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FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny looks at photographers from behind a glass cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 20, 2021. Navalny due to hear the verdict Friday Aug. 4, 2023 in his latest trial on extremism charges. The prosecution has demanded a 20-year prison sentence, and the politician himself said he expects a lengthy prison term. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia to announce a verdict in Navalny's case; Kremlin critic expects lengthy prison term

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is due to hear the verdict in his latest trial on extremism charges. The prosecution has demanded a 20-year prison sentence, and the politician … more

8/4/23

FILE - Cats sit in a shelter at the main linear park, in the capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on July 19, 2023. Cyprus’ veterinarians association on Friday Aug. 4, 2023 lauded a government decision to allow its stock of human coronavirus medication to be used on cats to fight a local mutation of a feline virus that has killed thousands of animals on the Mediterranean island. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Cyprus allows human COVID-19 medications to be used on cats to fight deadly virus mutation

Veterinarians in Cyprus are lauding a government decision to allow its stock of human COVID-19 medication to be used against a feline virus that has killed thousands of cats on the Mediterranean … more

8/4/23

FILE - French soldiers disembark from a U.S. Air Force C130 cargo plane at Niamey, Niger base, on June 9, 2021. On Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, night, the junta said on state television it was terminating the military agreements and protocols signed with it's former colonial ruler, France. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Mutinous soldiers in Niger sever military ties with France while president says he's a hostage

Niger’s military junta says it is severing military agreements with France, its former colonial ruler. It's also firing some of the previous government’s key ambassadors and warning citizens of … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 8/4/23

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his offices in Harare, Monday, Aug 31, 2023.Chamisa accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of "violating the law" and "tearing apart" independent institutions to cling on to power.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe's opposition leader tells AP intimidation is forcing voters to choose ruling party or death

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating the law and tearing apart independent institutions to cling to power. Nelson Chamisa also gave warning in an … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 8/4/23

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, trapped residents are rescued by boat in the flood-hit Fangshan district on the outskirts of Beijing on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023. China's capital has recorded its heaviest rainfall in at least 140 years over the past few days as remnants of Typhoon Doksuri deluged the region, turning streets into canals where emergency crews used rubber boats to rescue stranded residents. (Ren Chao/Xinhua via AP)

Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues continue and areas downriver brace for high water

Heavy rain and high water levels of China's northeastern rivers are threatening cities downstream, prompting the evacuation of thousands. Hebei province, which surrounds the capital Beijing on three … more

8/4/23

Chaldean Christians attend a service in the Mar Youssef Cathedral in Irbil, Iraq, on Sunday, July 30, 2023. Today, the number of Christians in Iraq is 150,000, compared to 1.5 million in 2003. (AP Photo/Julia Zimmermann/Metrography)

A feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians

A feud between two prominent Christian leaders has divided believers of the faith in Iraq. The dispute involves a Vatican-appointed cardinal and a militia leader, with land and influence at the core … more

By ABBY SEWELL and SALAR SALIM | 8/4/23

FILE - Police clash with a man during a protest by supporters of Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga over the high cost of living and alleged stolen presidential vote, in Nairobi, on March 20, 2023. The United States is praising Kenya's interest in leading a multinational force in Haiti. But weeks ago, the U.S. openly warned Kenyan police officers against violent abuses. Now 1,000 of those police officers might head to Haiti to take on gang warfare. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Haitians express skepticism over Kenya's offer to UN to send police to confront gangs

Haitians are expressing skepticism over an offer by Kenya to lead an international police force aimed at combatting the gang violence that has wracked the Caribbean nation. They say the sexual abuse … more

By EVENS SANON and MEGAN JANETSKY | 8/4/23

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, and new Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin, pose for photos after his swearing-in ceremony, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. Zanin, a former personal lawyer of Lula, took his seat on Thursday amid criticism that their relationship poses a conflict of interest. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazilian president's former lawyer takes seat as Supreme Court justice

The former personal lawyer of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has joined the ranks of the country’s Supreme Court amid criticism that their relationship poses a conflict of interest. … more

By DIANE JEANTET | 8/3/23

FILE - Migrants gather in a desert area on the Libyan side of the Tunisia-Libya border on Sunday July 23, 2023. Tunisia's interior minister insists that security forces don't dump sub-Saharan migrants in the desert border area with Libya and that migrants who make such claims, with some saying they were beaten by security forces, are "manipulated" by humanitarian organizations. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad, File)

Tunisian minister concedes 'small groups' of migrants were pushed back into desert no man's land

Tunisia’s interior minister has conceded that small groups of sub-Saharan migrants trying to enter the country are pushed back into the desert border areas. In an interview with The Associated … more

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA | 8/3/23

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds seat as president of the United Nations Security Council during meeting on famine and conflict-induced global food insecurity, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

US challenges world to tell Russia to stop using Ukrainian grain as `blackmail'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is challenging all countries to tell Russia to stop using the Black Sea and Ukraine’s grain as “blackmail” and stop treating the world’s hungry and … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 8/3/23

FILE - A military truck drives up the hill in Baranowo, Poland, Thursday, July 7, 2022. The Suwalki gap, which stretches about 100 kilometres along the Lithuanian-Polish border and lies sandwiched between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, has long been regarded as a vulnerable point in Nato's defences, if a conflict breaks out with Russia. NATO allies located along the alliance’s eastern front are growing increasingly worried about the presence of Russia-linked Wagner group mercenaries in Belarus. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk, File)

Poland and Lithuania say they fear provocations from Russia and Belarus at NATO's eastern flank

Polish and Lithuanian leaders have held an urgent meeting in a strategically sensitive area where their NATO nations border Belarus and the Russian territory of Kaliningrad. The leaders warned that … more

By VANESSA GERA | 8/3/23

Police officers cordon off the scene of a stabbing rampage near a subway station in Seongnam, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. A dozen of people were injured in South Korea on Thursday when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near a subway station in the city of Seongnam.(Hong Hae-in/Yonhap via AP)

13 injured in South Korea when a man rams a car onto a sidewalk, stabs pedestrians

At least 13 people have been injured in South Korea when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near a subway station in the city of … more

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Stricken cargo ship Fremantle Highway, that caught fire while transporting thousands of cars, including nearly 500 electric vehicles, from Germany to Singapore, is towed into the port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands, on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. The ship that burned for almost a week close to busy North Sea shipping lanes and a world renowned migratory bird habitat will be salvaged at the northern Dutch port. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A car-carrying ship that burned for a week on the North Sea will be towed to a Dutch port

The Dutch government says a freight ship carrying thousands of cars that burned for a week on the North Sea will be towed to a Dutch port for salvage. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water … more

By PETER DEJONG | 8/3/23

Empty bullet cartridges are seen lying on the road during a third day of clashes that erupted between members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah group and Islamist factions in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammad Zaatari)

An uneasy calm settles over Lebanon's Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian camps after overnight clashes

A cautious calm returned to Lebanon’s Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian camp in south Lebanon after a night of renewed clashes. Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp is home to about 50,000 people. … more

By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL | 8/3/23

FILE - Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 8, 2023. Violent unrest is escalating in Ethiopia’s Amhara region as federal security forces clash with a local ethnic militia, leading the deputy prime minister in an unusually outspoken statement to call the situation “increasingly grave.” (Ahmed Yosri/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Violent unrest is rising in Ethiopia's Amhara region after attempt to disarm fighters, witnesses say

Witnesses say violent unrest is escalating in Ethiopia’s Amhara region as federal security forces clash with a local ethnic militia. The deputy prime minister in an unusually outspoken statement … more

By CARA ANNA | 8/3/23

Esther Hayut, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, center, sits on the bench with justices Uzi Vogelman, left, and Issac Amit, right, during a hearing on a petition against a law that limits removal of a prime minister from office to medical and mental incapacitation, which makes forcing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office over a conflict of interest while on trial for corruption more difficult, in Jerusalem, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israel's Supreme Court hears case against a law protecting Netanyahu from being removed from office

Israel’s Supreme Court has heard a petition against a law that protects Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from being removed from office over claims of a conflict of interest because of his ongoing … more

8/3/23

FILE- An Aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque, left, and Kashiviswanath temple on the banks of the river Ganges in Varanasi, India, Dec. 12, 2021. An Indian court on Thursday ruled that officials can conduct a scientific survey to determine if the 17th-century mosque in the country's north was built over a Hindu temple. . (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

Indian court allows survey of a 17th-century mosque to see if it was built over a Hindu temple

An Indian court says officials can conduct a scientific survey of a 17th-century mosque in northern India to determine if it was built over Hindu temple. The Gyanvapi Mosque in the Hindu pilgrammage … more

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE | 8/3/23

With the headquarters of the ruling party burning in the back, supporters of mutinous soldiers demonstrate in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, July 27 2023. Not everyone is hostile to last week's coup in Niger. Neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali have taken the unusual step of declaring that foreign military intervention in Niger would be a declaration of war against them, too. Both have had coups in recent years. (AP Photo/Fatahoulaye Hassane Midou)

Niger's civil society mobilizes the nation to fight for freedom from foreign interference

Niger’s ruling junta and civil society groups are calling on the nation to mobilize in the capital to fight for the country’s freedom and push back against foreign interference. Thursday's march … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 8/3/23

FILE - Demonstrators wave the Israeli and Palestinian flags during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, July 22, 2023. Israel is being rocked by a wave of mass protests calling to uphold the country’s democracy. But the cries for democracy lack any clear message of opposition to Israel’s rule over millions of Palestinians, exposing a contradiction that has been coursing through the demonstrations. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israeli protesters are calling for democracy. But what about the occupation of Palestinians?

Israel is being rocked by a wave of mass protests calling for the country’s democracy to be upheld. But the pro-democracy movement lacks any clear message of opposition to Israel’s open-ended … more

By TIA GOLDENBERG | 8/3/23

In this photo provided by Australian Defense Force, Royal Australian Navy sailors from HMAS Brisbane scan the horizon during search and rescue operations in the vicinity of Lindeman Island, Australia, on July 29, 2023. A search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea with the loss of four lives last week during a military exercise with the United States had found human remains but not the black box crucial to explaining the tragedy, an officer said on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. (LSEW Hannah Linsley/ADF via AP)

Human remains found in search for Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea with 4 crew aboard

The search for an Australian army helicopter that crashed at sea killing four people during a military exercise with the United States has found human remains but not the black box crucial to … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 8/3/23