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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and new Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin, pose for photos after his swearing-in ceremony, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Zanin, a former personal lawyer of Lula, took his seat on Thursday amid criticism that their relationship poses a conflict of interest. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazilian president's former lawyer takes seat as Supreme Court justice

The former personal lawyer of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has joined the ranks of the country’s Supreme Court amid criticism that their relationship poses a conflict of interest. … more

By DIANE JEANTET | 8/3/23

FILE - Migrants gather in a desert area on the Libyan side of the Tunisia-Libya border on Sunday July 23, 2023. Tunisia's interior minister insists that security forces don't dump sub-Saharan migrants in the desert border area with Libya and that migrants who make such claims, with some saying they were beaten by security forces, are "manipulated" by humanitarian organizations. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad, File)

Tunisian minister concedes 'small groups' of migrants were pushed back into desert no man's land

Tunisia’s interior minister has conceded that small groups of sub-Saharan migrants trying to enter the country are pushed back into the desert border areas. In an interview with The Associated … more

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | 8/3/23

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds seat as president of the United Nations Security Council during meeting on famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

US challenges world to tell Russia to stop using Ukrainian grain as `blackmail'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is challenging all countries to tell Russia to stop using the Black Sea and Ukraine’s grain as “blackmail” and stop treating the world’s hungry and … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 8/3/23

FILE - A military truck drives up the hill in Baranowo, Poland, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The Suwalki gap, which stretches about 100 kilometres along the Lithuanian-Polish border and lies sandwiched between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, has long been regarded as a vulnerable point in Nato's defences, if a conflict breaks out with Russia. NATO allies located along the alliance’s eastern front are growing increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk, File)

Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO's eastern flank

Polish and Lithuanian leaders have held an urgent meeting in a strategically sensitive area where their NATO nations border Belarus and the Russian territory of Kaliningrad. The leaders warned that … more

By VANESSA GERA | 8/3/23

Police officers cordon off the scene of a stabbing rampage near a subway station in Seongnam, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. A dozen of people were injured in South Korea on Thursday when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near a subway station in the city of Seongnam.(Hong Hae-in/Yonhap via AP)

13 injured in South Korea when a man rams a car onto a sidewalk, stabs pedestrians

At least 13 people have been injured in South Korea when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near a subway station in the city of … more

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Stricken cargo ship Fremantle Highway, that caught fire while transporting thousands of cars, including nearly 500 electric vehicles, from Germany to Singapore, is towed into the port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands, on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. The ship that burned for almost a week close to busy North Sea shipping lanes and a world renowned migratory bird habitat will be salvaged at the northern Dutch port. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A car-carrying ship that burned for a week on the North Sea will be towed to a Dutch port

The Dutch government says a freight ship carrying thousands of cars that burned for a week on the North Sea will be towed to a Dutch port for salvage. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water … more

By PETER DEJONG | 8/3/23

Empty bullet cartridges are seen lying on the road during a third day of clashes that erupted between members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group and Islamist factions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

An uneasy calm settles over Lebanon's Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian camps after overnight clashes

A cautious calm returned to Lebanon’s Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian camp in south Lebanon after a night of renewed clashes. Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp is home to about 50,000 people. … more

By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL | 8/3/23

FILE - Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 8, 2023. Violent unrest is escalating in Ethiopia’s Amhara region as federal security forces clash with a local ethnic militia, leading the deputy prime minister in an unusually outspoken statement to call the situation “increasingly grave.” (Ahmed Yosri/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Violent unrest is rising in Ethiopia's Amhara region after attempt to disarm fighters, witnesses say

Witnesses say violent unrest is escalating in Ethiopia’s Amhara region as federal security forces clash with a local ethnic militia. The deputy prime minister in an unusually outspoken statement … more

By CARA ANNA | 8/3/23

Esther Hayut, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, center, sits on the bench with justices Uzi Vogelman, left, and Issac Amit, right, during a hearing on a petition against a law that limits removal of a prime minister from office to medical and mental incapacitation, which makes forcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office over a conflict of interest while on trial for corruption more difficult, in Jerusalem, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel's Supreme Court hears case against a law protecting Netanyahu from being removed from office

Israel’s Supreme Court has heard a petition against a law that protects Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from being removed from office over claims of a conflict of interest because of his ongoing … more

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FILE- An Aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India, Dec. 12, 2021. An Indian court on Thursday ruled that officials can conduct a scientific survey to determine if the 17th-century mosque in the country's north was built over a Hindu temple. . (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

Indian court allows survey of a 17th-century mosque to see if it was built over a Hindu temple

An Indian court says officials can conduct a scientific survey of a 17th-century mosque in northern India to determine if it was built over Hindu temple. The Gyanvapi Mosque in the Hindu pilgrammage … more

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE | 8/3/23

With the headquarters of the ruling party burning in the back, supporters of mutinous soldiers demonstrate in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, July 27 2023. Not everyone is hostile to last week's coup in Niger. Neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali have taken the unusual step of declaring that foreign military intervention in Niger would be a declaration of war against them, too. Both have had coups in recent years. (AP Photo/Fatahoulaye Hassane Midou)

Niger's civil society mobilizes the nation to fight for freedom from foreign interference

Niger’s ruling junta and civil society groups are calling on the nation to mobilize in the capital to fight for the country’s freedom and push back against foreign interference. Thursday's march … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 8/3/23

FILE - Demonstrators wave the Israeli and Palestinian flags during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, July 22, 2023. Israel is being rocked by a wave of mass protests calling to uphold the country’s democracy. But the cries for democracy lack any clear message of opposition to Israel’s rule over millions of Palestinians, exposing a contradiction that has been coursing through the demonstrations. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israeli protesters are calling for democracy. But what about the occupation of Palestinians?

Israel is being rocked by a wave of mass protests calling for the country’s democracy to be upheld. But the pro-democracy movement lacks any clear message of opposition to Israel’s open-ended … more

By TIA GOLDENBERG | 8/3/23

In this photo provided by Australian Defense Force, Royal Australian Navy sailors from HMAS Brisbane scan the horizon during search and rescue operations in the vicinity of Lindeman Island, Australia, on July 29, 2023. A search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea with the loss of four lives last week during a military exercise with the United States had found human remains but not the black box crucial to explaining the tragedy, an officer said on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (LSEW Hannah Linsley/ADF via AP)

Human remains found in search for Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea with 4 crew aboard

The search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea killing four people during a military exercise with the United States has found human remains but not the black box crucial to … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 8/3/23

FILE - The Merlion statue spouts water at a park with the background of a business district in Singapore, on Sept. 21, 2019. Singapore hanged a third prisoner in two weeks on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, for drug trafficking despite calls for the city-state to halt capital punishment for drug-related crimes. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Singapore executes third prisoner in 2 weeks for drug trafficking

Singapore has executed a third prisoner in two weeks for drug trafficking, despite calls for the city-state to halt capital punishment for drug-related crimes. The Central Narcotics Bureau said … more

By EILEEN NG | 8/3/23

FILE - Riot police fire tear gas grenades at demonstrators during protests in the capital Nairobi, Kenya on July 7, 2023. The United States is praising Kenya's interest in leading a multinational force in Haiti. But weeks ago, the U.S. openly warned Kenyan police officers against violent abuses. Now 1,000 of those police officers might head to Haiti to take on gang warfare. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

The US wants Kenya to lead a force in Haiti with 1,000 police. Watchdogs say they'll export abuse

The United States is praising Kenya's interest in leading a multinational force in Haiti. But weeks ago, the U.S. openly warned Kenyan police officers against violent abuses. Now 1,000 of those … more

By CARA ANNA | 8/3/23

This photo shows a blackout due to Typhoon Khanun in some areas of Naha, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. The powerful typhoon, which slammed Okinawa and other islands in southwestern Japan this week with high winds was moving west Thursday slowly making its way toward mainland China, but is expected to make a U-turn and head back to the mainland archipelago, threatening more damage in the region. (Kyodo News via AP)

Typhoon Khanun forecast to turn back to Japanese islands where it already left damage and injuries

The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other Japanese islands this week is slowly moving west but is forecast to make a U-turn and dump even more rain on the archipelago. … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 8/3/23

An ambulance passes a scout camping site during the World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. Dozens of people were treated for heat-related illnesses at the World Scout Jamboree being held in South Korea, which is having one of its hottest summers in years. (Jeonbuk Fire Station/Yonhap via AP)

83 attendees at the World Scout Jamboree treated for heat-related illnesses in South Korea

At least 83 people were treated for heat-related illnesses at the World Scout Jamboree being held in South Korea, which is having one of its hottest summers in years. The Ministry of Interior and … more

8/2/23

Texas State Troopers watch from an airboat as workers deploy a string of large buoys to be used as a border barrier at the center of the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass, Texas, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. The floating barrier is being deployed in an effort to block migrants from entering Texas from Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Mexico says the first body has been spotted near a floating barrier in the Rio Grande river

The Mexican government says the first dead body has been spotted along the floating barriers that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott installed recently in the Rio Grande river, across from Eagle Pass. Mexico's … more

8/2/23

FILE - Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, on June 8, 2023, as fighting between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces continues. A leading human rights group said on Thursday Aug. 3, 2023 Sudan's warring parties have committed “extensive war crimes” including mass killings of civilians, rape and sexual slavery of women in the ongoing conflict. (AP Photo, File)

'No good options': Sudan's warring sides have committed 'extensive war crimes,' Amnesty says

Amnesty International has accused Sudan’s warring factions of committing “extensive war crimes” including mass killing of civilians and rape and sexual slavery of women in their monthslong … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 8/2/23

FILE - In this grab taken from video released by Belarus' Defense Ministry on Thursday, July 20, 2023, Belarusian soldiers of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) and mercenary fighters from Wagner private military company attend the weeklong maneuvers conducted at a firing range near the border city of Brest, Belarus. The Polish prime minister says that over 100 mercenaries belonging to the Russian-linked Wagner group in Belarus have moved close to the border with Poland. Mateusz Morawiecki said at a news conference Saturday, July 29, 2023 that the mercenaries had moved close to the Suwalki Gap, a strategic stretch of Polish territory situated between Belarus and Kaliningrad, a Russian territory separated from the mainland. (Belarus' Defense Ministry via AP, File)

Nervous NATO nations are beefing up security due to Wagner fighters across their borders in Belarus

NATO allies located along the alliance’s eastern front are growing increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, have … more

By VANESSA GERA | 8/2/23