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FILE - An Argentine and Israeli flag stand side by side at the office of Guillermo Borger, president of the Jewish community center AMIA, during an interview with The Associated Press in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Feb. 8, 2013. Argentina’s highest criminal court on Thursday, April 12, 2024, reported a new development in the elusive quest for justice in the country’s deadliest attack in history – the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center headquarters – concluding Iran had planned the attack and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group had executed the plans. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Argentine court blames Iran and Hezbollah for deadly 1994 Jewish center bombing

Argentina’s highest criminal court has reported a new development in the elusive quest for justice in the country’s deadliest attack in history — the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center … more

By DÉBORA REY and ISABEL DEBRE | 4/12/24

FILE - Mali Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga at the COP28 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. According to a notice posted on social media, Thursday, April 11, 2024, Mali’s ruling junta has banned the media from reporting on the activities of political parties and associations in the country. The ban followed a decision the previous day that banned all political party activities until further notice. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Mali's junta bans the media from reporting on political activities in a deepening crackdown

Mali’s ruling junta has banned the media from reporting on activities of political parties and associations, a day after barring political parties and groups. That's according to a copy of the … more

By BABA AHMED and JESSICA DONATI | 4/11/24

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin mocks planned Ukraine conference and says Russia won't accept any enforced peace plans

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has mocked a planned round of Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland, warning that Moscow will not accept any enforced agreements ignoring its interests. … more

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FILE - A truck carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip passes through the Kerem Shalom Crossing in southern Israel, Thursday, March 14, 2024. Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel has promised to ramp up aid to Gaza dramatically, saying last week it would open another cargo crossing and surge more trucks than ever before into the besieged enclave. But days later, there are few signs of those promises materializing and international officials say famine is fast approaching in hard-hit northern Gaza. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

More aid is supposed to be entering the Gaza Strip. Why isn’t it helping?

Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel has promised to ramp up aid to Gaza dramatically, saying last week it would open another cargo crossing and surge more trucks than ever before into the besieged … more

By JULIA FRANKEL | 4/11/24

People take cover from gunfire during clashes between police and gangs in the Champs de Mars area next to the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

A journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights group details gang toll

A Haitian human rights group has released a new report that details the horrific violence unleashed this year by gangs who kill, rape and maim with impunity amid a political vacuum. Among the victims … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 4/11/24

People protest outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in Mexico City, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Mexico’s government has severed diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico wants UN to suspend Ecuador over its police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito

Mexico’s president says his country wants the United Nations to suspend Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the … more

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FILE - Afghan Taliban's Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani speaks during a ceremony in Kabul,, Afghanistan, May 11, 2023. Messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and attract more outside support, experts said Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, file)

Afghanistan's Taliban leaders issued different messages for Eid. Experts say that shows tensions

Experts say messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and attract more … more

By RIAZAT BUTT | 4/11/24

FILE - A Qatar Airways jet approaches Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Nov. 7, 2019. An Australian court on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, has rejected a case brought by five women seeking compensation from Qatar Airways over invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at Doha’s airport in 2020. The women's case against the airport's operator is still going ahead, however. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Australian judge ends women's case against Qatar Airways but allows lawsuit against subsidiary

An Australian court has rejected a case brought by five women seeking compensation from Qatar Airways over invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at Doha’s airport in 2020. The … more

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In this grab taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation on Thursday, April 11, 2024 an Angara-A5 rocket lifts off from Vostochny space launch facility outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. Russia on Thursday successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier in themweek. (Roscosmos Space Corporation via AP)

In Russia's Far East, a new heavy-lift rocket blasts off into space after two aborted launches

Russia has successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier this week. The first attempt to launch the … more

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Jennifer Peter, who was kidnapped with others in her school by gunmen in March 2021, speaks during an interview in Kaduna, Nigeria, Tuesday, March, 26, 2024. The gunmen who kidnapped Jennifer Peter and dozens of her peers from school in March 2021 returned months later to attack another school in her state in northwestern Nigeria. The second time, they seized over 100 children including Jennifer's 10-year-old cousin, Treasure, who was held captive for more than two years. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)

10 years after Chibok, Nigerian families cope with the trauma of more school kidnappings

The mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls a decade ago in Nigeria marked a new era of fear in Africa's most populous country. Since the Chibok abductions in April 2014, at least 1,500 students have been … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 4/11/24

FILE - People protest Poland's restrictive abortion law in Warsaw, Poland, on June 14, 2023. A long-awaited parliamentary debate on liberalizing Poland's strict abortion law is scheduled to begin Thursday, March 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 sent from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation

Poland's parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe. But … more

By VANESSA GERA | 4/11/24

FILE - A woman casts her vote in Romania's legislative election, in Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 6, 2020. According to a study released Thursday, April 11, 2024, voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s largest democracies, are widely skeptical about whether their elections are free and fair, and many favor a strong, undemocratic leader. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Study finds voters skeptical about fairness of elections. Many favor a strong, undemocratic leader

A new study has found that voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s largest democracies, are widely skeptical about whether their political elections are free and fair. And many … more

By JAN M. OLSEN | 4/11/24

Chhem Hay, 37, stands at a main door of her house under construction at Run Ta Ek village in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on April 2, 2024. She decided last June to take the opportunity to move from the village where she'd lived since she was a young teenager to the new settlement. Cambodia's program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological site is drawing international concern over possible human rights abuses, while authorities maintain they're doing nothing more than protecting the UNESCO World Heritage Site from illegal squatters. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Forced evictions or free choice? Cambodia's relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns

Cambodia's program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological site is drawing international concern over possible human rights abuses, while authorities maintain they're doing … more

By DAVID RISING | 4/11/24

In this undated photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, wreckage of a World War II bomber lays on the seabed of Gasmata Harbour in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Officials have confirmed the identities of an Australian bomber and the remains of two air crew members more than 80 years after they crashed in flames off the coast of Papua New Guinea, Australian Air Force said in a statement on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (Australian Defence Force via AP)

Australian bomber shot down with 4 crew in 1943 identified off the coast of Papua New Guinea

Officials have confirmed the identities of an Australian bomber and the remains of two air crew members more than 80 years after they crashed in flames off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The Royal … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 4/10/24

Grassroots movements clashed with police on Wednesday during a demonstration in central Buenos Aires. Hundreds were gathering in front of government buildings, rallying against the ramped-up austerity measures of the government of Javier Milei, when police used water cannons to prevent them from trying to block one of the city's main avenues.

Argentina's police step up their response to growing anti-government protests

A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters outraged over President Javier Milei’s deep cuts to state spending has escalated, as protesters blocking the capital’s … more

4/10/24

An armored police car patrols the General Hospital area, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Creation of transitional council that will select Haiti's next prime minister is imminent, US says

The U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs says the creation of a transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti’s next leaders is imminent. Brian A. Nichols spoke Wednesday … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 4/10/24

European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, is embraced after Members of European Parliament participated in a series of votes during a plenary session 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)

EU lawmakers approve an overhaul of migration law, hoping to deprive the far right of votes

Lawmakers have approved a major revamp of the European Union’s migration regulations. The reforms are meant to end years of division over how to manage the entry of people without authorization and … more

By LORNE COOK | 4/10/24

The accused arrives at the Hanover District Court in handcuffs in Hannover, Germany, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted murder by a German court on Wednesday for injecting mercury into his little daughter’s foot. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)

Father sentenced in Germany for attempted murder for injecting mercury into his daughter's foot

A court in Germany has sentenced a 30-year-old man to 13 years in prison for attempted murder for injecting mercury into his 1-year-old daughter’s foot. German news agency dpa says the man from … more

4/10/24

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, shakes hands with Swiss President Ignazio Cassis in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 20, 2022. Switzerland's government said Wednesday April 10, 2024 it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one day. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day

Switzerland says it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 4/10/24

Recruits of the 3rd Assault Brigade train in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say

Authorities say a Russian attack has hit a grocery store and a pharmacy in a Ukrainian village close to the border with Russia, killing three people including a 14-year-old girl. Officials said the … more

By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV | 4/10/24