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Sudan delays signing of deal to usher in civilian government

Sudan’s military leaders and pro-democracy forces have said they will delay the signing of an agreement to usher in a civilian government. The postponement of the signing comes as key security … more

By JACK JEFFERY | 3/31/23

Israeli police close a path leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound after shots were fired in the Old City of Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Saturday, April 1, 2023. (AP Photo/ Mahmoud Illean)

Israeli police fatally shoot man at Jerusalem's holy site

Israeli police say officers shot and killed a man who allegedly tried to seize an officer’s weapons at a flashpoint Jerusalem site. Police say the man slain late Friday was 26 years old and from an … more

3/31/23

FILE - Activists from the group Just Stop Oil block a road in London, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 demanding to stop future gas and oil projects from going ahead. British climate activists who have blocked roads and splattered artworks with soup said Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, that they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major highway around London. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Climate protesters who stormed British Grand Prix avoid jail

Six climate change activists were spared prison sentences for storming last year’s British Grand Prix Formula 1 race in one of a series of disruptive protests against fossil fuels. A judge in … more

By BRIAN MELLEY | 3/31/23

FILE - Police officers escort Andrew Tate outside the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) where prosecutors examine electronic equipment confiscated during the investigation in their case, in Bucharest, Romania, on Jan. 26, 2023. An official on Friday March 31, 2023 said Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal to replace his detention with house arrest. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

Romania: Andrew Tate to leave jail, put under house arrest

An official says Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal to replace his … more

Associated Press | 3/31/23

An altar with candles and photos covers the fence outside the Mexican immigration detention center that was the site of a deadly fire, as migrants wake up after spending the night on the sidewalk in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, March 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Mexico president assigns blame elsewhere for migrant tragedy

Mexico's president visiting hospitals treating injured migrants in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, where 39 men died in a immigration detention center fire. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador … more

3/31/23

A police boat searches an area in Akwesasne, Quebec, Friday, March 31, 2023. Authorities in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne said Friday one child is missing after the bodies of six migrants of Indian and Romanian descent were pulled from a river that straddles the Canada-U.S. border. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)

Child missing after migrant bodies found near Canada border

Authorities in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne say one child is missing after the bodies of six migrants of Indian and Romanian descent were pulled from the river Thursday. The bodies included that … more

3/31/23

FILE - Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko addresses journalists following his release from police custody in Dakar, Senegal, Monday, March 8, 2021. Prosecutors in Senegal who had sought two years in prison for opposition leader Ousmane Sonko have filed an appeal after he was given a two-month suspended sentence for his conviction on libel charges in a case his supporters say was politically motivated. (AP Photo/Sylvain Cherkaoui, File)

Prosecutors in Senegal appeal opposition leader's sentence

Prosecutors in Senegal are appealing the two-month suspended sentence handed down to the West African country's top opposition leader. Ousmane Sonko was not in court Thursday when he convicted of … more

By BABACAR DIONE | 3/31/23

Fruit importer Bama's offices in Oslo, Norway, Thursday March 30, 2023. The discovery of cocaine in a batch of fruit in Germany led Norwegian customs officers on the trail of 800 kilograms of cocaine in fruit crates at a Bama warehouse. (Hanna Johre/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Norway makes country's largest-ever cocaine seizure in Oslo

Police in Norway say officers made the largest-ever cocaine seizure in the country when they discovered 800 kilograms (1,760 pounds) of the drug in boxes of fruit in Oslo. Norwegian news agency NTB … more

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FILE - Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a joint statement with his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin following their meeting at Ben Gurion International Airport, Thursday, March 9, 2023 in Lod, Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire his defense minister set off a wave of spontaneous protests and a general strike that threatened to paralyze the country, forcing the Israeli leader to suspend his divisive plan to overhaul the judicial system. But as of Friday, March 31, Gallant — whose criticism of Netanyahu’s planned judicial changes led to his dismissal — was still on the job. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)

After being fired, Israel's defense minister caught in limbo

Five days ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire his defense minister set off a wave of spontaneous protests and a general strike that threatened to paralyze the country, … more

By ISABEL DEBRE | 3/31/23

European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarcic speaks during a press conference at the EU headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 31, 2023. Lenarcic said Friday that the European Union will increase its humanitarian assistance to the crisis-struck country, but that more significant long-term aid is contingent on reforms and a deal with the International Monetary Fund. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

EU official says major aid to Lebanon depends on IMF deal

A European Union official visiting Lebanon says the international body will boost its humanitarian assistance to the crisis-stricken country, but that more significant long-term aid depends on … more

By ABBY SEWELL | 3/31/23

Members of the media set up their gear outside the Agostino Gemelli hospital under the rooms on the top floor normally used when a pope is hospitalised, in Rome, Thursday, March 30, 2023, after The Vatican said Pope Francis has been taken there in the afternoon for some scheduled tests. The Vatican provided no details, including how long the 86-year-old pope would remain at Gemelli University Hospital, where he underwent surgery in 2021. But his audiences through Friday were canceled, raising questions about Francis' participation during the Vatican's Holy Week activities starting Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Vatican: Pope spends 2nd night 'serenely' in hospital

The Vatican says Pope Francis has spent his second night in a Rome hospital serenely as he receives antibiotics intravenously to treat bronchitis. A Vatican official indicated on Friday morning that … more

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Sudan state media says 10 workers dead in gold mine collapse

Sudanese authorities say at least 10 people are dead after a gold mine collapsed in northern Sudan. State media reported the workers died after the roof of the Jebel Al-Ahmar gold mine, near the … more

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People stand around a structure built over an old temple well that collapsed Thursday as a large crowd of devotees gathered for the Ram Navami Hindu festival in Indore, India, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Up to 35 people fell into the well in the temple complex when the structure collapsed and were covered by falling debris, police Commissioner Makrand Deoskar said. At least eight were killed. (AP Photo)

Covering over well at Indian temple collapses, killing 35

Thirty-five bodies have been found inside a well after a structure built over it collapsed at a temple in central India where Hindus had gathered to pray at a festival for the widely worshipped deity … more

By ASHOK SHARMA | 3/30/23

FILE - Ira Gavriluk holds her cat as she walks past the corpses of her husband and her brother, who were killed in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, April 4, 2022. The scenes that emerged from this town near Kyiv a year ago after it was retaken from Russian forces have indelibly linked its name to the savagery of war. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

1 year ago, scenes of horror emerged from Ukraine's Bucha

BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — The cratered roads have been repaved and the damaged houses are gradually being repaired. But the scenes that emerged from this town near Kyiv a year ago, after it was retaken … more

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FILE - Cut down trees lie within view of the Cordillera Azul National Park in Peru's Amazon, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Analysis by independent experts and reporting by The Associated Press raise doubts about whether a program to sell carbon credits is delivering on its promise to stop deforestation in the park and balance out carbon emissions by the companies buying the credits. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

‘Gone wrong’: Doubts on carbon-credit program in Peru forest

Expert analysis and reporting by The Associated Press raises doubts about whether a program to sell carbon credits in Peru's Cordillera Azul National Park is delivering on its promise to balance out … more

By ED DAVEY | 3/30/23

Protesters react next to a burning barricade during a mass rally called by the opposition leader Raila Odinga over the high cost of living, in Kibera Slum, Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, March 30, 2023. Police in Kenya are on high alert ahead of the third round of anti-government protests organized by the opposition that has been termed as illegal by the government. Police chief Japheth Koome insists that Thursday protests are illegal but the opposition leader Raila Odinga says Kenyans have a right to demonstrate. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)

Kenya opposition in fresh protests amid government warning

Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinga has led thousands of protesters in a third round of anti-government demonstrations as the interior ministry in charge of police has warned that no more … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 3/30/23

A statue of late Pope St. John Paul II is backdropped by the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, after The Vatican said Pope Francis has been taken there in the afternoon for some scheduled tests. The Vatican provided no details, including how long the 86-year-old pope would remain at Gemelli University Hospital, where he underwent surgery in 2021. But his audiences through Friday were canceled, raising questions about Francis' participation during the Vatican's Holy Week activities starting Sunday.(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Vatican: Pope has good night in hospital despite infection

A Vatican official says Pope Francis has spent a good first night in the hospital after being admitted for a respiratory infection. Further medical updates were expected later Thursday. Francis was … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 3/30/23

A helicopter drops water to extinguish a forest fire in Montanejos, Castellon de la Plana, Spain, March 26, 2023. A prolonged drought after a record-hot 2022 appears to have brought the wildfire season forward and Spanish officials are now bracing for more huge fires. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)

Climate change helps breed springtime wildfires in Spain

Firefighter Manuel Rubio had never seen a blaze like the one that raged for the past week in eastern Spain. The blaze that has burned over 4,600 hectares (11,660 acres) has surprised Rubio and fire … more

By JOSEPH WILSON | 3/30/23

Ana Marina Lopez, wife of Guatemalan migrant Bacilio Sutuj Saravia who died in a fire at a Mexican immigration detention center, cries during an interview at her home in San Martin Jilotepeque, Guatemala, Wednesday, March 29, 2023. According to Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, migrants fearing deportation set mattresses ablaze late Monday at the center, starting a fire that left more than three dozen dead. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Across Latin America, migrant blaze families left reeling

As images of the devastating blaze at an immigration detention center in Mexico consume news broadcasts and social media, families scattered across the Americas are suffering the consequences, … more

SONIA PÉREZ D., MORGAN LEE and CLAUDIO ESCALÓN | 3/30/23

In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Philippine Coast Guard ship trains its hose as it tries to extinguish fire on the MV Lady Mary Joy at Basilan, southern Philippines early Thursday March 30, 2023. Multiple people died and others were missing after an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry with more than 200 passengers and crew onboard caught fire close to midnight in the southern Philippines, a provincial governor said Thursday. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)

Philippine ferry fire leaves 12 dead, at least 7 missing

A ferry carrying about 250 passengers and crew caught fire between Philippine islands and at least 12 people were killed with seven still missing. The governor of the southern island province of … more

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