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A Vatican Swiss guard stands prior to a mass for the world of volunteers led by delegate of Pope Francis Cardinal Michael Czerny in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Pope following Vatican's spiritual retreat from afar as he recovers from pneumonia in hospital

Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia. Francis followed the opening of the retreat by … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 3/10/25

A fighter from the Druze Liwa al-Jabal militia points to an area believed to be operated by smugglers and armed groups, at an outpost in Syria's southern province of Sweida, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syria's Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel

Syria’s Druze minority is trying to navigate a new, uncertain Syria. Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, Islamist-led … more

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and OMAR SANADIKI | 3/10/25

FILE - The Hutchinson family is rowed to safety through the ice floes to the trawler Lord Talbot after their plane was forced down near Eker, Greenland, Sept. 28, 1932. (AP Photo, file)

A look at the history of Greenland, from Viking raiders to Donald Trump

Greenland is having a moment in the international spotlight. U.S. President Donald Trump has been maneuvering to gain control of the mineral-rich Arctic territory that most people know only as a huge … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 3/10/25

Protesters shout slogans during a press conference demanding to stop the upcoming Freedom Shield military exercise between the U.S. and South Korea, near the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 10, 2025. The letters read "Stop, War exercise." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea fires several ballistic missiles into sea after US, South Korea began military drills

South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired several ballistic missiles off the North’s west coast. South Korea’s military said the launches were detected on Monday but gave no further … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 3/10/25

Renos-Pantelis, with a GPS tracking device glued on its back is seen at the Attica Zoological Park, in eastern Athens, Greece, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

The cute whiskers are back on. Rare Mediterranean monk seals are cared for in a Greek rehab center

A Greek charity has been treating dozens of orphaned, sick and injured Mediterranean monk seals, rare marine mammals whose population had dwindled so dramatically that the species at one point faced … more

By ELENA BECATOROS | 3/10/25

President Donald Trump, right, meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)

What to know ahead of the talks between the US and Ukraine in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is set to host talks Tuesday between the United States and Ukraine after an argument erupted during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Feb. 28 visit to the White House. Riyadh, the … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 3/10/25

Liberal Leader Mark Carney smiles as he delivers his victory speech during the Liberal leadership announcement in Ottawa, Ontario, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's next prime minister managed the financial crisis, then Brexit and now Trump's trade war

Canada’s next prime minister has helped run two Group of Seven economies in crisis before and now will try to steer Canada through a looming trade war brought by U.S. President Donald Trump, a … more

By ROB GILLIES | 3/10/25

Shizuyo Takeuchi, 94-year-old Tokyo raid survivor, shares her experience in front of a map of the areas damaged during the 1945 Tokyo Firebombing at the Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage on Feb. 24, 2025, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo was filled with charred corpses after US firebombing 80 years ago. Survivors want compensation

Japan is remembering the 105,000 people killed in a single night, 80 years ago Monday, in the U.S. firebombing of the Japanese capital. The deadly conventional bomb attack left downtown Tokyo … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and MAYUKO ONO | 3/9/25

Activists protest against the recent wave of violence and sectarian attacks in Syria's coastal region, in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syria's neighboring foreign ministers call for lifting sanctions and reconciliation

Syria’s top diplomat and his counterparts from neighboring countries have called for the lifting of Western-led sanctions and post-war reconciliation. The statement Sunday comes following days of … more

By OMAR AKOUR | 3/9/25

FILE - South Sudan's President Salva Kiir, right, and Vice President Riek Machar, left, attend a Holy Mass led by Pope Francis at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba, South Sudan Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

US orders nonemergency government staff to leave South Sudan as tension grows over fighting

The U.S. State Department has ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north. The travel advisory issued on Sunday … more

3/9/25

Former President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte speaks inside the Southorn Stadium during a thanksgiving gathering organized by Hong Kong-based Filipino workers for the former populist president in Hong Kong on Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Vernon Yuen)

Philippine ex-President Duterte brushes off possible arrest by ICC on a trip to Hong Kong

An unannounced trip by former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to Hong Kong has set off speculations that he may be trying to evade a possible arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court … more

3/9/25

People from China, Vietnam and Ethiopia, believed to have been trafficked and forced to work in scam centers, sit with their faces masked while in detention after being released from the centers in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanaphon Wuttison)

They were forced to scam others worldwide. Now thousands are held in detention on the Myanmar border

Thousands of sick, exhausted and terrified young men and women, from countries all over the world squat in rows, packed shoulder to shoulder, surgical masks covering their mouths and, some, their … more

By HUIZHONG WU, JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI and MARTHA MENDOZA | 3/9/25

A man who brought central London to a halt after climbing one of the capital's landmark buildings has now returned to the ground. The barefoot man, who appeared to be staging a protest on a ledge several meters (yards) up Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben, stepped off the iconic building and onto a cherry picker after a long conversation with negotiators.

A man with a Palestinian flag who climbed London's Big Ben tower is arrested

A man has been arrested after climbing the Big Ben tower at the Palace of Westminster in central London while barefoot and holding a Palestinian flag. The man, who appeared to be staging a protest on … more

3/9/25

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following a Russian rocket attack in Dobropillya, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russia uses a gas pipeline to strike at Ukrainian troops from the rear in Kursk

Ukraine’s military and Russian war bloggers say Russian special forces walked inside of a gas pipeline to strike Ukrainian units from the rear in the Kursk region. Russian forces are trying to … more

3/9/25

Catholic worshippers gather for a prayer of the Rosary for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Pope, responding well, rests as Vatican marks another Holy Year event without him

Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from double pneumonia after doctors reported some positive news. They said after more than three weeks in the hospital, the 88-year-old pope is responding well … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 3/9/25

France's President Emmanuel Macron, from second left, speaks with President Donald Trump as Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio react during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP)

Macron's diplomatic comeback: from France's domestic crisis to reshaping Europe's defense

French President Emmanuel Macron is back at the center of global diplomacy. He is seeking to ease relations with President Donald Trump, championing a Ukraine peace plan alongside his British … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 3/9/25

FILE- A woman waits to have the malaria vaccine R21/Matrix-M administered to her child at the comprehensive Health Centre in Agudama-Epie, in Yenagoa, Nigeria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

No disease is deadlier in Africa than malaria. Trump's US aid cuts weaken the fight against it

Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, especially for children. But the Trump administration’s decision to terminate 90% of USAID’s … more

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and CHINEDU ASADU | 3/9/25

Women chant slogans during a protest marking International Women's Day in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Protesters on International Women's Day demand equal rights, end to discrimination, sexual violence

Women have taken to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence. On the Asian side of … more

By MEHMET GUZEL and ANDREW WILKS | 3/8/25

Polish abortion rights activists open a center where women can have abortions with pills, either alone or with other women, in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday, March 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Activists open abortion center in front of Polish parliament on Women's Day

Polish abortion rights activists have opened a center across from the parliament building in Warsaw where women can have abortions with pills, either alone or with other women. Opening the center on … more

By VANESSA GERA | 3/8/25

Syrian government forces are deployed amid heightened security in Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

2 days of clashes and revenge killings in Syria leave more than 600 people dead

A Syrian war monitor says the death toll from two days of clashes between security forces and loyalists to ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more … more

By BASSEM MROUE and SARAH EL DEEB | 3/8/25