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Israeli police examine the scene of a car ramming attack, in Jerusalem, Monday, April 24, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says multiple people have been attacked and wounded near a popular market in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Police say 5 wounded in ramming attack near Jerusalem market

Israeli police say five people have been wounded in a car ramming attack near a popular market in Jerusalem as Israel was set to mark its Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. The police statement Monday … more

By ALON BERNSTEIN | 4/24/23

In this photo provided by the Spanish Defence Ministry passengers from Sudan disembark from a Spanish Air Force aircraft at Torrejon Air Base in Madrid, Monday April. 24, 2023. (Spanish Defence Ministry via AP)

Which countries are evacuating citizens from Sudan?

Hundreds of foreign nationals have been safely evacuated from Sudan where continued fighting threatens to plunge the African country deeper into chaos. Foreign governments deployed their military … more

4/24/23

FILE - U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft F-35 performs aerobatic maneuvers on the second day of the Aero India 2023 at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. An independent Sweden-based watchdog says the world military spending has grown for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2240 billion leading to a sharp rise of 13% taking place in Europe, chiefly due to Russian and Ukrainian expenditure. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

Watchdog: World military spending up to an all-time high

A Sweden-based watchdog says global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion. There was a sharp rise of 13% in Europe, chiefly due to … more

4/24/23

The exhumed bodies of victims of a religious cult are laid out in the village of Shakahola, near the coastal city of Malindi, in southern Kenya Sunday, April 23, 2023. Dozens of bodies have been discovered so far in shallow graves on land owned by a pastor Paul Makenzi in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. (AP Photo)

Kenya president says cult deaths akin to terrorism

Kenya’s president says the starvation deaths of dozens of followers of a pastor is akin to terrorism. He said the pastor, Paul Makenzi, who is in police custody, belongs to jail and not to any … more

4/24/23

Darya Trepova, a suspect in a bombing that killed a well-known Russian military blogger, appears in a video link in a courtroom during a hearing at the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 24, 2023. The court rejected Trepova's appeal against her arrest on charges of involvemt in the April 2 bombing that killed Vladlen Tatarsky and injured 50 others at a St. Petersburg cafe. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool)

Moscow court rejects appeal from cafe bombing suspect

A Russian court has rejected an appeal from a suspect in a bombing that killed a well-known Russian military blogger. Moscow City Court on Monday turned down Darya Trepova’s appeal against her … more

4/24/23

Ukrainian soldiers wave atop a passing tank on the frontline in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, April 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Drones attack Sevastopol, crashed drone found near Moscow

Russian-appointed authorities in Crimea say the military fended off a Ukrainian strike on the port of Sevastopol, while a drone was also reportedly found in a forest near Moscow. The attacks come as … more

By DAVID RISING | 4/24/23

The A100 is blocked with a sit-in by activists of the group Last Generation in Berlin Monday, April 24, 2023. German climate activists tried bringing traffic to a standstill in Berlin on Monday morning by gluing themselves to streets all over the capital. (Hannes Albert/dpa via AP)

Climate protesters try to bring Berlin traffic to a halt

German climate activists were trying to bring traffic to a standstill in Berlin by gluing themselves to roads all over the capital. Members of the group Last Generation have repeatedly blocked roads … more

4/24/23

A currency trader works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, April 24, 2023. Asian stock markets were mixed Monday ahead of a U.S. economic update this week that is expected to show growth slowing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Stock markets today: Asian stocks mixed ahead of US data

Asian stock markets are mixed ahead of a U.S. economic update this week that is expected to show growth slowing. Shanghai and Hong Kong declined while Tokyo advanced. Oil prices fell. Wall Street’s … more

By JOE McDONALD | 4/24/23

Stock markets today: Asian stocks mixed ahead of new US data

Asian stock markets are mixed ahead of a U.S. economic update this week that is expected to show growth slowing. Shanghai and Hong Kong declined while Tokyo advanced. Oil prices fell. Wall Street’s … more

By JOE McDONALD | 4/24/23

FILE - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands ahead of their bilateral meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, March 16, 2023. South Korea on Monday, April 24, 2023 has formally restored Japan to its list of countries it gives preferential treatment in trade, three years after the neighbors downgraded each other’s trade status amid a diplomatic row over historical grievances. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool Photo via AP, File)

South Korea restores Japan on trade 'white list'

South Korea has formally restored Japan to its list of countries it gives preferential treatment in trade, three years after the neighbors downgraded each other’s trade status amid a diplomatic row … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 4/23/23

Boats lie on the dried shipyard on the Po River in Torricella, near Cremona, Italy, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Italy's largest river is already as low as it was last summer, sparking fears of precariously dry months ahead. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Lack of snow condemns Italy's Po to a desperately dry summer

Italy’s largest river, that’s home to fishers and boats, feeds rich farmlands, powers turbines and quenches local populations across its banks and delta, is already as low as it was last summer, … more

By PAOLO SANTALUCIA | 4/23/23

Police and local residents load the exhumed bodies of victims of a religious cult into the back of a truck in the village of Shakahola, near the coastal city of Malindi, in southeastern Kenya Sunday, April 23, 2023. Dozens of bodies have been discovered so far in shallow graves in a forest near land owned by a pastor Paul Makenzi in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. (AP Photo)

21 bodies dug up in cult investigation of pastor in Kenya

Police say 21 bodies have been discovered so far on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his followers to fast to death. More shallow graves are scheduled to be dug … more

4/23/23

Sikh separatist leader and head of Waris Punjab De, or Punjab's Heirs, Amritpal Singh, talks to his supporters in the village Jallupur Khera, near Amritsar, India, Saturday, Jan.7, 2023. Indian police on Sunday April 23, arrested a Sikh separatist leader who has revived calls for secession of India's northern Punjab state bordering a hostile Pakistan, the police said. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)

Indian police arrest Sikh separatist leader after long hunt

Indian police have arrested a separatist leader who has revived calls for an independent Sikh homeland and the secession of India’s northern Punjab state, which has a history of violent insurgency. … more

By ASHOK SHARMA and PRABHJOT GILL | 4/23/23

Emergency services at the scene of an incident, in Neustadt am Rubenberge, Germany, Sunday, April 23, 2023. Police say a train has hit a car at a crossing in northern Germany, killing all three people in the car. The regional train hit the car at full speed near Neustadt am Ruebenberge, outside the city of Hannover on Sunday morning. (TNN/dpa via AP)

Train hits car at crossing in Germany, 3 killed

Police say a train has hit a car at a crossing in northern Germany, killing all three people in the car. The regional train hit the car at full speed near Neustadt am Ruebenberge, outside the city of … more

4/23/23

FILE - An armed police officer stands in front of a health club after an incident, in Duisburg, Germany, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. A suspect has been arrested in last week's stabbing attack at a gym in the western German city of Duisburg in which four people were seriously wounded, authorities said Sunday, April 23, 2023. The man, a 26-year-old Syrian citizen, was arrested overnight, prosecutors told German news agency dpa.(Christoph Reichwein/dpa via AP, File)

Suspect arrested in German gym attack that left 4 wounded

Authorities say a man has been arrested over last week’s stabbing attack at a gym in the western German city of Duisburg in which four people were seriously wounded. Prosecutors said the … more

4/23/23

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, light candles in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Israelis protest legal changes before nation's 75th birthday

Tens of thousands of protesters have flocked to Tel Aviv and cities across Israel to vent their opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government and its divisive plan to … more

4/22/23

A woman holds an umbrella to shelter from the sun in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, April 22, 2023. The authorities warned residents across Thailand to avoid outdoor activities due to extreme heat over the weekend. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Heat wave in Thailand prompts warning to stay indoors

Extreme heat has sent temperatures soaring in Thailand as authorities warn people to stay indoors. The Meteorological Department says the highest temperature in the next 24 hours could reach 43 … more

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI | 4/22/23

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, poses for a photo with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou at the Presidential palace, in Athens, Saturday, April 22, 2023. Mitsotakis visited the Greek President to officially announce a general election on May 21. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Campaign for Greek election begins with dissolved parliament

The campaign for Greece’s May 21 national election has officially opened with the dissolution of the parliament that was elected in July 2019. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with President … more

By DEMETRIS NELLAS | 4/22/23

FILE - Australian TV presenter Barry Humphries performs on stage as Dame Edna for the Farewell Tour, at the London Palladium theatre, in central London, on Nov. 13, 2013. Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending and imperfectly-veiled snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, died on Saturday, April 22, 2023, after spending several days in a Sydney hospital with complications following hip surgery, a Sydney hospital said. He was 89 years old. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, File)

Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies in Sydney at 89

Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 4/22/23

This photo provided by the Australian War Memorial shows the Montevideo Maru. A team of explorers announced it found the sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia's largest maritime wartime loss with a total of 1,080 lives. (Australian War Memorial via AP)

Explorers find WWII ship sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs

Explorers have announced they found a sunken Japanese ship that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia’s … more

4/22/23