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FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is to undergo hernia surgery.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says the Israeli leader will undergo surgery on Sunday for a hernia. Netanyahu’s office said the hernia was discovered during a routine checkup, and … more

3/31/24

A supporter of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds a mace, used as a weapon by Hindu god Hanuman, as he shouts slogans during an election campaign rally addressed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Meerut, India, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Thousands rally in India's capital as opposition bloc and Prime Minister Modi launch their campaigns

Thousands of people have attended a rally by an alliance of India’s opposition parties that criticized the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of stifling opponents and undermining … more

3/31/24

FILE - This aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, situated in coastal towns of both Okuma and Futaba, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023, shortly after its operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings TEPCO began releasing its first batch of treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Japan said Sunday, March 31, 2024, its experts have held talks with their Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijing’s concerns over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Japan confirms experts met in China to ease concerns over discharge of treated radioactive water

Japan says its experts have held talks with Chinese counterparts to try to assuage Beijing's concerns over the discharge of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 3/31/24

A student of Kyiv State Arts Academy paints as other students and volunteers clear the rubble after the Academy was partly ruined during the Russian missile attack a few days ago in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

1 dead as Russia launches attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure

A Russian cruise missile strike on infrastructure in Ukraine’s western Lviv region has left one dead. The regional governor says the attack Sunday destroyed a building and sparked a fire. In … more

3/31/24

Pope Francis asperses holy water as he celebrates Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope overcomes health concerns, presides over blustery Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square

Pope Francis appears to have overcome concerns about his health to preside over Easter Sunday Mass. He is leading tens of thousands of people in a flower-decked St. Peter’s Square in one of the … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 3/31/24

People walk under campaign banners of candidates for Istanbul of Justice and Development Party, or AKP, Murat Kurum, center, and Istanbul Mayor and Republican People's Party, or CHP, Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday March 29, 2024. Turkey is holding local elections on Sunday that will decide who gets to control Istanbul and other key cities. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

The race is on for key cities as Turkey holds local elections in test of Erdogan's popularity

The race is on for control of Istanbul and other key cities as Turkey holds local elections. Sunday's vote is also a barometer of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity as he seeks to … more

By SUZAN FRASER and CINAR KIPER | 3/31/24

James Tshuma, a farmer in Mangwe district in southwestern Zimbabwe,stands in the middle of his dried up crop field amid a drought in Zimbabwe, Friday, March, 22, 2024. A new drought has left millions facing hunger in southern Africa as they experience the effects of extreme weather that scientists say is becoming more frequent and more damaging. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

In a cycle of extreme weather, drought in southern Africa leaves some 20 million facing hunger

A new drought has left millions facing hunger in southern Africa as they experience the effects of extreme weather that scientists say is becoming more frequent and more damaging. That's especially … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA and GERALD IMRAY | 3/31/24

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy, center, with other ambassadors of foreign diplomatic missions, attends a laying ceremony at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall on the western outskirts of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 30, 2024. (Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool Photo via AP)

Ambassadors lay flowers at site of Moscow concert hall massacre

Foreign diplomats in Russia have laid flowers at the site of last week’s attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people. Those in attendance included ambassadors from the United … more

3/30/24

FILE - UN peacekeepers hold their flag, as they observe Israeli excavators attempt to destroy tunnels built by Hezbollah, near the southern Lebanese-Israeli border village of Mays al-Jabal, Lebanon on Dec. 13, 2019. Four United Nations military observers were wounded Saturday while patrolling along the southern Lebanese border after a shell exploded near them, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon said. The military observers of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization support the U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, UNIFIL. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

4 UN military observers wounded in an explosion while patrolling Lebanon's southern border

Four United Nations military observers have been wounded while patrolling the southern Lebanese border after a shell exploded near them. The U.N. peacekeeping mission in southern Lebanon, known as … more

By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 3/30/24

A Ukrainian soldier takes a rest in a trench on the frontline near Liman, Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, March 29, 2024. (Iryna Rybakova via AP)

Zelenskyy fires more aides in a reshuffle as Russia launches drones and missiles across Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight. Zelenskyy dismissed top aide … more

3/30/24

FILE - Israeli police officers scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jewish men during a protest against possible changes to the military draft laws, outside a military recruitment office in Jerusalem, on March 4, 2024. Israel's High Court ruling Thursday to curtail subsidies for ultra-Orthodox men has thrown Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political future into grave jeopardy. Netanyahu now has until Monday to present the court with a plan to dismantle what the justices called a system that privileges the ultra-Orthodox at the expense of the country's majority. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Israel's high court says the government must stop funding seminaries. Could that topple Netanyahu?

A dramatic decision by Israel's Supreme Court on drafting ultra-Orthodox men into the Israeli military could spell political trouble for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The ruling Thursday calls … more

By JULIA FRANKEL | 3/30/24

From left, Nduma Defense of Renewed Congo (NDR-C) President Jeremie N'Kuba, NDR-C spokesman Marcellin Shenkuku N'Kuba, Appel de Geneve general director Alain Deletroz and Collective of Movements for Change/Self-Defense Force of Congolese People (CMC-MDP) external relations Jimmy Butsitsi ink pledges to better protect civilians in the eastern Congo conflict during a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The envoys of armed groups made commitments that their forces will work to end sexual violence, food insecurity and conditions of famine, and to ensure greater access to health care in parts of increasingly violent eastern Congo that they operate in and control. (AP Photo/Jamey Keaten)

As conflict worsens in eastern Congo, 2 armed groups pledge to respect civilians

Representatives of two armed groups in Congo signed solemn pledges this week to both their violence-wracked country and the wider world: We will do better to respect and protect civilians. The envoys … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 3/30/24

A woman walks near logs swept into a neighborhood affected by a flash flood in Pesisir Selatan, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. In Indonesia, environmental groups continue to point to deforestation and environmental degradation worsening the effects of natural disasters such as floods, landslides, drought and forest fires. (AP Photo/Mavendra JR)

In Indonesia, deforestation is intensifying disasters from severe weather and climate change

In Indonesia, environmental groups continue to point to deforestation and environmental degradation worsening the effects of natural disasters such as floods, landslides, drought and forest fires. … more

By VICTORIA MILKO | 3/29/24

Tourists on the American side of Niagara Falls take photos in Niagara Falls, N.Y. on Friday, March 29, 2024. Ontario's Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency as it readies to welcome up to a million visitors for the solar eclipse on April 8. (Carlos Osorio/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's Niagara region declares a state of emergency to prepare for an influx of eclipse viewers

Ontario’s Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency as it prepares to welcome up to a million visitors for the solar eclipse in early April. The total solar eclipse on April 8 will be the … more

3/29/24

FILE - Poland's President Andrzej Duda gives a statement to the media in Warsaw, Poland, on Jan. 10, 2024, after the arrest of two politicians convicted of abuse of power who had taken refuge for hours in the presidential palace. Duda on Friday March 29, 2024 vetoed a law that would have allowed over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for girls and women ages 15 and above, his office said. Duda said he was concerned about the health of minors and heeding the voices of parents. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland's president vetoes law on free access to morning-after pill for ages 15 and above

The office of Poland's President Andrzej Duda says he has vetoed a law that would have allowed over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for girls and women ages 15 and above. He says he was … more

3/29/24

FILE - Surveillance cameras are seen as a visitor looks at Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, Monday, March 11, 2024. The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia said its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening concerns about the city’s media freedoms. Bay Fang, the president of RFA, said in a statement Friday March 29, 2024 that it will no longer have full-time staff in Hong Kong, although it would retain its official media registration. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte, File)

US-funded Radio Free Asia closes its Hong Kong bureau over safety concerns under new security law

The president of U.S.-funded Radio Free Asia says its Hong Kong bureau has been closed because of safety concerns under a new national security law, deepening worries about the city’s media … more

By KANIS LEUNG | 3/29/24

A child climbs on a rusty armored personnel carrier, part of a display of destroyed Russian military equipment in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Russia launches barrage of 99 drones and missiles on Ukraine’s energy system, officials say

Ukraine's armed forces say Moscow has launched a large-scale attack on energy infrastructure, with a mass barrage of 99 drones and missiles hitting regions across the country. Ukraine's interior … more

3/29/24

FILE - Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson pauses as he speaks to the media at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, on May 9, 2022. The leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party has stepped down after being charged with allegations of a historic nature, the party said in a statement on Friday, March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

The leader of Northern Ireland's largest unionist party steps down amid police probe

The Democratic Unionist Party says its leader has stepped down after being charged with allegations of a historic nature. Jeffrey Donaldson left his post with immediate effect pending the outcome of … more

3/29/24

People lay flowers and light candles standing next to the Crocus City Hall, on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Russia's top state investigative agency says the death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack has risen to over 133. The attack Friday on Crocus City Hall, a sprawling mall and concert venue on Moscow's western edge, also left many wounded and left the building a smoldering ruin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

9 detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack, Russian state media report

Russian state news agency RIA Novosti says nine people have been detained by Tajikistan’s state security service over suspected contact with the perpetrators of last week’s attack by gunmen on a … more

3/29/24

An anti-war advertising poster with Arabic words that read: Lebanon doesn't want the war," appears on a street in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. A war of words that has unfolded in Lebanon show longstanding schisms in the small country over Hezbollah, now amplified by the militant group's role in the Lebanon-Israel border clashes and by fears that an already crisis-hit Lebanon could be dragged into an all-out war.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Christian nun in Lebanon prays for the Shiite Muslim fighters of Hezbollah. A furor ensues

A video showing a Lebanese nun asking young students to pray for the “men of the resistance,” a reference to Hezbollah fighters, has sparked controversy in Lebanon. The Lebanese Shiite militant … more

By BASSEM MROUE and MARIAM FAM | 3/29/24