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Sister Sadia Raza, center, relative Naimatullah Hazara, left, and friend Sumiaya Kianat, right, of female field hockey player Shahida Raza, who died in the shipwreck tragedy, attend her funeral, in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, March 17, 2023. Raza was among other migrants who died in a shipwreck off Italy's southern coast. The migrants' wooden boat, crammed with passengers who paid smugglers for the voyage from Turkey, broke apart in rough water just off a beach in Calabria. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)

Pakistan athlete who died in migrant boat crash laid to rest

Mourners have attended the funeral of a Pakistani female field hockey player who died in a migrant boat crash off Italy’s coast last month. Shahida Raza was buried Friday at a graveyard in Quetta, … more

3/17/23

Protesters take part in a march supporting rapper Azagaia in Maputo, Mozambique, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Mozambicans are planning marches across the country to honor Azagaia, whose real name was Edson da Luz, a popular protest rapper and fierce government critic who died last week. (AP Photo/Tom Gauld)

Mozambicans march to honor protest rapper after his death

Mozambicans are planning marches across the country to honor Azagaia, a popular protest rapper and fierce government critic, who died last week. Memorial marches are to be held in every major city on … more

By TOM GOULD | 3/17/23

FILE - Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad, in this April 9, 2003. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Timeline of events: 20 years since U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

It’s been 20 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq began March 20, 2003. President George W. Bush framed it as a mission to free the Iraqi people, end Saddam Hussein’s support for terrorism … more

By JOHN DANISZEWSKI | 3/16/23

Residents place segregated garbage on a cart along the streets of Malabon, Philippines on Monday Feb. 13, 2023. Food waste emits methane as it breaks down and rots. Waste pickers are helping set up systems to segregate and collect organic waste, and establishing facilities to compost it. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Waste pickers collect food waste, help combat climate change

Food waste emits methane as it breaks down and rots. Methane is an extraordinarily potent greenhouse gas responsible for about 30% of today’s global warming. Waste pickers are helping set up … more

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and JOEAL CALUPITAN | 3/16/23

Women stand on the "martyrs' bridge" spanning the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

20 years after U.S. invasion, young Iraqis see signs of hope

Today's Iraq is a world away from the terror that followed the U.S. invasion to depose Saddam Hussein 20 years ago this week. A new generation is eager to turn away from the sectarianism of the past … more

By JOHN DANISZEWSKI | 3/16/23

Police investigate the scene where two officers were shot and killed on duty in Edmonton on Thursday, March 16, 2023. (Jason Franson /The Canadian Press via AP)

Teen allegedly shoots mom, kills 2 officers in west Canada

Canadian officials say a 16-year-old wounded his mother with a firearm and killed two police officers before taking his own life in western Canada. A police official and a senior government … more

By ROB GILLIES | 3/16/23

Janet, who works for the social movement Dignity, waits on a customer from behind a table offering food staples at lower prices than offered at the supermarkets, amid rising inflation, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentines struggle to make ends meet amid 100% inflation

Jesica Fernández used to join seven family members every weekend for a large beef barbeque. Beef is no longer on the menu, and now they’re more likely to eat spaghetti or chicken wings. She says … more

By DANIEL POLITI | 3/16/23

Rescue workers gather after an explosion at a coal mine that according to authorities killed at least 11 people in in Sutatausa, Cundinamarca Department, Colombia, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Officials say 21 workers killed at coal mine in Colombia

Rescue operations at a coal mine in central Colombia that collapsed earlier this week have ended and officials say the accident had left 21 workers dead. The mine near the town of Sutatausa collapsed … more

By MANUEL RUEDA | 3/16/23

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa at a welcoming ceremony in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday, March 16, 2023. Hassan, on a state visit to the country, has urged more security cooperation and trade between the two countries.(AP Photo/Frans Sello waga Machate)

Tanzania's first female president on visit to South Africa

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan, on a state visit to South Africa, has urged more security cooperation and trade between the two countries. Hassan, Tanzania’s first female leader, met … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 3/16/23

Supporters of Senegal opposition leader Ousmane Sonko take to the streets of Dakar Tuesday March 14, 2023. The opposition leader is being charged in a civil lawsuit against him by Senegal's tourism minister for defamation and public insults. The case stems from accusations that Sonko made against the minister during a news conference late last year. The 46-year-old politician goes to court Thursday March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui)

Sonko court appearance sparks unrest in Senegal's capital

Authorities have forcibly removed Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko from his vehicle as he made his way to a court appearance. Police also blocked his supporters from accompanying him, … more

By BABACAR DIONE | 3/16/23

FILE - Riad Salameh, Lebanon's Central Bank governor, attends a news conference, in Beirut, on Nov. 11, 2019. Salameh on Thursday March 16, 2023, showed up for questioning for the first time before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Lebanon’s Central Bank chief attends corruption questioning

Lebanon’s embattled Central Bank chief has appeared for questioning for the first time before a European legal team visiting Beirut in a money-laundering probe linked to the governor. Several … more

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 3/16/23

A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan throws a stone towards riot police officers, during clashes, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Pakistani police have paused efforts to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan on graft charges after clashes continued for a second day outside his home in the eastern city of Lahore. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistani court extends pause in arresting ex-premier Khan

A Pakistani court is extending a pause in the effort to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft case. Thursday's order by the Lahore High Court was another reprieve for the 70-year-old … more

By BABAR DOGAR and MUNIR AHMED | 3/16/23

UN nuclear watchdog: 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya

Some 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in war-torn Libya have gone missing. That's according to a statement Thursday from the United Nations nuclear watchdog. The International Atomic … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 3/16/23

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says is a ballistic missile the country test-fired in North Korea on Tuesday, March 14, 2023. North Korea test-fired at least two short-range ballistic missiles Tuesday from the southwestern coastal town of Jangyon, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Seoul: North Korea fires another missile toward sea

South Korean officials say North Korea has launched another ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, the third such weapons test this week. The Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch occurred … more

3/15/23

A man holds a sign , don't come back, and an Israeli flag during protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, ahead of Netanyahu's visit to Germany in Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Hundreds of Israeli writers, artists and intellectuals on Tuesday called on Germany and Britain to cancel upcoming visits by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying his plan to overhaul Israel's judicial system has put the country on a destructive course. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Netanyahu rejects judicial compromise, deepening crisis

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has swiftly rejected a compromise proposal aimed at resolving a standoff over the future of the country’s legal system. The rejection deepens the crisis … more

By JOSEF FEDERMAN | 3/15/23

FILE - Free Party presidential candidate Xiomara Castro acknowledges her supporters after general elections, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Nov. 28, 2021. Castro announced on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that Honduras under her administration is opening diplomatic relations with the People´s Republic of China. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Honduras ditching Taiwan raises larger geopolitical concerns

Honduras’ decision to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of China is yet another sign of growing Chinese influence Latin America. For decades the Asian superpower funneled billions of dollars … more

MEGAN JANETSKY and MARLON GONZÁLEZ | 3/15/23

Friends and relatives of miners embrace at the entrance of a coal mine affected by an explosion that according to authorities killed at least 11 people in Sutatausa, in the Cundinamarca province of Colombia, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Colombian coal mine blast kills 11, search on for survivors

A powerful explosion in a coal mine in central Colombia that affected four other mines linked by tunnels has killed at least 11 people and left 10 others missing. President Gustavo Petro said on his … more

3/15/23

Thelma Cabrera, presidential hopeful for the Movement for the Liberation of the People, MLP, party poses for photos at her home in El Asintal, Guatemala, Monday, March 13, 2023. Cabrera and the MLP are waiting for the Supreme Electoral Tribunal to approve the candidacy of her running-mate Jordan Rodas, ahead of 2023 general elections. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Indigenous farmworker leader bids for Guatemala presidency

An Indigenous female farmworker leader hopes to become Guatemala's next president. But Thelma Cabrera faces an uphill fight after the country's Electoral Tribunal refused to allow her to register her … more

By SONIA PÉREZ D. | 3/15/23

This image made on March 14, 2023, from the 2022 video provided by the Prachinburi Provincial Public Relations Office, shows a radioactive cylinder, a steel tube, 30 cm (12 inches) long and 13 cm (5 inches) diameter that has gone missing from a steam power plant in Thailand's eastern province of Prachinburi. The video was taken in December 2022. (The Prachinburi Provincial Public Relations Office via AP)

Thai officials search for radioactive cylinder from plant

Authorities in Thailand have expanded their search for a metal cylinder with radioactive contents that has gone missing from a power plant, warning the public that it poses a danger to health. The … more

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA | 3/15/23

Jazz singer and writer, Gloria Bosman performs at the 22nd Joy of Jazz Festival in Johannesburg on Sept. 26, 2019. Smooth-voiced South African jazz musician Gloria Bosman has been lauded for her contribution to the country’s music industry in a career spanning more than two decades. Bosman died on Tuesday March 14, 2023 following a short illness, her family announced. (AP Photo)

Award-winning South African jazz singer Gloria Bosman dies

Smooth-voiced South African jazz musician Gloria Bosman has been lauded for her contribution to the country’s music industry in a career spanning more than two decades. Bosman's family announced … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 3/15/23