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First response officers inspect the damage after a Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday March 25, 2024. Five people were injured in the strike at Pechersk district of Kyiv, two were hospitalised.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Kyiv endures a third air attack in 5 days as Russia steps up bombardment of cities

Russia have launched missiles against Kyiv for the third time in five days, part of an apparent escalation of aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities by the Kremlin’s forces as the war stretches … more

3/25/24

Supporters of presidential candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Senegal's top opposition leader, Ousmane Sonko, gather outside their campaign headquarters as they await the results of the presidential election, in Dakar, Senegal, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Senegalese await the outcome of a peaceful presidential vote, following months of unrest

Senegalese anxiously are awaiting the results of Sunday's presidential election, following months of uncertainty and unrest that tested its reputation as a stable democracy in a region rife with … more

By BABACAR DIONE and JACK THOMPSON | 3/25/24

A Myanmar’s truck driver is reflected on a mirror as his truck carrying aid leaves at a customs checkpoint near the border with Myanmar, in Mae Sot, Tak province Thailand Monday, March 25, 2024. Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar sending ten trucks over the border from the northern province of Tak in what they hope will be a continuing effort to ease the plight of millions of people displaced by fighting. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thailand sends aid to war-torn Myanmar, but critics say it will only help junta

Thailand delivered its first batch of humanitarian aid to war-torn Myanmar on Monday, sending ten trucks over the border from the northern province of Tak in what officials hope will be a continuing … more

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI | 3/25/24

Residents in Machakos County, Kenya, construct a sand dam on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Building sand dams, a structure for harvesting water from seasonal rivers, helps minimize water loss through evaporation and recharges groundwater. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

To make water last year-round, Kenyans in dry regions are building sand dams on seasonal rivers

In drought-prone southeastern Kenya, residents are constructing structures along seasonal rivers to harvest water during rainy seasons for use during dry seasons. The structures, called “sand … more

By CARLOS MUREITHI | 3/24/24

Minister for Further and Higher Education Simon Harris listens to a question, during a press conference at the City North Hotel, Co Meath, following his announcement he will run to become Fine Gael leader, in Co, Meath, Ireland, Friday March 22, 2024. Ireland is poised to get its youngest-ever premier after Simon Harris secured the leadership of the Fine Gael party on Sunday, March 24, 2024. He replaces Leo Varadkar who announced his surprise resignation on Wednesday. The 37-year-old, who is the government’s further and higher education minister, was the only candidate to put his name forward to succeed Varadkar, who had been Ireland’s previous youngest prime minister, or what Ireland terms its taoiseach. (Nick Bradshaw/PA via AP)

Ireland to get its youngest ever premier as Simon Harris elected leader of Fine Gael party

Ireland is poised to get its youngest-ever premier after Simon Harris secured the leadership of the Fine Gael party on Sunday, He replaces Leo Varadkar who announced his surprise resignation last … more

3/24/24

Christians walk in the Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Thousands of faithful attend Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem against a backdrop of war

Thousands of Christian faithful attended Palm Sunday celebrations at Jerusalem’s sacred Mount of Olives on the first day of Holy Week. Pilgrims were seen waving branches and fronds in the air. The … more

3/24/24

A woman holds a sign during a protest in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday March 24, 2024, to demand the freedom of Ukrainian Mariupol's Azovstal defenders still being held prisoners by Russia. (AP Photo/Enric Marti)

Poland demands explanation from Russia after a missile enters its airspace during attack on Ukraine

Poland has demanded an explanation from Russia after one of its missiles strayed briefly into Polish airspace during a major missile attack on Ukraine. The incident on Sunday prompted the NATO member … more

By VANESSA GERA and TONY HICKS | 3/24/24

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)

Brazil's federal police arrest men suspected of ordering 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman

Brazil’s federal police arrested on Sunday the men suspected of ordering the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018. Two federal police sources with knowledge of the … more

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA and DAVID BILLER | 3/24/24

Rohingya refugees stand on their capsized boat before being rescued in the waters off West Aceh, Indonesia, Thursday, March 21, 2024. The wooden boat carrying dozens of Rohingya Muslims capsized off Indonesia's northernmost coast on Wednesday, according to local fishermen. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)

Bodies of 3 Rohingya refugees are found dead as Indonesia ends rescue for capsized boat

The bodies of three Rohingya refugees were found in the sea as the Indonesian authorities ended a search for survivors from a boat that capsized near Aceh province, the provincial search and rescue … more

By REZA SAIFULLAH and EDNA TARIGAN | 3/24/24

FILE - Parents wait for news about the kidnapped LEA Primary and Secondary School Kuriga students in Kuriga, Kaduna, Nigeria, on March 9, 2024. Nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state have been released, the state governor said Sunday, March 24, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Nearly 300 abducted schoolchildren in northwest Nigeria freed after over two weeks in captivity

A state official in northwest Nigeria says nearly 300 schoolchildren abducted from their school in have been released more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school. Kaduna Gov. … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 3/24/24

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)

What we know after the Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow massacre

An Islamic State group affiliate has claimed responsibility for an attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people. The U.S. says it has evidence backing up the claim that IS … more

By VANESSA GERA | 3/23/24

Emergency personnel carry a 4-year-old girl who was rescued from her collapsed house after heavy rains, in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Heavy rains kill at least 7 in Rio de Janeiro state, 4-year-old rescued after 16 hours under mud

Heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro state have killed at least seven people while a 4-year-old girl was rescued after more than 16 hours under mud. The girl was pulled out alive Saturday in the city of … more

3/23/24

FILE - Kurdish forces patrol al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the Islamic State group in Hasakeh province, Syria, on April 19, 2023. The U.S.-backed force that defeated the Islamic State group in Syria five years ago warned Saturday, March 23, 2024, that the extremists still pose grave dangers throughout the world and called on the international community to find solutions for thousands of fighters still held in its jails. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

US-backed Syrian force that defeated IS 5 years ago warns group still poses international threat

The U.S.-backed force that defeated the Islamic State group in Syria five years ago is warning that the extremists still pose grave dangers throughout the world. The Syrian Democratic Forces called … more

By BASSEM MROUE | 3/23/24

Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini, who currently serves as Parliament's speaker, smiles before casting his vote during the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Slovakia votes for a successor to the nation's first female president. An April 6 runoff is expected

Voters in Slovakia are electing a successor to Zuzana Čaputová. She is the country’s first female president and a staunch backer of neighboring Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s full-scale … more

3/23/24

In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation, service towers lower prior to the launch of the Soyuz 2.1a rocket with Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Oleg Novitsky of Roscosmos and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus to the International Space Station, ISS, at the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan, Saturday, March 23, 2024. The crew's launch was initially scheduled for Thursday, but it was aborted by an automatic safety system about 20 seconds before the scheduled liftoff. Officials said the launch abort was triggered by a voltage drop in a power source. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

A Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to the International Space Station

A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station has blasted off two days after its launch was aborted at the last minute. The spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut … more

3/23/24

FILE - Britain's Prince William and Kate, Princess of Wales leave after they paid their respects to Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Hall for the Lying-in State, in London, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Worldwide support pours in for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after shocking cancer reveal

Support has poured in from around the world for Kate, the Princess of Wales, after she revealed in a candid video message that she is undergoing chemotherapy for cancer following major abdominal … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 3/23/24

Supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party, or Common Man's Party, shout protest slogans during a protest against the arrest of their party leader Arvind Kejriwal, in New Delhi, India, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Hundreds of protesters in India's capital took to the streets for a second day Saturday, demanding to the immediate release of one of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's top rivals, as the country gears up for a national election next month. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Protests against arrest of one of top rivals of Indian Prime Minister Modi continue for second day

Hundreds of protesters in India’s capital have taken to the streets for a second day, demanding the immediate release of one of the top rivals of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the … more

3/23/24

Police officers secure an area near the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Assailants burst into a large concert hall in Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing and injuring multiple people and setting fire to the venue in a brazen attack just days after President Vladimir Putin cemented his grip on power in a highly orchestrated electoral landslide. (AP Photo/Vitaly Smolnikov)

Russian detains suspects after deadly Moscow concert hall attack that killed 93 people

The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service told President Vladimir Putin Saturday that 11 people have been detained after gunmen stormed a concert hall in Moscow and opened fire on the crowd, … more

3/23/24

Residents displaced from her home in southern Lebanon by clashes on the border with Israel carry food on Friday, March 15, 2024. Roughly 60 displaced families are sheltering at an abandoned hotel in the town of Marwanieh, Lebanon, and are celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan there. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanon's displaced celebrate Ramadan amid fears that border conflict might become the 'new normal'

About 60 families are celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at an abandoned hotel in southern Lebanon, far from their homes. The families staying at the Hotel Montana in the town of Marwanieh … more

By ABBY SEWELL | 3/23/24

A general view shows a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters, Friday, March. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire

The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, but the United States warned the measure could hurt … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 3/23/24