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FILE - In this photo provided by the Sudan Transitional Sovereign Council, Sudan's top general Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, center, and Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok hold documents attended by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, second left, during a ceremony to reinstate Hamdok, who was deposed in a coup last month, in Khartoum, Sudan, Nov. 21, 2021. A year after a military takeover upended Sudan’s transition to democracy on Oct. 25, 2021, growing divisions between the two powerful branches of the armed forces are further endangering Sudan’s future. (Sudan Transitional Sovereign Council via AP, File)

Analysis: Year post-coup, cracks in Sudan's military junta

It's been nearly a year since a military takeover upended Sudan's transition to democracy. Now, growing divisions between the two powerful branches of Sudan’s armed forces are endangering the … more

By JACK JEFFREY | 10/23/22

Viktoria Skliar poses for a photo Monday Aug. 8, 2022 with the horse 'Canada' at the stables called "Magnat" in the Kyiv region. In the last, brief conversations Skliar had with Oleksii Kisilishin, her detained boyfriend, the Ukrainian prisoner of war was making tentative plans for life after his release in an upcoming exchange with Russia. The next time Skliar saw Kisilishin, he was dead — one of several bodies in a photo of people local authorities said were killed when blasts ripped through a prison in a part of Ukraine's Donetsk region controlled by Moscow-backed separatists. (AP Photo/Vasilisa Stepanenko)

Ukrainian woman's quest to retrieve body of prisoner of war

Viktoria Skliar thought she might soon be reunited with her detained boyfriend the last time she spoke with him. The Ukrainian prisoner of war was making tentative plans for life after his release in … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA and SUSIE BLANN | 10/23/22

FILE - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman adjusts his robe as leaders gather for the group at the G20 Leader's Summit at the Costa Salguero Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 30, 2018. Saudi Arabia's powerful 37-year-old crown prince will not attend an upcoming summit in Algeria after his doctors advised him not to travel, the Algerian presidency said early Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)

Algeria: Doctors tell Saudi crown prince don't go to summit

Saudi Arabia’s powerful 37-year-old crown prince will not attend an upcoming summit in Algeria after his doctors advised him not to travel. That's according to an Algerian presidency statement … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 10/22/22

This image from video shows the mangled remains of a bus that collided with a truck on a highway in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh state, India, Saturday, Oct.22, 2022. More than a dozen people were killed and dozens were injured in the accident. (K K Productions via AP)

At least 15 killed in bus-truck collision on Indian highway

A collision between a bus and a truck has killed at least 15 people on a highway in central India. At least 40 others were injured in the accident late Friday in the Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh … more

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A man looks out from a window in a building damaged by fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Russia has declared its intention to increase its targeting of Ukraine's power, water and other vital infrastructure in its latest phase of the nearly 8-month-old war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Moscow's forces have destroyed nearly a third of the country's power stations since Oct. 10. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Lights go out in Ukraine as Russia launches "massive" strike

Hundreds of thousands of people in central and western Ukraine have woken up to power outages and periodic bursts of gunfire, as Ukrainian air defense tried to shoot down drones and incoming … more

By ANDREW MELDRUM and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA | 10/22/22

East Iran city, scene of bloody crackdown, sees new protests

A city in Iran that was the scene of a bloody crackdown last month has woken up to new destruction after tensions erupted the day before. In Zahedan, a southeastern city with an ethnic Baluch … more

The Associated Press | 10/22/22

FILE - People walk through floodwaters with flooded farmlands forground after heavy rainfall in Hadeja, Nigeria, Sept 19, 2022. West and Central African countries are battling deadly floods that have upended lives and livelihoods, raising fears of further disruption of food supplies in many areas battling armed conflict. “Above-average rainfall and devastating flooding” have affected 5 million people this year in 19 countries across West and Central Africa, according to a new U.N. World Food Program situation report. (AP Photo, file)

West Africa floods destroy crops, worsening hunger fears

West and Central African countries are battling deadly floods that have upended lives and livelihoods, raising fears of further disruption of food supplies in many areas battling armed conflict. … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 10/22/22

FILE - Guinea's junta leader Col. Mamady Doumbouya watches over an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on Sept. 22, 2022. The government led by Guinea's coup leader reached an agreement late Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 with West African regional mediators on a schedule for holding new elections a little over two years from now. (AP Photo, File)

Guinea junta agrees with bloc to hold vote in early 2025

West African regional mediators have reached a deal with Guinea's military leader to organize new elections by January 2025. The announcement late Friday is the latest deal negotiated by the regional … more

By BOUBACAR DIALLO | 10/22/22

This satellite image taken at 10am ET and provided by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Roslyn approaching the Pacific coast of Mexico, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Forecasters expect it to be a hurricane when it makes a likely weekend landfall between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan. (NOAA via AP)

Hurricane Roslyn heads for weekend hit on Mexico's coast

Hurricane Roslyn is expected to strengthen some as its curves toward Mexico’s Pacific coast Saturday and heads for landfall in the region around the resort of Puerto Vallarta. The U.S. National … more

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Hurricane Roslyn heads for weekend hit on Mexico's coast

Hurricane Roslyn is moving off Mexico’s Pacific coast, with forecasters predictng a weekend landfall between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says … more

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Venezuelan migrants arrive on the Mexican side of the border after rafting across the Suchiate river, the border between Guatemala and Mexico, near Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The Biden administration has agreed to accept up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants at U.S. airports, while Mexico has agreed to take back Venezuelans who come to the U.S. illegally over land. Effective immediately, those who walk or swim across the border will be immediately returned to Mexico under a pandemic rule known as Title 42 authority, which suspends rights to seek asylum under U.S. and international law on grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

U.S.-bound migration from Venezuela plunges under new policy

U.S. and Mexican officials say far fewer Venezuelans entered the United States in the first week of a U.S. policy to expel them to Mexico without a chance to seek asylum. Biden administration … more

By MARIA VERZA and ELLIOTT SPAGAT | 10/21/22

FILE - This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies is said by them to show unidentified military forces mobilized in the town of Sheraro, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on Sept. 26, 2022. Roughly 40 girls and women between the ages of 13 and 80 were raped in the town of Sheraro in northwestern Tigray, according to a document issued in October by Tigray's regional Emergency Coordination Centre and seen by The Associated Press on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. (Maxar Technologies via AP, File)

Official document describes scale of abuses in Ethiopia war

Dozens of women and girls have been raped and hundreds of civilians killed during fighting in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region. That's according to an official document prepared by Tigray’s … more

10/21/22

FILE — Giorgia Meloni holds an Italian flag as she addresses a rally in Rome, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. As a young teen, Italy's Giorgia Meloni embarked on an ideological quest that has propelled her to the verge of government power. The Sept. 25 election victory of her Brothers of Italy, a party with neo-fascist roots that she helped establish a decade ago, provided Meloni with a springboard into the Italian premiership. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Italy's Meloni steeped herself in far-right ideology as teen

As a young teen, Italy's Giorgia Meloni embarked on an ideological quest that has propelled her to the height of government power. The Sept. 25 election victory of her Brothers of Italy, a party with … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 10/21/22

FILE - Barbecue, whose real name is Jimmy Cherizier, sits at his house during an interview with AP, in Lower Delmas, a district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 24, 2019. The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 demanding an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti and imposing sanctions on Barbecue, a powerful gang leader. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)

UN demands end to violence in Haiti, sanctions gang leader

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding an immediate end to violence and criminal activity in Haiti and imposing sanctions on a powerful gang leader. The United … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 10/21/22

Greek airforce maintenance stuff park a T-6 single-engine turboprop training aircraft at an airbase outside the southern Greek city of Kalamata, Greece, on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022. Greece on Friday launched operations at a new international pilot training center created in partnership with Israel, as the NATO member tries to build on a relative air power advantage over regional rival Turkey. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

With eye on Turkey, Greece opens Israeli-built flight school

Greece has launched operations at a new international pilot training center created in partnership with Israel, as it tries to build on a relative air power advantage over regional rival Turkey. … more

By DEREK GATOPOULOS | 10/21/22

FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, center, addresses during an anti-government rally in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022. Pakistan's elections commission on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, disqualified Khan on charges of concealing assets, a move which is likely to deepen lingering political turmoil. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousafzai, File)

Pakistan's election commission disqualifies ex-PM Imran Khan

Officials say Pakistan’s elections commission has disqualified the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan from holding public office on charges of unlawfully selling state gifts to him and … more

10/21/22

A monk using a mallet and plank to summon monks and visitors to the afternoon prayers, pauses at the Pantokrator Monastery in the Mount Athos, northern Greece, on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Deep inside a medieval fortified monastery in the Mount Athos monastic community, researchers are for the first time tapping a virtually unknown treasure: thousands of Ottoman-era manuscripts that include the oldest of their kind in the world. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greek monastery manuscripts tell new story of Ottoman rule

Deep inside a medieval fortified monastery in the Mount Athos monastic community, researchers are for the first time tapping a virtually unknown treasure: thousands of Ottoman-era manuscripts that … more

By COSTAS KANTOURIS | 10/21/22

European Council President Charles Michel, center right, speaks with Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, center left, during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. European Union leaders were heading into a two-day summit Thursday with opposing views on whether, and how, the bloc could impose a gas price cap to contain the energy crisis fueled by Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and his strategy to choke off gas supplies to the bloc at will. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU weighs Ukraine support as new refugee exodus beckons

European Union leaders are gathering to take stock of their support for Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia is trying to spark a refugee exodus by destroying his … more

By LORNE COOK | 10/21/22

Smoke rises from debris and corrugated roofing of a school structure that was burned to the ground in Taung Myint village in the Magway region of Myanmar on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022. The decapitated body of a volunteer teacher in rural Myanmar was found on grotesque display at a village school after he was detained and killed by the military, witnesses said Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. (AP Photo)

Myanmar villagers say army beheaded high school teacher

Villagers say the decapitated body of a high school teacher was left on grotesque display at a burned-out school in rural Myanmar after he was detained and killed by the military. Many similar abuses … more

By GRANT PECK | 10/20/22

A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot during clashes with Israeli army troops in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Palestinians launched a general strike on Thursday throughout the West Bank and east Jerusalem in response to the death of a suspected Palestinian attacker. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinian killed, 3 wounded during Israeli West Bank raid

The Palestinian Health Ministry says a Palestinian youth died shortly after being wounded by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank as Israeli-Palestinian tensions surge. The ministry said early … more

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