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Judicial workers lead a strike to protest the government's proposed judicial reform, which would make judges stand for election, outside the Senate in Mexico City, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Jon Orbach)

Catholic leaders raise concerns over judicial reform pushed by Mexico's president

Mexico’s Catholic leaders have raised their concerns over a controversial judicial reform pushed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. In a video released by the Catholic bishops conference … more

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ | 9/9/24

Palestinians inspect the damage at a tent area in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, hit by an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The UN chief calls the death and destruction in Gaza the worst he's seen

The U.N. chief says the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and is demanding an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure. … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 9/9/24

FILE - A stray cat rests on a statue in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo)

US halts plan to remove iconic stray cats from a historic area in Puerto Rico's capital

The U.S. government has temporarily halted a plan to remove iconic stray cats that live in a historic district in Puerto Rico’s capital until a lawsuit opposing the project is resolved. The ruling … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 9/9/24

Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, takes his seat at the high security court at Schiphol, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, to hear the verdict against two Pakistani men on charges of threatening Wilders. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A Dutch court convicts 2 Pakistani men over death threats to anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders

A Dutch court has convicted two Pakistani men in their absence over calls to their followers to murder anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, the leader of the Party for Freedom that won last year’s … more

By MIKE CORDER | 9/9/24

German Interior Nancy Faeser speaks during a press conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Germany expands controls at borders to stem irregular migration and extremism risks

Germany’s interior minister has ordered temporary controls at all German land borders as a response to irregular migration and to protect the country from extremist threats. Nancy Faeser said at a … more

9/9/24

Israeli soldiers stand guard near the site of a deadly shooting attack where Israeli officials say three people were shot and killed at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinians' UN proposal demands Israel leave Gaza and the West Bank in 6 months

The Palestinians have circulated a draft U.N. resolution demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the West Bank within six months. The AP obtained the proposed General … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 9/9/24

This photo provided by OneWhale.org on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, shows the skin surface of the carcass of the beluga whale Hvaldimir, who was found dead on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (OneWhale.org via AP)

Police say a Russian 'spy whale' in Norway wasn't shot to death

Norwegian police say there's no evidence to suggest that gunshots caused the death of a tame beluga whale that lived off Norway's coast and whose harness ignited speculation it was a Russian spy. … more

9/9/24

Ukrainian air defense intercepts a Shahed drone mid-air during a Russia aerial attack on the capital in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Iranian missiles in Russia are a legitimate target, a Ukrainian official says

A senior Ukrainian official says tWestern partner countries must allow Ukraine to use weapons they have supplied to strike military warehouses inside Russia because of strong suspicions Iran has … more

By ILLIA NOVIKOV | 9/9/24

Photo taken on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024 of the young golden eagle that attacked a toddler in Norway in what an ornithologist says is likely the bird’s in the fourth such attack on humans in the past week. The bird’s unusual aggression occurred over five days across a vast mountainous area of southern Norway. (Francis Ari Sture/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Golden eagle attacks toddler and 3 others in Norway. Expert suspects a 'behavioral disorder'

A young golden eagle attacked a toddler in Norway in what an ornithologist says is likely the same bird’s fourth such attack on humans in the past week. The unusual aggression occurred over five … more

By JAN M. OLSEN and STEFANIE DAZIO | 9/9/24

A police officer stands guard as a health worker, right, administers a polio vaccine to a child in a neighbourhood of Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

A bomb hits a vehicle guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan and wounds 9

Officials say a roadside bomb has hit a vehicle carrying officers assigned to protect health workers conducting a polio immunization drive in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in … more

9/9/24

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, presents a global update on human rights in the world, during the opening of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

UN rights chief urges voters to beware 'strongman' politicians who 'throw glitter in our eyes'

The U.N. human rights chief is urging voters to be wary of “strongman” politicians and personalities “that throw glitter in our eyes” as more elections loom in a busy electoral calendar this … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 9/9/24

Lee Sang Hoon, a standing commissioner, speaks to the media during a news conference at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Im Hwa-young/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s

A South Korean truth commission says it found evidence that women were pressured into giving away their infants for foreign adoptions at government-funded facilities where thousands of so-called … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 9/9/24

At least 21 people have died in Vietnam after Typhoon Yagi slammed the country's north, triggering landslides and floods, state media reported on Sunday.

Bridge collapses as more rain falls in Vietnam and storm deaths rise to 21

A bridge has collapsed as more rain falls on northern Vietnam from a former typhoon that caused landslides, flooding, power outages and at least 21 deaths. Reports said several vehicles fell into the … more

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL | 9/9/24

A man stands near a banner showing East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta, left, shaking hands with Pope Francis, ahead of the pope's visit to the country, in Dili, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

Activists criticize high cost of Pope Francis' visit to East Timor, one of the poorest nations

East Timor pulled out all stops for Pope Francis’ historic visit to one of the world’s youngest and poorest countries to the tune of $12 million, drawing rebuke from activists and human rights … more

By NINIEK KARMINI | 9/8/24

FILE - Opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez leads a demonstration against the official election results that declared that President Nicolas Maduro won reelection in Caracas, Venezuela, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Cristian Hernandez, File)

Opposition candidate burst into Venezuelan politics just months before being chased into exile

For millions of Venezuelans, Edmundo González was the undisputed winner of the country’s July 28 presidential election. But on Sunday, he joined the swelling ranks of once-prominent government … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JOSHUA GOODMAN | 9/8/24

Algerian president and candidate for re-election Abdelmajid Tebboune speaks after casting his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential elections, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Algiers, Algeria. (AP Photo)

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune elected to serve second term leading gas-rich Algeria

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been named the winner of Algeria’s presidential election, granting him another term leading the gas-rich North African nation five years after pro-democracy … more

9/8/24

A mother cries near the coffin of her son killed in a Russian rocket attack at a Ukrainian military academy, during his funeral ceremony in Poltava, Ukraine, Saturday Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

NATO member Romania says a Russian drone violated its airspace

Romania says a Russian drone violated its airspace during nighttime attacks on neighboring Ukraine and urged Moscow to stop what it described as an escalation. The Romanian Defense Ministry says the … more

9/8/24

People walk past buildings which were affected by the 2023 earthquake, in the town of Amizmiz, outside Marrakech, Morocco, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A year after an earthquake struck Morocco, most reconstruction efforts have yet to be realized

A year after a deadly earthquake struck Morocco's High Atlas mountains, reconstruction efforts are slowly moving forward. Though some residents of towns hit by the quake have praised the incremental … more

By SAM METZ | 9/8/24

A school teacher sweeps the floor of a classroom before the start of classes in Dili, East Timor, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati)

East Timor looks to the pope's visit as a reward after 20 years of fragile stability

East Timor is in a festive mood as it prepares for the arrival of Pope Francis on his first trip to the deeply Catholic country, hard on the heels of the 25th anniversary of the referendum on … more

By NINIEK KARMINI | 9/8/24

Villager Lo Yuet-ping cleans the head prop that's used in the traditional "Qilin" Dance at the Cha Kwo Ling village in east Kowloon, Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Chan Long Hei)

Villagers reluctant to say goodbye to one of Hong Kong's last squatter settlements

In just months, residents of Hong Kong’s Cha Kwo Ling village will bid farewell to their homes for decades. The ongoing demolition of the Cha Kwo Ling village is set to enter its final phase in … more

By KATIE TAM and KANIS LEUNG | 9/7/24