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Ramallah governor Laila Ghannam, with a white scarf, carries the body of 2 1/2 year old Palestinian toddler Mohammed al-Tamimi upon his arrival at the Palestine Medical Complex, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, June 5, 2023. The Palestinian toddler who was shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank last week died of his wounds on Monday, Israeli hospital officials said. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli military closes investigation into killing of Palestinian toddler without charges

The Israeli military says it has closed an investigation into its shooting and killing of a Palestinian toddler in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. In a rare admission of wrongdoing, the … more

By ISABEL DEBRE | 6/14/23

FILE - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, front center left, speaks with U.S. President Donald Trump, front center right, after a group photo at a NATO leaders meeting at The Grove hotel and resort in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, Dec. 4, 2019. As Trump becomes the first former president to face federal charges that could put him in jail, many Europeans are watching the case closely. But hardly a single world leader has said a word recently about the man leading the race for the Republican party nomination. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Everyone's got something to say about Trump -- except world leaders who might have to deal with him

As Trump becomes the first former president to face federal charges that could put him in jail, many Europeans are watching the case closely. But hardly a single world leader has said a word recently … more

By RAF CASERT | 6/14/23

FILE - German lawmakers attend a debate at the parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Friday, May 12, 2023. A German opposition party on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, launched a legal challenge to an electoral reform that is designed to reduce the size of the country's increasingly bloated parliament. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

German opposition party launches legal challenge to reform meant to shrink parliament

A German opposition party has launched a legal challenge to an electoral reform that is designed to reduce the size of the country’s increasingly bloated parliament. The center-right Christian … more

By GEIR MOULSON | 6/14/23

FILE - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Sweden's new prime minister, Ulf Kristersson, speak to the media after their talks at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 8, 2022. Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden's application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic nation has not fully addressed his security concerns. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici, File)

Erdogan says no change in Turkey's stance on Sweden's NATO membership

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that NATO should not bet on his country approving Sweden’s application to join the Western military alliance before a July summit because the Nordic … more

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Lilia Chanysheva makes a heart gesture as she is standing in a cage during a hearing in a courtroom of the Kirovskiy District Court in Ufa, Russia, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Chanysheva, who used to head imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny's office in the Russian region of Bashkortostan, was convicted of extremism charges and sentenced to 7.5 years in prison. The charges against Chanysheva, who was arrested in November 2021, stem from a court ruling made earlier that year that designated Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption and his regional offices as extremist organizations. (AP Photo)

Russian court sends an associate of Kremlin foe Navalny to prison for 7 1/2 years

A court in Russia has convicted an associate of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on extremism charges and sentenced her to 7 1/2 years in prison, the latest step in a yearslong crackdown … more

By DASHA LITVINOVA | 6/14/23

A woman holds a candle during a silent protest to commemorate a Polish woman who died in Poland in May and to protest against Poland's restrictive abortion law in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Pregnant Dorota Lalik, 33, died on May 24 in the John Paul II hospital in Nowy Targ, a town in the conservative region of southern Poland. She arrived at the hospital after her waters broke and was told to lie with her legs up. She died of sepsis there three days later. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Abortion rights protests planned across Poland after death of pregnant woman

Women’s rights advocates have called for protests in dozens of Polish cities after a woman in her fifth month of pregnancy died of sepsis. It was the latest such death since a tightening of … more

By VANESSA GERA | 6/14/23

Mayon volcano belches hot emissions down its slope as seen from Daraga town, Albay province, northeastern Philippines, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. The 2,462-meter (8,077-foot) Mayon is a top tourist draw in the Philippines because of its picturesque conical shape but is the most active of 24 known volcanoes in the archipelago. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Philippine volcano's eruption, which has displaced thousands, can last for months

A gentle eruption of the Philippines’ most active volcano has forced nearly 18,000 people to flee to emergency shelters and may create a protracted crisis that could last for months. President … more

By JIM GOMEZ AND JOEAL CALUPITAN | 6/14/23

The Italian flag flies at half-mast to pay homage to late Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. Silvio Berlusconi, the boastful billionaire media mogul who was Italy's longest-serving premier despite scandals over his sex-fueled parties and allegations of corruption, died Monday June 12, 2023. He was 86. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Silvio Berlusconi's polarizing force in Italy remains strong as his funeral is held in Milan

Silvio Berlusconi’s legacy — positive or negative — is being hotly debated among Italians as the nation prepares for a national day of mourning and a state funeral in Milan’s Gothic-era Duomo … more

By COLLEEN BARRY | 6/14/23

FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government shows the demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office building in Kaesong, North Korea on June 16, 2020. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

South Korea sues rival North Korea for blowing up joint liaison office in 2020

South Korea has filed a $35 million damage suit against North Korea for blowing up a joint liaison office just north of their border in 2020, which highlighted a revival of tensions between the … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 6/14/23

Police forensics officers erect a forensic tent on Magdala road, Nottingham after three people were killed in Nottingham city centre early on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. A man was arrested on suspicion of murder in the English city of Nottingham Tuesday after three people were found dead and three others were hit and injured by a van in related early-morning incidents, police said. (Jacob King/PA via AP)

UK police hunt motive in Nottingham attack as friends mourn student athlete victims

Police in England are working to piece together details of a knife and van attack that killed two 19-year-old students and another man in the city of Nottingham. Nottingham University students … more

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FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a chiefs of mission reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, on June 13, 2023. Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shared concerns on a phone call Wednesday, June 14, 2023 ahead of a planned visit by the U.S. official to China meant to shore up relations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

China's foreign minister airs concerns in phone call with Blinken ahead of planned visit

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang shared concerns on a phone call ahead of a possible visit by the U.S. official to China meant to shore up … more

By SIMINA MISTREANU | 6/14/23

An Indigenous girl prepares to take part in a ritual during the final and most symbolic day of the Wyra'whaw coming-of-age festival at the Ramada ritual center, in the Tenetehar Wa Tembe village, located in the Alto Rio Guama Indigenous territory in Para state, Brazil, Sunday, June 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

An Amazon rainforest rite of passage in threatened territory

The Indigenous adolescents danced in a circle under the thatched-roof hut from nearly dawn to dusk while parents looked on from the perimeter. Some of the adults smoked tobacco mixed with the wood … more

By LUCAS DUMPHREYS and DAVID BILLER | 6/14/23

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi shakes hands with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, as he receives the Order of Libertador y Libertadora de Primera Clase, at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, June 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Iran president rails against US sanctions during visit to Nicaragua

In his first visit to Latin America, Iran’s hardline president has met with his Nicaraguan counterpart and railed against a theme both leaders have in common: U.S. sanctions. President Ebrahim … more

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FILE - Venezuelan migrants sell sweets on a street in San Jose, Costa Rica, Dec. 6, 2022. Costa Rica announced on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, that the U.S. government has agreed to open potential legal pathways to the United States for some of the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants that among the 240,000 asylum seekers already awaiting asylum in the Central American country. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez, File)

Costa Rica-US immigration agreement aims to manage region's flows

Costa Rica and the U.S. government have agreed to open potential legal pathways to the United States for some of the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants among the 240,000 asylum seekers already … more

By JAVIER CORDOBA | 6/13/23

FILE - U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the U.S. Consulate General after the G-7 ministers' meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo, northern Japan, April 16, 2023. Kerry on Tuesday, June 13, urged the world to be “very skeptical” about claims from oil and gas producers that emerging technology soon will allow people to adequately capture the climate-wrecking fumes emitted by their cars, planes and businesses. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Oil producers say tech will soon handle climate-wrecking fumes. US envoy Kerry says be skeptical

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is urging skepticism about claims that technological breakthroughs mean humans soon will be able to adequately capture the climate-wrecking fumes from burning fossil … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and FRANK JORDANS | 6/13/23

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting with Russian war correspondents who cover a special military operation at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin mixes threats of new offensive in Ukraine with offers of peace talks

Russian President Vladimir Putin made extensive comments about the war in Ukraine, alternating threats of a new Russian offensive to grab more Ukrainian land with statements about the Kremlin’s … more

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speak during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the resort city of Sochi, Russia, Friday, June 9, 2023. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Leader of Belarus says he wouldn't hesitate to use Russian nuclear weapons to repel aggression

Belarus' authoritarian leader says his country has already received some of Russia's tactical nuclear weapons, emphasizing that he wouldn't hesitate to order their use in the event of an aggression … more

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FILE - Italian politician, Romano Prodi and wife, Flavia Franzoni arrive at the official concert by the Maltese Philharmonic Orchestra, for the official euro celebrations at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, Valletta, Malta, on Jan. 12, 2008. Flavia Franzoni, a professor of social work and the wife of former Italian Premier Romano Prodi, died Tuesday June 13, 2023 during a hike in Umbria, Italy’s rescue service said. She was 76. (AP Photo/Lino Arrigo Azzopardi, File)

Flavia Franzoni, professor and wife of Italy's ex-Premier Romano Prodi, dies during hike at 76

The wife of former Italian Premier Romano Prodi has died during a hike in Umbria. Italy’s rescue service says Flavia Franzoni was found unconscious when rescue crews arrived. The Prodis and others … more

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FILE - Mexican National Guards patrol among the lanes of cars entering the San Ysidro Port of Entry in Tijuana, Mexico, May 11, 2023. Montserrat Caballero, the mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana, said on June 12, 2023 she has decided to go live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Mayor of Mexican border city of Tijuana living at army base after receiving threats

The mayor of the Mexican border city of Tijuana says she has decided to live at an army base for her own safety, after she received threats. Drug gang violence in Tijuana is getting worse, as drug … more

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FILE - Police and local residents load the exhumed bodies of victims of a religious cult into the back of a truck in the village of Shakahola, near the coastal city of Malindi, in southern Kenya on April 23, 2023. The number of people who died after a Kenyan pastor ordered his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus is at more than 300, authorities said Tuesday June 13, 2023, and the death toll is expected to rise as more exhumations are planned. (AP Photo, File)

Death toll from Kenya cult tied to pastor surpasses 300, with more exhumations planned

Authorities in Kenya say the number of people who died after a pastor ordered his followers to starve to death in order to meet Jesus has surpassed 300. The death toll rose to 303 after 19 more … more

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