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Residents of northeastern Syria walk towards the Tishrin Dam to join a sit-in demanding an end to the war in the region in Aleppo's countryside, Syria, Wednesday Jan. 8, 2025. The Tishrin Dam has become a flashpoint in the conflict between Kurdish forces and Turkish-backed armed groups, which has intensified in the weeks since the fall of former Syrian President Bashar Assad in a lightning offensive.(AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

Leaders from rival Kurdish groups look to mend ties during Syria upheaval

The leaders of two previously rival Kurdish groups have met in northern Iraq in an apparent step toward reconciliation at a time when the political upheaval in Syria has left Kurds in the region … more

By STELLA MARTANY and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | 1/16/25

Police guard near the scene where two people were fatally stabbed at a secondary grammar school, center left, in the town of Spisska Stara Ves (Presov region), eastern Slovakia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (Adriana Hudecova/TASR via AP)

Student detained in Slovakia after 2 people fatally stabbed at high school

Officials in Slovakia say an 18-year-old student fatally stabbed two people at a high school. The Slovak rescue service says one other person is in critical condition. The stabbings took place on … more

1/16/25

In this grab taken from CCTV from a Launderette in Maltby, a man fights off a mugger with a pair of trousers, in Maltby, England. (CCTV from a Launderette in Maltby via AP)

'It was either me or him and I won,' British retiree says after beating back mugger

An 84-year-old British man armed only with a pair of trousers beat back a mugger half his age who tried to rob him at a laundry in the north of England. Ron Croker was drying his clothes last week … more

1/16/25

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives Notre Dame du Val-de-Grace church for a public memorial for her father and late far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 in Paris. Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's main far-right party, died on Jan.7, 2025 aged 96. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security

Over 1,000 people attended a memorial ceremony in central Paris for the founder of France’s main far-right party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died last week at the age of 96. The mass took place under … more

1/16/25

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, Pool, File)

Netanyahu says Cabinet won't meet over ceasefire until Hamas backs down from 'last minute crisis'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Thursday his Cabinet won’t meet to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal until Hamas backs down from what it called a “last minute crisis.” … more

1/16/25

FILE- Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally to oppose his impeachment in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. The letters read, "Impeachment is invalid." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

YouTube election fraud conspiracy theories fuel impeached South Korean president and his supporters

Thousands have braved the frigid January weather in Seoul protests, waving South Korean and American flags and shouting vows to protect their embattled conservative hero, the impeached South Korean … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 1/16/25

A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an abandoned gold mine in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Death toll rises to 87 as standoff between police and miners ends in South Africa

Police say the death toll in a monthslong standoff between authorities and miners trapped while working illegally underground at an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87. … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY | 1/16/25

FILE - Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni holds the year-end press conference in Rome, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Italy’s Meloni to leverage strong ties with Trump — but as president whisperer or Trojan horse?

After forging unexpectedly fond ties with President Biden, Italy’s right-wing Premier Giorgia Meloni is poised to leverage a more natural alliance with incoming President Trump that positions her … more

By GIADA ZAMPANO | 1/16/25

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, sits in a car as he heads to a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Kim Sung-min/Yonhap via AP)

Lawyers of detained South Korean president say he will reject questioning by investigators

Lawyers representing South Korea’s impeached president say he will refuse further questioning after being detained by anti-corruption officials over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 1/15/25

FILE - This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

UK says a deal on the Chagos Islands won't be finalized until Trump is consulted

Britain’s government has confirmed that it will not finalize a deal to hand over sovereignty of the contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius until President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 1/15/25

Yifat Zailer shows photos of her cousin, Shiri Bibas, center, her husband Yarden, left, and their sons Ariel, top right, and Kfir, who are being held hostage by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, as she poses for a portrait at home in Herziliyya, Israel, on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Hope and dread as Israelis and Palestinians await a Gaza truce that may not end their suffering

Officials now say they are closer than ever to reaching an agreement to pause the Israel-Hamas war and release hostages held in the Gaza Strip. But even if a deal is reached, the torment experienced … more

By MELANIE LIDMAN, SAM MEDNICK and WAFAA SHURAFA | 1/15/25

78 dead at abandoned South Africa gold mine that was scene of a standoff. Toll is expected to rise

Rescuers and volunteers have pulled at least 78 dead miners and more than 160 survivors from an abandoned South African gold mine. They have languished there for over two months during a standoff … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY | 1/15/25

FILE - This photo released Nov. 5, 2019, by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, shows centrifuge machines in the Natanz uranium enrichment facility in central Iran. (Atomic Energy Organization of Iran via AP, File)

Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives, top official acknowledges

Israel supplied Iran with centrifuge platforms containing explosives for its nuclear enrichment program in an act of sabotage. That's according to a top Iranian official, former foreign minister … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 1/15/25

Preeti Gupta, 40, second right, from Chhattisgarh state sits with her husband and two children on a plastic sheet spread out on the ground where they will spend the night out in the open at the confluence of the Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati rivers on the first day of the 45-day-long Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj, India, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

AP PHOTOS: Tens of millions of Hindu devotees make do with little at Maha Kumbh festival

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — It’s late evening in the city of Prayagraj and the roadside vendors selling snacks are packing up their wares to shut for the night. Under the large fig trees, between two … more

By ASHWINI BHATIA | 1/15/25

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, shakes hands with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Lviv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Zelenskyy visits Poland as sides reach deal on exhuming Polish victims of WWII-era massacres

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Poland after the two countries reached an agreement on a longstanding source of tensions between them: the exhumation of Polish victims of World … more

1/15/25

FILE- Bangladesh's former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson Khaleda Zia, center, leaves after a court appearance in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad, File)

Bangladesh Supreme Court acquits ex-Prime Minister Zia, clearing the way for her to run in elections

Bangladesh’s Supreme Court has acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the last corruption case against her, paving the way for her to run in elections that an interim government says will … more

By JULHAS ALAM | 1/15/25

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (Korea Pool via AP)

A look at the events that led up to the detention of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained after a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound that ended a weeks-long stand-off between his bodyguards and the … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 1/15/25

FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Australia's prime minister demands Russia explain what happened to Australian POW

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will take the “strongest action possible” if Russia has harmed an Australian who was taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine. … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 1/14/25

Members of Mexico's National Guard patrol the streets where five people were killed the day before, in Huitzilac, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

5 killed in Mexican town caught between battling criminal groups

Schools and some businesses were closed in the town of Huitzilac, south of Mexico's capital, and few people walked the streets, hours after five people were gunned down on the same street where … more

By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ | 1/14/25

Police officers stand in front of the gate of the presidential residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

South Korean authorities arrive at residence of impeached president for 2nd attempt to detain him

South Korean law enforcement authorities have arrived at impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s official residence in the capital Seoul. They're there to begin their second attempt to detain him over … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 1/14/25