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NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana sits with children during a school opening ceremony in Ghergani, Romania, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. According to Eurostat, in 2022 Romania had the highest percentage of early school leavers in the European union with 16 percent of youngsters between the ages of 18 and 24 abandoning education. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

'No risk' that NATO member Romania will be dragged into war, senior alliance official says

NATO Deputy-General Secretary Mircea Geoana says there is “no risk” that alliance member Romania will be dragged into a war following the recent discovery of drone fragments on its territory near … more

By STEPHEN McGRATH and VADIM GHIRDA | 9/11/23

Israeli police disperse demonstrators, mostly military reservists, who block a road outside the house of Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Modiin, Israel, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel's contentious legal overhaul comes to a head as judges hear cases on their own fate

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul plan has plunged the country into nine months of unrest and exposed bitter divisions within Israeli society. On Tuesday, the … more

By JULIA FRANKEL | 9/11/23

Libyan city of Derna is declared a disaster zone after devastating flooding. Dozens are feared dead

Authorities in eastern Libya have declared the city of Derna a disaster zone after the Mediterranean storm Daniel caused devastating floods over the weekend in different parts of the North African … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 9/11/23

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, right, meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at the Government Office in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Minh Hoang, Pool)

Biden wraps Vietnam visit by talking with business leaders and visiting a memorial to John McCain

President Joe Biden is wrapping up a visit to Vietnam by calling on the two countries to improve their collaboration. Biden met Monday in Hanoi with Vietnamese government officials and business … more

By JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI | 9/11/23

A bulldozer demolishes structures in Cairo's historic City of the Dead, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023. Authorities have already razed hundreds of tombs and mausoleums as they carry out plans to build a network of multilane highways through the City of the Dead, a vast cemetery in the Egyptian capital that has been in use for more than a millennium. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Historic Cairo cemetery faces destruction from new highways as Egypt's government reshapes the city

Preservationists say highway construction by the Egyptian government threatens to destroy Cairo's City of the Dead, a vast historic cemetery that has been in use for more than 1,000 years. … more

By LEE KEATH and SAMY MAGDY | 9/11/23

FILE - French Barkhane Air Force mechanics maintain a Mirage 2000 on the Niamey, Niger base, on June 5, 2021. Nigeriens are preparing for war against regional countries threatening to invade, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation’s democratically elected president. Residents in the capital, Niamey, are calling for the mass recruitment of volunteers to assist the army in the face of a growing threat by the West African regional bloc, ECOWAS, which says it will use military force if the junta doesn’t reinstate the deposed President Mohamed Bazoum. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Niger junta accuses France of amassing forces for a military intervention after the coup in July

Niger’s new military leaders have accused France of amassing forces for a possible military intervention in the country following the coup in July. But French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 9/10/23

A European Cave Rescue Association (ECRA) member, goes down into the Morca cave near Anamur, southern Turkey, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Turkish and international cave rescue experts are working to save an American speleologist trapped at a depth of more than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) in a cave in southern Turkey after he became ill. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Operation to extract American researcher from one of the world's deepest caves advances to 700m

Rescue teams on Sunday in Turkey successfully carried an American researcher up from the depth of a cave at 3,410 feet to the 2,297-feet mark where he will rest before they continue the taxing … more

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Indonesian Marines fire an artillery round during an amphibious landing operation at the Super Garuda Shield multi-national military exercise in Situbondo, East Java, Indonesia, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. Thousands of military personnel from the United States, Indonesia and other allied forces showcased their armor capabilities on Sunday in combat drills on the Indonesian island of Java as China takes more aggressive actions in the region. (AP Photo/Trisnadi)

Australian and Indonesian forces deploy battle tanks in US-led combat drills amid Chinese concern

Thousands of soldiers from the United States, Indonesia, Australia and other allied forces demonstrated their armor capabilities in combat drills on the Indonesian island of Java at a time of … more

By FADLAN SYAM and NINIEK KARMINI | 9/10/23

Sudanese soldiers from the Rapid Support Forces unit stand on their vehicle during a military-backed rally, in Mayo district, south of Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday, June 29, 2019. The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, on a Sudanese Rapid Support Forces paramilitary commander Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo for acts of violence and human rights abuses committed by his troops in their monthslong conflict with Sudan's army. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

A drone attack kills at least 23 in Sudan’s capital as rival troops battle, activists say

Sudanese activists and medical workers say at least 23 people were killed in a drone attack on an open market south of the capital, Khartoum. They say at least three dozen others were injured in the … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 9/10/23

This undated photo shows Polish farmer Jozef Ulma with his pregnant wife Wiktoria and their six children. The Ulmas were killed with their children by the Nazis in 1944 for having sheltered Jews during World War II. The Ulma family, including the child that Wiktoria was pregnant with, are being beatified by the Vatican in a ceremonious Mass in their home village of Markowa, Poland, on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (Mateusz Szpytma, Deputy head of Poland's IPN history institute via AP)

Vatican holds unprecedented beatification of Polish family of 9 killed for hiding Jews

In an unprecedented move, the Vatican is beatifying a Polish family of nine — parents and their small children — who were all executed for having sheltered Jews during World War II. Last year … more

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | 9/10/23

Students read at the Djurgardsskolan elementary school in Stockholm, Sweden, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. As children across Sweden have recently flocked back to school after the summer vacation, many of their teachers are putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading hours, and practicing handwriting as the country's yearslong focus on the digitalization of classrooms has come under scrutiny. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its tech-heavy schools

As children across Sweden have recently flocked back to school after the summer vacation, many of their teachers are putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading hours, and practicing … more

By CHARLENE PELE | 9/10/23

Residents flee their homes after an earthquake in Moulay Brahim village, near the epicenter of the earthquake, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 800 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. But the full toll was not known as rescuers struggled to get through boulder-strewn roads to the remote mountain villages hit hardest. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Moroccan villagers mourn after earthquake brings destruction to their rural mountain home

Moroccans living in the village of Moulay Brahim are mourning neighbors who perished after a 6.8 earthquake destroyed buildings and lives. The village surrounded by stunning vistas attracting … more

By SAM METZ and AHMED HATEM | 9/10/23

FILE - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a conference to support Jerusalem at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 12, 2023. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has fired most of the governors in the occupied West Bank. The move follows long-standing demands for a political shake-up as frustration grows with the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority. Abbas issued a decree dismissing the governors of eight provinces under Palestinian administration in the occupied territory. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Paris strips Palestinian leader Abbas of special honor for remarks on Holocaust

Paris has rescinded a special honor it bestowed on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas because of recent antisemitic comments minimizing the Holocaust. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo published a letter … more

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Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, left, and U.S. President Joe Biden, right, shake hands next to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the day of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, Sept. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Pool)

Biden gives Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed a hearty handshake a year after an awkward fist bump moment

The Saudi crown prince once vilified by President Joe Biden has been elevated from a fist bump to a hearty handshake. Biden warmly greeted Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman after they appeared … more

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK | 9/9/23

A man walks into floodwaters to deliver medicines to a relative after the country's rainstorm record, in the town of Palamas, near Karditsa, Thessaly region, central Greece, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Rescue crews in helicopters and boats are plucking people from houses in central Greece inundated by tons of water and mud after severe rainstorms caused widespread flooding. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)

Greek authorities evacuate another village as they try to prevent flooding in a major city

Greek authorities have ordered the evacuation of a village close to the major city of Larissa, in central Greece, as the river Pineios overflows its banks. While rescue crews continue evacuating … more

By DEMETRIS NELLAS | 9/9/23

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, people work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

UN atomic watchdog warns of threat to nuclear safety as fighting spikes near plant in Ukraine

The United Nations atomic watchdog has warned of a potential threat to nuclear safety due to a spike in fighting near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant in Ukraine, whose forces continued … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 9/9/23

Associated Press newsman Jim Heintz stands in war-ruined Minutka Square in the Chechen capital of Grozny, Russia, in February 2004. Heintz was posted in Moscow in 1999 and remained there for almost all of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rule until earlier this year, watching the country’s steps forward as well as its retreat into isolation. Now assigned to Tallinn, Estonia, he tries to parse Russia’s lost promise. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

For nearly a quarter century, an AP correspondent watched the Putin era unfold in Russia

Under President Vladimir Putin’s nearly quarter-century in office, Russia’s quality of life rose markedly and the country opened itself to the world. But along with those improvements, political … more

By JIM HEINTZ | 9/9/23

President Joe Biden watches a group of dancers with Vani Sarraju Rao, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, right, and Vijay Kumar Singh, Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways & Minister of State for Civil Aviation, as he arrives at Indira Gandhi International Airport to attend the G20 summit, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden and Modi to announce rail and shipping project to link India to Middle East and Europe

President Joe Biden and his allies plan to roll out plans on Saturday for a shipping corridor that would connect India with the Middle East and ultimately Europe. It's a possible game changer for … more

By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK | 9/8/23

In this photo provided Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, by the North Korean government, North Korea leader Kim Jong Un attends a paramilitary parade ceremony, marking North Korea’s 75th founding anniversary in Pyongyang, North Korea Friday, Sept. 8. 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)

Kim Jong Un hosts Chinese and Russian guests at a parade celebrating North Korea's 75th anniversary

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited visiting Chinese delegates and Russian artists to a paramilitary parade featuring rocket launchers pulled by trucks and tractors. That's according to state … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 9/8/23

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Cuba arrests 17 for allegedly helping recruit some of its citizens to fight for Russia in Ukraine

Cuban authorities have arrested 17 people in connection with what they described as a network to recruit Cuban nationals to fight for Russia in Ukraine. The head of criminal investigations for … more

By CRISTIANA MESQUITA and MILEXSY DURÁN | 9/8/23