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Taliban fighters gather in the late afternoon near Sakhi Shah-e Mardan Shrine in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Taliban carry out 2nd known public execution since seizing power in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have carried out what is believed to be the second confirmed public execution since the religious group took power in 2021. The court had sentenced to death a man found … more

By MUNIR AHMED | 6/20/23

FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19, 2023. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a closely watched visit to Beijing on Monday, during which he met with China's top diplomats and held talks with President Xi Jinping. However, Blinken failed to land the biggest ask on his agenda: restoring China-U.S. military communications. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Why haven't China and the U.S. agreed to restore military contacts?

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has wrapped up a closely watched visit to Beijing during which he and President Xi Jinping pledged to stabilize plunging U.S-China ties. But China refused the … more

By SIMINA MISTREANU | 6/20/23

A group of men wait at the turnstiles and speak with survivors, mostly from Pakistan, of a deadly migrant boat sinking at a migrant camp in Malakasa north of Athens, on Monday, June 19, 2023. Hundreds of migrants are believed to be missing after a fishing trawler sank off southern Greece last week. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

9 Egyptians appearing in Greek court over deadly migrant shipwreck

Nine Egyptian men accused of being members of a migrant smuggling ring involved in one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean are appearing in court in southern Greece for questioning … more

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a news conference in the Beijing American Center at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, Monday, June 19, 2023. The United States and China have pledged to stabilize their badly deteriorated ties during a critical visit to Beijing by Blinken, who met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

US and China hold top-level talks, but their rivalry remains unchecked

The United States and China may be back to talking at a high level, but their battle for global power and influence remains unchecked and mutual suspicion still runs deep. Secretary of State Antony … more

By MATTHEW LEE | 6/20/23

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, welcomes Chinese Premier Li Qiang for a meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany, China hold high-level meeting amid tensions over trade, Ukraine

Trade, climate change and the war in Ukraine are on the agenda as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz meets Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who is on his first foreign trip since taking office. The meeting … more

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Homes are seen near the permanent danger zone surrounding Mayon volcano at Bonga village, Albay province, northeastern Philippines, on June 15, 2023. Thousands of poor Filipinos risk their lives by living and working in villages inside a permanent danger zone around Mayon volcano. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Poor villagers risk their lives in danger zone as Philippines' most active volcano erupts

Thousands of poor Filipinos risk their lives by living and working in villages inside a permanent danger zone around Mayon volcano. The Philippines' most active volcano began expelling lava a week … more

By JIM GOMEZ | 6/19/23

FILE - The Sutlej River flows in the valley below the tall snowy peaks in the Kinnaur district of the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh, India, March 13, 2023. A new report Tuesday, June 20, from a Nepal-based research organization finds that water security for nearly 2 billion people living downstream of rivers that originate in the Himalayan ranges will likely be threatened by the end of this century due to rapid glacier melt if global warming is not controlled. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)

Himalayan glaciers could lose 80% of their volume if global warming not controlled, study finds

A new report from a Nepal-based research organization finds that water security for nearly 2 billion people living downstream from the Hindu Kush Himalayan ranges will likely be threatened by the end … more

By SIBI ARASU | 6/19/23

Zohaib Shamraiz holds up a photograph of his missing uncle, 40 year old Nadeem Muhamm, outside a migrant camp in Malakasa north of Athens, on Monday, June 19, 2023. Hundreds of migrants are believed to be missing after a fishing trawler sank off southern Greece last week. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

As death toll rises to 81, new accounts clash with official version of migrant disaster off Greece

The number of confirmed victims from one of the worst migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean has risen to 81 after three more bodies were found off southern Greece. Also, survivors have claimed that … more

By DEREK GATOPOULOS | 6/19/23

Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, left, and Bulgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin cut the ribbon to inaugurate the walkways and nighttime illumination of the so called 'Sacred Area' where four temples, dating back as far as the 3rd century B.C., stand smack in the middle of one of modern Rome's busiest crossroads, Monday, June 19, 2023, With the help of funding from Bulgari, the luxury jeweler, the grouping of temples can now be visited by the public that for decades had to gaze down from the bustling sidewalks rimming Largo Argentina (Argentina Square) to admire the temples below where Julius Caesar masterminded his political strategies and was later fatally stabbed in 44 B.C. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Ancient Rome temples complex, with ruins of building where Caesar was stabbed, opens to tourists

Four temples from ancient Rome stand smack in the middle of one of the modern city's busiest crossroads. But until this week, practically the only ones getting a close-up view were cats, who prowled … more

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | 6/19/23

FILE - A dolphin calf swims near a boat at the mouth of the Tagus River in Lisbon, Friday, June 24, 2022. The 193 U.N. member nations have adopted the first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas. The United Nations chief hailed the historic agreement saying it gives the ocean “a fighting chance.” (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

UN members adopt first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas

Members of the United Nations have adopted the first-ever treaty to protect marine life in the high seas. The U.N.'s chief, Antonio Guterres, is hailing the historic agreement. He says it gives the … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 6/19/23

Saleh: Mohammed Saleh, the father of 18-year-old Yahia Saleh, holds a phone with a photo of his son at home in Ibrash, Egypt, Sunday, June 18, 2023. Yahia is one of dozens from the village feared to have drowned after a packed fishing vessel sank off Greece on June 14. There were as many as 750 migrants, including women and children, on board the trawler, which capsized and sank off Greece in one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean Sea instead of docking in Italy. (AP Photo)

Egyptian family awaits word on son as village mourns dozens feared drowned trying to reach Europe

Dozens of migrants who packed a fishing vessel that sank off Greece last week came from impoverished farming communities in Egypt’s Nile Delta. Days after the tragedy, one mother fears that her son … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 6/19/23

FILE - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament, in London, on May 25, 2022. Britain’s House of Commons is likely to endorse a report that found Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office. That would be a humiliating censure that would strip the former prime minister of his lifetime access to Parliament. Lawmakers on Monday, June 19, 2023 will debate a report by the Privileges Committee that found Johnson in contempt of Parliament, and are expected to approve its findings. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

UK lawmakers likely to back a scathing report that slammed Boris Johnson over 'partygate'

Britain’s House of Commons is likely to endorse a report that found Boris Johnson lied to lawmakers about lockdown-flouting parties in his office. That would be a humiliating censure that would … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 6/19/23

Shiela Mishra wipes the head of her ailing brother to keep him cool from the heat wave by using a wet cloth at the district hospital in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, June 19, 2023. Several people have died in two of India's most populous states in recent days amid a searing heat wave, as hospitals find themselves overwhelmed with patients. More than hundred people in the Uttar Pradesh state, and dozens in neighboring Bihar state have died due to heat-related illness. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Death toll rises amid sweltering heat wave in 2 of India's most populous states

Nearly 170 people have died in two of India’s most populous states in recent days amid a sweltering heat wave, as hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and routine power outages add to the … more

By RAJESH KUMAR SINGH, PIYUSH NAGPAL and SIBI ARASU | 6/19/23

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, right, welcomes Chinese Premier Li Qiang for a meeting at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany, Monday, June 19, 2023. Li has started a visit to Germany and France that is his first trip abroad since taking office, a visit that comes as the European nations seek to balance concerns over economic dependence on China with a desire to engage Beijing on issues such as combating climate change. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

New Chinese premier starts 1st trip abroad to Germany and France

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has started a visit to Germany and France that is his first trip abroad since taking office. The visit comes as Europe seeks to balance concerns over economic dependence on … more

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Water flows over the collapsed Kakhovka Dam in Nova Kakhovka, in Russian-occupied Ukraine, Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to bring down a Ukrainian dam that collapsed earlier this month while under Russian control, according to exclusive drone photos and information obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo, File)

UN complains Russia won't let aid workers into areas hit by dam collapse in southern Ukraine

The United Nations is rebuking Moscow for allegedly denying its aid workers access to Russian-occupied areas affected by the recent Kakhova dam collapse in southern Ukraine. The breach stranded … more

By SUSIE BLANN | 6/19/23

Labor senators applaud after the passing of the Voice to Parliament in the Senate chamber at Australia's Parliament House, in Canberra, Monday, June 19, 2023. The Senate voted to hold a referendum this year on creating an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, an advocate aiming to give the nation's most disadvantaged ethnic minority more say on government policy. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia's Senate votes for holding referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament within 6 months

Australia’s Senate has voted for a referendum to be held this year on creating an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, an advocacy body to give the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority more say … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 6/18/23

This photo taken from drone footage, provided by the Ukrainian military and dated May 28, 2023, shows a car on the Kakhovka Dam that appears to be laden with explosives. The dam collapsed June 6, while it was under Russian control. (Ukrainian military via AP)

Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show

Exclusive drone photos and information obtained by The Associated Press show that Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to bring down a Ukrainian dam that collapsed earlier this month while … more

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and LORI HINNANT | 6/18/23

Survivors of latest tragical shipwreck prepare to board a bus to transfer to Athens at the port of Kalamata, Greece, Friday, June 16, 2023. The round-the-clock effort continued off the coast of southern Greece despite little hope of finding survivors or bodies after none have been found since Wednesday, when 78 bodies were recovered and 104 people were rescued. (John Liakos/InTime News via AP)

Two survivors of a deadly shipwreck describe their ordeal to Greek authorities

A Greek news web site has published excerpts from the depositions of two survivors of Wednesday's deadly shipwreck off southwestern Greece. More than 500 people are feared drowned after an … more

By DEMETRIS NELLAS | 6/18/23

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool)

Netanyahu says he's opposed to any interim US-Iran deal on nuclear program

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he opposes any interim agreement reportedly being negotiated between the U.S. and Iran over its nuclear program. Netanyahu spoke after reports in … more

By TIA GOLDENBERG | 6/18/23

FILE - Migrants from Eritrea, Libya and Sudan sail a wooden boat before being assisted by aid workers of the Spanish NGO Open Arms, in the Mediterranean sea, about 30 miles north of Libya, Saturday, June 17, 2023. Ministers from Germany and France tasked with regulating migration are joining forces to try to curb deaths on dangerous routes across the Mediterranean Sea. The interior ministers are traveling Sunday for talks with the president and their counterpart in Tunisia, a major North African stepping stone for migrants trying to reach Europe at risk of their lives. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu Parra, File)

France, Germany join forces against migration from Tunisia in wake of latest Mediterranean tragedy

Ministers from Germany and France tasked with regulating migration are joining forces to try to curb deaths on dangerous routes across the Mediterranean Sea. The interior ministers are traveling … more

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