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Mumbai police personnel stand guard outside the residence of Baba Siddique, a senior politician, who was shot at outside his son's office in Mumbai and later succumbed to his wounds in a hospital on Saturday night, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Indian politician known for his close ties with Bollywood is killed in Mumbai
A senior politician in India’s financial capital Mumbai has been shot dead weeks before a key state election. Police said Baba Siddique, 66, was shot multiple times outside his son’s office in … more
Women and villagers wait to receive food donations from the United Nations World Food Program in Damasak, northeastern Nigeria, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)
They fled their homes to escape Boko Haram. Now Nigeria is resettling them back despite their fears
For over a year now, authorities in Nigeria have been resettling people displaced by the fighting between government forces and Boko Haram, Islamic militants who launched an insurgency in 2009 with … more
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FILE - A woman arrives at a polling station during the advance parliamentary elections in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
Lithuanians vote in parliamentary election with many looking for change despite a strong economy
Lithuanians are voting in the first round of parliamentary elections that could lead to the center-right governing coalition being replaced by the opposition Social Democrats and smaller center-left … more
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Norway introduces temporary border checks after its terror threat level was raised
Police say Norway is introducing temporary border checks on its frontiers with other Western European nations after the domestic security agency raised the terror threat level. A police statement on … more
Ukrainian recruiters descend on Kyiv's nightlife in search of men not registered for conscription
Ukrainian military recruitment officers have raided restaurants, bars and a concert hall in Kyiv, checking military registration documents and detaining men who are not in compliance. Local media … more
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FILE - Alex Salmond, former Scotland first minister, attends an Alba party meeting in Dundee, Scotland, on April 19, 2022. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP, File)
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who sought Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69
Scottish former First Minister Alex Salmond has died at age 69. Salmond championed Scotland’s independence from the U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer paid tribute to Salmond on Saturday. Starmer … more
FILE - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk pauses as he speaks, during a news conference following his meeting with Lithuania's Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte at the government's headquarters in Vilnius, Lithuania, on March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis, File)
Poland's leader plans to suspend the right to asylum as country faces pressure on Belarus border
Poland’s leader says he plans to temporarily suspend the right to asylum as part of a new migration policy. Prime Minister Donald Tusk pointed to its alleged abuse by eastern neighbor Belarus and … more
A visitor prays in front of the Peace Statue at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, southern Japan Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024, a day after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. (Kyodo News via AP)
Bomb survivors use Nobel Peace Prize win to share their anti-nuke message with younger generations
The recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is a fast-dwindling group of atomic bomb survivors. They're increasingly worried about their old age and the limited time to convey the firsthand … more
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FILE - A Lebanese army soldier sits behind his weapon on the top of an armored personnel carrier at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
As Hezbollah and Israel battle on the border, Lebanon's army watches from the sidelines
Since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border while the Lebanese army has largely stood on the sidelines. It’s not the … more
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A woman offers prayer at the Dhakeshwari National Temple during the Durgapuja festival in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajib Dhar)
Hindus in Bangladesh celebrate their largest festival under tight security following attacks
Minority Hindus in the Muslim-majority Bangladesh are celebrating their largest religious festival of Durga Puja, but fear and worries grip them following reports of violence. An interim government … more
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FILE - UN peacekeepers hold their flag, as they observe Israeli excavators attempt to destroy tunnels built by Hezbollah, near the southern Lebanese-Israeli border village of Mays al-Jabal, Lebanon, Dec. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
UN peacekeepers in south Lebanon in crosshairs of Israel’s war on Hezbollah
Israeli airstrikes have hit the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping force and other positions in south Lebanon in recent days, drawing widespread condemnation from around the world. The force, … more
Kamal Khatib, a volunteer with the Animals Lebanon rescue group, kisses kittens after rescuing them from debris of destroyed buildings at the site of Thursday's Israeli airstrike, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Activists risk their lives to rescue animals in areas of Lebanon hit by Israeli airstrikes
Animal rights activists are risking their lives in Lebanon to rescue cats, dogs and other animals harmed by Israeli airstrikes. In less than three weeks, nearly 190 cats and dogs from areas in Beirut … more
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Pro-democracy protesters hold torches and flags during a flash mob rally to protest against Myanmar's military-government in Yangon, Myanmar on Sept.19, 2024. (Anti-Junta Alliance Yangon via AP)
New arrests revive concern that nonviolent political protesters in Myanmar may be tortured
Concern is rising that two nonviolent activists opposed to military rule in Myanmar are at high risk of torture after being arrested in raids this week in Yangon, the country’s biggest city. The … more
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A worker of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper hands out copies of an extra version to passersby in Tokyo, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, after Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations, won the Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Nobel prize for A-bomb survivors' group boosts hope for Japanese seeking a nuke-free world
For many Japanese survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their relatives, Friday’s awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Japanese organization against nuclear weapons … more
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In this photo provided by National Geographic on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, a view of a sock embroidered with "A.C. Irvine", along with a boot, discovered on the Central Rongbuk Glacier below the North Face of Mount Everest by a team led by Jimmy Chin. (Jimmy Chin/National Geographic via AP)
Partial remains of British climber believed found 100 years after Everest ascent
The partial remains of a British mountaineer who might — or might not — have been one of the first two people to climb Mount Everest are believed to have been found a century after their ascent … more
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South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
North Korea accuses South Korea of flying drones to its capital and threatens to attack next time
North Korea has accused rival South Korea of flying drones to its capital to drop anti-North Korean propaganda leaflets and threatened to respond with force if such flights occur again. North … more
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, arrives for a private audience with Pope Francis at The Vatican, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Vatican Media via AP)
Ukraine's Zelenskyy meets Pope Francis as he continues his European tour to push his 'victory plan'
Pope Francis has met Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Vatican, the latest step in the Ukrainian president's European tour to win support for his proposed “victory plan” aimed at ending the conflict … more
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The air raid in the capital apparently targeted two residential buildings in separate neighborhoods simultaneously, according to an Associated Press photographer at the scene. (AP video by Ali Sharafeddine)
Israel's deadliest strike in central Beirut leaves Lebanese stunned as they dig through the rubble
Lebanese rescue workers are searching through the rubble of a collapsed building after two Israeli strikes hit central Beirut, killing at least 22 people and wounding dozens. The air raid was the … more
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Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, right, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pose for photographers after the press conference, at Villa Pamphilj, in Rome, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Russia launches 4th aerial attack in a week against Ukraine's grain-exporting Odesa region
Authorities say a nighttime Russian missile strike on Odesa has killed at least four people, including a 16-year-old girl. It is the latest in a series of attacks this week on the southern Ukrainian … more
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the International Forum "The Interconnection of Times and Civilizations – the basis of peace and development" dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Turkmen poet and thinker Magtymguly Fragi in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Russia's Putin begins a visit to Turkmenistan for forum with regional leaders, including Iran
President Vladimir Putin is on a visit to Turkmenistan, speaking at an international forum with Central Asian leaders and the president of Iran. The Kremlin said Putin will discuss the situation in … more
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