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An Imam recites from the Quran, Islam's holy book, during a demonstration outside the Swedish embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Outrage over a Quran-burning by a Danish-Swedish anti-Islam politician in Stockholm on Saturday caused protests in Turkey, reflecting tensions between the two countries. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey summons Danish envoy over Quran-burning protest

Turkey has summoned the Danish ambassador over reports that an anti-Islam activist will be allowed to burn the Quran during a series of protests in Copenhagen. Far-right activist Rasmus Paludan, who … more

By SUZAN FRASER | 1/27/23

Arhuaco Indigenous siblings, twins Irene, left, Alba, 16, and Sebastian, 30, center, sit in front of their home in Nabusimake on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. The twins attend school and during their off time they help with the family´s sheep. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Colombia's Arhuacos strive for harmony with Mother Nature

NABUSIMAKE, Colombia (AP) — The Arhuaco people in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have fended off incursions by Capuchin missionaries and by the illegal armed groups of Colombia's long civil … more

By IVÁN VALENCIA | 1/27/23

Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami chant slogans during a protest against the burning of Quran, a Muslim holy book, by a Danish anti-islam activist, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Protests against Quran burning held across the Middle East

Angry protesters in several Middle Eastern countries have gathered to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands. Friday's protests in … more

1/27/23

Nikolai Romanov, a former monk known as Father Sergiy until he was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church, baptizes those present in the hall from behind a glass cage during his trial in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The monk, who denied that the coronavirus existed and challenged the Kremlin, was handed a new prison sentence Friday on charges of inciting hatred. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian coronavirus-denying ex-monk sentenced to 7 years

A coronavirus-denying former Russian Orthodox monk has been given a seven-year sentence on charges of inciting hatred. Nikolai Romanov, who was known as Father Sergiy until his excommunication by the … more

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | 1/27/23

FILE - Syrians walk through destruction in the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 16, 2018. A report published Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, by a team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established there are “reasonable grounds to believe” Syria's air force dropped two cylinders containing chlorine gas on the city of Douma in April 2018, killing 43 people. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Watchdog blames Syria's air force for deadly chlorine attack

An investigation by the global chemical weapons watchdog established there are “reasonable grounds to believe” Syria’s air force dropped two cylinders containing chlorine gas on the city of … more

By MIKE CORDER | 1/27/23

People gather outside of the Azerbaijan Embassy after an attack there in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Friday, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding two guards, authorities said. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Gunman kills security chief at Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran

A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle has attacked the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran’s capital, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding two guards. That’s according to … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 1/27/23

An orthodox Jew walks past the portraits of victims at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War II, amid horror that yet another war has shattered the peace in Europe. The camp was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Auschwitz anniversary marked as peace again shattered by war

Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp amid horror that yet another war has shattered peace in Europe. The … more

By VANESSA GERA | 1/27/23

A woman photographs a poster in memory of members of the Zionist youth movement underground in Hungary during the Holocaust at a ceremony awarding the Jewish Rescuers Citation, at Kibbutz HaZorea, northern Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Just before Nazi Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Jewish youth leaders in the eastern European country jumped into action: they formed an underground network that in the coming months would rescue tens of thousands of fellow Jews from the gas chambers. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

78 years on, Jewish Holocaust rescuers want their story told

Just before Nazi Germany invaded Hungary in March 1944, Jewish youth leaders in the eastern European country jumped into action: They formed an underground network that would save tens of thousands … more

By ALON BERNSTEIN | 1/27/23

Mothers along with babies who suffer from malnutrition wait to receive help and check-up at a clinic that run by the WFP, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. A spokesman for the U.N. food agency says malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs. Aid agencies have been providing food, education, healthcare and other critical support to people, but distribution has been severely impacted by a Taliban edict banning women from working at national and international nongovernmental groups. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

UN food agency: Afghan malnutrition rates at record high

A spokesman for the World Food Program says malnutrition rates in Afghanistan are at record highs with half the country enduring severe hunger throughout the year. Speaking in Kabul, the WFP … more

By EBRAHIM NOROOZI | 1/26/23

Marc Ostfield, U.S. ambassador to Paraguay, speaks during a press conference in Asuncion, Paraguay, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Ostfield announced that U.S is sanctioning former President of Paraguay Horacio Manuel Cartes, and Paraguay Vice President Hugo Velazquez for what U.S considers their involvement in systemic corruption that has undermined democratic institutions in Paraguay. (AP Photo/Marta Escurra)

U.S. sanctions Paraguay VP, former president for corruption

The United States is sanctioning Paraguay’s former President Horacio Cartes Jara and current Vice President Hugo Velázquez Moreno, unveiling explosive accusations on Thursday that the two … more

By DANIEL POLITI | 1/26/23

National police control security on a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. One of Haiti's gangs stormed a key part of the capital, Port-Au-Prince, and battled with police throughout the day, leaving at least three officers dead and another missing. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Haitian police rebels protest gang killings of officers

Disgruntled rebel police officers are protesting in the streets of Haiti’s capital, blocking roads and shooting guns into the air. They're outraged by a slew of killings of police by Haitian gangs. … more

PIERRE RICHARD LUXAMA and MEGAN JANETSKY | 1/26/23

Deutsche Bahn security guards stand on the platform at Brokstedt station at dawn in Brokstedt, Germany, Thursday, Jan.26, 2023. Two people were killed and seven injured in a knife attack on a regional train from Kiel to Hamburg on Jan. 25, 2023. (Gregor Fischer/dpa via AP)

Germany: Victims of fatal train attack identified as 2 teens

Police and prosecutors are investigating possible motives for a knife attack on a train in northern Germany that killed two teenagers and wounded seven other passengers. A 33-year-old man who was … more

1/26/23

Police officers escort Andrew Tate, right, handcuffed to his brother Tristan, outside the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) where prosecutors examine electronic equipment confiscated during the investigation in their case, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Divisive influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan, are held on charges of being part of an organized crime group, human trafficking and rape. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Andrew Tate appears for day two of forensic device searches

Romanian prosecutors are continuing to search digital devices seized in the case of Andrew Tate, the influential internet personality who is detained in Romania on suspicion of organized crime and … more

By ANDREEA ALEXANDRU and STEPHEN McGRATH | 1/26/23

Palestinians say Israeli troops kill 5 in West Bank raid

The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces killed at least five Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others during a raid in a flashpoint area of the occupied … more

1/26/23

Mexico, US still far apart over corn import ban

U.S. officials said Monday they are still far from agreement with Mexico over that country’s plans to ban imports of genetically modified corn for human consumption. more

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A man walks by a sign that reads "to Moscow" placed on an old tank displayed at a war museum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Sirens across Ukraine as authorities report Russian attacks

Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched a wave of missile and self-exploding drone attacks on the country. Air raid sirens wailed nationwide Thursday morning, but there were no immediate reports … more

1/26/23

FILE- The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder are displayed after they were retrieved from the site of the crash of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Monday, Jan 16, 2023. The black box recovered from last week's plane crash in Nepal is being sent to Singapore for analysis to identify the cause of the crash that killed all 72 people on board, officials said Thursday, Jan 26. (AP Photo/Anish Bhattarai, File)

Black box from Nepal plane crash to be sent to Singapore

The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorders recovered from the Jan. 15 plane crash in Nepal are being sent to Singapore for analysis to identify the cause of the crash that killed all 72 … more

1/26/23

FILE - A Save the Children midwife provides Zarmina, 25, who is five months pregnant, with a pre-natal check-up in Jawzjan province in northern Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. (Save the Children via AP, File)

Top UN woman urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st century

The highest-ranking woman at the United Nations says she used everything in her “toolbox” during meetings with Taliban ministers to try to reverse their crackdown on Afghan women and girls. Amina … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 1/25/23

Police work next to the body of a man killed in Algeciras, southern Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Spain's interior ministry says that one person has been killed and another serious injured in an attack carried out by a person with a bladed weapon at a church in the southern city of Algeciras on Wednesday. The attacker has been arrested and is in custody of Spain's National Police. (Nono Rico/Europa Press via AP)

Spain: 1 dead in attack with bladed weapon at church

Spain’s interior ministry says one person has been killed and another severely injured in an attack carried out by a person with a bladed weapon at a church in the southern city of Algeciras. The … more

1/25/23

FILE - Armed men allied to Yemen's internationally recognized government pose for a photograph at Awwam Temple, also known as the Mahram Bilqis, in Marib, Yemen, on June 21, 2021. UNESCO on Wednesday Jan. 25, 2023 added one of Yemen's ancient kingdoms and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park to its list of World Heritage sites in danger, the latest entries from The Middle East. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Yemen and Lebanon sites added to UNESCO world heritage list

UNESCO has added one of Yemen’s ancient kingdoms and a Lebanese modernist concrete fair park to its list of World Heritage sites in danger. The seven major landmarks of the Ancient Yemenite Kingdom … more

By JACK B. JEFFERY | 1/25/23