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FILE - Suspects in the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise, among them Haitian-American citizens James Solages, left, and Joseph Vincent, second left, are shown to the media at the General Direction of the police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, July 8, 2021. U.S. officials say four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have been transferred to the United States for prosecution as the case stagnates in Haiti amid death threats that have spooked local judges. The U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, that the suspects include James Solages and Joseph Vincent. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

4 key suspects in Haiti presidential slaying in US custody

U.S. officials say four key suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse have been transferred to the United States for prosecution as the case stagnates in Haiti amid death threats … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 1/31/23

Youngs girls take part in a rally called by 'Muslim Women League' group take part in a rally to denounce the recent desecration of Islam's holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Sweden PM says 'foreign actors' exploiting protests

Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has denounced activists who burned the Quran and hanged an effigy of Turkey’s president in Stockholm as “useful idiots” for foreign powers who want to … more

By KARL RITTER | 1/31/23

FILE - An anti-coup protester displays defaced images of Commander in chief, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing in Mandalay, Myanmar, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. As Feb. 1, 2023, marks two years after Myanmar’s generals ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, thousands of people have died in civil conflict and many more have been forced from their homes in a dire humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo, File)

UN expert: Myanmar junta will seek legitimacy in `sham' vote

The independent U.N. special investigator on Myanmar is warning that the country’s military rulers plan to seek legitimacy by orchestrating a “sham” election this year and is urging all … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 1/31/23

Pakistan army: Boating accident death toll rises to 51

The military says the death toll from a boating accident in a lake in northwest Pakistan over the weekend has reached 51. The vessel was carrying children and teachers from a seminary on a picnic. … more

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Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto, right, receives Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu for talks in his office in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP)

Hungary FM: Sweden should 'act differently' to join NATO

Hungary’s foreign minister says the Swedish government should “act differently” if it wants to gain Turkish support for its NATO membership bid. Speaking at a news conference in Hungary's … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE | 1/31/23

The building of Adani Corporate House is seen in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Shares in India’s Adani Group plunged up to 20% on Friday and the company said it was considering legal action against U.S.-based short-selling firm Hindenburg Research for allegations of stock market manipulation and accounting fraud that have led investors to dump its stocks. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Adani $2.5B share sale pushes through amid fraud claims

The closely watched $2.5 billion share sale launched by Asia’s richest man, Gautam Adani, has been fully subscribed, bucking expectations after a turbulent week in which the conglomerate’s shares … more

By KRUTIKA PATHI | 1/31/23

Police surround a man who sits on the floor of a metro station near EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. News reports on Monday said that one man was injured in a knife incident around the European Union's headquarters in Brussels before one suspect was detained. (Jack Parrock via AP)

Belgian prosecutors see no 'terror motive' in knife attack

Belgian prosecutors say three people wounded by a knife-wielding man at a major underground railway station in the capital Brussels have been discharged from the hospital and the attack isn't … more

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People cross a flooded street in Auckland, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Record levels of rainfall pounded New Zealand's largest city, causing widespread disruption. (Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Rain pounds northern New Zealand; further flooding expected

Auckland is preparing for another round of flooding while rain batters northern New Zealand’s Northland region, which declared an emergency Tuesday afternoon in anticipation of the deluge. A state … more

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A woman passes by a board depicting former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and reads: "The World of Brave People! #thank you for support", with antitank hedgehogs in the foreground, in the town of Bucha, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Talk of fighter jets to Kyiv could strain Western unity

The possibility of providing Kyiv with fighter jets to help beat back Russia’s invasion forces risks the unity of Ukraine’s Western allies, amid fears of escalating the nearly year-long conflict … more

By SUSIE BLANN | 1/31/23

A man walks with his dog in front of barrels and a a painting showing the island in division between the north and south in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. Cypriots are voting Sunday for a new president who they’ll expect to decisively steer the small island nation through shifting geopolitical sands and uncertain economic times that have become people's overriding concern, eclipsing stalemated efforts to remedy the country’s ethnic division. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus picks new president amid economic doubt, ethnic split

Cypriots are choosing a new president, who they’ll expect to decisively steer the small island nation through shifting geopolitical sands and uncertain economic times that have become people's … more

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | 1/31/23

FILE - Teddy bears and flowers placed are placed on the coffins of deceased migrants inside a hangar at Lampedusa's airport, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013. A decade ago this year, the head of the EU's executive branch, Jose Manuel Barroso stood visibly shaken before hundreds of coffins holding the corpses of migrants drowned off the Italian Island of Lampedusa. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

10 years after EU's 'never again' tragedy, little's changed

Almost a decade after a tragedy that many thought would reshape the European Union's approach to migration, little of substance has changed. Attempts by people to enter the EU without authorization … more

By LORNE COOK | 1/31/23

FILE -- Police block a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Transparency International’s 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index, which measures the perception of public sector corruption according to experts and businesspeople, reported Tuesday that governments hampered by corruption lack the capacity to protect the people, while public discontent is more likely to turn into violence. (AP Photo/Anton Basanayev, file)

Global report highlights link between corruption, violence

A closely watched study by an anti-graft organization has found that most of the world continues to fail to fight corruption, with 95% of countries having made little to no progress since 2017. … more

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | 1/31/23

Morning service concludes in the annex of the Cathedral Notre Dame du Congo in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sunday Jan. 29, 2023. The cathedral is being prepared for Pope Francis' visit to Congo and South Sudan for a six-day trip starting Jan, 31, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Pope's Africa trip spotlights conflict, and church's future

Pope Francis is starting a six-day visit to Congo and South Sudan where he'll bring a message of peace to countries riven by poverty and conflict. Aid groups are hoping Francis’ trip will shine a … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD, JEAN-YVES KAMAKE and NQOBILE NTSHANGASE | 1/31/23

Germany's Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Svenja Schulze, right, shakes hands with Brazil's Environment Minister Marina Silva after giving statements to the press in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Germany pledges $222 million for Brazil environment, Amazon

Germany announced on Monday that it would make 204 million euros ($222 million) available for environmental policies in Brazil. Of this total, $38 million is a donation to the Amazon Fund, the most … more

FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 1/30/23

A general view of the office building where two alleged Russian spies held their office, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. Slovenian authorities have apprehended two alleged Russian spies who used an agency dealing in real estate and antiques as a front for their activities, media reported Monday. (AP Photo/Ali Zerdin)

Report: Slovenian authorities hold 2 alleged Russian spies

Slovenian media say authorities have apprehended two alleged Russian spies suspected of using an agency dealing in real estate and antiques as a front for their activities. Slovenian police on Monday … more

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A man steers his boat that is used by residents to move around the street flooded with rain water in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. A tropical storm Cheneso made landfall across north-eastern Madagascar on January 19, brought strong winds to coastal regions, while heavy rain brought significant flooding to northern parts of the country. (AP Photo/Alexander Joe)

Tropical storm leaves 30 dead, 20 missing in Madagascar

Authorities in Madagascar say flooding and landslides caused by the passage of tropical storm Cheneso across the island nation over the last few days have caused 30 deaths, left 20 missing and … more

By LAETITIA BEZAIN | 1/30/23

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. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that President Vladimir Putin didn’t seem serious about avoiding war in the days before Russia invaded Ukraine. In a new documentary released Monday Jan. 30, 2023 he says that at one point Putin told the British leader it would be easy to kill him with a missile. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Boris Johnson says Putin said he could hit him with missile

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that President Vladimir Putin didn’t seem serious about avoiding war in the days before Russia invaded Ukraine. In a new documentary released … more

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Army soldiers and police officers clear the way for ambulances rushing toward a bomb explosion site, at the main entry gate of police offices, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. A powerful bomb went off Monday near a mosque and police offices in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least a few people and wounding some 70 worshippers, police and government officials said. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Suicide bomber kills 20, wounds 96 at mosque in NW Pakistan

Pakistani police have raised the death toll from the suicide bombing at a mosque in the northwestern city of Peshawar to 20 killed. They say as many as 96 worshippers were wounded in Monday’s … more

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Construction workers lay concrete outside the Cathedral Notre Dame du Congo in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo Saturday Jan. 28, 2023. Pope Francis will be in Congo and South Sudan for a six-day trip starting Jan, 31, hoping to bring comfort and encouragement to two countries that have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa for centuries. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Survivors of conflict to meet Pope Francis in Congo

Pope Francis’ long-awaited visit to Congo and South Sudan next week comes amid soaring insecurity in both war-torn countries, as desperate populations say they want his visit to quell the endless … more

By JUSTIN KABUMBA and SAM MEDNICK | 1/30/23

Garbage covers the base of a waterfall of the Nairobi River, which traverses informal settlements and industrial hubs, in the Dandora area of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. As clean water runs short, one of Africa's fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the strain. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)

Is there hope for a dying river in Kenya's growing capital?

As clean water runs short, one of Africa’s fastest growing cities is struggling to balance the needs of creating jobs and protecting the environment, and the population of over 4 million feels the … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 1/30/23