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FILE - 1988 portrait of RAF (Red Army Faction) member Daniela Klette, handed out by German police in 1993. A former member of the disbanded left-wing militant Red Army Faction group has been arrested after more than 30 years on the run, German authorities said Tuesday, Feb. 27. 2024. (AP Photo, File)

A former member of Germany's Red Army Faction has been arrested after decades in hiding

German authorities say a former member of the disbanded left-wing militant Red Army Faction group who is accused of participating in a string of robberies has been arrested after more than 30 years … more

By GEIR MOULSON | 2/27/24

FILE - Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang speaks during the forum titled Chinese Modernization and the World held at The Grand Halls in Shanghai on April 21, 2023. China’s former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, resigned his seat in the national legislature, state media reported Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China's embattled former foreign minister steps down as member of the legislature

Chinese state media say former Foreign Minister Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, has resigned from the national legislature. Qin was dismissed from office in July, in … more

By SIMINA MISTREANU | 2/27/24

French President Emmanuel Macron, center right, delivers a speech at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. More than 20 European heads of state and government and other Western officials are gathering in a show of unity for Ukraine, signaling to Russia that their support for Kyiv isn't wavering as the full-scale invasion grinds into a third year. (Gonzalo Fuentes/Pool via AP)

NATO's chief says the alliance has no plans to send troops to Ukraine

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance has no plans to send combat troops into Ukraine, as some Western countries are thought to be considering putting boots on the … more

Associated Press | 2/27/24

What's life like for Russia's political prisoners? Isolation, poor food and arbitrary punishment

For political prisoners, life in Russia’s penal colonies and labor camps is a grim reality of physical and psychological pressure, insufficient food, poor health care, sleep deprivation and … more

By DASHA LITVINOVA | 2/27/24

FILE - Afghan women wait to receive food rations distributed by a humanitarian aid group, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 23, 2023. Afghan women feel scared or unsafe leaving their home alone because of Taliban decrees and enforcement campaigns on clothing and male guardians, according to a report from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Most UN Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees seriously oppressing women and girls

More than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council’s members have demanded that the Taliban rescind all policies and decrees oppressing and discriminating against women and girls, including banning … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 2/26/24

FILE - Senegal President Macky Sall poses before an interview with The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal, Feb. 9 , 2024. Senegal’s President Macky Sall said Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, that he will end his term in April as expected, but he didn't give a new date for the presidential election originally scheduled for Sunday. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)

Senegal's president says the postponed election will be held before the rainy season begins

Senegal’s President Macky Sall has told a national dialogue that elections will be held before the rainy season begins around July, and reiterated his commitment to leave office before his mandate … more

By BABACAR DIONE | 2/26/24

FILE - New South Wales state police pose with participants in the annual gay and lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney, March 1, 2014. Organizers of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have asked police not to march at their annual parade at the weekend due to an alleged murder of a couple by a police officer, prompting the police commissioner on Tuesday, Feb, 27, 2024, to urge the ban be reversed. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras organizers ask police not to march at the annual parade

Organizers of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have asked police not to march at their annual parade this weekend due to the alleged murder of a couple by a police officer. New South Wales … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 2/26/24

The yacht "Simplicity", that officials say was hijacked by three escaped prisoners with two people aboard, is docked at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coastguard Service Calliaqua Base, in Calliaqua, St. Vincent, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Authorities in the eastern Caribbean said they were trying to locate two people believed to be U.S. citizens who were aboard the yacht that was hijacked by the three escaped prisoners from Grenada. (AP Photo/Kenton X. Chance)

Grenada police say a US couple whose catamaran was hijacked were likely thrown overboard and died

Police in Grenada say they believe an elderly U.S. couple aboard their catamaran that was hijacked by three escaped prisoners last week were killed and thrown into the Caribbean Sea. Monday's … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 2/26/24

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meets with apprentices at a factory, in East Yorkshire, England, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. (Paul Ellis/Pool Photo via AP)

UK's Sunak criticizes a Conservative’s attack on London mayor and denies Islamophobia accusations

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says a Conservative lawmaker was wrong to say the mayor of London is controlled by Islamists. He also denied the governing party tolerates anti-Muslim prejudice. … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 2/26/24

This photo taken from video released by the head of the Russian-controlled Donetsk region Denis Pushilin's telegram channel on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024, shows damaged buildings, after Russian forces completed their takeover of Avdiivka, eastern Ukraine. Russian-controlled Donetsk region. (Head of the Russian-controlled Donetsk region Denis Pushilin telegram channel via AP)

Ukrainian troops pull back again as Russia's onslaught pushes ahead in eastern Ukraine

A Ukrainian army spokesman says Kyiv's troops have withdrawn from a village in the east of the country, as Russian forces make their advantages in manpower and ammunition tell on the battlefield at … more

By ILLIA NOVIKOV | 2/26/24

FILE - This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University shows an image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle 2 (LEV-2) of a robotic moon rover called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, on the moon. A Japanese moon explorer, after making a historic “pinpoint” lunar landing last month, has also captured data from 10 lunar rocks, a far greater than expected work that could help find the clue to the origin of the moon, its project manager said Wednesday, Feb. 14 , 2024. (JAXA/Takara Tomy/Sony Group Corporation/Doshisha University via AP, File)

Japan's moon lander survives second lunar night, beating predictions

Japan’s first moon lander responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it has survived a second freezing weeks-long lunar night, Japan’s space agency said Monday. JAXA called the signal, received … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 2/26/24

FILE - In this picture provided by Swedish Coast Guard, a leak from Nord Stream 2 is seen, on Sept. 28, 2022. Danes join Sweden in also closing their investigation into the 2022 explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. The Copenhagen police and the Danish security service said Monday Feb. 26, 2024 in a joint statement that that although “authorities can conclude that there was deliberate sabotage.” However, "there is not the necessary basis for prosecuting a criminal case in Denmark.” (Swedish Coast Guard via AP, File)

Denmark closes probe into Nord Stream blasts saying there's not enough grounds for a criminal case

Denmark has joined Sweden in closing its investigation into the 2022 explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Copenhagen police and the Danish security service said Monday in a joint … more

2/26/24

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers his remarks, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UN's secretary general warns the world is becoming 'less safe by the day'

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says combatants in places such as Congo, Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine and Sudan are turning a “blind eye” to international law. He made a plea for greater … more

2/26/24

Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, shakes hands with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban at the Carmelite Monastery in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Feb 23, 2024. Nearly two years after Sweden formally applied to join NATO, its membership now hinges on convincing one country - Viktor Orban's Hungary - to formally ratify its bid to join the military alliance. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Hungary's parliament set to ratify Sweden's NATO accession in final step toward membership

Hungary's parliament is set to ratify Sweden’s bid to join NATO, likely bringing an end to more than 18 months of delays that have frustrated the alliance as it seeks to expand in response to … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE | 2/26/24

FILE - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh speaks during a meeting with officials from Western and Arab nations, the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Prime Minister Shtayyeh says his government is resigning, in a move that could open the door to U.S.-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Palestinian prime minister submits government’s resignation, a move that could open door to reforms

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh says his government is resigning, in a move that could open the door to U.S.-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority. President Mahmoud Abbas must … more

2/26/24

The Taliban hold another public execution as thousands watch at a stadium in northern Afghanistan

The Taliban have held a public execution of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium. Monday's death sentence was the third to be carried out … more

By RAHIM FAIEZ | 2/26/24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions during his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

At Paris gathering, Western leaders to show unity for Ukraine and signal 'that Russia cannot win'

More than 20 European heads of state and government and other Western officials are gathering in a show of unity for Ukraine, signaling to Russia that their support for Kyiv isn’t wavering as the … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 2/26/24

Tractors arrive in the European Quarter during a protest of farmers outside a meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. European Union agriculture ministers meet in Brussels Monday to discuss rapid and structural responses to the crisis situation facing the agricultural sector. (AP Photo/Nicolas Landemard)

Farmers converge on the European Union's headquarters in a fresh show of force

Concrete barriers and barbed wire have been set up around the European Union’s headquarters as farmers angry at red tape and competition from cheap imports converge on Brussels in scores of … more

By SYLVAIN PLAZY | 2/26/24

FILE - This Feb. 27, file photo, 2023 shows part of the debris of a wrecked migrant boat washed ashore after it capsized in the early morning of Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, at a short distance from the shore in Steccato di Cutro, in the Italian southern tip, killing at least 94 people. Survivors and family members of the victims are converging in the area for a commemoration on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, on the first anniversary of the disaster. (AP Photo/Luigi Navarra)

Survivors and families of 94 migrants who died in shipwreck off Italy call for truth a year later

Survivors and family members of victims of a tragic shipwreck a year ago that killed 94 migrants, including 35 minors, just off Italy’s southern coast, returned for three days of commemorations, … more

By GIADA ZAMPANO and VALERIA FERRARO | 2/26/24

FILE - Funafuti, the main island of the nation state of Tuvalu, is photographed on Oct. 13, 2011, from a Royal New Zealand Air Force C130 aircraft as it approaches the tiny South Pacific nation. Tuvalu lawmakers chose Feleti Teo as the tiny South Pacific island nation's prime minister Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, after elections a month ago ousted the last government leader. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Feleti Teo is named Tuvalu's new prime minister after elections that ousted Taiwan supporter

Tuvalu’s former attorney general Feleti Teo has been named prime minister of the tiny South Pacific nation after elections a month ago ousted the last government leader. A government official said … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 2/25/24