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FILE - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, boards the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier at the South Korean naval base in Busan, South Korea, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The newly-inaugurated Freedom Edge exercise is wrapping up in the East China Sea, having brought together Japanese, South Korean and American naval assets for multi-domain maneuvers for the first time. (South Korean Presidential Office/Yonhap via AP, File)

As North Korean and Chinese threats rise, US looks to lock in defense partnerships with Asian allies

The newly inaugurated Freedom Edge exercise is wrapping up in the East China Sea, having brought together Japanese, South Korean and American naval assets for multidomain maneuvers for the first … more

By DAVID RISING | 6/29/24

Olena Pekh, researcher at Horlivka Art Museum, cries while she speaks to her daughter via videosignal in Kyiv airport, Ukraine, Saturday, June 29, 2024. Ten Ukrainians who had been held prisoner for years were released from Russian captivity Friday with the mediation of the Vatican, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return to Kyiv

Ten Ukrainians held prisoner for years have been released from Russian captivity with the Vatican's mediation. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the release on Friday. Part of the group … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA | 6/29/24

FILE - Demonstrators holds cardboard posters showing images of family and friends killed during anti-government protests, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 18, 2014. An Argentine federal court in Buenos Aires on June 28, 2024, concluded testimony from Venezuelan victims as part of an investigation into probable human rights abuses allegedly committed by security forces during the 2014 clampdown on mass anti-government protests. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

In an Argentine court, Venezuelans testify to alleged crimes against humanity under President Maduro

Venezuelans have brought their crimes-against-humanity case to a federal court 3,000 miles from home — in Argentina. They're frustrated by the limits of the laboriously slow International Criminal … more

By ISABEL DEBRE | 6/29/24

In this photo provided by Iranian Students' News Agency, ISNA, hard-line former Iranian senior nuclear negotiator and candidate for the presidential election Saeed Jalili casts his ballot in a polling station, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 28, 2024. Iranians are voting in a snap election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi. (Alireza Sotakabr, ISNA via AP)

Hard-liner Saeed Jalili leads in early Iran presidential election results, state TV reports

Early results in Iran's presidential election have put hard-liner Saeed Jalili ahead, followed by reformist Masoud Pezeshkian. The early results, reported Saturday by Iranian state television, did … more

6/28/24

North Korean ambassador to the United Natiopns Song Kim finishes speaking during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Friday, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Research expert tells UN it has 'irrefutably' established missile debris in Ukraine is North Korean

A research expert has told the United Nations Security Council that ballistic missile remnants found in Ukraine came from North Korea. Jonah Leff is executive director of Conflict Armament Research, … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 6/28/24

Bolivia's President Luis Arce pauses during an interview in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, June 28, 2024, two days after Army troops stormed the government palace in what Arce called a coup attempt. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Bolivia’s president says the general accused of leading failed coup wanted to take over as president

Bolivian President Luis Arce says a former general had intended to take over the government and become president in a failed coup, and he denied that the Andean nation was experiencing an economic … more

6/28/24

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage speaks at a meeting while on the general election campaign trail, in Boston, England, Thursday June 27, 2024. (Paul Marriott/PA via AP)

Nigel Farage criticizes racist remarks by Reform UK worker. But he later called it a 'stitch-up'

Anti-immigration British politician Nigel Farage has condemned a worker for his Reform UK party who suggested migrants crossing the English Channel in boats should be used for “target practice.” … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 6/28/24

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron attends a ceremony at the Croix du Souvenir monument, Tuesday, June 18, 2024 on the Île de Sein, Brittany. Emmanuel Macron once appeared as a bold, young leader offering to revive France through radical pro-business, pro-European policies so that voters have "no reason anymore" to vote for the extremes. Seven years after he was first elected, his call for snap elections weakens him at home and abroad, while it appears to propel the far right on the verge of power. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool, File)

Macron weakened at home and abroad as an early French election gives the far right momentum

French President Emmanuel Macron appeared on the political stage in 2017 as a bold, young leader offering to revive France through radical pro-business, pro-European policies. He wanted voters to … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 6/28/24

FILE - Syrian refugees cross into Iraq at the Peshkhabour border point in Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 20, 2013. Ten years after the Islamic State group declared its caliphate in large parts of Iraq and Syria, the extremists now control no land, have lost many prominent founding leaders and are mostly away from the world news headlines. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it's defeated but remains lethal

The Islamic State group declared its caliphate a decade ago. IS is now defeated but it still carries out deadly attacks around the world. The group that shocked the world with its brutality and once … more

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE | 6/28/24

Women sit behind an electoral banner for Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, during a campaign rally ahead of the presidential elections in Nouakchott, Mauritania, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. The banner reads: "There is no place for people embezzling public funds anymore." (AP Photo/Mamsy Elkeihel)

Mauritania's President Ould Ghazouani seeks reelection amid regional security crisis

Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani — who is seeking a second term in office in a vote on Saturday — is promising more economic growth and social programs to eradicate poverty and … more

By AHMED MOHAMED | 6/28/24

South Africa's President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa, centre, and his wife Tshepo Motsepe, second from left, arrive ahead of the inauguration ceremony at the Union Buildings in Tshwane, South Africa, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Photo: Shiraaz Mohamed).

South African president says Parliament will open July 18 amid discord in the new coalition

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that Parliament will open on July 18 as he remains locked in negotiations with other parties to form a Cabinet well before then amid rifts in the … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 6/28/24

People gather on the Republique Plaza during a rally in Paris, Thursday June 27, 2024. Anti-racism groups joined French unions and left-wing coalition in protests against the surging nationalist far right as French President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections following the defeat of his centrist alliance at European Union elections earlier this month. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

High-stakes French legislative election hits torrid final stretch before first-round voting begins

With their own and France’s fates in the balance, candidates are making their last campaign pushes for the first round of voting in a pivotal and polarizing French legislative election. The … more

By JOHN LEICESTER and DIANE JEANTET | 6/28/24

Nathaniel Dye poses for a photograph during an interview in London, Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Dye, who was diagnosed with bowel cancer and faced delays in treatment, is hoping the opposition Labour Party will win the July 4 election and fix problems with Britain’s National Health Service. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Cancer patient’s long wait for treatment highlights frustration with UK government as election nears

Britain's National Health Service faces myriad problems. It is creaking under the weight of an aging and growing population, years of funding constraints, and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 6/28/24

Firefighters vehicles and emergency vehicles on the site of the collision of a bus with a train near the town of Nove Zamky, Slovakia, Thursday, June 27, 2024. Officials in Slovakia says that a train traveling from the Czech capital of Prague to the Hungarian capital of Budapest collided with a bus in southern Slovakia, leaving at least five people dead and five injured. Police and railway officials say that more than 100 people were aboard the Eurocity train when the accident took place shortly after 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) in the town of Nove Zamky. (Henrich Misovic/TASR via AP)

Slovak train and bus collision that killed 7 was likely caused by human error, minister says

Slovakia’s transport minister says a collision between a EuroCity train with a bus in the south of the country that left seven people dead might have been caused by human error. The minister, Jozef … more

6/28/24

Japan's space agency delays launch of upgraded observation satellite on new H3 rocket due to weather

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is delaying its planned launch of a satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket due to expected bad weather at the launch site in southwestern Japan. The launch was … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 6/28/24

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a press conference in Tokyo Friday, June 28, 2024. Japan’s government protested to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa and the much delayed disclosures of the problems. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan protests sex assault cases involving US military on Okinawa and their delayed disclosure

Japan’s government has protested to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which have only … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 6/28/24

5 missiles land near ship in the Red Sea in likely the latest attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels

A ship traveling through the Red Sea has come under repeated missile fire in a likely attack launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. Five missiles landed near the vessel as it traveled off the coast of … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 6/28/24

FILE - Lawyer Laura Sgro, left, listens to Gloria Branciani during a press conference in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. Gloria Branciani, 59, is one of the first women who accused Rev. Marko Rupnik of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuse. Sgro wrote a letter representing five women who say they were psychologically, spiritually, and sexually abused by ex-Jesuit artist Rev. Marko Rupnik, that asks Catholic bishops around the world on Friday, June 28, 2024, to remove his mosaics from their churches, saying their continued display in places of worship was "inappropriate" and retraumatizing to victims. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Women who say they were abused by ex-Jesuit artist ask Catholic bishops to remove his mosaics

Five women who say they were psychologically, spiritually and sexually abused by a famous ex-Jesuit artist are asking Catholic bishops around the world to remove his mosaics from their churches. … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 6/28/24

Perceus Samuels smiles after having his face painted during Matariki Whanau Day at the Wainuiomata Community Hub, Wellington, New Zealand on June 22, 2024. Now in its third year as a nationwide public holiday in New Zealand, Matariki marks the lunar new year by the rise of the star cluster known in the Northern Hemisphere as the Pleiades. (AP Photo/Hagen Hopkins)

As political fervor for New Zealand's Māori resurgence wanes, a new Indigenous holiday comes of age

When New Zealand established a national day for Matariki, the Māori new year, in 2022, making it the country's first Indigenous public holiday, many New Zealanders didn't know what it was. Now in … more

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY | 6/28/24

Followers of the leftist coalition Nouveau Front Populaire (New Popular Front) glue campaign posters for the upcoming legislative election, Wednesday, June 26, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. French President Emmanuel Macron called snap elections following the defeat of his centrist alliance at European Union elections earlier this month. Voters will choose lawmakers for the National Assembly in two rounds on June 30 and July 7. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

France is facing an election like no other. Here's how it works and what comes next

French voters are called to the polls this weekend for an exceptional moment in their political history. Sunday is the first round of snap parliamentary elections that could see the country’s first … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 6/28/24