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FILE - Venezuelans, who support opposition leader María Corina Machado, sing their native country's national anthem during a protest demanding free and fair elections in Venezuela's upcoming election, in Bolivar Square in Bogota, Colombia, April 6, 2024. Of the millions of Venezuelans who have fanned out around the world, including those who migrated before the economic crisis, only about 107,000 are registered to vote outside the South American country. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Venezuelans living abroad want to vote for president this year but can't meet absentee requirements

More than half of the estimated 7.7 million Venezuelans who have left their homeland during the complex crisis that has marked Nicolás Maduro’s 11-year presidency are estimated to be registered to … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 4/14/24

FILE - Pope Francis, left, listens to Cardinal Marc Ouellet's opening address as he attends the opening of a 3-day Symposium on Vocations in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. The Holy See has formally protested to France after a French court ruled that a former high-ranking Vatican official was liable for what the court determined to be the wrongful dismissal of a nun from a religious order. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Vatican complains after French court rules in favor of nun dismissed from religious order

The Holy See has formally protested to France after a French court ruled that a former high-ranking Vatican official was liable for what the court determined to be the wrongful dismissal of a nun … more

4/13/24

In this photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, April 13, 2024, Russian Army soldiers ride their armoured vehicle to take positions and fire toward Ukrainian positions at an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

A local official says at least 10 people have died in shelling in Russian-occupied Ukraine

A Kremlin-installed official says at least 10 people including children have died in shelling that struck a Russian-occupied town in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region. He said 13 people were … more

4/13/24

One person was killed and seven injured Friday when a cable car in southern Turkey hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below, local media reported.

More than 40 people still stranded the day after a deadly cable car accident in Turkey

More than 40 people remain stranded in cable cars high above a mountain in southern Turkey, 19 hours after one pod hit a pole and burst open, killing 1 person and injuring 7. The accident occurred … more

4/13/24

A worker washes a motorcycle at an ecological carwash in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, April 12, 2024. Water rationing in the capital began on Thursday due to the low level of water in reservoirs that give drinking water to the capital, a consequence of the El Niño weather phenomenon. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia's capital starts rationing water after reservoirs hit historically low levels

A severe drought has pushed Colombia's capital to start rationing tap water. Officials in Bogota moved to ration water starting this week after reservoirs hit historically low levels due to the … more

4/12/24

The Ehattesaht First Nation deployed a canoe and other resources to try and rescue an orphaned orca, but were unsuccessful, at a lagoon near Zeballos, British Columbia, Friday, April 12, 2024. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press via AP)

First attempt to catch orphaned orca calf in Canadian lagoon is unsuccessful

An orphaned killer whale stranded in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon is proving difficult for rescuers to catch. An official at the site says the capture operation is in the “demobilization … more

4/12/24

FILE - Supporters of Niger's ruling junta, gather for a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference, in Niamey, Niger, Aug. 3, 2023. A top Pentagon official says that the U.S. has not received a formal request from Niger's junta to depart the country, saying instead it has received mixed signals on whether the hundreds of U.S. troops based there are no longer welcome. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Russian military trainers arrive in Niger as relations deteriorate with the US

Russian military trainers have arrived in Niger to reinforce the country’s air defenses as the western African nation pulls away from close cooperation with the U.S. in counterterrorism efforts, … more

By JESSICA DONATI | 4/12/24

A rescue team work with passengers of a cable car transportation systems outside Antalya, southern Turkey, April, Friday 12, 2024. A cable car disaster in southern Turkey left one person dead and seven injured over the busy Eid al-Fitr public holiday on Friday, local media reported. (IHA via AP)

Cable car accident in Turkey sends 1 passenger to his death and injures 7, with scores stranded

Local media in Turkey say one person was killed and seven injured when a cable car in the south of the country hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below. … more

4/12/24

A Palestinian wounded in a settler rampage at the Palestine Medical Complex in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, April 12, 2024. Dozens of Israeli settlers rampaged through a Palestinian village, Palestinian medics and an Israeli rights group said, killing one Palestinian and more than a dozen were wounded. Settlers stormed the village of al-Mughayyir in search of a missing 14-year-old Israeli boy, according to rights group Yesh Din.( AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israeli settlers rampage through a West Bank village, killing 1 Palestinian and wounding 25

Palestinian health officials say dozens of Israeli settlers have rampaged through a village in the West Bank, killing one man and wounding at least 25 others. An Israeli rights group says the … more

By JACK JEFFREY and JULIA FRANKEL | 4/12/24

Thai military soldier keeps guard along the Moei river on the Thai side, under the 2nd Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge in Mae Sot in Thailand's Tak province on Friday, April 12, 2024. Thailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents, and that so far it seemed to be exercising restraint. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai foreign minister urges Myanmar's military to avoid violent attack on border town its army lost

Thailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s military authorities not to violently respond to its army’s loss of an important border trading town to its opponents. He says that so … more

By JERRY HARMER and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI | 4/12/24

Fatou the gorilla celebrates her 67th birthday at Berlin's Zoo, Friday April 12, 2024. Berlin's zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what was then West Berlin in 1959. She lives in an enclosure of her own and prefers to keep her distance from the zoo's other gorillas in her old age. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

Berlin zoo celebrates the 67th birthday of Fatou, believed to be the world's oldest gorilla

Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla in the world. Fatou was born in 1957 and came to the zoo in what … more

4/12/24

Passengers of a bus that was swept away by floodwaters are rescued by boat, near Garissa, northern Kenya, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Police said some of the passengers managed to escape just before the bus was submerged, while others climbed onto the roof. The incident happened just hours after Kenya's roads agency announced the closure of another section of the same road that was flooded after the Tana River swelled due to continuing heavy rains. (AP Photo)

At least a dozen killed and an estimated 15,000 displaced by flooding in Kenya

The United Nations say heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and displaced some 15,000 people. Forecasters warn that more rains can be expected … more

4/12/24

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (Alexei Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kremlin says 2022 draft document could serve as starting point for future Ukraine peace talks

The Kremlin says that a draft agreement between Russia and Ukraine negotiated in 2022 could serve as a starting point for prospective talks to end the fighting that has dragged into a third year. … more

4/12/24

FILE -Pope Francis waves as he leaves after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, April 12 ,2024, confirming the longest trip of Francis’ papacy that is sure to test his health, stamina and mobility. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope will travel to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore in longest trip of papacy

The Vatican says Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September. It's the longest trip of Francis’ papacy and will surely test his health, stamina and … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD and NINIEK KARMINI | 4/12/24

From left, Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participate in a media conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Lawmakers are voting Wednesday on a major revamp of the European Union's migration laws aiming to end years of division over how to manage the entry of thousands of people without authorization and deprive the far-right of a vote-winning campaign issue ahead of June elections. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Belgium will investigate suspected Russian interference in upcoming EU elections

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has announced an investigation into suspected Russian interference in Europe-wide elections in June. He says that his country’s intelligence service has … more

4/12/24

Abortion rights activists react during a debate in the Polish parliament from the gallery of the assembly, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday April 11, 2024. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish lawmakers will vote on whether to lift a near-total abortion ban

Polish lawmakers are to vote on whether to lift the country’s near total abortion ban, a divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has one of the most restrictive laws in … more

By VANESSA GERA | 4/12/24

FILE - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol takes an oath during his inauguration in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on May 10, 2022. South Korean voters have handed liberals extended opposition control of parliament in what looks like a massive political setback to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. Some experts say the results of Wednesday’s parliamentary elections make Yoon “a lame duck” — or even “a dead duck” — for his remaining three years in office. Others disagree, saying Yoon still has many policy levers and could aggressively push his foreign policy agenda. (Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Why did Yoon's party lose in South Korea's elections and what troubles does he face now?

South Korean voters have handed liberals extended opposition control of parliament in what looks like a massive political setback to conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol. Some experts say the results … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 4/12/24

A 39-year-old security guard stands on the doorway at a clinic in Bangui, Central African Republic, Monday, March 11, 2024. She said she was sexually assaulted by a United Nations peacekeeper in November while on the night shift. Sexual assaults and other cases of gender-based violence are rising in Central African Republic. The alleged attackers include everyone from Wagner mercenaries to bandits to United Nations peacekeepers. Reasons include ongoing conflict in one of the world's most volatile countries, a weak legal system and the stigma of speaking up. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Sexual assaults rise in Central African Republic. Wagner, bandits and even peacekeepers are blamed

Sexual assaults and other cases of gender-based violence are rising in Central African Republic. The alleged attackers include everyone from Wagner mercenaries to bandits to United Nations … more

By SAM MEDNICK and JEAN FERNAND KOENA | 4/12/24

Sudanese Children suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Many people here fled the fighting in Sudan's vast western region of Darfur, where attacks by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces on ethnic African civilians have revived memories of genocide. The United Nations says close to 9 million people have fled their homes. (AP Photo/Patricia Simon)

Sudan's war began a year ago. Children are among its most fragile survivors

The war in Sudan began a year ago. Here in a camp for tens of thousands of people who have fled into neighboring Chad, the anniversary is marked by near starvation. Many people here fled the fighting … more

By PATRICIA SIMON and RICARDO GARCIA VILANOVA | 4/12/24

A Russian officer who goes by Yevgeny speaks during an interview at his apartment in Astana, Kazakhstan, in late 2023. He had a friend shoot him in the leg so he could get out off the frontline in Ukraine. "Many of my friends have died. And these were really good guys who didn't want to fight," he said. "But there was no way out for them." (AP Photo)

Russian soldiers who quit Putin's war get no hero’s welcome abroad as asylum claims surge

Growing numbers of Russian soldiers are trying to get out of the war in Ukraine. Overall asylum claims from Russians have surged in the U.S., France and Germany since Russia's full-scale invasion two … more

By ERIKA KINETZ | 4/12/24