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FILE - Lawmakers from India's opposition parties protest against the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside the parliament in New Delhi, India, March 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, file)

In Modi's India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party. A decade into … more

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and SHEIKH SAALIQ | 4/15/24

The purple athletics track at the Olympic Stadium, currently known as Stade de France, is being installed, in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. The Olympic Stadium will host the athletics events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Seeing purple: Fans get a new track color and maybe record-breaking times at Paris Olympics

PARIS (AP) — Fans will be seeing purple at the Olympics when athletes try to set records at this summer's Paris Games. In a move away from a more traditional red-brick clay color, an Olympic … more

By JEROME PUGMIRE | 4/14/24

An elderly Jewish man pulls his cart on a street during the dusk in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Israel on Sunday hailed its air defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran, saying the systems thwarted 99% of the more than 300 drones and missiles launched toward its territory. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Iran and Israel have a history of enmity. What key recent events led to Iran's assault on Israel?

Iran’s dramatic aerial attack on Israel follows years of enmity between the countries and marks the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel. The hostility between the … more

Associated Press | 4/14/24

A cleric chants slogans during an anti-Israeli gathering in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, early Sunday, April 14, 2024. Iran launched its first direct military attack against Israel on Saturday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The shadow war between Iran and Israel has been exposed. What happens next?

Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel marks a change in approach for Tehran, which had relied on proxies across the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October. All eyes are now … more

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 4/14/24

Anti-abortion demonstrators march in support of every conceived life and against steps taken by the new government to liberalize Poland's strict law and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Last week, Poland's parliament, which is dominated by the liberal and pro-European Union ruling coalition, voted to approve further detailed work on four proposals to lift the near-ban on abortions. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish opponents of abortion march against recent steps to liberalize strict law

Thousands of Polish opponents of abortion are marching in Warsaw to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the predominantly Catholic nation's strict laws and allow termination of … more

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | 4/14/24

A Ukrainian serviceman from the Azov brigade known by call sign Chaos, right, carries mortar shell, while he waits for a command to fire, at positions of 122 mm HM 16 mortar around one kilometer away from Russian forces on the frontline in Kreminna direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

More civilians die in Ukraine as a think tank warns delays in US aid will hamper Kyiv's forces

More civilians have died across Ukraine as analysts warn that delays in U.S. aid would see Kyiv struggle to fight off Russian offensives. At least five people were killed by drone strikes and … more

4/14/24

Cardinal Alvaro Ramazzini, center back, waits for the start of a religious procession, in Guatemala City, Saturday, March 23, 2024. Elevated by Pope Francis in 2019 to the top hierarchy of the Catholic Church, Ramazzini has continued his focus on the poor, the Indigenous and the migrant. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Unfazed by danger and power, Guatemalan cardinal keeps up fight for migrants and the poor

Elevated by Pope Francis to the top hierarchy of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Álvaro Ramazzini has kept up his unflinching focus on the poor, the Indigenous and the migrant in Central America. That … more

By GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO | 4/14/24

A demonstrator holds up a poster of the late Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack in 2020 in Iraq, during an anti-Israeli gathering in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, early Sunday, April 14, 2024. Iran launched its first direct military attack against Israel on Saturday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran's attack on Israel raised fears of a wider war, but all sides in the conflict also scored gains

The unprecedented attack by Iran on Israel early Sunday ratcheted up regional tensions. It confirmed long-held fears about the Israel-Hamas war spiraling into a broader conflagration. But Iran, … more

By TIA GOLDENBERG | 4/14/24

A note is left with flower tributes near a crime scene at Bondi Junction in Sydney, Sunday, April 14, 2024, after several people were stabbed to death at a shopping center Saturday. Police have identified Joel Cauchi, 40, as the assailant that stabbed several people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot by a police officer. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Officer, bystanders hailed for confronting and stopping a man who killed 6 at a Sydney shopping mall

A police officer and several bystanders are being hailed for running “towards danger” to confront the attacker who stabbed and killed six people at a suburban Sydney shopping center. The shopping … more

By RICK RYCROFT and KEIRAN SMITH | 4/14/24

FILE - People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June 19, 2023. Sudan has been torn by war for a year now, torn by fighting between the military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. (AP Photo, File)

World paid little attention to Sudan's war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger

Sudan has been torn by war for a year now, torn by fighting between the military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. The conflict has been overshadowed by the war between Israel and … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 4/14/24

FILE - Venezuelans, who support opposition leader María Corina Machado, sing their native country's national anthem during a protest demanding free and fair elections in Venezuela's upcoming election, in Bolivar Square in Bogota, Colombia, April 6, 2024. Of the millions of Venezuelans who have fanned out around the world, including those who migrated before the economic crisis, only about 107,000 are registered to vote outside the South American country. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Venezuelans living abroad want to vote for president this year but can't meet absentee requirements

More than half of the estimated 7.7 million Venezuelans who have left their homeland during the complex crisis that has marked Nicolás Maduro’s 11-year presidency are estimated to be registered to … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 4/14/24

A woman brings flowers to an impromptu memorial at Bondi Junction in Sydney, Sunday, April 14, 2024, after several people were stabbed to death at a shopping center Saturday. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people

Police have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center before he was fatally shot by a police officer. New South Wales Police said Sunday that Joel … more

4/13/24

FILE - A battery of Israel's Iron Dome defense missile system, deployed to intercept rockets, sits in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Aug. 7, 2022. An incoming attack by Iranian drones and ballistic missiles Sunday, April 14, 2024, poses the latest challenge to Israel’s air defense system, which already has been working overtime to cope with incoming rocket, drone and missile attacks throughout the six-month war against Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)

Israel has deployed a multilayered air-defense system. It faces big test with Iranian drone strike.

Israel has deployed a multilayered air-defense system. It faces a big test with Iranian drone strike. more

4/13/24

A torched vehicle is seen in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, Saturday, April 13, 2024. Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, shooting and setting houses and cars on fire. The rampage killed a Palestinian man and wounded 25 others, Palestinian health officials said. An Israeli rights group said the settlers were searching for a missing 14-year-old boy from their settlement. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Israel finds the body of a teen whose disappearance sparked a deadly settler attack in the West Bank

Israel’s army says the body of a missing Israeli teen has been found in the occupied West Bank after he was killed in a “terrorist attack.” The disappearance of 14-year-old Binyamin Achimair … more

By NASSER NASSER and JACK JEFFERY | 4/13/24

One person was killed and seven injured Friday when a cable car in southern Turkey hit a pole and burst open, sending the passengers plummeting to the mountainside below, local media reported.

More than 40 people still stranded the day after a deadly cable car accident in Turkey

More than 40 people remain stranded in cable cars high above a mountain in southern Turkey, 19 hours after one pod hit a pole and burst open, killing one person and injuring seven. The accident … more

4/13/24

Pakistani police search for gunmen who abducted bus passengers and killed 10 in the southwest

A Pakistani police official says a search is underway for gunmen who killed eight people after abducting them from a bus on a highway in the country’s southwest. The abduction took place Friday in … more

4/13/24

Multiple people stabbed and 1 person shot at a Sydney shopping center, media say

Media reports say multiple people have been stabbed and that the police shot a person at a Sydney shopping center. ABC TV in Australia reported Saturday that police evacuated shoppers at Westfield … more

4/13/24

A Palestinian wounded in a settler rampage at the Palestine Medical Complex in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, April 12, 2024. Dozens of Israeli settlers rampaged through a Palestinian village, Palestinian medics and an Israeli rights group said, killing one Palestinian and more than a dozen were wounded. Settlers stormed the village of al-Mughayyir in search of a missing 14-year-old Israeli boy, according to rights group Yesh Din.( AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

A Palestinian is killed as Israeli settlers rampage in his village and troops fire on stone-throwers

Palestinian health officials and an Israeli rights group say dozens of Israeli settlers have rampaged through a village in the West Bank, opening fire and setting cars and homes on fire. The military … more

By JACK JEFFREY and JULIA FRANKEL | 4/13/24

A Russian officer who goes by Yevgeny speaks during an interview at his apartment in Astana, Kazakhstan, in late 2023. He had a friend shoot him in the leg so he could get out off the frontline in Ukraine. "Many of my friends have died. And these were really good guys who didn't want to fight," he said. "But there was no way out for them." (AP Photo)

Thousands of Russian soldiers are fleeing the war in Ukraine but have nowhere to go

Growing numbers of Russian soldiers are trying to get out of the war in Ukraine. Overall asylum claims from Russians have surged in the U.S., France and Germany since Russia’s full-scale invasion … more

By ERIKA KINETZ | 4/12/24

Passengers of a bus that was swept away by floodwaters are rescued by boat, near Garissa, northern Kenya, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Police said some of the passengers managed to escape just before the bus was submerged, while others climbed onto the roof. The incident happened just hours after Kenya's roads agency announced the closure of another section of the same road that was flooded after the Tana River swelled due to continuing heavy rains. (AP Photo)

At least a dozen killed and an estimated 15,000 displaced by flooding in Kenya

The United Nations say heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and displaced some 15,000 people. Forecasters warn that more rains can be expected … more

4/12/24