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FILE - Vehicles pass under a billboard supporting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi for the coming presidential elections, erected by Egypt's political party of Homat Watan, the Protectors of the Nation, in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 4, 2023. Arabic reads, "yes for stability." Egypt will hold a presidential election over three days in December, officials announced Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to prolong his stay in power until 2030. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egypt sets a presidential election for December with el-Sissi likely to stay in power until 2030

Egypt says it will hold a presidential election over three days in December with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to prolong his stay in power until 2030. The chairman of the National … more

9/25/23

In this photo provided by the Odesa Region Administration, firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a hotel at the seaport after a Russian rocket attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. (Odesa Region Administration via AP)

Russia strikes Odesa, damaging port, grain infrastructure and abandoned hotel

Ukrainian officials say a Russian drone and missile strike near Odesa damaged port infrastructure, a grain silo and an abandoned hotel and injured one person. The Ukraine president's office said … more

By ILLIA NOVIKOV | 9/25/23

New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins hands out sausages on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, at an event in New Plymouth to promote renewable energy. With less than three weeks to go until a general election, opinion polls have put Hipkins and his Labour Party significantly behind the National Party, led by former businessman Christopher Luxon. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

On the campaign trail, New Zealand leader Chris Hipkins faces an uphill battle wooing voters

New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is facing an uphill battle to woo voters less than three weeks before an election. Opinion polls put his Labour Party significantly behind the more … more

By NICK PERRY | 9/25/23

In this image taken from video, refugees from the first group of about 30 people from Nagorno-Karabakh gather in a temporary camp after arriving to Armenia's Kornidzor village in Syunik region, Armenia, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. The first refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia, local officials reported Sunday, and more were expected to come after a 10-month blockade and a lightning military offensive this month that resulted in Azerbaijan reclaiming full control of the breakaway region. (AP Photo)

Thousands of Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh as Turkish president is set to visit Azerbaijan

Thousands of Armenians have streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the separatist region. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to visit … more

By AVET DEMOURIAN | 9/25/23

FILE - French police officers block the road leading to a crime scene the day after a knife-wielding attacker stabbed to death a senior police officer and his female companion Monday evening in Magnanville, west of Paris, France, Tuesday, June 14, 2016. A trial is opening in French counterterrorism court Monday Sept. 25, 2023 over the killing of two police officers in their home in 2016, in front of their 3-year-old son. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

A trial opens in France over the killing of a police couple in the name of the Islamic State group

A trial is opening in a French counterterrorism court over the killing of two police officers in their home in 2016, in front of their 3-year-old son. The attacker said he was acting in the name of … more

By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY | 9/25/23

Derna flood survivor Abdul Salam Anwisi looks at the destroyed homes following flooding caused by Mediterranean storm Daniel, in Derna, Libya, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. Anwisi said he woke up at one-thirty in the morning to a loud scream from outside, to find his neighbours' homes flooded with water. He, his sons and other neighbours rushed to rescue the stranded families by pulling them from the roof of their house. Thousands of Libyans have lost family members, friends and neighbors in the devastating floods that engulfed the country's east. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Libya's top prosecutor says 8 officials jailed as part of investigation into dams' deadly collapse

Libya’s chief prosecutor says he has ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams. The disaster earlier this month left … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 9/25/23

A Ukrainian drone pilot reaches for a reconnaissance drone in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. The drone unit's task is to destroy Russia's heavy machinery, armored vehicles and infantry. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Ukraine is building an advanced army of drones. For now, pilots improvise with duct tape and bombs

The Ukrainian government wants to spend more than $1 billion to build an army of drones. Drones are cost-effective when compared with conventional weapons, and put fewer lives at risk as a grueling … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 9/25/23

FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens to an impromptu rendition of the Ukrainian national anthem at an event including members of the Ukrainian-Canadian community, in Toronto, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was traveling home from North America, where he addressed the U.N. General Assembly and paid his first wartime visit to Canada.(Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP)

Russian airstrikes kill 2 and wound 3 in southern Ukraine as war enters 20th month

The governor of southern Ukraine's Kherson region says Russian airstrikes have killed two people and wounded three others. According to Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin, Russian forces struck the city of … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 9/24/23

FILE - This is an undated file family photo issued by charity INQUEST of Chris Kaba. London’s police force says some officers are refusing to conduct armed patrols after a police marksman was charged with murder over the shooting of an unarmed Black man. An officer was charged with murder on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023 over the September 2022 shooting of Chris Kaba, 24. (INQUEST via AP, File)

Some UK police put down guns after an officer is charged with murder in the shooting of a Black man

London’s police force says some officers are refusing to conduct armed patrols after a colleague was charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed Black man. A Metropolitan Police marksman was … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 9/24/23

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters, where he was felicitated a day after the women's reservation bill was passed by the Indian Parliament in New Delhi, Friday, Sep. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/STR)

India had been riding a geopolitical high. But it comes to the UN with a mess on its hands

The recent G20 Summit hosted by India couldn't have gone better for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. World leaders hailed it a success after the disparate group agreed on a final statement and admitted … more

By KRUTIKA PATHI | 9/24/23

In this grab taken from video, smoke billows after an explosion in Beledweyne, Somalia, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. An explosives-laden vehicle has detonated at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne. Authorities say at least 15 people were killed and 40 others were wounded in Saturday's attack. A state health official confirmed the deaths and says half of the wounded are in critical condition and need to be airlifted to Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, for advanced medical treatment. (AP)

The death toll from a truck bomb at a checkpoint in Somalia rises to 21

The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21. A government official says the number of wounded in Saturday’s truck bombing in Beledweyne stood … more

By OMAR FARUK | 9/24/23

A Ukrainian serviceman hugs his wife and the daughter at the railway station in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. The train that runs from Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, to the city of Kramatorsk in the east stands apart from others in Ukraine. It is shrouded in solemn silence as passengers anticipate their final destination — in front-line areas where battles rage between Ukrainian and Russian forces. (AP Photo/Hanna Arhirova)

A Ukrainian train is a lifeline connecting the nation's capital with the front line

The train that runs from Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, to the city of Kramatorsk in the east stands apart from others in Ukraine. It is shrouded in solemn silence as passengers anticipate their final … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA | 9/24/23

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to Romania's Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu during the Advancing the Sustainability and Adaptability of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda meeting during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, Pool)

Back in full force, UN General Assembly shows how the most important diplomatic work is face to face

The six-day United Nations General Assembly formally wrapping Tuesday shows how in-person diplomacy has fully come back. It was essential for people to be back inside the United Nations, many said. … more

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN | 9/24/23

Members of the Holy See delegation make their way through the hall during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

UNGA Briefing: There's one more day to go after a break — but first, here's what you missed

It’s Day 6 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New York. Here are the highlights of what happened Saturday at the U.N. and … more

9/23/23

In this photo released by the Azerbaijani Interior Ministry press service on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, an Azerbaijani police officer gives food to an ethnic Armenian woman in a camp in Khojaly, settlement in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. (Azerbaijani Interior Ministry press service via AP)

Aid shipments and evacuations as Azerbaijan reasserts control over breakaway province

More badly needed humanitarian aid was on its way to the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh via both Azerbaijan and Armenia. It was coming days after Baku reclaimed control of the province and … more

By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA | 9/23/23

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in New Delhi, India on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada wasn't looking to escalate tensions, but asked India on Tuesday, Sept. 19, to take the killing of a Sikh activist seriously after India called accusations that the Indian government may have been involved absurd.(Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

US diplomat says intelligence from 'Five Eyes' nations helped Canada to link India to Sikh's killing

The U.S. ambassador to Canada has said that information shared from members of an intelligence-sharing alliance was part of what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used to make public allegations of the … more

9/23/23

A Palestinian protester uses sling shots to hurls stones while waves Palestinian flag as others burn tires during clashes with Israeli security forces along the frontier with Israel, east of Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. The Israeli military said it struck three posts belonging to Hamas, the Islamic militant group that has controlled Gaza since 2007, following a number of incendiary balloons launched from Gaza into Israel. This is the latest violence to roil the territory as Palestinians stage routine protests by the border fence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel strikes Gaza for the second time in two days after Palestinian violence

Israel says it has unleashed airstrikes targeting a militant site in Gaza for the second time in as many days. It came after Palestinian militants sent incendiary balloons into Israeli farmland and … more

9/23/23

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Russian foreign minister lambastes the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech

Russia’s top diplomat is lashing out at the U.S. and the West as self-interested defenders of a fading international order. But Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov didn’t directly discuss his … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER and JENNIFER PELTZ | 9/23/23

A bombing at a checkpoint in Somalia killed at least 15 people, authorities say

An explosives-laden vehicle has detonated at a security checkpoint in the central Somalia city of Beledweyne. Authorities say at least 15 people were killed and 40 others were wounded in Saturday's … more

By OMAR FARUK | 9/23/23

This image taken from UGC video shows smoke rising from the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea, Friday Sept. 22, 2023. Ukraine carried out a fiery missile strike Friday on the main headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet and one serviceman was missing, the Russian Defense Ministry said (Crimean Telegram channel via AP)

Ukraine targets key Crimean city a day after striking Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters

Russia says Ukraine has launched another missile attack on Sevastopol in occupied Crimea, a day after an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet left a serviceman missing and the … more

By SUSIE BLANN | 9/23/23