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Swiss seniors are protesting outside the European Court of Human Rights Wednesday, March 29, 2023 in Strasbourg, eastern France. A group of Swiss seniors are taking their government to the European Court of Human Rights to demand more action on climate change which, they say, is seriously affecting their lives. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

Swiss seniors take government to European court over climate

Swiss pensioners are taking their government to a top European court over what they claim is its failure to take stronger action on climate change. Lawyers and members of the group Senior Women for … more

3/29/23

Local NGO prepare Iftar food for internally displaced people in a camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia, Friday, March 24, 2023. This year's holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

Some in dry Somalia break Ramadan fast with little but water

This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in Somalia. As the sun sets and Muslims around the world gather to break their daily fasts with generous dinners, … more

By OMAR FARUK | 3/29/23

Girls stand in their classroom on the first day of the new school year, in Kabul, Saturday, March 25, 2023. The new Afghan educational year started, but high school remained closed for girls for the second year after Taliban returned to power in 2021. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Calls mount for Taliban to free girls' education activist

A top US diplomat says the Taliban must free detained Afghanistan activists, following the arrest of a girls’ education advocate. Matiuallah Wesa, the founder and president of Pen Path, a local … more

3/29/23

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on March 19, 2023. Netanyahu on Wednesday, March 29, rebuffed President Joe Biden's suggestion that the premier “walks away” from a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system, saying the country makes its own decisions. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israeli PM, Biden exchange frosty words over legal overhaul

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel makes its own decisions, rebuffing President Joe Biden’s suggestion that that the premier drop a contentious plan to overhaul the legal system. … more

By ILAN BEN ZION | 3/29/23

A man holding an umbrella walks past a Jewish restaurant that Greek officials believe was one of the targets of a planned terrorist attack, in central Athens, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Greek police said Tuesday they have arrested two terrorism suspects with Pakistani origin, who had been planning attacks in the country aimed at causing mass casualties. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece: 2 held in alleged plot to attack Jewish restaurant

Police in Greece say two men accused of planning an extremist attack on a Jewish restaurant in Athens and possibly other targets that would produce mass civilian casualties have been arrested. The … more

By DEREK GATOPOULOS and COSTAS KANTOURIS | 3/28/23

FILE - Homeless people sleep in the shade of an overpass to beat the heat wave in New Delhi, May 20, 2022. Indian authorities need more resources and better preparation to deal with searing heat particularly for the most vulnerable communities around the country, a New Delhi-based think tank said. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

India's warm weather plans can't take the heat, report says

With temperatures set to soar next month, Indian authorities need more resources and better preparation to deal with searing heat particularly for the most vulnerable communities around the country, … more

By SIBI ARASU | 3/28/23

Police officers stand at the entrance of an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon, Portugal, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. Portuguese police have shot a man suspected of stabbing two people to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon. Authorities said police were called to the center late Tuesday morning where they encountered a suspect armed with a large knife. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Portugal: 2 dead, several injured in Muslim center stabbing

Portuguese police have shot a man suspected of stabbing two women to death at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon. Ismaili community leader Narzim Ahmad told Portuguese TV channel S.I.C. that the … more

3/28/23

In this handout photo released by Roscosmos State Space Corporation, The uncrewed Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft undocks from the International Space Station before heading back to Earth on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Roscosmos State Space Corporation via AP)

Uncrewed Russian spacecraft that leaked coolant lands safely

A Russian spacecraft has safely returned to Earth without a crew months after suffering a coolant leak in orbit. The Soyuz MS-22 crew capsule leaked coolant in December while attached to the … more

3/28/23

FILE - Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda" and is credited with saving more than 1,000 people by sheltering them at the hotel he managed during the genocide, attends a court hearing in Kigali, Rwanda, Friday Feb. 26, 2021. Rwanda's government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial. Government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo told The Associated Press on Friday, March 24, 2023, that the 25-year sentence was commuted by presidential order after a request for clemency. (AP Photo/Muhizi Olivier, File)

Freed 'Hotel Rwanda' hero in Qatar, heading to family in US

The man who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” and was freed by Rwanda last week from a terrorism sentence has arrived in Qatar on his way to reuniting with family in the United States. A U.S. … more

By CARA ANNA | 3/28/23

A man walks through a solar plant, an Adani Group project, in Ramanapeta, in the Indian southern state of Telangana, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Gautam Adani and his companies lost tens of billions of dollars and the stock for his green energy companies have plummeted. Despite Adani's renewable energy targets accounting for 10% of India's clean energy goals, some analysts say Adani's woes won't likely hurt India's energy transition. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Do Adani's woes matter for India's clean energy transition?

Gautam Adani and his companies lost tens of billions of dollars and their stock plummeted after the businesses were accused of fraud and stock price manipulation. Despite Adani’s renewable energy … more

By SIBI ARASU and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL | 3/27/23

A soldier checks the identification of youths on the main street of La Campanera neighborhood in Soyapango, El Salvador, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Here in La Campanera, once one of the most bloody neighborhoods of the country, police and soldiers demand men strip off their shirts to examine their bodies for tattoos, and flip through deeds or energy bills for any evidence to show they weren’t part of Barrio 18, the gang that once dominated the zone. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

El Salvador marks its first year under anti-gang crackdown

The Central American nation of El Salvador has finished a full year under anti-gang emergency measures that were originally supposed to last only a month. Monday was the the first anniversary of … more

3/27/23

Homes are destroyed after a deadly landslide that buried dozens of homes in Alausi, Ecuador, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)

Landslide in Ecuador kills at least 16, with dozens missing

A massive landslide has swept over an Andean community in central Ecuador, burying dozens of homes, killing at least 16 people and sending rescuers on a frantic search for survivors. Ecuador’s Risk … more

By PATRICIA OLEAS and CESAR OLMOS | 3/27/23

The result of the vote on the approval of the admission of Finland to NATO is seen on a screen at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, March 27, 2023. Hungary’s parliament has approved Finland’s bid to join NATO, ending months of delays and bringing the Nordic country one step closer to becoming a full member of the Western military alliance. Hungarian lawmakers on Monday voted 182 for and only six against with no abstentions. (Attila Kovacs/MTI via AP)

Hungarian parliament approves Finland’s bid to join NATO

Hungary’s parliament has approved Finland’s bid to join NATO, ending months of delays and bringing the Nordic country one step closer to becoming a full member of the Western military alliance. … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE | 3/27/23

European Council President Charles Michel, left, arrives with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis for joint statements at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

EU Council chief vows support, ammunition for Ukraine

European Council President Charles Michel has pledged to continue supporting Ukraine against Russian aggression “for as long as necessary,” adding that EU leaders will “massively ramp up” … more

Associated Press | 3/27/23

Chaloka Beyani, member of the Fact-Finding Mission, speaks to the media ahead of presenting the findings of the final report, at the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council during a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 27, 2023. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UN-backed probe cites crimes against humanity in Libya

U.N.-backed human rights experts say there is evidence that crimes against humanity — including women being forced into sexual slavery — have been committed against Libyans and migrants in the … more

By JAMEY KEATEN and SAMY MAGDY | 3/27/23

FILE - A man thought to be a migrant who made the crossing from France disembarks after being picked up in the Channel by a British border force vessel in Dover, south east England, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. The British government pushed its contentious migration bill forward in Parliament on Monday, March 27, 2023 even as Europe’s top human rights organization urged lawmakers to block the legislation. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

UK pushes on with asylum law despite rights group opposition

The British government is pushing its contentious migration bill forward in Parliament, despite a call from Europe’s top human rights organization to block the legislation. The Illegal Migration … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 3/27/23

Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plan outside the parliament in Jerusalem, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

How Netanyahu judicial plan sparked massive unrest in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed judicial overhaul has unleashed the most intense social unrest in Israel in decades. Tens of thousands of people have repeatedly taken to the streets … more

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and TIA GOLDENBERG | 3/27/23

An injured man stands next to the burned car after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Russian shelling of Ukraine city kills 2, wounds 29 people

Officials in Ukraine say two people were killed and 29 wounded when Russian forces shelled the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, in the partially occupied eastern Donetsk region. Video footage of the … more

By KARL RITTER | 3/27/23

FILE - Small pieces of ice float in the water in Nuuk Fjord, Greenland, June 15, 2019. Like most European nations, Greenland switched over to daylight saving time on March 25, 2023, moving their clocks one hour forward. But they observed the seasonal ritual for the last time. When most of Europe and the United States fall back an hour again in the fall, Greenlanders won’t. (AP Photo/Keith Virgo, File)

Greenland to stay in daylight saving time forever

Residents of Greenland have switched to daylight saving time and moved their clocks one hour forward for the very last time. Unlike most of Europe, Greenlanders will leave their clocks untouched come … more

3/27/23

Ethic Rohingya women and children rest inside a mosque that is turned into a temporary shelter after they land in Kuala Matang Peulawi, Aceh province, Indonesia, Monday, March 27, 2023. More than 180 Rohingya Muslims arrived weak and hungry in the early morning in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh, an official said Monday. (AP Photo/Hafiza)

More than 180 Rohingya refugees arrive on Indonesian beach

More than 180 disoriented Rohingya Muslims, some of whom need medical attention, have arrived in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh. One refugee said a boat carried them from Bangladesh … more

By RAHMAT MIRZA | 3/27/23