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FILE - French President Emmanuel Macron leaves after paying his respects by the coffin of slain teacher Samuel Paty in the courtyard of the Sorbonne university during a national memorial event, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020 in Paris. Six teenagers go on trial Monday, Nov. 27, 2023 in Paris for their alleged roles in the beheading of a teacher by a radical Islamist after he showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class, a killing that led authorities to reaffirm France's cherished rights of expression and secularism. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool)

6 teenagers go on trial for their alleged role in the 2020 beheading of a French teacher

Six teenagers go on trial in Paris for their alleged role in the beheading of a teacher who showed caricatures of the prophet of Islam to his class. The killing in 2020 led authorities to reaffirm … more

11/27/23

FILE - Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone, speaks at the start of the Transforming Education Summit at United Nations headquarters, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Sierra Leone’s President has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked the West African country's main military barracks in the capital, raising fears of a breakdown of order amid a surge of coups in the region. Bio said Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023 in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the unidentified gunmen attacked an armory in the capital, Freetown, early morning. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Most leaders of the attacks on Sierra Leone's military barracks and prisons arrested as curfew eases

Sierra Leone’s president says most leaders of attacks on the nation’s main military barracks and prisons have been arrested. The attacks early Sunday surprised residents and security forces in … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 11/27/23

Global watchdog urges UN Security Council to consider all options to protect Darfur civilians

An international watchdog is urging the United Nations Security Council to consider all options to protect civilians in Sudan’s Darfur region. The U.N.'s refugee agency says more than 800 people … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 11/27/23

FILE - A South Korean army soldier, center bottom, shakes hands with a North Korean army soldier before crossing the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to inspect the dismantled North Korean guard post in the central section of the inter-Korean border in Cheorwon, on Dec. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, Pool, File)

North Korea restores border guard posts amid rising tensions over its satellite launch, Seoul says

South Korea says North Korea is restoring frontline guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement. The South Korean announcement Monday comes amid … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 11/27/23

A man shovels snow, as he tries to clear his car in town of Isperih, Northeast Bulgaria, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. Bulgaria's government declared a state of emergency in large parts of the Balkan country after heavy snow and powerful winds caused power outages, closed roads, traffic accidents and travel delays. (AP Photo/Bulgarian News Agency)

Heavy snowfall in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova leaves 1 person dead and many without electricity

Heavy snowfall and strong blizzards in Romania and Moldova have left one person dead and hundreds of localities without electricity as well as forcing the closure of some national roads. A … more

11/26/23

In this photo provided by Thailand's Foreign Ministry, Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, right, talks to one of the freed Thai hostages at the Shamir Medical Center in Israel Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. Hamas freed 10 Thai nationals seized in the group's surprise attack on southern Israel last month, releasing them alongside Israeli hostages who were part of the first swap under a new cease-fire deal. (Thailand's Foreign Ministry via AP )

Israel summons Irish ambassador over tweet it alleges doesn't adequately condemn Hamas

Israel’s Foreign Ministry says it will summon the Irish ambassador over a tweet celebrating the release of a 9-year-old girl from Hamas captivity. The ministry alleged that the post didn't … more

By JULIA FRANKEL | 11/26/23

Protesters holding placards flags and banners, including the flag of Israel, during an anti-Semitism demonstration in London, Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Former UK leader Boris Johnson joins a march against antisemitism in London

Thousands of people including former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have gathered in London for a march against antisemitism, a day after large crowds turned out for a pro-Palestinian rally. … more

11/26/23

A woman shows a photo of Giulia Cecchettin, allegedly killed by ex-boyfriend, on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Nov.25, 2023. Thousands of people are expected to take the streets in Rome and other major Italian cities as part of what organizers call a "revolution" under way in Italians' approach to violence against women, a few days after the horrifying killing of Giulia, the college student allegedly by her resentful ex-boyfriend sparked an outcry over the country's "patriarchal" culture. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Lawyer for Italian student arrested in ex-girlfriend's slaying says he's disoriented, had psych exam

A lawyer for the Italian man extradited from Germany for the kidnapping and slaying and his former girlfriend says he hasn't yet had the opportunity to speak with his client about the “merits” of … more

11/26/23

A man carriers a child walk out from a crowded holding room of a children's hospital in Beijing on Oct. 30, 2023. A surge in respiratory illnesses across China that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not by a novel virus, the country's health ministry said Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China says a surge in respiratory illnesses is caused by flu and other known pathogens

China’s health ministry says a surge in respiratory illnesses across the country that has drawn the attention of the World Health Organization is caused by the flu and other known pathogens and not … more

11/26/23

FILE - Thousands gather for a march against antisemitism in Paris, France, on Nov. 12, 2023. Antisemitism is spiking across Europe after Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre and Israel's bombardment of Gaza, worrying Jews from London to Geneva and Berlin. (AP Photo/Sylvie Corbet, File)

With antisemitism rising as the Israel-Hamas war rages, Europe's Jews worry

Antisemitism is spiking across Europe after Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre and Israel's bombardment of Gaza, worrying Jews from London to Geneva and Berlin. But Jewish people say in interviews that they … more

By JAMEY KEATEN and LAURIE KELLMAN | 11/26/23

At least 10 people killed in Syrian government shelling of a rebel-held village, the opposition says

Syrian opposition activists say government forces shelled a northwestern village killing at least 10 people, including seven children. The Saturday morning shelling of the village of Qawqafeen is the … more

By OMAR ALBAM | 11/25/23

Ali Salman inspects damages to his family house that was hit by Israeli shelling in the Kfar Kila border village with Israel in south Lebanon, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. With a cautious calm prevailing over the border area in south Lebanon Saturday, the second day of a four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, villages that had emptied of their residents came back to life at least briefly. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanese residents of border towns come back during a fragile cease-fire

A cautious calm has prevailed over the border area in south Lebanon. Saturday was the second day of a four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel. Villages in south Lebanon that had emptied of their … more

By ABBY SEWELL | 11/25/23

This images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the A23a iceberg moving through the sea sea near the Antarctica, on Wednesday Nov. 15, 2023. One of the world’s largest icebergs, known as A23a, appears to be moving beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

One of world's largest icebergs drifting beyond Antarctic waters after it was grounded for 3 decades

The British Antarctic Survey says that one of the world’s largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters after being grounded for more than three decades. The iceberg known as A23a split from … more

11/25/23

Palestinian militants kill 2 alleged informers for Israel and mob drags bodies through camp alleys

Palestinian officials say militants in a northern West Bank refugee camp have shot and killed two suspected collaborators with Israel. Footage shows mobs attacking the two corpses early Saturday, … more

By ISABEL DEBRE | 11/25/23

Men carry a body in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. At least 10 people were killed and 22 injured in the blaze at RJ Mall on Rashid Minhas Road in Karachi. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Pakistani shopping mall blaze kills at least 10 people and injures 22 others

Pakistani police say a blaze has killed at least 10 people in a shopping mall. The multi-story RJ Mall is in a high-rise commercial building that also houses call centers and software firms. The … more

11/25/23

Rescuers rest at the site of an under-construction road tunnel that collapsed in Silkyara in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Rescuers are racing to evacuate 41 construction workers who have been trapped for nearly two weeks. (AP Photo)

Digging to rescue 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India halted after machine breaks

Officials say they have stopped digging to rescue 41 construction workers who have been trapped for nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India after the drilling machine broke down. … more

11/25/23

FILE - An Axolotl swims in a tank at the Chapultepec Zoo, in Mexico City, Sept. 27, 2008. Ecologists from Mexico's National Autonomous University relaunched a fundraising campaign Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, to bolster conservation efforts for the axolotls: an iconic, endangered, fish-like type of salamander. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

'Adopt an axolotl' campaign launches in Mexico to save iconic species from pollution and trout

Academics in Mexico City are asking for donations to protect axolotls, an iconic fish-like type of salamander. The campaign asks people for as little as 600 pesos to virtually adopt one of the tiny … more

By DANIEL SHAILER | 11/24/23

FILE - Former Russian Prime Minister, and one of opposition leaders, Mikhail Kasyanov, center, attends a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 24, 2019. Russia's Justice Ministry on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, added Mikhail Kasyanov, who was President Vladimir Putin's first prime minister but then became one of his opponents, to its register of “foreign agents.”Russian law allows for figures and organizations receiving money or support from outside the country to be designated as foreign agents, a term whose pejorative connotations could undermine the designee's credibility. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Putin's first prime minister and later his opponent has been added to Russia's 'foreign agent' list

Russia’s Justice Ministry has added President Vladimir Putin’s first prime minister who later became an opponent to its register of “foreign agents.” Russian law allows for figures and … more

11/24/23

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is visiting Antarctica just before the COP28 climate talks begin in Dubai. He called the warming of the rapidly melting continent devastating. (Nov. 24) (AP Video by Alex Plaza)

UN chief gives interview from melting Antarctica on eve of global climate summit

On the eve of international climate talks, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited globally-important Antarctica, where ice that’s been frozen for millions of years is melting due to … more

By ISABELLA O'MALLEY and ALEXANDRE PLAZA | 11/24/23

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to Sergey Mironov, 70, the leader of political party A Just Russia in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 14, 2023. A Russian lawmaker and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin, Mironov has denied media allegations that he adopted a 2-year-old girl who was seized from a Ukrainian children's home and changed her name in Russia. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Russian lawmaker disputes report saying he adopted a child taken from a Ukrainian children's home

A Russian lawmaker and staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin has denied media allegations that he adopted a 2-year-old girl who was seized from a Ukrainian children’s home and changed her … more

By EMMA BURROWS | 11/24/23