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The Klyuchevskoy volcano, one of the highest active volcanoes in the world, erupts in Russia's northern Kamchatka Peninsula, Russian Far Eat, on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023. Huge ash columns erupted from Eurasia's tallest active volcano on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, forcing authorities to close schools in two towns in the region. (AP Photo/Yuri Demyanchuk)

Eruption of Eurasia's tallest active volcano sends ash columns above a Russian peninsula

Huge ash columns have erupted from Eurasia’s tallest active volcano and forced authorities to close schools in two towns on Russia’s sparsely populated Kamchatka Peninsula. Officials said the … more

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Afghans wait for clearance to depart for their homeland at a deportation camp set up by authorities to facilitate illegal immigrants, in Chaman, a town on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Pakistani security forces on Wednesday rounded up, detained and deported dozens of Afghans who were living in the country illegally, after a government-set deadline for them to leave expired, authorities said. (AP Photo/Habibullah Achakzai)

Dozens of Afghans who were illegally in Pakistan are detained and deported in nationwide sweeps

Pakistani security forces have launched sweeps to arrest and deport Afghans who are in the country illegally, sending dozens back after a government-set deadline for them to leave expired. The … more

By MUNIR AHMED and RIAZ KHAN | 11/1/23

FILE - In this file photo, protesters march near the skyline of Hong Kong, on July 7, 2019. The exodus of tens of thousands of professionals from Hong Kong triggered by Beijing's crackdown on its civil liberties is being offset by new arrivals: mainland Chinese keen to move to the former British colony. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Beijing's crackdown fails to dim Hong Kong's luster, as talent scheme lures mainland Chinese

The exodus of tens of thousands of professionals from Hong Kong, triggered by Beijing’s crackdown on its civil liberties, is being offset by new arrivals: mainland Chinese keen to move to the … more

By KANIS LEUNG | 11/1/23

FILE - In this image made from a 2005 video, Abdul Benbrika, an Algerian-born Muslim cleric, speaks during an interview at his home in Melbourne, Australia. Australia's highest court on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, overturned a government decision to strip Algerian national Benbrika of his Australian citizenship over his convictions for terrorism offenses. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP, File)

Australia cannot strip citizenship from man over his terrorism convictions, top court says

Australia’s highest court has overturned a government decision to strip citizenship from a man convicted of terrorism. The ruling Wednesday also means Algerian-born cleric Abdul Benbrika can't be … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 11/1/23

People visit Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

China keeps up military pressure on Taiwan, sending 43 planes and 7 ships near self-governing island

Taiwan says China has sent another 43 military aircraft and seven ships near the self-ruled island, the latest sign that Beijing plans no let-up in its campaign of harassment, threats and … more

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | 11/1/23

Palestinians inspect the damage of buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes on Jabaliya refugee camp on the outskirts of Gaza City, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 (AP Photo/Abdul Qader Sabbah)

Gaza's phone and internet connections are cut off again, as Israeli troops battle Hamas militants

Palestinians reported another widespread outage of internet and phone service in Gaza. Wednesday's outage came hours after Israeli airstrikes leveled apartment buildings and as ground troops battled … more

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY | 11/1/23

FILE - An exterior view shows the mansion house at Bletchley Park museum in the town of Bletchley in Buckinghamshire, England, Jan. 15, 2015. The U.K.-hosted AI Safety Summit is bringing politicians, computer scientists and tech executives to a site chosen for its symbolism: Bletchley Park, a name synonymous with codebreaking and the birth of computing. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

The UK's AI summit is taking place at Bletchley Park, the wartime home of codebreaking and computing

The AI Safety Summit is bringing politicians, computer scientists and tech executives to Bletchley Park in the United Kingdom, a site that's synonymous with codebreaking and the birth of computing … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 11/1/23

Japanese automaker Toyota's profits zoom on cheap yen, strong global sales

Toyota’s profit in the latest quarter jumped nearly threefold from a year ago as vehicle sales grew around the world and a cheap yen boosted the Japanese automaker’s overseas earnings. Toyota … more

By YURI KAGEYAMA | 11/1/23

FILE - The U.S. Treasury Department building is shown at dusk in Washington on June 6, 2019. The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023 it was imposing sanctions on Myanmar’s state-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE), a joint venture partner in all offshore gas projects and a vital source of hard cash for the military government. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Opponents of military rule in Myanmar applaud new sanctions targeting gas revenues

A U.N.-appointed human rights expert and opponents of Myanmar’s military government have welcomed the latest sanctions imposed by the U.S., U.K. and Canada on companies providing financial … more

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Two Belarusian passports are displayed in Tallinn, Estonia, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Belarus has stopped renewing passports at its embassies abroad, and hundreds of thousands of Belarusians who have fled President Alexander Lukashenko's repressive regime cannot update their travel documents without returning home and risking possible arrest. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Belarusians who fled repression face new hurdles as they try to rebuild their lives abroad

Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians who fled repression in their homeland face the prospect of having invalid documents after authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree halting … more

By YURAS KARMANAU | 11/1/23

Jonathan Fointaine's "The Nomad's Final Journey", which was awarded with an honorable mention by the World Press Photo jury, is on display at the opening of the World Press Photo 2023 exhibition at the Hungarian National Museum, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Minors under 18 have been barred from visiting this year’s World Press Photo exhibition in Hungary after the government determined that some of its photos violate a contentious law restricting LGBTQ+ content. (Szigetvary Zsolt/MTI via AP)

Hungary bans teenagers from visiting World Press Photo exhibition over display of LGBTQ+ images

People younger than 18 have been barred from visiting the World Press Photo exhibition in Hungary after the government determined some of its photos violate a contentious law restricting LGBTQ+ … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE | 11/1/23

FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese smiles at the end of a press conference in Sydney, July 4, 2023. Albanese said on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 he will raise the plight of a detained Chinese Australian democracy blogger with Chinese leaders during a state visit to China. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Australian prime minister to raise imprisoned democracy blogger during China visit

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he will raise the plight of a detained democracy blogger with Chinese leaders during his visit to China. Albanese said he had approved a draft letter to the two … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 11/1/23

UN forum says people of African descent still face discrimination and attacks, urges reparations

The U.N. body formed to promote respect for and protect people of African descent around the world says in its first report that they continue “to be victims of systemic racial discrimination and … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 10/31/23

People pose for photos next to a Day of the Dead-themed presentation at Mexico City´s main square the Zocalo, on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

The Day of the Dead in Mexico is a celebration for the 5 senses

Mexicans are celebrating Day of the Dead, an intangible tradition borne down from pre-Hispanic cultures that is also a celebration for all the senses. The festivity smells of cempasuchil flowers and … more

By MARÍA VERZA and FERNANDA PESCE | 10/31/23

This satellite image provided by NOAA on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023, shows Tropical Storm Pilar approaching El Salvador on the Pacific coast of Central America. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Pilar dumps heavy rains on Central America leaving at least 2 dead

Tropical Storm Pilar is lashing Central America with heavy rains that have already been blamed for two deaths in El Salvador as it meanders off the Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center … more

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FILE - A shell that appears to be white phosphorus from Israeli artillery explodes over a house in al-Bustan, a Lebanese border village with Israel, south Lebanon, on Oct. 15, 2023. The human rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday Oct. 31, 2023 that civilians in southern Lebanon were injured earlier this month when Israeli forces hit a border village with shells containing white phosphorus, a controversial incendiary munition. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Amnesty International says Israeli forces wounded Lebanese civilians with white phosphorus

The human rights group Amnesty International says civilians in southern Lebanon were injured this month when Israeli forces hit a border village with shells containing white phosphorus. Amnesty … more

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 10/31/23

Keren Scharf Schem holds up a portrait of her daughter, 21-year-old Mia Schem, in the family house in Mazor, central Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Schem, an Israeli and French citizen, was abducted by Hamas militants from the Nova Music Festival near Kibbutz Re'im, Israel, and was taken into Gaza during the group's unprecedented attack on Israel on Oct. 7 that resulted in the killing of 1,400 people and abduction of over 220. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

AP PHOTOS: Israeli families of hostages taken to Gaza caught between grief and hope as war rages on

As the weeks wear on and new horrors from the Israel-Hamas war dominate TV screens, families whose loved ones were killed or abducted by militants in the terrifying Oct. 7 raids on southern Israel … more

By OHAD ZWIGENBERG | 10/31/23

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim attacks on Israel, drawing their main sponsor Iran closer to Hamas war

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have for the first time claimed missile and drone attacks targeting Israel. That draws their main sponsor Iran closer into the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip and … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 10/31/23

Former chief adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings arrives to give a statement to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London, Tuesday Oct. 31, 2023. Cummings, who was the prime minister's chief adviser during the first months of the pandemic in 2020, follows other aides who have painted a picture of Johnson as a leader who was distracted and indecisive during the country’s biggest peacetime crisis. (James Manning/PA via AP)

Boris Johnson's former top aide is withering about UK government during COVID-19 pandemic inquiry

The former top aide to ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has painted a picture of widespread chaos and dysfunction in government during the coronavirus pandemic. In keenly awaited testimony to … more

By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS | 10/31/23

Afghans wait to walk across a border crossing point in Chaman, Pakistan, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. A large number of Afghans crammed into trucks and buses in Pakistan, heading to the border to return home hours before the expiration of a Pakistani government deadline for those who are in the country illegally to leave or face deportation. (AP Photo/Jafar Khan)

Afghans in droves head to border to leave Pakistan ahead of a deadline in anti-migrant crackdown

Afghans are piling into trucks and buses and leaving Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation. Their hurried departures on Tuesday came just hours before the expiration of a deadline for foreigners … more

By RIAZ KHAN and ABDUL SATTAR | 10/31/23