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In this photo taken from video released by Russian Investigative Committee on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, Russian Investigative Committee employee walks in a place with wreckage of the Russian military Il-76 plane crashed area near Yablonovo, Belgorod region of Russia, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (Russian Investigative Committee via AP)

Ukraine says there's no evidence for Russia's claim that dozens of POWs died in a plane crash

Officials in Ukraine say Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that their own forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war who were to be … more

By The Associated Press | 1/27/24

A National Police officer patrols an intersection in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. A court in Kenya on Friday blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Haitians suffering gang violence are desperate after Kenyan court blocks police force deployment

People across Haiti are wondering what awaits them after a court in Kenya blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. Uncertainty and … more

By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON | 1/27/24

Gad Partok, 93, a Tunisian-born Holocaust survivor, poses for a portrait in his home in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. He never thought he'd have to relive the horrors of the Nazi onslaught that claimed the lives of his father and two brothers.Then, on Oct. 7, he watched on TV from his living room as Israeli news channels played videos of Hamas militants tearing through communities just a few kilometers (miles) from where he lives. He took cover as rocket fire from Gaza pounded Ashkelon, the southern Israeli city he moved to after emigrating from Tunisia in 1947 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Israeli Holocaust survivor says the Oct. 7 Hamas attack revived childhood trauma

Holocaust survivor Gad Partok never thought he'd live to see horrors like the ones he witnessed as a young boy in Tunisia when Nazis invaded his town and killed many of his neighbors. But the … more

By ALON BERNSTEIN and JULIA FRANKEL | 1/27/24

A rabbi say prayers on the eve of the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops , at the Monument to the Heroes of the Ghetto, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday Jan. 26, 2024. Main ceremonies with the participation of a handful of survivors are to take place at the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial place on Saturday, Jan. 27, which is also the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Nazi death camp survivors mark 79th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation on Holocaust Remembrance Day

A group of survivors of Nazi death camps will mark the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony in southern Poland. Some 20 survivors … more

1/27/24

Lawyers react as Justice Chacha Mwita delivers judgement on a petition against the deployment of Kenyan forces to Haiti, at Milimani court in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. A Kenyan court on Friday blocked the deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti, to help the Caribbean nation deal with gang violence. "A declaration is issued that the National Security Council has no mandate to deploy the National Police Service," Justice Chacha ruled. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenya's high court rules that deploying nation's police officers to Haiti is unconstitutional

Kenya’s high court has blocked the U.N.-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control. High Court Judge Chacha Mwita ruled on … more

By TOM ODULA | 1/26/24

Farmers gather at a bonfire as they block a roundabout in Fontainebleau, south of Paris, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024 in Paris. Snowballing protests by French farmers crept closer to Paris with tractors driving in convoys and blocking roads in many regions of the country to ratchet up pressure for government measures to protect the influential agricultural sector from foreign competition, red tape, rising costs and poverty-levels of pay for the worst-off producers. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Protesting farmers heap pressure on new French prime minister ahead of hotly anticipated measures

Protesting farmers have shut down stretches of major French highways again, using their tractors to block and slow traffic to press their demands that growing and rearing food should be made easier … more

1/26/24

FILE - Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 14, 2023. An estimated 320 journalists around the world were imprisoned because of their work toward the end of 2023. That's from the Committee to Protect Journalists, which on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024 issued its annual census as of Dec. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, file)

An American reporter jailed in Russia loses his appeal, meaning he'll stay in jail through March

Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained on espionage charges, lost an appeal Friday against his arrest, Russian state news agencies reported. That means he will stay in jail … more

1/26/24

In this photo released by the Government Spokesman Office, Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, left, talks with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. (Government Spokesman Office via AP)

US national security adviser will meet Chinese foreign minister as the rivals seek better ties

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Bangkok, Thailand, officials from both countries said. The exact schedule for their talks was not … more

1/26/24

A Chinese high-speed train moves across a bridge over the Mekong River, north of the Laotian city of Luang Prabang on Dec. 12, 2023. Laos has grown increasingly beholden to its giant neighbor to the north with massive amounts of debt to Chinese state banks for multiple infrastructure projects, including a new high-speed rail line across the country, said Muhammad Faizal, with the Institute of Defense and Strategic studies at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. (AP Photo/David Rising)

Tensions simmering in the South China Sea and violence in Myanmar as Laos takes over ASEAN chair

Simmering tensions in the South China Sea. Coordinated attacks on the military run government that seized control of Myanmar. It's with this backdrop that Laos, the poorest country in the Association … more

By DAVID RISING | 1/26/24

FILE - View of the Peace Palace which houses World Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Sept. 19, 2023. Israel is sending top legal minds, including a Holocaust survivor, to The Hague this week to counter allegations that it is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

The top UN court is set to issue a preliminary ruling in South Africa's genocide case against Israel

Israel is set to hear whether the United Nations’ top court will order it to end its military offensive in Gaza during a case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide. The International … more

By MIKE CORDER | 1/26/24

Neenan Simpson tends a smoldering fire that will be used for a smoking ceremony at an Indigenous Australians protest during Australia Day in Sydney, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Thousands of Australians protest on the anniversary of British colonization of their country amid fierce debate over whether the increasingly polarizing national holiday dubbed "Australia Day" should be moved to another date. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australians protest British colonization on a national holiday some mark as 'Invasion Day'

Thousands of Australians protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country with large crowds urging for Australia Day to be moved and for a day of mourning on the holiday some call … more

1/25/24

People gather to take part in a protest against a government plan to amend the penal code in Bratislava, on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The changes proposed by the three-party coalition government include a proposal to abolish a special prosecutors' office, which handles serious crimes such as graft, organized crime and extremism. (Pavol Zachar/TASR via AP)

Thousands protest in Slovakia against plan to amend penal code and close special prosecutor's office

Thousands of people have joined growing protests across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the penal code and eliminate a special prosecutors’ office. Earlier … more

1/25/24

FILE - Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong speaks during a bilateral meeting in Manila, Philippines on March 24, 2023. North Korea said Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, it was hosting a visit by a Chinese government delegation led by Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, as it continues its efforts to strengthen ties with Beijing and Moscow in the face of deepening confrontations with Washington. (Francis Malasig/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Chinese foreign minister visits North Korea in latest diplomacy between countries

North Korea says it's hosting a Chinese government delegation led by Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong, as it continues its efforts to strengthen ties with Beijing and Moscow. State media said … more

By JIWON SONG | 1/25/24

Efruz surfs on the front of the board of his caretaker Mauro Canella in San Bartolo, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Meet Efruz, the Jack Russell terrier that loves to surf the waves of Peru

Little Efruz balances himself on the front of the surfboard as waves foam around him and his companion as they skim over the Pacific waters off Peru. Efruz is a 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier and he … more

1/25/24

FILE - Alexandre Ramagem, the director of Brazil's intelligence agency ABIN, arrives for the ceremony presenting the National Vaccination Plan Against COVID-19 at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Dec. 16, 2020. Ramagem is among those targeted by search warrants police carried out the morning of Jan. 25, 2024 as part of a probe into alleged spying on political opponents under former President Jair Bolsonaro, according to an officer with knowledge of the operations. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil's police investigate Bolsonaro's intelligence boss over alleged political spying

Court records show that Brazil’s federal police are investigating the country’s former intelligence chief as part of a wider probe into alleged spying on political opponents under former … more

By DIANE JEANTET | 1/25/24

Turkish lawmakers from Toplumsal Ozgurluk or Social Freedom party, foreground left, and Sosyalist Dayanisma Platformu or Socialist Solidarity Platform hold posters that read in Turkish: "No occupation, no war for Nato!" during the debate of Sweden's bid to join NATO at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Turkish legislators on Tuesday endorsed Sweden's membership in NATO, lifting a major hurdle on the previously nonaligned country's entry into the military alliance. (AP Photo/Ali Unal)

Turkey formally ratifies Sweden's NATO membership, leaving Hungary as only ally yet to endorse it

Turkey has published a measure approving Sweden’s membership in NATO in its official gazette. That finalizes the ratification, bringing the previously nonaligned country a step closer to joining … more

1/25/24

The sun rises during a forest fire on El Cable Hill in Bogota, Colombia, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia declares a disaster because of wildfires and asks for international help

Colombia’s government has issued a disaster declaration and requested help from the international community to combat raging wildfires affecting the South American country. Officials on Thursday … more

1/25/24

FILE - Starved prisoner's, nearly dead from hunger, at one of the largest Nazi Concentration camps at Evensee Austria, in the Austrian Alps, May 7, 1945. Many were starving to death and inmates were dying at the rate of 2,000 per week. The camp was reputedly used for 'Scientific' experiments. It was liberated by the 80th Division, U.S. Third Army. (AP Photo, File)

How genocide officially became a crime, and why South Africa is accusing Israel of committing it

In the aftermath of World War II and the murder by Nazi Germany of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust, the world united around the pledge: Never again. A key part of that lofty aspiration was the … more

By MIKE CORDER | 1/25/24

FILE - Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip play next to the border with Egypt, in Rafah, southern Gaza, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Israel and Egypt are engaged in an increasingly public spat over a narrow strip of land between Egypt and Gaza. That strip is the Philadelpi Corridor. The dispute puts Israel in a bind. If it stops its military offensive against Hamas without taking control of the southern Gaza city Rafah on the border with Egypt, it falls short on its top war goal of crushing the Islamic militants. If its military pushes south to the border, it risks undermining its peace deal with Egypt and likely upsetting its closest ally, the United States. The Egypt-Israel peace deal has been a pillar of stability in a turbulent Middle East.(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Israel vows to fight Hamas all the way to Gaza's southern border. That's fueling tension with Egypt

Israel and Egypt are engaged in an increasingly public spat over a narrow strip of land between Egypt and Gaza. That strip is the Philadelpi Corridor. The dispute puts Israel in a bind. If it stops … more

SAMY MAGDY | 1/25/24

Pakistan accuses Indian agents of orchestrating the killing of 2 citizens on its soil

Pakistan has accused neighboring India’s intelligence agency of involvement in the extrajudicial killings of its citizens, saying it had credible evidence linking two Indian agents to the deaths of … more

By MUNIR AHMED | 1/25/24