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People take cover from gunfire during clashes between police and gangs in the Champs de Mars area next to the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, April 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

A journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights group details gang toll

A Haitian human rights group has released a new report that details the horrific violence unleashed this year by gangs who kill, rape and maim with impunity amid a political vacuum. Among the victims … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 4/11/24

People protest outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in Mexico City, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Mexico’s government has severed diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico wants UN to suspend Ecuador over its police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito

Mexico’s president says his country wants the United Nations to suspend Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the … more

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FILE - Afghan Taliban's Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani speaks during a ceremony in Kabul,, Afghanistan, May 11, 2023. Messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and attract more outside support, experts said Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, file)

Afghanistan's Taliban leaders issued different messages for Eid. Experts say that shows tensions

Experts say messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed tensions between hardliners and more moderate elements who want to scrap harsher policies and attract more … more

By RIAZAT BUTT | 4/11/24

FILE - A Qatar Airways jet approaches Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Nov. 7, 2019. An Australian court on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, has rejected a case brought by five women seeking compensation from Qatar Airways over invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at Doha’s airport in 2020. The women's case against the airport's operator is still going ahead, however. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Australian judge ends women's case against Qatar Airways but allows lawsuit against subsidiary

An Australian court has rejected a case brought by five women seeking compensation from Qatar Airways over invasive gynecological examinations conducted on passengers at Doha’s airport in 2020. The … more

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In this grab taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation on Thursday, April 11, 2024 an Angara-A5 rocket lifts off from Vostochny space launch facility outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. Russia on Thursday successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier in themweek. (Roscosmos Space Corporation via AP)

In Russia's Far East, a new heavy-lift rocket blasts off into space after two aborted launches

Russia has successfully test-launched a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex, a lift-off that comes after two aborted attempts earlier this week. The first attempt to launch the … more

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Jennifer Peter, who was kidnapped with others in her school by gunmen in March 2021, speaks during an interview in Kaduna, Nigeria, Tuesday, March, 26, 2024. The gunmen who kidnapped Jennifer Peter and dozens of her peers from school in March 2021 returned months later to attack another school in her state in northwestern Nigeria. The second time, they seized over 100 children including Jennifer's 10-year-old cousin, Treasure, who was held captive for more than two years. (AP Photo/Chinedu Asadu)

10 years after Chibok, Nigerian families cope with the trauma of more school kidnappings

The mass abduction of 276 schoolgirls a decade ago in Nigeria marked a new era of fear in Africa's most populous country. Since the Chibok abductions in April 2014, at least 1,500 students have been … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 4/11/24

FILE - People protest Poland's restrictive abortion law in Warsaw, Poland, on June 14, 2023. A long-awaited parliamentary debate on liberalizing Poland's strict abortion law is scheduled to begin Thursday, March 11, 2024. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe — but the reality is that many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills sent from abroad. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland has a strict abortion law — and many abortions. Lawmakers are now tackling the legislation

Poland's parliament is finally holding a long-awaited debate on liberalizing the country's strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe. But … more

By VANESSA GERA | 4/11/24

FILE - A woman casts her vote in Romania's legislative election, in Bucharest, Romania, Dec. 6, 2020. According to a study released Thursday, April 11, 2024, voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s largest democracies, are widely skeptical about whether their elections are free and fair, and many favor a strong, undemocratic leader. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Study finds voters skeptical about fairness of elections. Many favor a strong, undemocratic leader

A new study has found that voters in 19 countries, including in three of the world’s largest democracies, are widely skeptical about whether their political elections are free and fair. And many … more

By JAN M. OLSEN | 4/11/24

Chhem Hay, 37, stands at a main door of her house under construction at Run Ta Ek village in Siem Reap province, Cambodia, on April 2, 2024. She decided last June to take the opportunity to move from the village where she'd lived since she was a young teenager to the new settlement. Cambodia's program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological site is drawing international concern over possible human rights abuses, while authorities maintain they're doing nothing more than protecting the UNESCO World Heritage Site from illegal squatters. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Forced evictions or free choice? Cambodia's relocation of people from UNESCO site raises concerns

Cambodia's program to relocate people living on the famous Angkor archaeological site is drawing international concern over possible human rights abuses, while authorities maintain they're doing … more

By DAVID RISING | 4/11/24

In this undated photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, wreckage of a World War II bomber lays on the seabed of Gasmata Harbour in West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. Officials have confirmed the identities of an Australian bomber and the remains of two air crew members more than 80 years after they crashed in flames off the coast of Papua New Guinea, Australian Air Force said in a statement on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (Australian Defence Force via AP)

Australian bomber shot down with 4 crew in 1943 identified off the coast of Papua New Guinea

Officials have confirmed the identities of an Australian bomber and the remains of two air crew members more than 80 years after they crashed in flames off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The Royal … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 4/10/24

Grassroots movements clashed with police on Wednesday during a demonstration in central Buenos Aires. Hundreds were gathering in front of government buildings, rallying against the ramped-up austerity measures of the government of Javier Milei, when police used water cannons to prevent them from trying to block one of the city's main avenues.

Argentina's police step up their response to growing anti-government protests

A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters outraged over President Javier Milei’s deep cuts to state spending has escalated, as protesters blocking the capital’s … more

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An armored police car patrols the General Hospital area, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Creation of transitional council that will select Haiti's next prime minister is imminent, US says

The U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs says the creation of a transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti’s next leaders is imminent. Brian A. Nichols spoke Wednesday … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 4/10/24

European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson, is embraced after Members of European Parliament participated in a series of votes during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Lawmakers are voting Wednesday on a major revamp of the European Union's migration laws aiming to end years of division over how to manage the entry of thousands of people without authorization and deprive the far-right of a vote-winning campaign issue ahead of June elections. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU lawmakers approve an overhaul of migration law, hoping to deprive the far right of votes

Lawmakers have approved a major revamp of the European Union’s migration regulations. The reforms are meant to end years of division over how to manage the entry of people without authorization and … more

By LORNE COOK | 4/10/24

The accused arrives at the Hanover District Court in handcuffs in Hannover, Germany, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted murder by a German court on Wednesday for injecting mercury into his little daughter’s foot. (Julian Stratenschulte/dpa via AP)

Father sentenced in Germany for attempted murder for injecting mercury into his daughter's foot

A court in Germany has sentenced a 30-year-old man to 13 years in prison for attempted murder for injecting mercury into his 1-year-old daughter’s foot. German news agency dpa says the man from … more

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FILE - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, shakes hands with Swiss President Ignazio Cassis in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 20, 2022. Switzerland's government said Wednesday April 10, 2024 it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace process one day. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Switzerland will host a Ukraine peace conference in June and hopes Russia can join one day

Switzerland says it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, in hopes that Russia might join in the peace … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 4/10/24

Recruits of the 3rd Assault Brigade train in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A Russian attack on a Ukrainian village kills a 14-year-old girl and two others, officials say

Authorities say a Russian attack has hit a grocery store and a pharmacy in a Ukrainian village close to the border with Russia, killing three people including a 14-year-old girl. Officials said the … more

By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV | 4/10/24

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron looks on during a joint statement with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, before a working dinner at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, April 8, 2024. France's government presented a bill Wednesday April 10, 2024 to allow adults with terminal cancer or other incurable illness to take lethal medication, amid growing public demand for legal options for aid in dying. Many French people have travelled to neighboring countries to seek such medication where medically assisted suicide or euthanasia are legal. French President Emmanuel Macron has long promised such a bill. (Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool via AP)

France is proposing to allow terminally ill patients to take lethal medication

France’s government has presented a bill to allow adults with terminal cancer or other end-of-life illness to take lethal medication. Polls show growing public demand in France for legal options … more

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FILE - The rainbow flag, a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community, flies over a building next to Nelson's Column monument, right, in Trafalgar Square, central London, Britain, March 28, 2014. Children who question their gender identity are being let down by lack of evidence and a toxic political debate, according to a report Wednesday from a senior doctor in in England. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

A major UK report says trans children are being let down by toxic debate and lack of evidence

A report from a senior doctor in England says children who question their gender identity are being let down by lack of evidence and a toxic political debate. Dr. Hilary Cass said there is “no good … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 4/10/24

In this image taken from video by Taiwan's TVBS, Chinese President Xi Jinping at right meets with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war in 1949. (TVBS via AP)

Chinese President Xi meets former Taiwan leader Ma Ying-jeou on pro-unification visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou in Beijing in a bid to promote unification between the sides that separated amid civil war in 1949. Ma left office … more

Associated Press | 4/10/24

In this photo taken from video released by Roscosmos space corporation on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 an Angara-A5 rocket is seen prior to the launch at Vostochny space launch facility outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia. The first test launch of the new Angara-A5 rocket was aborted the second day in a row just moments before the scheduled liftoff. The Angara-A5 is a new heavy-lift rocket developed in Russia. (Roscosmos space corporation via AP)

Russia's second attempt to launch a heavy-lift rocket from Far East is aborted

Russia’s second attempt to test-launch a new heavy-lift rocket from its Far Eastern space complex has been aborted. The launch of the Angara-A5 rocket from the Vostochny spaceport was canceled … more

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