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FILE - Socialist Party leader Pedro Nuno Santos, left, greets Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa as he arrives for an election campaign rally in Lisbon, March 5, 2024. Portugal's March 10 election is taking place because then Socialist leader Antonio Costa resigned after eight years as prime minister. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Portugal's anger over corruption and the economy could benefit a radical right party in election

Corruption is a key issue in Portugal's early general election on Sunday. Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party and center-right Social Democratic Party have alternated in power for decades and … more

By BARRY HATTON | 3/7/24

FILE - An attacker lies dead on his back in the parking lot of a convenience store as a police investigator uses a measuring wheel while collecting evidence from a crime scene where a municipal policeman was shot dead, in Celaya, Mexico, Feb. 28, 2024. The policeman had been driving his wife to work when cartel gunmen opened fire on their car. The policeman killed one attacker before dying. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

Mexico's most dangerous city for police refuses to give up or negotiate with cartels

Welcome to what might be the most dangerous place to be a police officer in North America. At least 34 officers have been killed in the line of duty in the Mexican city of Celaya in the last three … more

By MARK STEVENSON | 3/7/24

A paramilitary soldier guards near a billboard ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Modi is scheduled to address a public rally in Srinagar on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Modi is visiting Kashmir's main city for the first time since revoking region's semi-autonomy in '19

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making his first official visit to Kashmir’s main city since India stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy in 2019. Thousands of armed paramilitary troops and … more

3/6/24

FILE - Residents displaced from a surge of violent attacks squat on blankets and in hastily made tents in the village of Masteri in west Darfur, Sudan, on July 30, 2020. Paramilitary forces and their allied militias fighting to take power in Sudan carried out widespread ethnic killings and rapes while taking control of much of western Darfur that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a new report to the U.N. Security Council, obtained Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, by The Associated Press. (Mustafa Younes via AP, File)

Draft UN resolution calls for cease-fire in conflict-torn Sudan during upcoming Muslim holy month

Britain has circulated a draft U.N. resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in conflict-wracked Sudan ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which begins soon. The draft … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 3/6/24

Grace Subathirai Nathan, showing a picture of her mother on her cellphone during an interview with The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened her law firm and had two babies. But part of her is frozen in time, still in denial over the loss of her mother on a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in 2014. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Frozen in time: Families of those on missing Flight 370 cannot shake off their grief without answers

Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened a law firm and had two babies. But part of her is frozen in time, still in denial over the loss of her … more

By EILEEN NG | 3/6/24

U.S. Army's vehicles are seen during a military exercise in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. North Korea called the ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills a plot to invade the country, as it threatened Tuesday to take unspecified "responsible" military steps in response. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea's Kim calls for stronger war fighting capabilities against the US and South Korea

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has called for greater war fighting capabilities against the United States and South Korea. The Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that Kim made the … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 3/6/24

FILE - Demonstrators protest President Macky Sall's decision to postpone the Feb. 25 vote, citing an electoral dispute between the parliament and the judiciary regarding some candidacies in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. The Senegalese government has announced March 24, 2024 as the new date for the country’s delayed presidential election. (AP Photo/Stefan Kleinowitz, File)

Senegal's government sets March 24 as the new date for the delayed presidential election

The Senegalese government has announced March 24 as the new date for the country’s delayed presidential election. A statement issued after a meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday noted … more

BY BABACAR DIONE | 3/6/24

A woman holds a portrait of Lizaveta, a 25-year-old Belarusian woman who died after a being brutally attacked and raped on the streets of Warsaw last month, in Warsaw Poland, Wednesday, March 6, 2024.The crime has shocked people across Poland. Poles, Belarusians and Ukrainians gathered at the site of the crime in downtown Warsaw, placing flowers and lighting candles in honor of the woman known only as Lizaveta, or Liza. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Mourners honor Liza who fled Belarus to Warsaw for a new life but was raped and died in a hospital

Mourners in Poland have paid tribute to a young Belarusian woman who died after being brutally attacked and raped on the streets of Warsaw last month, a crime that has shocked the country. In recent … more

By VANESSA GERA | 3/6/24

FILE - In this image made from video, a Mozambican soldier rides on an armored vehicle at the airport in Mocimboa da Praia, Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, Aug. 9, 2021. Aid agencies and local authorities say a surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in northern Mozambique has left more than 70 children missing and caused 100,000 people to flee their homes. There are fears the children may have drowned in a river or been kidnapped by militants, the aids groups said in a report on Wednesday March 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Marc Hoogsteyns, File)

New attacks by IS-linked group in Mozambique leave over 70 children missing. Thousands have fled

Aid agencies and local authorities say a surge of new attacks by an Islamic State-affiliated group in northern Mozambique has left more than 70 children missing and caused 100,000 people to flee … more

By TOM GOULD and GERALD IMRAY | 3/6/24

FILE - Daniel Kertusha, 21, has his eyes scanned by an orb at a Worldcoin registration point in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Aug. 4, 2023. Spain’s privacy watchdog has ordered for Worldcoin to cease its operations for three months amid concerns over what it is doing with users’ personal information. Worldcoin was created by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. It scans eyeballs to make digital IDs in exchange for cryptocurrency. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Spain puts temporary ban on Worldcoin eyeballs scans, citing concerns over privacy

Spain’s privacy watchdog has ordered for Worldcoin to cease its operations for three months amid concerns over what it is doing with users’ personal information. Worldcoin was created by OpenAI … more

By JOSEPH WILSON | 3/6/24

FILE - A police officer guards a street in downtown Prague, Czech Republic, on Dec. 21, 2023. Czech police say a shooting in downtown Prague has killed an unspecified number of people and wounded others. The Czech Parliament's upper house, the Senate followed the lower house on Wednesday March 6, 2024, to approve changes in the gun law that tighten requirements for owning a weapon following the worst mass killing in the nation's history. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

The Czech parliament toughens gun laws after the worst mass shooting in the country's history

The Czech Parliament has approved changes in the gun law that tighten requirements for owning a weapon following the worst mass killing in the nation’s history. After a green light from the lower … more

3/6/24

IS militants kill at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria

Syria's activists and pro-government media say Islamic State militants have killed at least 18 people in an attack on villagers collecting truffles in eastern Syria. They say dozens are missing … more

By GHAITH AL-SAYED and BASSEM MROUE | 3/6/24

Masked members of "G9 and Family" gang stand guard during a press conference by their leader Barbecue in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Haiti's latest violence began with a direct challenge from Barbecue, a former elite police officer, who said he would target government ministers to prevent the prime minister's return and force his resignation. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Politicians seek new alliances to lead Haiti as gangs take over and premier tries to return home

Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday, seeking a coalition that could lead the country out of the gang violence that has closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime … more

By EVENS SANON and BERT WILKINSON | 3/6/24

FILE - U.S. veteran Andrew Negra poses for a photo after the commemoration organized by the Best Defense Foundation at Utah Beach near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France, Sunday, June 4, 2023, ahead of the D-Day Anniversary. French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday March 6, 2024 called on the public to collect photos, films, personal journals and testimony from witnesses to liberation at the end of World War Two, as the country prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings which heralded the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

France seeks personal accounts of liberation from the Nazis, 80 years after the D-Day landings

The French president is appealing to the public to collect photos, films, personal journals and testimony from witnesses to liberation from the Nazis, as the country prepares to mark the 80th … more

3/6/24

FILE - A dinghy lies on the shore after a shipwreck where two migrants were killed and eight were rescued, in Thermi, on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece, on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2023. The U.N. migration agency reported Wednesday that 8,565 people died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, a record high since launching its tally of the death toll a decade ago. The International Organization for Migration says the biggest increase in deaths last year came in the treacherous Mediterranean sea crossing. (AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas, File)

UN agency reports over 8,500 migrants died worldwide last year, a record since tallies began in 2014

The U.N. migration agency says more than 8,500 migrants died on land and sea routes worldwide last year, a record high since it began tallying deaths a decade ago. The International Organization for … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 3/6/24

FILE - Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks during his interview with The Associated Press, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. The U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s director has arrived in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine, where a nuclear power plant is at risk amid fighting, Russia's state news agency RIA Novosti reported Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

The UN atomic watchdog’s director arrives in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine

The U.N. atomic watchdog agency’s director has arrived in Russia for talks on nuclear safety in Ukraine, where Europe's largest nuclear power plant is at risk amid fighting. The International … more

3/6/24

FILE - A police officer stands inside a police bus with detained demonstrators during an antiwar protest near Red Square in Moscow, on Sept. 24, 2022. Russian authorities have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly, as well as the rights of minorities and religious groups. (AP Photo, File)

A timeline of restrictive laws that authorities have used to crack down on dissent in Putin's Russia

Russian authorities have adopted a slew of laws restricting fundamental human rights, including freedom of speech and assembly, as well as the rights of minorities and religious groups. These laws … more

By YURAS KARMANAU and DASHA LITVINOVA | 3/6/24

FILE - Russian police surround the body of Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic former deputy prime minister who was shot to death on a bridge just off Red Square, with St. Basil Cathidral in the background, in Moscow, Russia on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. His death brought thousands into the streets of Moscow, where they were allowed to protest unimpeded by police – unlike after the scene after the Feb. 16, 2024, death in prison of Alexei Navalny, a political foe of President Vladimir Putin. Mourners trying to lay flowers at makeshift memorials to Navalny were quickly arrested. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

How Putin's crackdown on dissent became the hallmark of the Russian leader’s 24 years in power

Over the last decade, Vladimir Putin’s government has evolved from tolerating dissent to ruthlessly suppressing any activities or people who dared challenge it. Arrests, trials and lengthy prison … more

By DASHA LITVINOVA | 3/6/24

This July 2023 self-portrait provided by Anna Gittins shows the elementary school principal from Hereford in western England in a hospital bed during her cancer treatment. Gittins was shocked when she found out she had advanced colorectal cancer in 2022. But when she contacted her local hospital, she was told no one would be able to see her for three months "due to high demand and low capacity of senior doctors." Gittins had access to private health care and has since undergone surgery and chemotherapy. (Anna Gittins via AP)

King Charles' diagnosis throws UK's long cancer treatment waiting times into sharp relief

Waiting times to diagnose and treat cancer across the U.K. have worsened in recent years and are at near record highs. Experts say too many cancers are diagnosed too late, and survival for common … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 3/6/24

A decade ago this week, a Malaysia Airlines flight vanished without a trace to become one of aviation’s biggest mystery. Investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane and its 239 passengers. (Mar 6)

MH370 disappeared a decade ago. Here's what we know about one of aviation's biggest mysteries

A Malaysia Airlines flight vanished without a trace on March 8, 2014, becoming one of aviation’s biggest mysteries. Investigators still do not know exactly what happened to the plane and its 239 … more

By EILEEN NG | 3/5/24