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Riot police use pepper spray to clear a protester during a protest against the arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, March 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkish court orders key Erdogan rival jailed pending trial on corruption charges

A court has formally arrested the mayor of Istanbul and key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and ordered him jailed pending the outcome of a trial on corruption charges. Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu … more

3/23/25

FILE - Pope Francis waves as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Timeline of Pope Francis' longest hospital stay as doctors announce his release set for Sunday

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it hard to speak publicly. Doctors diagnosed a complex infection that … more

3/22/25

Participants in a mass for the jubilar pilgrims from Naples wait for the start of the celebration under pouring rain in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Saturday, March 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Doctors will provide first in-person update in Pope Francis' recovery from pneumonia in a month

Pope Francis’ doctors are providing their first in-person update on the pontiff’s condition in a month. The Saturday evening briefing is the first since since Feb. 21, a week after the … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 3/22/25

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 1999 file photo, Oleg Gordievsky, a former deputy head of the KGB in London, prepares to testify before a House Armed Services Subcommittee in Washington. He died March 4 in England at the age of 86. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)

Oleg Gordievsky, Britain's most valuable Cold War spy inside the KGB, dies at 86

Former KGB officer Oleg Gordievsky has died aged 86 in England. He was a double agent who helped change the course of the Cold War by covertly passing secrets to Britain for a decade. Historians … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 3/22/25

Sudan army soldiers celebrate after they took over the Republican Palace in Khartoum, Sudan, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo)

Sudanese military says it seized key buildings in Khartoum after retaking the Republican Palace

Sudan’s military has consolidated its grip on the capital, retaking more key government buildings a day after it gained control of the Republican Palace from a notorious paramilitary group. Brig. … more

BY SAMY MAGDY | 3/22/25

Josephine Nyevhe, a volunteer village health worker, conducts weekly visits on her electric tricycle in Hwedza Zimbabwe, Thursday, March 6 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Ufumeli)

Electric tricycles are a ticket to respect and prosperity for some rural women in Zimbabwe

Electric tricycles are transforming the lives of some women in parts of rural Zimbabwe. They offer financial independence and social empowerment in a society long seen as deeply patriarchal. Women … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 3/22/25

FILE - In this May 12, 2017 file photo, Pope Francis holds his bag and waves as he embarks his flight to Monte Real, Portugal, from Rome's International airport of Leonardo Da Vinci, in Fiumicino, Italy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file)

A weak Pope Francis is wielding power and rewriting the narrative of how popes exercise authority

Over 12 years, Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome power of the papacy. The way Francis has managed his lengthy … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 3/22/25

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - FILE - Eyad Abu Jazar holds the body of a child he believes to be his nephew, who was killed in Israeli army airstrikes, at Nasser Hospital morgue in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh, File)

As Israeli bombs fell, wounded children overwhelmed this Gaza hospital. Dozens died

When Israel unleashed a wave of bombardment this week, shattering Gaza's ceasefire, a hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis was overwhelmed with wounded children. Doctors at Nasser Hospital … more

By SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH | 3/22/25

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, center, and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul pose for a photo during their trilateral foreign ministers' meeting in Tokyo Saturday, March 22, 2025.(Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan host talks with China and South Korea

Foreign ministers from Japan and its two neighboring Asian powers China and South Korea held a meeting Saturday to seek common ground on areas like low birth rates, natural disasters and cultural … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 3/21/25

Cardinal Victor Fernandez poses for photographers with a copy of a book by Pope Francis titled "Viva la Poesia" (long live poetry) during its presentation to the journalists in Rome, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis advisers say he'll recover from pneumonia and a 'new stage' is opening for him

Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate will open after he is released. They are offering notes of … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA | 3/21/25

FILE - U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth responds to questions from reporters during a meeting with Britain's Defense Secretary John Healey at the Pentagon, on March 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., File)

Hegseth to visit the Philippines for talks that will include South China Sea concerns, envoy says

A Philippine official says U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines, the first stop in his first trip to the Indo-Pacific next week, for talks that will include … more

By JIM GOMEZ | 3/21/25

Traveller Lauren Clark, left, and Shahin Jade Ali wait at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after a fire at Heathrow Airport in London forced its closure, leading to numerous flight cancellations, in Mumbai, India, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

After a fire shut Heathrow, a look at some of history's worst air travel disruptions

A fire that closed London’s Heathrow Airport has sparked one of the most serious disruptions to air travel in years. More than 1,300 flights were cancelled and hundreds of thousands of journeys … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 3/21/25

This image taken from video shows firefighters working to secure the area of a fire at the North Hyde electrical substation, which caught fire Thursday night and lead to a closure of Heathrow Airport in London, Friday, March 21, 2025. (Sky News via AP)

What we know about the fire that brought London's Heathrow Airport to a standstill

Flights to and from London’s Heathrow Airport have been canceled for the whole of Friday after a fire at a nearby substation knocked out power to Europe’s busiest airport. That immediately … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 3/21/25

Ali Marouf and his mother Aisha cook on a fire on the roof of their house, which was destroyed by the Israeli army's air and ground offensive, in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel vows to take more land in Gaza to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages

Israel’s defense minister has ordered the military to take additional parts of the Gaza Strip, and vowed to hold them until Hamas releases the remaining hostages it holds. Defense Minister Israel … more

By IBRAHIM HAZBOUN and DAVID RISING | 3/21/25

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire at a storehouse following a Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, March 21, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)

Russian drones strike Ukrainian city of Odesa, underlining challenges for even limited truce

Russian drones have pummeled the Ukrainian Black Sea port city of Odesa, injuring three people and sparking fires. The attack underlined Moscow’s intention to pursue aerial attacks even as it … more

By ILLIA NOVIKOV | 3/21/25

Sudan's military says it has retaken the last area of the capital held by rival paramilitary forces

Sudan’s military says it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting. Social media videos showed its … more

By SAMY MAGDY and JON GAMBRELL | 3/21/25

Mnyaka Sururu Mboro is still driven by the promise he gave his grandmother when he left Tanzania for Germany almost 50 years ago. He told her he would recover the head of local chieftan Mangi Meli, who was executed by German colonists for opposing their rule. Mboro has seen how Germany is dealing with its colonial past as he has been looking for Meli's head.

A promise to an African grandmother: Shining a light on Germany's colonial past

Germany has over the past years made strides in coming to terms with a dark era of its past, the colonial rule of large swaths of Africa. Immigrants from Africa such as Mnyaka Sururu Mboro are … more

By CIARÁN FAHEY and FANNY BRODERSEN | 3/21/25

What could happen next in Sudan's civil war

The war in Sudan appears to be reaching a critical juncture after nearly two years of fighting that has killed tens of thousands, driven millions from their homes and spread famine. The military has … more

By FATMA KHALED and SAMY MAGDY | 3/21/25

A tour guide at New Zealand's Parliament gives a spooky tour of the historical Parliament library, constructed in the late 19th century and rumored to be haunted, in Wellington, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlotte Graham-McLay)

Spooky tales of ghosts and scandal come alive on an after-hours New Zealand parliament tour

Mysterious deaths, unexplained noises and late-night apparitions are not the usual fodder of daily tours offered at New Zealand's parliament in Wellington. After hours on Thursday, however, guides … more

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY | 3/21/25

Afghan migrants deported from the U.S. walk to the UN Refugee Agency office in Panama City, Thursday, March 20, 2025, seeking advice on how and where to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Deportees from the US hop embassy-to-embassy in Panama in a desperate scramble to seek asylum

Migrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama are hopping door-to-door at embassies and consulates desperately seeking asylum in … more

By MATÍAS DELACROIX and MEGAN JANETSKY | 3/21/25