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A view of the damaged building is seen after a reported drone attack in Moscow, Russia, Monday, July 24, 2023. (AP Photo)

Moscow, Crimea hit by drones as Russian forces bombard Ukraine's south

Russian authorities have accused Ukraine of launching a drone attack on Moscow during which one of the drones fell near the Defense Ministry’s main headquarters. Moscow's Mayor said that the drones … more

By FELIPE DANA | 7/24/23

FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron pays tribute to the Kanak tribe of Hwadrilla, where the 19 Kanak militants are buried, on Ouvea Island, off New Caledonia, Saturday, May 5, 2018. The French president is heading to the South Pacific on Monday, July 24, 2023 to make France’s voice heard in a region shaping up as a prime geopolitical battleground for China and the United States. President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and New Caledonia comes as French forces take part in massive U.S.-Australian-led military exercises in the region. (AP Photo/Theo Rouby, file)

Macron promotes French interests on a trip to South Pacific where US-China rivalry is intensifying

The French president is heading to the South Pacific to make France’s voice heard in a region shaping up as a prime geopolitical battleground for China and the United States. President Emmanuel … more

By ANGELA CHARLTON | 7/24/23

FILE - Climate activist Greta Thunberg of Sweden attends a press conference in Paris, Thursday, June 22, 2023. Climate activist Greta Thunberg appears in court on Monday July 24 charged with disobeying law enforcement in connection with a protest in Malmö in southern Sweden last month. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)

Greta Thunberg is appearing in a Swedish court on a charge of disobeying police at a climate protest

Climate activist Greta Thunberg will appear in court on Monday on a charge of disobeying police at a protest in southern Sweden last month. The local newspaper had reported Thunberg and other … more

7/24/23

Japanese police officers patrol a train station after a man was arrested at the station in Izumisano, south of Osaka, western Japan, Monday, July 24, 2023, following an emergency call of a knife attack on a train. Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested a man on suspicion of slashing multiple people on a train in western Japan. (Kenzaburo Fukuhara/Kyodo News via AP)

Police arrest suspect in knife attack on a train in western Japan. 3 were slashed and injured

Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested a man on suspicion of slashing three people on a train in western Japan. The 37-year-old suspect was carrying three knives, including two in each … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 7/24/23

FILE - Pope Francis presides over a mass on St. Peter and Paul's Day in St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on June 29, 2023. The Jesuits said Monday, July 24, that a famous artist priest had been definitively expelled from the religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women, and lamented they couldn't prosecute him more vigorously under the Vatican's internal procedures. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Jesuits confirm expulsion of priest artist and lament Vatican norms preclude further sanction

The Jesuits say a famous artist priest has been definitively expelled from the religious order for sexually, spiritually and psychologically abusing women. The Jesuits say the Rev. Marko Rupnik … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 7/24/23

Iraqis raise copies of the Quran, Muslims' holy book, during a protest in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 22, 2023. Hundreds of protesters have attempted to storm Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government, following reports of the burning of a Quran by a ultranationalist group in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Organization of Islamic Cooperation suspends Sweden's special envoy over desecration of Quran

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has suspended the status of Sweden’s special envoy over Quran burnings that sparked mass protests in a number of Muslim countries. The 57-nation bloc said … more

7/23/23

Supporters of the Move Forward Party walk in a circle during a protest in Bangkok, Thailand, Sunday, July 23, 2023. The demonstrators are protesting that Thailand's Constitution is undemocratic, because it allowed Parliament to block the winner of May's general election, the Move Forward Party, from naming its leader named the new prime minister, even though he had assembled an eight-part coalition that had won a clear majority of seats in the House of Representatives. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Protesters in the Thai capital calls on senators to approve vote winners' choice for prime minister

Hundreds of people have rallied in the Thai capital Bangkok to demand that conservative members of the Senate stop blocking the naming of a prime minister belonging to a winning coalition from … more

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI | 7/23/23

Morocco's Nouhaila Benzina, left, and Fatima Gharbi walk around the ground during a familiarization tour ahead of their Women's World Cup Group H match against Germany in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, July 23, 2023. When Benzina steps onto the pitch Monday evening, she will be first player to compete in a senior-level FIFA Women's World Cup wearing a hijab. (AP Photo/Victoria Adkins)

Morocco, Benzina set to make Women's World Cup history in a game against Germany

Nouhaila Benzina will make history when she steps onto the field for Morocco’s first match of the Women’s World Cup against Germany — and not just as a player for the first Arab or North … more

By CASSIDY HETTESHEIMER | 7/23/23

FILE - Technical vessels are seen by the decrepit 'Safer' tanker on Monday, June 12, 2023, off the coast of Yemen. A senior United Nations official says a salvage team is set to begin siphoning oil out of the decaying tanker moored off the coast of Yemen. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman, File)

A salvage team is set to begin siphoning oil out of rusting tanker moored off Yemen, UN says

A senior United Nations official says a salvage team is set to begin siphoning oil out of the decaying tanker moored off the coast of Yemen. Achim Steiner, administrator of the U.N. development … more

BY SAMY MAGDY | 7/23/23

Participants into an International conference on migration pose for a family photo in Rome, Sunday, July 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Italy's Meloni opens conference that aims to stanch flows of migrants to Europe with aid to Africa

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has called for new, more equal relationships between Europe and migrants’ countries of origin and transit. She convened a meeting of some 20 nations, EU officials and … more

7/23/23

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left and newly elected Conservative MP Steve Tuckwell arrive at the Rumbling Tum cafe in Uxbridge, following the party's success in the Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election, West London, Friday July 21, 2023. Britain's governing Conservative Party suffered two thumping defeats Friday in a trio of special elections but avoided a drubbing after holding onto former premier Boris Johnson's seat in suburban London. (Carl Court/Pool Photo via AP)

UK political parties are getting the jitters over green policies after a special election verdict

Environmentalists are cautioning Britain’s main political parties not to water down their climate change promises. It comes after a special election result that was widely seen as a thumbs-down … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 7/23/23

A man carries a child as they leave an area where a forest fire burns, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, Saturday, July 22, 2023. A large wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes for a fifth day has forced authorities to order an evacuation of four locations, including two seaside resorts. (Lefteris Diamanidis/InTime News via AP)

Greek authorities evacuate some 19,000 people as wildfire blazes on the Greek island of Rhodes

Some 19,000 people have been evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes as wildfires continued burning for a sixth day on three fronts, Greek authorities said on Sunday. The Ministry of Climate Change … more

By DEMETRIS NELLAS | 7/23/23

Linda Masarira, a presidential candidate speaks to the press outside the High Court in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, June, 23 2023. Masarira had her candidacy rejected because she failed to pay the $20,000 registration fee on time. In Zimbabwe, the low number of women standing as candidates in general elections scheduled for Aug. 23 is viewed as perpetuating decades-old domination of politics by men. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean women are reduced to cheerleaders in the upcoming election, activists say

In Zimbabwe, the low number of women standing as candidates in general elections scheduled for Aug. 23 is viewed as perpetuating decades-old domination of politics by men. The number of women … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 7/23/23

Spain's Prime Minister and Socialist Workers' Party candidate Pedro Sánchez cheers to his supporters during a campaign closing meeting in Madrid, Spain, Friday, July 21, 2023. Voters in Spain go to the polls Sunday in an election that could make the country the latest European Union member swing to the populist right, a shift that would represent a major upheaval after five years under a left-wing government. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spaniards vote in an election that could oust a leftist coalition and herald a return to the right

Spanish voters go to the polls in an election that could make Spain the latest European Union member to swing to the right. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the early election after his Spanish … more

By CIARÁN GILES | 7/23/23

Pulling station members prepare a ballot box for villagers to vote next day at a polling station on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 22, 2023. Hun Sen has been Cambodia's autocratic prime minister for nearly four decades, during which the opposition has been stifled and the country has moved closer to China. Cambodia sets Sunday for voting. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Hun Sen is the longest serving leader in Asia. He’s purged critics and is set to win Cambodian polls

Cambodians go to the polls Sunday with incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party all but assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression and intimidation of any real opposition. … more

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING | 7/22/23

FILE - J-10 jet fighters perform in formation to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army Air Force in Beijing, China, Nov. 15, 2009. China sent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, the island's Defense Ministry said Saturday, July 22, 2023, marking a forceful display days before the democracy plans to hold military exercises aimed at defending itself against a possible invasion.(AP Photo/File)

As Taiwan prepares for anti-invasion exercises, China sends dozens of warplanes toward the island

China sent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, marking a forceful display. That's according to a statement Saturday from the island’s Defense Ministry. The move … more

7/22/23

In this photo taken from video released by the National Guard Troops Federal Service of the Russian Federation on Saturday, July 22, 2023, Russian Rosguardia (National Guard) servicemen work near a house where special forces killed a gunman who refused to surrender and fired at them in an elite cottage village in the Istra region, about 45 kilometers, less than 30 miles, west of Moscow, Russia. Russia's National Guard says security forces killed a heavily-armed gunman who broke into a private house in Moscow's suburbs and fired at them, reportedly threatening to march on the Kremlin. (National Guard Troops Federal Service of the Russian Federation via AP)

Russian special forces kill a gunman who broke into a private house near Moscow

Russia’s National Guard says security forces killed a heavily-armed gunman who broke into a private house in Moscow's suburbs and fired at them. The assailant reportedly threatened to march on the … more

7/22/23

Russian rockets are launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region, seen from Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Vadim Belikov)

Russian strikes kill at least 8 civilians as fierce fighting continues in Ukraine's south and east

Ukrainian local authorities say Russian forces struck 11 regions across Ukraine overnight, killing at least eight civilians. At least six people died in the eastern Donetsk region, where fierce … more

By FELIPE DANA | 7/22/23

Protesters gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, carrying Iraqi flags and images of influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, Saturday, July 22, 2023, following reports of the burning of a Quran carried out by a ultranationalist group in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen. Protesters attempted to cross the Jumhuriya bridge leading to the Green Zone, where the Danish embassy is, but were pushed back by security forces. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)

Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag in Denmark

Hundreds of protesters have attempted to storm Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government following reports of the burning of a Quran … more

By ALI JABAR | 7/22/23

FILE - Migrants, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, are stopped by Tunisian Maritime National Guard at sea during an attempt to get to Italy, near the coast of Sfax, Tunisia, on April 18, 2023. Migrants who flooded into Tunisia's port city of Sfax aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for an escalating crisis deeply tinged with racism among some Tunisians amid fears of European leaders trying to stanch the flow to their shores. (AP Photo, File)

Rights activists fear Tunisia deal will be model for bartering EU money for migrants' lives

Migrants in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax who are aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for escalating tensions deeply tinged with racism amid the fears of … more

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and ELAINE GANLEY | 7/22/23