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Denmark's Foreign Minister Lars Locke Rasmussen, left, and his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor meet in Pretoria, South Africa, Tuesday March 5, 2024. The two met for political consultation on Rasmussen two-day visit to the country. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

South Africa's foreign minister says citizens fighting with Israeli forces in Gaza will be arrested

South Africa’s foreign minister says her country’s citizens who fight in the Israeli armed forces or alongside them in Gaza will be arrested when they return home. Her comments deepen the rift … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 3/13/24

FILE -In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Nicholas Hawkins, signals an MV-22 Osprey to land on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea on May 17, 2019. The military has greenlighted its Osprey to return to flight, three months after a part failure led to the deaths of eight service members in a crash in Japan in November. Naval Air Systems Command announced it on Friday. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Amber Smalley/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

US and Japanese forces to resume Osprey flights in Japan following fatal crash

Japanese officials say the U.S. and Japanese militaries will resume flights of Osprey aircraft in Japan after completing necessary maintenance and training following a fatal crash last November. The … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 3/13/24

South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lim Soo-suk speaks during a briefing on a South Korean citizen arrested in Russia at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A South Korean citizen arrested in Russia earlier this year on suspicion of spying is to remain in custody until mid-June, Russia's state news agency Tass said Monday. (Hwang Gwang-mo/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean held in Russia on espionage allegation is missionary helping the needy, his group says

A South Korean Christian aid group says that a South Korean national held in Russia on an espionage allegation is one of its missionaries dispatched there to support the needy and spread the gospel. … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 3/13/24

FILE - Then-Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott addresses anti-Brexit supporters in London, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019. A major Conservative donor in Britain came under fire Tuesday, March 12, 2024, after he reportedly said a Black member of Parliament made him “want to hate all Black women” and she “should be shot.” The remarks by Frank Hester, chief executive of healthcare software firm The Phoenix Partnership, about Diane Abbott, the first Black woman elected to Parliament, were blasted by opposition parties who said the Tories should return the 10 million pounds ($12.8 million) he donated last year. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

UK's Conservatives say the party's biggest donor made racist comments, but they will keep his money

A minister in Britain’s Conservative government says the party does not plan to give back 10 million pounds ($12.8 million) it received in the past year from a donor who made comments that have … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 3/13/24

FILE - Russia's Leonid Volkov, Chief of staff for the 2018 presidential election for Alexei Navalny's campaign, looks on, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Dec. 15, 2021. Associates of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny reported on Tuesday night that the politician’s close ally and top strategist was attacked near his home in Lithuania. Navalny’s spokesman Kira Yarmysh said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Volkov’s car, sprayed tear gas into his eyes and started hitting him with a hammer. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File)

Ally of late Navalny accuses 'Putin’s henchmen' of attacking him in Lithuania, vows not to give up

Leonid Volkov, the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s close associate and top strategist, has Wednesday Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “henchmen” of being behind a brutal … more

By LIUDAS DAPKUS | 3/13/24

FILE- Rabbi Abraham Cooper, center, of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, speaks in front of civic and faith leaders outside City Hall, Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia over officials in the kingdom ordering a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public, highlighting the religious tensions still present in the wider Middle East. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

US-mandated religious freedom group ends Saudi trip early after rabbi ordered to remove his kippah

A U.S. Congress-mandated group cut short a fact-finding mission to Saudi Arabia after officials in the kingdom ordered a Jewish rabbi to remove his kippah in public. The March 5 incident highlights … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 3/13/24

The top strategist of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania's capital

Associates of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny reported on Tuesday night that the politician’s close ally and top strategist was attacked near his home in Lithuania. Navalny’s spokesman … more

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Police patrols outside a bus terminal where police say a gunman wounded two people and took 17 others hostage aboard a bus, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Rio police release 17 hostages from a gunman on a bus, at least 2 wounded

Brazilian police have released 17 hostages from a gunman that took over a crowded bus in Rio de Janeiro and wounded at least two people. The suspect was arrested at the scene, police said Tuesday. … more

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FILE - Empty boats used by migrants are moored at the port of Arguineguin in the Canary island of Gran Canaria, Spain, on Nov. 21, 2021. Spanish maritime rescuers say they have pulled 38 people alive and recovered two bodies from a migrant boat that was trying to reach the Canary Islands. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

At least 7 are dead and 38 are rescued after a migrant boat was found near Spain's Canary Islands

Spanish maritime rescuers and the Red Cross say two bodies have been found in a migrant boat making the risky but increasingly popular voyage from West Africa toward Spain’s Canary Islands. … more

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A Russian military transport plane with 15 people on board has crashed on takeoff, officials say

The Russian Defense Ministry says a military transport plane with 15 people on board has crashed while taking off from an air base in western Russia. It says the Il-76 aircraft with eight crew and … more

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Key Chinese finance and economy officials look on as journalists raise their hands to ask questions at a press conference on the sideline of the National People's Congress in Beijing, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Some of the most closely watched press conferences happen during China's meeting of its ceremonial legislature. The meeting is a rare opportunity to directly engage with officials, yet the space for that engagement is shrinking. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese legislature's meetings return, but the limited openness they once had is gone

Some of the most closely watched news conferences happen during China's annual meetings of its ceremonial legislature. The sessions are a rare opportunity to engage directly with officials, yet the … more

By HUIZHONG WU | 3/12/24

Zaniar Matapour in Oslo courthouse Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The trial has begun in Norway for a man accused of aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo’s nightlife district. Two people were killed and nine seriously wounded in the shooting in June 2022. The prosecutor says the Norwegian citizen originally from Iran had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State group. (Lise Åserud/NTB Scanpix via AP)

A trial begins in Norway of a man accused of a deadly shooting at a LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo

The trial has begun in Norway for a man accused of aggravated terrorism for the deadly shooting at an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo’s nightlife district. Two people were killed and nine seriously wounded … more

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Balinese Hindus participate in a purification ceremony during sunrise on Melasti at Padanggala beach in Bali, Indonesia on Friday, March 8, 2024. Melasti is a day leading up to the New Year where Balinese Hindus perform rituals as an act of symbolic cleansing. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

AP PHOTOS: Balinese celebrate New Year with firefights, sword-piercing and a sacred Day of Silence

DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Airports closed for 24 hours, the internet was turned off and streets were empty as the predominantly Hindu island of Bali in Muslim-majority Indonesia marked its New … more

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI | 3/12/24

FILE - Chinese Literature Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan, center, leaves following a panel discussion at the Beijing International Book Fair in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017. Mo Yan, one of China's most celebrated authors, who won the country's first Nobel Prize for literature and was once praised by top officials, is now at a center of a nationalist storm, indicating the shifting lines for freedom of expression under Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Chinese Nobel-winning author targeted in patriotic lawsuit

His writing won China’s first Nobel Prize for Literature, but is it patriotic enough for Xi Jinping’s China? That’s the question at the center of a high-profile lawsuit that has driven a debate … more

By SIMINA MISTREANU | 3/12/24

In this photo provided Tuesday, March 12, 2024, by the Iranian Army, an Iranian military boat patrols as a warship enters the Iranian waters prior to start of a joint naval drill of Iran, Russia and China in the Indian Ocean. Iran has stepped up its military cooperation with Beijing and Moscow in response to regional tensions with the United States, including by supplying military drones to Russia before the European nation invaded Ukraine in 2022. (Iranian Army via AP)

Iran, Russia and China show off their ships in a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman

China, Iran and Russia have begun a joint naval drill in the Gulf of Oman, a crucial waterway near the mouth of the Persian Gulf. Footage aired Tuesday by Chinese state television and a video … more

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Students protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. India has implemented a controversial citizenship law that has been widely criticized for excluding Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. The Citizenship Amendment Act provides a fast track to naturalization for Hindus, Parsis, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Christians who fled to Hindu-majority India from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan before Dec. 31, 2014. Banner in Assamese reads, "we will not accept CAA " (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

India's new citizenship law excludes Muslims. Why?

India has implemented a controversial citizenship law that has been widely criticized for excluding Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s … more

By SHEIKH SAALIQ | 3/12/24

FILE - Norway's King Harald V leaves the hall after the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2022. Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, who was hospitalized while traveling in Malaysia, is getting a permanent pacemaker on Tuesday, the palace said, adding the monarch will folowingly remain in hospital for a new days. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Europe's oldest monarch, the ailing King Harald V of Norway, gets a permanent pacemaker

Europe’s oldest monarch, Norwegian King Harald V is getting a permanent pacemaker. The palace said Tuesday the monarch will undergo surgery at an Oslo university hospital and remain there for a few … more

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FILE - Andrew Tate, right, and his brother Tristan leave the tribunal in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Online influencer Andrew Tate was detained in Romania and handed an arrest warrant issued by British authorities, his spokesperson said Tuesday, March 12. Tate, 37, and his brother Tristan Tate were detained Monday evening on allegations of sexual aggression in a U.K. case dating back to 2012-2015, spokesperson Mateea Petrescu said. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Online influencer Andrew Tate detained in Romania, handed UK arrest warrant, his spokesperson says

Online influencer Andrew Tate has been detained in Romania and handed an arrest warrant issued by British authorities. His spokesperson says Tate and his brother Tristan Tate were detained on … more

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Medical workers walk inside a general hospital in Incheon, South Korea, Monday, March 11, 2024. South Korea's government expressed deep regret over the news that some senior doctors could join the protracted walkouts by thousands of junior doctors, saying Tuesday, March 12, the people won’t understand another collective action that threatens the lives of patients.(Lim Soon-seok/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea criticizes senior doctors who are joining their juniors in a prolonged walkout

South Korea’s government criticized senior doctors at a major hospital for threatening to resign in support of the weekslong walkouts by thousands of medical interns and residents that have … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 3/12/24

Muslim women read the Quran while waiting for the time to break their fast during the first day of Ramadan at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Ramadan kicks off in much of Asia, a day after most of the Middle East

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, began at sunrise Tuesday in much of Asia, a day after many Muslims in the Middle East began their fasts. In the Muslim … more

By NINIEK KARMINI | 3/12/24