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A women prays for the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School students in Kuriga, Kaduna state Nigeria, Saturday, March 9, 2024. Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria's northwest region on Friday in search of nearly 300 children who were abducted from their school a day earlier in the West African nation's latest mass kidnap which analysts and activists blamed on the failure of intelligence and slow security response. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

5 of her kids were abducted from a Nigerian school. All she has left is hope and prayers

Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s conflict-battered northwest. She was still in shock Saturday, … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 3/9/24

The body of a man lies in a pool of blood alongside his motorcycle, in the Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, March 8, 2024. Witnesses say he was shot by two unidentified men on motorcycles. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday

Police and palace guards are working to retake some streets in Haiti's capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations in the capital. Guards from the National Palace … more

By EVENS SANON | 3/9/24

United States Air Force drops humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Essa)

Another top donor says it will resume funding the UN agency for Palestinians as Gaza hunger grows

Another top donor to the U.N. agency aiding Palestinians says it will resume its funding. Sweden's decision comes weeks after over a dozen countries halted hundreds of millions of dollars in support … more

Associated Press | 3/9/24

A boy walks past people selling on the street in Kaduna, Nigeria, Friday , March. 8, 2024. Security forces swept through large forests in Nigeria's northwest region on Friday in search of nearly 300 children who were abducted from their school a day earlier in the West African nation's latest mass kidnap which analysts and activists blamed on the failure of intelligence and slow security response. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba )

Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria

Police in Nigeria say armed men have broken into a school in northwestern Nigeria and abducted 15 children. The attack came at about 1 a.m. local time Saturday — about 48 hours after nearly 300 … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 3/9/24

FILE - Men detained under a state of emergency are transported to a detention center in a cargo truck, in Soyapango, El Salvador, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Lawmakers on Friday, March 8, 2024, granted a request by President Nayib Bukele for the 24th consecutive one-month extension of an anti-gang emergency decree. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency decree for 24th time. It's now been in effect for two years

El Salvador’s lawmakers have granted a request by President Nayib Bukele for the 24th consecutive one-month extension of an anti-gang emergency decree. The vote in congress means that the country … more

3/9/24

FILE - Pedro Sanchez, Spain's Prime Minister delivers his speech at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17, 2024. Sánchez said Saturday March 9, 2024 that he will propose that Spain's parliament recognizes a Palestinian state. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Spain's prime minister says he will propose that parliament recognizes a Palestinian state

Spain's prime minister says he will propose that parliament recognizes a Palestinian state. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Saturday that his position on the conflict in the Gaza Strip is much … more

3/9/24

A paramilitary group at war with Sudan’s military endorses a cease-fire during holy fasting month

A Sudanese paramilitary group battling the country’s military in a nearly yearlong ruinous conflict has endorsed a resolution by the U.N. Security Council calling for a cease-fire during the Muslim … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 3/9/24

In this photo released by Prime Minister Office, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, meets with newly election Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, March 9, 2023. Pakistan's lawmakers have chosen Zardari as the country's new president. It's his second time in the job. Zardari is the widower of assassinated former Premier Benazir Bhutto and the father of former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, (Prime Minister Office via AP)

Pakistan's lawmakers pick Asif Ali Zardari as the country's president for a second time

Pakistan's lawmakers have chosen Asif Ali Zardari as the country's new president. It's his second time in the job. Zardari is the widower of assassinated former Premier Benazir Bhutto and the father … more

By RIAZAT BUTT | 3/9/24

File - Muslim women walk through a market, ahead of the holy Islamic month of Ramadan, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Restrictions put in place amid the Israel-Hamas war have left many Palestinians concerned they might not be able to pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which is revered by Muslims. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

On eve of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City offers little festivity as Gaza war rages

On the eve of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City bears few of its usual hallmarks of festivity. Streets leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest shrine, are … more

By JACK JEFFERY | 3/9/24

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski speaks while meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, not pictured, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Poland's foreign minister says the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is 'not unthinkable'

Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and that he appreciates the French president for not ruling out that idea. Radek Sikorski made the observation … more

By VANESSA GERA | 3/9/24

Socialist Party leader Pedro Nuno Santos waves to his supporters during the election campaign closing rally in Almada, south of Lisbon, Friday, March 8, 2024. Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered voters elect 230 lawmakers to the National Assembly, the country's Parliament. (AP Photo/Joao Henriques)

Portugal is electing a new parliament and government. Here’s what to know about the major issues

Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered voters will elect 230 lawmakers, who will then choose a new government. Two moderate parties that have alternated … more

By BARRY HATTON | 3/9/24

From left, Italian Senators Walter Verini, Ilaria Cucchi, and Ivan Scalfarotto exit a migrants repatriation center in Ponte Galeria, in the outskirts of Rome after a surprise visit, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Pressure is building on Italy authorities to close the notorious migrant detention center of Ponte Galeria where Ousmane Sylla, a Guinean migrant, hung himself last month and visiting opposition senators described inhuman conditions for people ordered to leave Italy but still awaiting repatriation. (Valentina Stefanelli/LaPresse via AP)

Italy's migrant detention centers in spotlight after death of Guinean and calls to close them down

Pressure is building on authorities in Italy to close a notorious Rome migrant detention center where a 19-year-old Guinean allegedly hanged himself last month. Rome's city assembly and a group … more

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA | 3/9/24

Njeri Migwi, a woman human rights defender and the Co-Founder of Usikimye (Swahili word for 'Don't be Silent'), an organization working towards ending the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) holds her phone in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Migwi, is on the frontline of a war against a silent epidemic of Gender Based Violence or GBV in Kenya that also afflicts many Sub-Saharan African countries, with devasting consequences on individuals, societies and even the countries’ economies. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenyan activists are on a mission to end gender-based violence as attacks on women surge

Njeri Migwi is the co-founder of a community-based organization called Usikimye, which means “Don't be silent” in Swahili. The organization helps women escape violent relationships, puts them up … more

By TOM ODULA | 3/9/24

FILE - Artyom Kamardin, left, and Yegor Shtovba, right, stand behind a glass in a cage in a courtroom in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. Artyom Kamardin was given a 7-year prison sentence Thursday for reciting verses against Russia's war in Ukraine, a tough punishment that comes during a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Yegor Shtovba, who participated in the event and recited Kamardin's verses, was sentenced to 5 1/2 years on the same charges. (AP Photo, File)

A lonely radio nerd. A poet. Vladimir Putin's crackdown sweeps up ordinary Russians

A lonely man jailed for criticizing the government on his ham radio. A poet assaulted by police after he recited a poem objecting to Russia’s war in Ukraine. A low-profile woman committed to a … more

By DASHA LITVINOVA | 3/9/24

A pelican follows program officer Ganesh Koirala as he arrives at the animal kitchen at Nepal’s Central Zoo in Lalitpur, Nepal, Feb. 21, 2024. At the stroke of 10 every morning, the pelican arrives at the entrance of the animal kitchen, waiting patiently for Koirala to arrive. The pelican knows that with Koirala will come his breakfast - a one kilogram 2.2 pound) fish. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A 41-year-old pelican and other animals wait for their food at Nepal's only zoo

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — At the stroke of 10 every morning at the only zoo in Nepal, a 41-year-old pelican arrives at the entrance of the animal kitchen, waiting patiently for program officer Ganesh … more

By NIRANJAN SHRESTHA | 3/8/24

Women hold up green bandanas, a symbol of abortion rights in Latin America, during an International Women's Day march in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Facing historic shifts, Latin American women bathe streets in purple on International Women's Day

Women across Latin America are bathing their city streets in purple in commemoration of International Women’s Day at a time when gender rights advocates in the region face both historic steps … more

By MEGAN JANETSKY and DÉBORA REY | 3/8/24

FILE - People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June 19, 2023. The U.N. human rights office said in a new report Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, that scores of people, including children, have been subjected to rape and other forms of sexual violence in the ongoinng conflict in Sudan, assaults that may amount to war crimes. (AP Photo, File)

UN Security Council urges Sudan's warring parties to halt hostilities during holy month of Ramadan

The U.N. Security Council is urging Sudan’s warring parties to halt hostilities during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and allow desperately needed aid to reach 25 million people. Ramadan is … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 3/8/24

In this screen grab taken from video, a woman cries as she calls out to the government to help and rescue school children that were kidnapped by gunmen in Chikun, Nigeria, Thursday, March. 7, 2024. Gunmen attacked a school in Nigeria's northwest region Thursday morning and abducted at least 287 students, the headteacher told authorities, marking the second mass abduction in the West African nation in less than a week. (AP Video)

They went to school but ended up as hostages. 287 children are missing in Nigeria's forests

Security forces are searching large forests in Nigeria’s northwest region for nearly 300 children who were abducted from their school a day earlier. It is the second mass kidnap in the country in … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 3/8/24

FILE - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk speaks at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. The U.N. human rights office says in a report published Friday, March 8, 2024, that the establishment and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem amount to a war crime. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, File)

UN rights office says Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas amount to a 'war crime'

The U.N. human rights office says in a report that the establishment and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem amount to a war crime. The report covers the one-year … more

3/8/24

FILE - Chinese FAW V2 car is displayed at the Moscow International Automobile Salon in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Aug. 31, 2012. The divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week. As a Chinese envoy crisscrossed Europe for talks on ending the war, the Chinese foreign minster trumpeted the export of Chinese cars to Russia and Russian natural gas to China. The sharp rise in China-Russia trade is something the West sees as undermining its sanctions on Russia. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)

China trumpets rising car exports to Russia as its envoy holds talks in Ukraine

The divide between China and Europe over the war in Ukraine was on display this week. As a Chinese envoy crisscrossed Europe for talks on ending the war, the Chinese foreign minister trumpeted the … more

By KEN MORITSUGU | 3/8/24