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FILE - Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attends a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 31, 2023. Fidan warned on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023 that Kurdish militants behind a suicide bombing in the Turkish capital face robust retaliation against their group’s positions in Syria and Iraq. (Maxim Shemetov/ Pool Photo via AP, File)

Turkey strikes Kurdish militants in Iraq again after warning of retaliation for a bombing in Ankara

Turkish warplanes have launched a new round of airstrikes against Kurdish militant targets in Iraq. The strikes on Wednesday came hours after the foreign minister warned that Turkey will hit their … more

10/4/23

Jewish worshippers pray during the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot, next to one of the gates to the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, or the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli police arrest suspects for spitting near Christian pilgrims and churches in Jerusalem

Israeli police say they have arrested several people suspected of spitting in the direction of Christian pilgrims and churches in Jerusalem. The incident comes as religious tensions have flared in … more

By JULIA FRANKEL | 10/4/23

FILE - A protester holds up a machete as a symbol of self-defense against gangs, during a protest against gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Kenya’s president is committing his country to lead a multinational force in Haiti to combat gang warfare even as residents of both countries question the plan being pushed by the United States government. President William Ruto was speaking Wednesday, Sept. 20 at a ceremony establishing diplomatic ties with the Caribbean nation. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, file)

Kenyan opposition lawmakers say the Haiti peacekeeping mission must be approved by parliament

Kenyan lawmakers say that parliamentary approval is required before the deployment of police to the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti to combat gang violence that was approved by the U.N. … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 10/4/23

This satellite image provided by NOAA on Monday, Oct. 2 2023 shows Tropical Storm Philippe, center right. Philippe is threatening to unleash heavy rains and flash flooding in the Leeward Islands on Monday before eventually recurving out into the central Atlantic where it could gain hurricane status around midweek, forecasters say. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Philippe soaks northeast Caribbean on a path toward Bermuda, New England and Canada

Tropical Storm Philippe is drenching the U.S. and British Virgin Islands as it spins away from the northeast Caribbean on a path that would take it toward Bermuda and later New England and Atlantic … more

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FILE - Wab Kinew attends the second annual Orange Shirt Day Survivors Walk and Pow Wow on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sept. 30, 2022. The Canadian province of Manitoba has elected the first First Nations premier of a province in Canada. Manitobans elected an NDP government led by Wab Kinew, was raised as a young boy on the Onigaming First Nation in northwestern Ontario, later moving with his family to Winnipeg. (John Woods/The Canadian Press via AP)

First Nations premier to lead a Canadian province after historic election win in Manitoba

The Canadian province of Manitoba has elected the first First Nations premier of a province in Canada. Manitobans elected an NDP government led by Wab Kinew. Kinew is a former rapper, broadcaster and … more

10/4/23

FILE - A view the Red Square with the Historical Museum, right, and the Kremlin Towers in background in Moscow, Russia, on April 29, 2023. Sirens wailed across Russia and TV stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warnings Wednesday as part of sweeping drills intended to test the readiness of the country's emergency responders amid the fighting in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Sirens blare across Russia as it holds nationwide emergency drills

Sirens have wailed across Russia and television stations interrupted regular programming to broadcast warning signals as part of sweeping drills intended to test the readiness of the emergency … more

10/4/23

This undated photo issued by Cheshire Constabulary, shows nurse Lucy Letby. Letby, a former neonatal nurse who was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of seven babies in her care and trying to kill six others at a U.K. hospital will face a retrial on a charge of attempting to murder a newborn baby girl, prosecutors said Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (Cheshire Constabulary via AP)

UK police open a corporate manslaughter investigation into a hospital where a nurse killed 7 babies

British police have opened an investigation into corporate manslaughter at a northern England hospital after a neonatal nurse was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill six others … more

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FILE - South Sudanese who fled from Sudan sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. Four Western countries have floated a proposal on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023 for the U.N.'s top human rights body to appoint a team of experts to monitor and report on abuses and rights violations in war-wracked Sudan. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

Western countries want a UN team created to monitor rights violations and abuses in Sudan

Four Western countries have floated a proposal for the United Nations' top human rights body to appoint a team of experts to monitor and report on abuses and rights violations in war-wracked Sudan. … more

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Copies of Pope Francis' latest encyclical letter on environment "Laudate Deum" are prepared for sale in a bookshop in Rome, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Pope Francis shamed and challenged world leaders on Wednesday to commit to binding targets to slow climate change before it's too late, warning that God's increasingly warming creation is fast reaching a "point of no return." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Point of no return: Pope challenges leaders at UN talks to slow global warming before it's too late

Pope Francis is shaming and challenging world leaders to take concrete action to slow climate change before it’s too late. In an update to his landmark 2015 encycyclical, he's warning that God’s … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SETH BORENSTEIN | 10/4/23

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, 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. The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from Russian-controlled areas to Belarus. The board of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, it has given the Belarus chapter until Nov. 30 to dismiss Dzmitry Shautsou. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Global Red Cross urges ouster of Belarus chapter chief over the deportation of Ukrainian children

The international Red Cross is calling for the ouster of the head of the Belarus Red Cross, who stirred international outrage for boasting that it was actively ferrying Ukrainian children from … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 10/4/23

FILE - The 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature medal presented to Abdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian-born novelist and emeritus professor who lives in the UK, is displayed before a ceremony to present to him at the Swedish Ambassador's Residence in London, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. The start of October is when the Nobel committees get together in Stockholm and Oslo to announce the winners of the yearly awards. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Swedish media report that the winners of the Nobel Prize in chemistry may have been announced early

Swedish media say the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences may have announced the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry prematurely. Public broadcaster SVT said the academy sent a press … more

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A security person stands guard outside the office of Delhi Police's Special Cell in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Indian police raided the offices of a news website that’s under investigation for allegedly receiving funds from China, as well as the homes of several of its journalists, the latest in a series of investigations into the finances of independent media in India. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Indian police arrest editor, administrator of independent news site after conducting raids

Police in New Delhi have arrested the editor of a news website and one of its administrators after raiding the homes of journalists working for the site, which has been critical of Prime Minister … more

By SHEIKH SAALIQ | 10/4/23

A helicopter drops water over a fire ground near Coolagalite, Australia, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Homes were destroyed by a forest fire and a man was injured by a falling tree in the Bega Valley region of southeast Australia, prompting a government leader to warn that a "horror" wildfire season was approaching. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Wildfire destroys 3 homes in southeastern Australia and a man is injured by a falling tree

Three homes were destroyed by a forest fire and a man was injured by a falling tree in the Bega Valley region of southeastern Australia, prompting a government leader to warn that a “horror” … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 10/4/23

Chairman of Taiwan People's Communist Party Lin Te-wang, center, attends a protest outside of the Taipei International Convention Center during the Taiwan-U.S. Defense Industry Forum in Taipei, Taiwan on May 3, 2023. Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted Lin and the party's Vice Chairman Chen Chien-hsin on accusations they colluded with China in an effort to influence next year’s elections for president and members of the legislative assembly. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Taiwan indicts 2 communist party members accused of colluding with China to influence elections

Prosecutors in Taiwan have indicted two leaders of the island's tiny Taiwan People's Communist Party on accusations they colluded with China in an effort to influence next year's elections for … more

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | 10/4/23

Security guards check a visitor's bag before allowing them into the Siam Paragon Mall in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, a day after a teenage boy with a handgun opened fire inside the major shopping mall. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

Suspect in Bangkok mall shooting that killed 2 used a modified mock gun, police say

Police say a teenage boy who allegedly shot two people dead and wounded five others inside a major shopping mall in Thailand's capital used a mock handgun that had been modified to fire real bullets. … more

By JERRY HARMER and JUTARAT SKULPICHETRAT | 10/4/23

Security officers patrol during a Hindu rally in Nepalgunj, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) west of the capital, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Despite quickly escalating tensions between Hindus and Muslims, the night passed peacefully after a curfew was imposed and security heightened in a city in southwest Nepal, officials said. Communal violence is not common in Nepal, which is a Hindu majority country that turned secular just a few years ago. (AP Photo/Krishna Adhikari)

A Nepal town imposes a lockdown and beefs up security to prevent clashes between Hindus and Muslims

A lockdown has been imposed and security heightened in a city in southwest Nepal to prevent clashes between Hindus and Muslims. Trouble began over the weekend over a status posted on social media by … more

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FILE - Pope Francis standing with church leaders in front of a replica of the icon 'Maria Salus populi romani'' and the St. Damian crucifix, blesses the participants into "Together", a vigil prayer for the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, three days ahead of the official opening of the XVI Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on 4 October. Pope Francis is convening a global gathering of bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the Catholic Church, including some hot-button issues that have previously been considered off the table for discussion. Key agenda items include women's role in the church, welcoming LGBTQ+ Catholics and how bishops exercise authority. For the first time, women and laypeople can vote on specific proposals alongside bishops. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca, File)

Pope will open a big Vatican meeting as battle lines are drawn on his reform project

Pope Francis is opening a big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church. Progressives are hoping it will lead to more women in leadership roles. Conservatives are warning that church doctrine on … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 10/4/23

FILE - This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is an intercontinental ballistic missile in a launching drill at the Sunan international airport in Pyongyang, North Korea on March 16, 2023. 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)

North Korea vows strong response to Pentagon report that calls it a 'persistent' threat

North Korea has slammed the United States over a Pentagon report that labeled it a “persistent" threat because of weapons of mass destruction, saying it will strongly counter what it called U.S. … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 10/3/23

Colombia's Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez, center, stands with the relatives of 19 young people who were falsely presented as guerrillas killed in combat by the Colombian army during the country's internal conflict, during an act of recognition and public apology by the state for their extrajudicial execution, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia's government issues long awaited apology for extrajudicial killings during armed conflict

Colombia’s government has issued a long awaited public apology for the extrajudicial killings of 19 civilians who were slain by the military and registered as rebel fighters during one of the most … more

10/3/23

FILE - Christian orthodox nuns hold candles and flowers as they walk in a procession to bring an icon of the Virgin Mary to the tomb where it is believed she is buried, along the streets of the Old City of Jerusalem, early Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Since Israel’s most right-wing government in history came to power late last year, concerns have mounted among religious leaders over the increasing harassment of the region’s 2,000-year-old Christian community. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Jews spitting on the ground beside Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land sparks outrage

A video that shows ultra-Orthodox Jews spitting on the ground beside a procession of foreign Christian worshipers carrying a wooden cross in the holy city of Jerusalem has ignited intense outrage and … more

By ISABEL DEBRE | 10/3/23