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This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of Al Shifa hospital and surroundings in Gaza city, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

As Israeli withdraws from raid on Shifa Hospital, accounts from military and witnesses differ wildly

On Monday, the Israeli military withdrew from its second devastating raid on Gaza’s largest hospital, Shifa, leaving it in ruins, with the walls blown out and frame blackened. Despite the … more

Associated Press | 4/1/24

Two women sit near a campaign banner of Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, Recep Tayyip in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 11, 2024. Turkey was coming to terms on Monday with the opposition's unexpected success in local elections which saw it outperform President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party and add to municipalities gained five years ago. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

After a huge setback in local elections, which way forward now for Turkey's Erdogan?

Huge gains made by the opposition in Turkey’s local elections have led to questions about the path the country’s long-serving leader will take before the next round of voting in four years’ … more

By ANDREW WILKS | 4/1/24

A group of ambassadors of foreign diplomatic missions attend 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)

Russian security agency says suspects detained in the Caucasus are linked to Moscow attack

Russia’s top security agency says it has broken up what it called a “terrorist cell” in southern Russia whose members had provided weapons and cash to suspected attackers of the Moscow concert … more

4/1/24

FILE- Indian women stand in a queue to cast their votes in Rajnandgaon, in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, April 17, 2014. With a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 million voters, India’s 2024 general election will pit Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, against a broad alliance of opposition parties that are struggling to play catch up. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Here's what you need to know about the world's largest democratic election kicking off in India

With a population of over 1.4 billion people and close to 970 million voters, India’s general election pits Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an avowed Hindu nationalist, against a broad alliance of … more

By SHEIKH SAALIQ | 4/1/24

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2018 file photo, Rio de Janeiro Councilwoman Marielle Franco smiles for a photo in Cinelandia square. Brazil’s federal police arrested on Sunday, March 24, 2024 the men suspected of ordering Franco's killing in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of society clamoring for justice. (AP Photo/Ellis Rua, File)

A Rio councilwoman's killing was a mystery. An arrest gave a peek at corruption keeping it unsolved

Brazil’s federal police have arrested the chief of the Rio de Janeiro state civil police for allegedly helping orchestrate the killing of popular councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018 and taking … more

By DIANE JEANTET, DAVID BILLER and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA | 4/1/24

Isaac Banks, an American basketball player with the Hashed al-Shaabi - the Popular Mobilization Forces - in the Iraqi Basketball Super League, takes part in a team practice in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 21, 2024. U.S. players are in high demand on Iraqi basketball teams, even those whose owners have a tense relationship with Washington. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Americans star on an Iraqi basketball team. Its owners include forces that attacked US troops

A pro basketball team in Iraq is owned by a paramilitary group, and some of its forces recently attacked U.S. troops. But this hostility toward Uncle Sam has its limits: The team is banking on a … more

By ABBY SEWELL and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | 4/1/24

Members of a Catholic brotherhood place back the "Virgen María Santísima de la Esperanza" after the Holy Week procession in the southern town of Quesada, Spain, Saturday, March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

AP PHOTOS: The blessing of rain dampens Holy Week in drought-stricken Spain

QUESADA, Spain (AP) — Some much need rain was not going to ruin Holy Week for Alfonso del Río Martínez and his fellow Christians in the southern Spanish village of Quesada. So when there was … more

By BERNAT ARMANGUE | 4/1/24

FILE - A Japanese flag flutters at the Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Thursday, July 29, 2022. A key Japanese central bank report said Monday, April 1, 2024, that sentiment among big manufacturers has sagged but that optimism is at a three-decade high among large business outside the manufacturing sector. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)

Japan's central bank survey finds less optimistic manufacturers, but happier service sector

A key Japanese central bank report says that sentiment among big manufacturers has sagged but optimism hit a three-decade high among large business outside the manufacturing sector. The Bank of Japan … more

By YURI KAGEYAMA | 3/31/24

US military says it destroyed Houthi drones over the Red Sea and in Yemen

The U.S. military says its forces have destroyed two unmanned aerial vehicles in the Houthi-held areas in Yemen and over the crucial shipping route in the Red Sea. The U.S. Central Command said The … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 3/31/24

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