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Australian Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Tim Watts, center, carries a wreath during the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Bali bombing that killed 202 people, mostly foreign tourists, including 88 Australians and seven Americans, at the Australian Consulate in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. Services were held simultaneously in several places in Australia and at Bali's Australian Consulate in the city of Denpasar, where Australian survivors and relatives of the deceased were among the 200 in attendance to pay tribute to their loved ones who died in the most popular tourist area on the island two decades ago. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati, Pool)

20 years after Bali bombings, 'the ache does not dim'

People affected by the 2002 Bali bombings gathered on the Indonesian resort island to commemorate 20 years since the blasts that killed 202 people. Most of the dead were foreign tourists, including … more

By EDNA TARIGAN and ROD McGUIRK | 10/11/22

Patients with cholera symptoms sit in an observation center at a cholera clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Concerns grow as cholera spreads through Haiti's prisons

A nonprofit organization is calling on Haiti’s government to release certain inmates amid a swift rise in cholera cases throughout the country’s severely crowded prison system. Health through … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 10/11/22

A Venezuelan flag hangs at a home full of mud where the search for bodies continues after flooding Las Tejerias, Venezuela, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. A fatal landslide fueled by flooding and days of torrential rain swept through this town in central Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)G

Venezuela expands search for the missing after deadly slide

Rescue workers in Venezuela are clearing rocks and mud from the streets of a north-central city that was hit by a massive landslide three days earlier. They are also expanding their search for any … more

By JORGE RUEDA and JUAN ARRAEZ | 10/11/22

King Charles III feeds carrots to horses as he attends a reception to thank the community of Aberdeenshire for their organisation and support following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at Station Square, the Victoria & Albert Halls, Ballater, United Kingdom, Tuesday Oct. 11, 2022. (Andrew Milligan/pool photo via AP)

King Charles III to be crowned May 6 next year, palace says

King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey on May 6 in a ceremony that will embrace the past but look to the modern world after the 70-year reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II. … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 10/11/22

Lesotho business mogul Sam Matekane attends an election rally in Maseru, Lesotho, Friday, May, 27, 2022. Matekane's upstart party, Revolution for Prosperity has won 56 of the 120 constituencies in the general elections, in Lesotho, announced Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Silence Charumbira)

Lesotho's election winner announces new coalition government

Lesotho’s businessman-turned-politician Sam Matekane of the Revolution for Prosperity party is set to become the southern African country’s next prime minister after cobbling together a … more

By HERBERT MOYO | 10/11/22

FILE - This image distributed on June 8, 2020, by Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police), shows a man identified as Christian Brueckner, at the time of his arrest in 2018, under an international warrant for drug trafficking and on charges of other crimes. German prosecutors on Tuesday Oct. 11, 2022 charged a 45-year-old German man, who is also a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, with several sexual offenses he is alleged to have committed in Portugal between 2000 and 2017. (Carabinieri via AP, File)

German suspect in McCann case charged in separate assaults

German prosecutors have charged a 45-year-old German man, who is also a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, with several sexual offenses he is alleged to have committed … more

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | 10/11/22

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks as he meets the media during a press conference at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

NATO to hold nuclear exercise despite Russian warnings

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the military alliance will push ahead with long-planned nuclear exercises next week. NATO's chief said Tuesday that it's important to do this despite … more

By LORNE COOK | 10/11/22

Women's rights group members protest outside the Johannesburg Magistrates court in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. A 21-year-old male has appeared in the court in connection with the discovery of six bodies at a car repair workshop in the city. (AP Photo1

Man in South Africa charged with murder after 6 bodies found

A 21-year-old male has appeared in a South African court in connection with the discovery of six bodies at a car repair workshop in Johannesburg. The victims are believed to have been sex workers and … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 10/11/22

FILE - Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), presents the report "2021 State of Climate Services: Water", during press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on Oct. 5, 2021. The head of the U.N. weather agency says the war in Ukraine “may be seen as a blessing” from a climate perspective because it is accelerating the development of and investment in green energies over the longer term — even though fossil fuels are being used at a time of high demand now. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Weather chief: Ukraine war may be 'blessing' for climate

The head of the U.N. weather agency says the war in Ukraine “may be seen as a blessing” from a climate perspective because it is accelerating the development of and investment in green energies … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 10/11/22

In this photo provided by the Armed Forces of Denmark, a view the disturbance in the water above the gas leak, in the Baltic Sea, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Following the suspected sabotage this week of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines that carry Russian natural gas to Europe, there were two leaks off Sweden, including a large one above North Stream 1, and a smaller one above North Stream 2. (Rune Dyrholm/Armed Forces of Denmark via AP)

Swedes refuse Russian request for pipeline probe info

Sweden says it will not give information regarding gas leaks in the Baltic Sea to Russia because of Swedish investigative confidentiality. Last month, undersea explosions ruptured two pipelines and … more

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FILE - Pope John XXIII stands and prays in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Oct. 12, 1962, during a special audience to delegates from foreign governments to the ecumenical council. Pope Francis commemorates the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council by celebrating a Mass in honor of St. John XXIII, the “good pope” who convened the landmark meetings that modernized the Catholic Church. (AP Photo/File)

Pope marks 60th anniversary of Second Vatican Council

Pope Francis is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the landmark meetings that brought the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church into the modern era. Francis is … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 10/11/22

Relatives of the victims of a mass killing attack gather for Buddhist ceremony inside Wat Rat Samakee temple in Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. A former police officer burst into a day care center in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers before shooting more people as he fled. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Thai day care massacre victims prepared for funeral rites

Families have gathered at Buddhist temples in rural northeastern Thailand for the start of a shared cremation ceremony that marks an end to three days of funeral rites. The gun and knife attack … more

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA | 10/11/22

FILE - Flame and smoke rise from the Crimean Bridge connecting Russian mainland and the Crimean peninsula over the Kerch Strait, in Kerch, Crimea, Oct. 8, 2022. Russian authorities say a truck bomb has caused a fire and the partial collapse of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia. Three people have been killed. The bridge is a key supply artery for Moscow's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. (AP Photo/File)

Kremlin war hawks demand more devastating strikes on Ukraine

Moscow’s barrage of missile strikes on cities across Ukraine has elicited celebratory comments from Russian officials and pro-Kremlin pundits, who in recent weeks have actively criticized the … more

By DASHA LITVINOVA | 10/11/22

Erika Quintero stands in her home that was damaged after a landslide and flood ripped through Las Tejerias in Venezuela, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. The fatal landslide was fueled by days of torrential rain and floods that swept through this town in central Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Tales of survival emerge as Venezuela landslide toll hits 34

Rescue workers using drones and trained dogs are searching for survivors following a massive landslide in central Venezuela, as the death toll rose to 34 and residents described harrowing tales of … more

By MATÍAS DELACROIX and JUAN PABLO ARRÁEZ | 10/10/22

Soldiers stand guard under the rain near a cross that decorates a road in Comasagua, El Salvador, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. At least five soldiers died on Monday nearby when the wall of a home collapsed as they were sheltering from the rain while deployed to crackdown on gang activity. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

19 dead as Julia drenches Central America with rainfall

Former hurricane Julia has dissipated, but is drenching Guatemala and El Salvador with rain after reemerging in the Pacific. Julia is believed to have directly or indirectly caused the deaths of 19 … more

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In this photo released by National Emergency Management Agency, a woman cries as she stand on a flooded street following a boat accident in Anambra, Nigeria, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Seventy-six people are missing after a boat capsized in a flooded community in Nigeria's southeast Anambra state, emergency officials told the Associated Press on Monday. (National Emergency Management Agency via AP)

Boat capsizes amid floods in southeast Nigeria; 76 missing

Officials in southeastern Nigeria say that 76 people including many women and children are missing after a boat capsized in the region. Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency told The … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 10/10/22

Party members celebrate Lesotho's business mogul Sam Matekane's upstart party, Revolution for Prosperity after winning 56 of the 120 constituencies in the general elections, in Maseru, Lesotho, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022. The results were announced by the Independent Electoral Commission on Monday afternoon. (AP Photo/Silence Charumbira)

Upstart party wins in Lesotho polls, must form coalition

Lesotho business mogul Sam Matekane’s upstart party, Revolution for Prosperity, has won 56 of the 120 constituencies in the general elections. The results were announced by the Independent … more

By HERBERT MOYO | 10/10/22

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies claims to show unidentified military forces mobilized in the town of Sheraro, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. New satellite imagery shows military mobilization in Sheraro, which a humanitarian worker this month described to the AP as being targeted by deadly shelling that caused tens of thousands of people to flee. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Ethiopia's Tigray forces say Eritreans widen war offensive

Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels say Eritrea has extended its offensive into their region, as diplomats scramble to convene peace talks to resolve the almost two-year-long conflict. In a statement Monday, … more

Associated Press | 10/10/22

This court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook shows Lucy Letby appearing in the dock at Manchester Crown Court, in Manchester, England, Monday Oct. 10, 2022. Letby, 32, has been charged with murder in the deaths of five baby boys and two girls, and the attempted murder of five boys and five girls, while she worked at the Countess of Chester Hospital in northwest England between 2015 and 2016. (Elizabeth Cook/PA via AP)

UK prosecutor: Nurse poisoned 2 babies with insulin

A British prosecutor says a hospital neonatal nurse accused of killing seven babies and trying to kill 10 others poisoned two infants deliberately with insulin. Lucy Letby has been charged with … more

10/10/22

FILE- Fighters from the United Liberation Movement of Liberia (ULIMO) shoot their way through downtown Monrovia, LIberia Tuesday, April 16, 1996. A former Liberian rebel is going on trial Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, in Paris, on charges of crimes against humanity, torture and acts of barbarism during the West African country's civil war in the 1990s. (AP Photo/Jean-Marc Bouju, File)

Paris trial opens over crimes against humanity in Liberia

A former Liberian rebel is going on trial in Paris on charges of crimes against humanity, torture and acts of barbarism during the West African country’s civil war in the 1990s. Kunti Kamara is … more

By SYLVIE CORBET and JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH | 10/10/22