able to deliver 78 Caesar howitzers to Ukraine and will boost its supply of shells to meet Kyiv's urgent needs for ammunition to fight Russia's two-year invasion, the defense minister said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, file)

France will soon deliver 78 howitzers to Ukraine to meet Kyiv's urgent needs, defense minister says

France's defense minister says it will soon be able to deliver 78 Caesar howitzers to Ukraine. Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu also said Tuesday that France will boost its supply of artillery … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 3/26/24

The Secretary-General of the Islamic Group Sheikh Mohammed Takkoush, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Takkoush allied with Hamas and Hezbollah said Tuesday they are closely coordinating with both groups along the southern border with Israel where they have claimed responsibility for several attacks over the past months. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese Sunni militant group head says coordination with Shiite Hezbollah is vital to fight Israel

The head of a Lebanese Sunni political and militant group that has joined the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in its fight against Israel on Lebanon’s border says the conflict has helped strengthen … more

By BASSEM MROUE | 3/26/24

Morgue workers move a body of a victim of a religious cult for burial in Malindi Funeral home in Kilifi, Kenya Tuesday, March. 26, 2024. Kenya government on Tuesday released seven bodies of victims, who died due to starvation to their families for burial. Some 34 bodies, out of the 429 that were exhumed last year, were positively identified. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Kenya starts to hand over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult

Kenya's government has begun handing over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult at the center of a legal case that has shocked the country. Exhumed bodies from a vast rural area … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 3/26/24

Members of Brothers and Sisters in Arms and Bonot Alternativa (Women Building an Alternative) protest Israel's exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews from mandatory military service, near the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

With its soldiers mired in Gaza, Israel fights a battle at home over drafting the ultra-Orthodox

As Israel battles a prolonged war in Gaza, exemptions from mandatory military service for ultra-Orthodox men have reopened a divide in the country and rattled the government coalition. Prime Minister … more

By MELANIE LIDMAN | 3/26/24

FILE - Outside view of the Russian embassy in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, March 19, 2010. Austrian police officers who provided security around the Russian Embassy on the day of that country's presidential election were given small presents as they left, Vienna police said Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Police were told to reject such gifts in the future. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Austrian police given small gifts after protecting Russian Embassy, told to reject them in future

Vienna police say Austrian police officers who provided security around the Russian Embassy on the day of that country’s presidential election were given small presents as they left. Police were … more

3/26/24

FILE - Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave The London Clinic in central London, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. King Charles III was in hospital to receive treatment for an enlarged prostate. Buckingham Palace officials say King Charles III and Queen Camilla will attend an Easter service at the chapel at Windsor Castle on Sunday, March 30, 2024. The appearance will be the first major event for Charles, 75, since he was diagnosed with cancer in February. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

King Charles III and Queen Camilla to attend Easter Sunday service in Windsor

Buckingham Palace officials say King Charles III and Queen Camilla will attend an Easter service at the chapel at Windsor Castle on Sunday. The appearance will be the first major event for Charles … more

3/26/24

FILE - A protester holds a placard outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges will issue a ruling Tuesday morning in the High Court on whether Assange can make one final appeal in England. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Timeline of the Assange legal saga as he faces further delay in bid to avoid extradition to the US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been fighting for more than a decade to avoid extradition to the United States to face charges related to his organization’s publication of a huge trove of … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 3/26/24

Ambulances park near a burning building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 22, 2024. Twenty-two victims of the Russia concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people remain in serious condition in the hospital, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said Tuesday, March 26, 2024, according to state news agency Tass. Two of them are children, it said. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Multiple victims of Moscow attack including children are in serious condition, Russian officials say

Russian state news agency Tass says 22 victims of the concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people remain in serious condition in the hospital. That includes two children, Tass said Tuesday. … more

3/26/24

Former Hungarian government insider Peter Magyar arrives at Public Prosecutor's office in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday March 26, 2024. Magyar published an audio recording on Tuesday that he says is proof of official misconduct within high levels of the government of populist Minister Viktor Orbán. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Former Hungarian insider releases audio he says is proof of corruption in embattled Orbán government

A former Hungarian government insider has published an audio recording that he says is proof of official misconduct within high levels of the government of populist Minister Viktor Orbán. The … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE | 3/26/24

FILE - Rain boots are placed on the ground by police officers as they inspect a boat where 15 Malians were found dead adrift in the Atlantic on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Gran Canaria island, Spain. The UN migration agency marks a decade since the launch of the Missing Migrants Project, documenting more than 63,000 deaths around the world. More than two-thirds of victims remain unidentified highlighting the size of the crisis and the suffering of families who rarely receive definitive answers. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

A decade of documenting more than 63,000 migrant deaths shows that fleeing is more lethal than ever

A decade has passed since the launch of the Missing Migrants Project, which has documented more than 63,000 deaths around the world among people fleeing conflict, persecution or poverty at home. The … more

By RENATA BRITO and KERSTIN SOPKE | 3/26/24

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy, left, enters the Moscow City Court to attend hearing on Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's case, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. A court in Moscow considers the extension of the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges. The current arrest term of Gershkovich runs out on March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia extends arrest of US reporter Evan Gershkovich. He has already spent nearly a year in jail

A Moscow court has ordered Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late June. The 32-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested in late March 2023 … more

3/26/24

Policemen detain a member of Aam Admi Party, or Common Man's Party, during a protest against the arrest of their party leader Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Indian police have detained dozens of opposition protesters and prevented them from marching to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence to demand the release of their leader and top elected official of New Delhi who was arrested last week in a liquor bribery case. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Indian police detain dozens of protesters demanding release of top opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal

Indian police have detained dozens of opposition protesters to stop them from marching to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence to demand the release of their leader and top elected official of … more

By PIYUSH NAGPAL | 3/26/24

A customer walk out from KK Mart convenience store in Puchong area on the outskirts of of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The owner of a Malaysian convenience store chain was charged Tuesday with deliberately wounding the religious feelings of others after socks with the word "Allah" were found sold in some outlets. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysian convenience store owners charged over 'Allah' socks that angered Muslims

The owners of a Malaysian convenience store chain and one of its suppliers were charged Tuesday with offending the religious feelings of Muslims after socks printed with the word “Allah” were … more

3/26/24

Opposition presidential candidate Corina Yoris speaks to people after giving a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 25, 2024. Yoris became the substitute candidate for the opposition's presidential bid after Maria Corina Machado announced on Friday that Yoris would replace her as she fights a government ban on running for office. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela's main opposition coalition unable to register a presidential candidate

The main Venezuelan opposition coalition has said that electoral authorities didn’t let it register its candidate for the presidential election as the deadline ended, in what it called the latest … more

3/26/24