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In this photo provided by Alexei Navalny's team, Ksenia Fadeyeva, right, poses for a photo with Alexei Navalny in Tomsk, Russia on Aug. 2020. An associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was sentenced on Friday Dec. 29, 2023 to nine years in prison, the latest move in a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Fadeyeva, a former regional legislator who headed a local branch of Navalny's organization in the Siberian city of Tomsk, was convicted on charges of organizing an extremist group. (Alexei Navalny's team via AP)
An associate of Russian opposition leader Navalny is sentenced to 9 years in prison
An associate of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to nine years in prison, the latest move in a relentless Kremlin crackdown on dissent. Ksenia Fadeyeva, a … more
FILE - South Korean Defense Minister Shin Wonsik speaks during a committee at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Nov. 23, 2023. A light-water reactor at North Korea’s main nuclear complex will likely be formally operational by next summer, South Korea’s defense minister said, amid suspicions that the North may use it as a new source of fissile materials for nuclear weapons. (Han Jong-chan/Yonhap via AP, File)
North Korea's new reactor at nuclear site likely to be formally operational next summer, Seoul says
South Korea's Defense Minister Shin Wonsik has said that a light-water reactor at North Korea’s main nuclear complex will likely be formally operational by next summer. Shin told local reporters … more
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A man sells phone cables in front of a mural of the Venezuelan map with the Essequibo territory included in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Leaders of Guyana and Venezuela are preparing to meet this week to address an escalating dispute over the Essequibo region that is rich in oil and minerals. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Venezuela will hold military exercises off its shores as a British warship heads to Guyana
President Nicolás Maduro has ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom announced it would send a warship to Guyana’s … more
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In this photo provided by the Liberia National Red Cross Society, health workers from the Liberia National Red Cross Society and the Bong County Health Team move the bodies of victims of a tanker explosion in Totota, Liberia, Tuesday Dec. 26, 2023. Authorities in Liberia say a leaking fuel tanker exploded as people gathered to collect the gasoline, leaving more than 40 dead. Officials say the blast on Tuesday also injured at least 83 people in Totota town in the central part of the West African country. (Liberia National Red Cross Society via AP)
More than 40 dead in Liberia after leaking fuel tanker exploded as people tried to collect gas
Authorities in Liberia say a leaking fuel tanker exploded this week as people gathered to collect the gasoline, leaving more than 40 dead. Officials say the blast on Tuesday also injured at least 83 … more
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Sheik Naim Kassem, Hezbollah's deputy leader speaks during a memorial of a Hezbollah fighter who killed few days ago in South Lebanon by an Israeli airstrike, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. Israeli officials are stepping up threats against Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group, warning that Israel is running out of patience as the two sides continue to trade fire along Israel's volatile northern border. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
As Gaza war grinds on, tensions soar along Israel's volatile northern border with Lebanon
Israeli officials are stepping up threats against the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. They warn that Israel is running out of patience as the two sides continue to trade fire along Israel’s … more
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An Iranian mourner holds up a poster of Seyed Razi Mousavi, a high ranking Iranian general of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, who was killed in an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria on Monday, during his funeral ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iran holds funeral for a general who was killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria
Iran has held a funeral for a high-ranking general of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who was killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria. Hundreds of mourners accompanied the flag-draped … more
FILE -In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a J-15 Chinese fighter jet prepares to take off from the Shandong aircraft carrier during the combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island by the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Sunday, April 9, 2023. Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China has renewed its threat to use military force to annex the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory. (An Ni/Xinhua via AP, File)
China reaffirms its military threats against Taiwan weeks before the island's presidential election
Weeks before Taiwan holds elections for its president and legislature, China has renewed its threat to use military force to annex the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory. … more
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Protesters burn tires during a protest rejecting Rohingya refugees in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. Students in Indonesia's Aceh province rallied on Wednesday demanding the government drive away Rohingya refugees arriving by boat in growing numbers as police named more suspects of human trafficking. (AP Photo/Reza Saifullah)
Indonesia's navy pushes a boat suspected of carrying Rohingya refugees out of its waters
Indonesia’s navy says it forcibly pushed a boat packed with refugees back to international waters after the vessel approached the shores of Aceh province. The province that forms part of Sumatra … more
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FILE - Vials of single doses of the Jynneos vaccine for monkeypox are seen from a cooler at a vaccinations site on Aug. 29, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make it worse. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon, File)
Stigma against gay men could worsen Congo's biggest mpox outbreak, scientists warn
African scientists warn that discrimination against gay and bisexual men on the continent could make an mpox outbreak in Congo worse. Last month, U.N. officials confirmed that a more severe form of … more
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AP concludes at least hundreds died in floods after Ukraine dam collapse, far more than Russia said
An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine — the flooding … more
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FILE - Houses are seen underwater in the flooded town of Oleshky, Ukraine, June 10, 2023. An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine - the flooding that followed the catastrophic explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson region. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
Takeaways from AP investigation into Russia's cover-up of deaths caused by dam explosion in Ukraine
An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine — the flooding … more
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Migrants line up after being detained by U.S. immigration authorities at the U.S. border wall, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
Mexican officials clear border tent camp as US pressure mounts to stem migrant influx
Mexican immigration officials are clearing out a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande as U.S. pressure mounts to limit a surge of migrants reaching the border. Mexico are removing tents, … more
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Israeli soldier Jonathan Ben Hamou, 22, wounded in the war with Hamas, sits in his room at Sheba hospital's rehabilitation division, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Ben Hamou was wounded in the Gaza Strip when a rocket-propelled grenade struck the bulldozer he was using to help clear the way for other troops and dig trenches. He lost his left leg beneath the knee. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
The number of wounded Israeli soldiers is mounting, representing a hidden cost of war
The number of Israeli soldiers wounded in the war with Hamas is growing. They are yet another sizable and deeply traumatized segment of Israeli society whose struggles are emerging as a hidden cost … more
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Police detain a protester for blocking the streets during an anti-government demonstration against the economic reforms of President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. Milei's government has warned it will not allow protesters to block streets. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Argentina's unions take to the streets to protest president's cutbacks, deregulation and austerity
Thousands of union members and activists are taking to the streets of Argentina’s capital to protest President Javier Milei’s sweeping program of cutbacks, deregulation and austerity measures … more
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FILE - France's former European commission president Jacques Delors delivers his speech in support of French socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal at a campaign meeting in Lille, northern France, on May 3, 2007. Delors, a Paris bank messenger’s son who became the visionary and builder of a more unified Europe in his momentous decade as chief executive of the European Union, has died in Paris, his daughter Martine Aubry said Wednesday Dec. 27, 2023. He was 98. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)
Jacques Delors, architect of the modern EU and ‘Mr. Europe,’ dies aged 98
Jacques Delors, who transformed Europe in his momentous decade as chief executive of the European Union's executive branch, has died in Paris. He was 98. The Delors Institute think tank confirmed his … more
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Security forces clash with supporters of presidential candidate Martin Fayulu outside his party's headquarters, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. A main opposition candidate accused police of using live bullets to break up a protest Wednesday in Congo's capital, as demonstrators demanded a re-do for last week's presidential election. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Opposition candidate in Congo alleges police fired bullets as protesters seek re-do of election
A main opposition candidate in Congo accused police of using live bullets to break up a protest in the capital as demonstrators demanded a re-do of last week’s presidential election. Martin Fayulu … more
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FILE - A member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force stands guard next to a surface-to-air Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile interceptor launcher vehicle in Funabashi, east of Tokyo, on Jan. 18, 2018. Japan’s defense spending will increase more than 16% next year under a record military budget approved Friday, Dec. 22, 2023, that is intended to accelerate the deployment of long-range cruise missiles that can hit targets in China or North Korea. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
US ambassador thanks Japan for defense upgrade and allowing a Patriot missile sale to US
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has praised Japan’s contribution to their military alliance, particularly a decision to allow Japanese-made Patriot guided missiles to be shipped to the United … more
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Russian politician Yekaterina Duntsova speaks to journalists after she appealed in Russia's Supreme Court a decision by Russia's Central Election Commission that refused to accept her initial nomination by a group of supporters, citing errors in the documents submitted, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. Duntsova lost her appeal against Russia's Central Election Commission's refusal to accept her initial nomination to run for president in March's election by a group of supporters. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)
Russian presidential hopeful loses appeal against authorities' refusal to register her for the race
A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine has lost her appeal against election officials’ refusal to accept her nomination for the country’s presidential race that President Vladimir … more
Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Vasyl Boichuk who was killed in Mykolayiv in March 2022, during his funeral ceremony at the cemetery in Iltsi village, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A Russian drone and artillery attack kills 6 in Ukraine and knocks out power in a major city
Russia has fired almost 50 Shahed drones at targets in Ukraine and shelled a train station where more than 100 civilians were gathered to evacuate. Ukrainian officials said Wednesday that the … more
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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center in brown coat, waves to his supporters as he leaves after a court hearing in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. A Pakistani court on Tuesday overturned the 2018 conviction of former Prime Minister Sharif in a graft case and acquitted him, clearing his path to run in the parliamentary elections set to be held in February. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousufzai)
Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif will seek fourth term in office, his party says
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says, noting he will be its consensus candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections and the office of the … more
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