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Security camera footage accessed and verified by the Associated Press showed Air India flight 171 bound for London taking off and crashing into a medical college in the northwestern city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, killing more than 180 people in one of India's worst airline disasters in decades.

Indian authorities begin probe of Air India plane crash as Modi visits the site

Authorities have begun investigating one of India’s worst aviation disasters after an Air India plane crashed a day earlier, killing all but one of the total 242 passengers and crew onboard. The … more

By RAJESH ROY and AIJAZ HUSSAIN | 6/13/25

FILE - This Sept. 16, 2016 file image made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. (AP Photo, File)

Men who stole $6 million golden toilet from English mansion sentenced to prison terms

Two men who stole a $6.4 million golden toilet from an English mansion have been sentenced to more than two years in prison. The 18-carat fully functioning toilet was on display as a piece of … more

By BRIAN MELLEY | 6/13/25

Israel attacks Iran's capital with explosions booming across Tehran

State television says Iran halted flights Friday at Imam Khomeini International Airport outside of Tehran, the country’s main airport. Iran has closed its airspace in the past when launching … more

By JON GAMBRELL and JOSEF FEDERMAN | 6/13/25

Israel has begun stationing troops in "all combat arenas" throughout the country as its attack on Iran continues

Israel has begun stationing troops in "all combat arenas" throughout the country as its attack on Iran continues. more

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Two men who stole a $6.4 million golden toilet from an English mansion sentenced to more than 2 years in prison

Two men who stole a $6.4 million golden toilet from an English mansion sentenced to more than 2 years in prison. more

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Police arrest American on Greek island suspected in Rome deaths of a woman and infant

Greek authorities have detained an American man on the island of Skiathos who is suspected of killing an infant whose remains were found over the weekend in a Rome park. He's also suspected of having … more

By COLLEEN BARRY and COSTAS KANTOURIS | 6/13/25

Specialist Glenn Carell works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Asian shares slide while oil prices surge after Israel's strike on Iran

Asia shares have opened lower while oil prices surged after Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday amid tensions over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. U.S. benchmark crude oil … more

By JIANG JUNZHE | 6/13/25

First millennial saint Carlo Acutis will be canonized Sept. 7, the pope says

The Catholic Church’s first millennial-era saint Carlo Acutis will be canonized Sept. 7. That's according to Pope Leo XIV who made the announcement during a meeting of cardinals on … more

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Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, right, and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte hold a joint press conference in Stockholm, Sweden, Friday June 13, 2025. (Stefan Jerrevång/TT News Agency via AP)

Sweden and the Netherlands say before NATO summit they will spend 5% of GDP on defense

Sweden and the Netherlands say they intend to increase defense spending to 5% of their gross domestic product in line with U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands. Trump and his NATO counterparts … more

By LORNE COOK and MOLLY QUELL | 6/13/25

FILE - In this photo released by the Thai Royal Thai Army, Cambodian Chief of Army Mao Sophan, left, meets with Thailand Chief of Army Gen. Pana Claewplodtook, right, at a border checkpoint in Surin province, Thailand, May 29, 2025. (Thai Royal Thai Army via AP, file)

Cambodia bans Thai movies and TV shows in latest border feud tit-for-tat

Cambodia has escalated its cold war with Thailand by announcing a ban on Thai movies and TV shows and a boycott of the neighboring country’s international internet links. Tensions between the … more

By SOPHENG CHEANG | 6/13/25

Forensic workers retrieve bodies of a mother and three daughters from inside a one room house after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

South African president to visit flood sites with death toll at 78 and expected to climb

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to visit the sites of devastating floods that have left at least 78 people dead in the southeast of the country. Ramaphosa's office says he will … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 6/13/25

Tourists walk through the Torii path at Nezu Shrine in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Japan's chief meteorologist calls rumors of a July earthquake a hoax and urges people not to worry

Japanese meteorological agency chief on Friday dismissed growing rumors of a major earthquake in Japan this summer as groundless and “hoax,” urging people not to worry because even today’s most … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 6/13/25

Firefighters and people clean up the scene of an explosion at a residence compound after Israeli attacks in Tehran, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israel's attack on Iran was years in the making. How did they get here?

Israel’s massive strike on Iran Friday morning came after years of hostilities between the bitter enemies. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long identified Iran as its greatest threat, … more

By MELANIE LIDMAN | 6/13/25

What to know about Israel's major attack on Iran

Israel has launched a major attack on Iran, raising fears that the long-running shadow war between the adversaries may spiral into a more dangerous regional conflict. The strikes Friday set off … more

By ISABEL DEBRE | 6/13/25

FILE - Monks carry baskets of supplies to the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community of Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in northern Greece,, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, file)

Earthquakes damage centuries-old monasteries in a secluded religious community in Greece

Centuries-old monasteries have been damaged by an ongoing series of earthquakes in a secluded monastic community in northern Greece. A magnitude 5.3 quake struck the Mount Athos peninsula on June 7, … more

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FILE - Chinese labor activist Han Dongfang gestures in Hong Kong street Saturday, Feb. 15, 1997. (AP Photo/Anat Givon, File)

Hong Kong rights group shuts down after years of advocating for workers

A Hong Kong workers' rights group has announced the end of its operation after decades. China Labor Bulletin announced the end of its operations Thursday, citing financial difficulties and debt … more

By KANIS LEUNG | 6/13/25

A man walks past the Olympic cauldron at the Tuileries Gardens, ahead of its nightly summer relaunch starting June 21, in Paris, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

The Paris Games flame rises again — but it’s no longer ‘Olympic’

The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising — just don’t call it Olympic.The helium-powered hot-air balloon that lit up the French capital’s skyline during the 2024 Games is … more

By THOMAS ADAMSON | 6/13/25

Investigators searching Air India crash site find digital flight data recorder

Investigators searching Air India crash site find digital flight data recorder. more

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Chief of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard Gen. Hossein Salami speaks in a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the death of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash in the country's northwest along with the foreign minister and several other officials, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Israeli strikes kill Iran's Revolution Guard leader, Gen. Hossein Salami

Iranian state television has confirmed that Gen. Hossein Salami, the head of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, was killed in Israel’s strikes Friday morning. Salami was the chief of one of the … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 6/13/25

Members of a humanitarian convoy of at least 1,500 people, including activists and supporters from Algeria and Tunisia, wave Palestinian flags from a bus as the group travels toward Gaza via Egypt's Rafah Crossing, in Zawiya, Libya, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Activists stopped in Libya and Egypt ahead of planned march on Gaza

A planned march protesting aid restrictions on Gaza faced uncertainty Friday, as organizers in Cairo awaited Egyptian approval and Libyan authorities blocked a convoy of activists en route. Activists … more

By SAM METZ and SAM McNEIL | 6/13/25