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Sweden's Defense Minister Pal Jonson, left, arrives for a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov arrived at NATO for meetings with alliance defense ministers to further drum up support for Ukraine's fight against Russia. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Months on, there are few signs that Turkey plans to honor its pledge to help Sweden join NATO

Three months after Turkey agreed to expedite Sweden's NATO membership bid, little sign of progress has emerged. NATO defense ministers are meeting Thursday and the issue was expected to be raised. … more

By LORNE COOK | 10/12/23

U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan is escorted as it arrives in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (Kang Duck-chul/Yonhap via AP)

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea as North's leader Kim exchanges messages with Putin

A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has arrived in South Korea in a demonstration of strength against North Korea. South Korea's Defense Ministry says the USS Ronald Reagan and its battle group … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 10/12/23

In this photo provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Chinese Australian journalist Cheng Lei, right, poses with Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, at Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne, on Wednesday Oct. 11, 2023. Cheng, who was convicted on murky espionage charges and detained in China for three years has returned to Australia. (Sarah Hodges/DFAT via AP)

Australian minister credits improved relations with China for the release of a detained journalist

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong is crediting improved relations with China for the return home this week of an Australian journalist whose three-year detention in China had strained ties. A … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 10/12/23

FILE - Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh rides on the shoulders of cheering crowds in Tehran's Majlis Square, outside the parliament building, after reiterating his oil nationalization views to his supporters on Sept. 27, 1951. While revealing new details about one of the most famed CIA operations of all times, the spiriting out of six American diplomats who escaped the 1979 U.S. Embassy seizure in Iran, the intelligence agency for the first time has acknowledged something else as well. The CIA now officially describes the 1953 coup it backed in Iran that overthrew its prime minister and cemented the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as undemocratic. (AP Photo, File)

CIA publicly acknowledges 1953 coup it backed in Iran was undemocratic as it revisits 'Argo' rescue

While revealing new details about one of the most famed CIA operations of all times — the spiriting out of six American diplomats who escaped the 1979 U.S. Embassy seizure in Iran — the … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 10/12/23

A Hamas militant in a body bag is seen in Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. The kibbutz was overrun by Hamas militants from Neraby Gaza Strip Saturday when they killed and captured many Israelis. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

After a hard fight to clear militants, Israeli soldiers find a scene of destruction, slain children

The Israeli military led a group of journalists, including an Associated Press reporter, on a tour of Kibbutz Be'eri, a village a few miles from Israel’s fortified border with Gaza. Be’eri, a … more

By SAM McNEIL | 10/11/23

FILE - With the headquarters of the ruling party burning in the back, supporters of Niger's ruling junta demonstrate in Niamey, Niger, on July 27, 2023. The French troops being forced out of Niger were seen as a key line of decadelong defense amid efforts led by the West, particularly U.S. and France, to fight against jihadi violence in Africa’s hard-hit Sahel region.. (AP Photo/Fatahoulaye Hassane Midou, File)

French troops are starting to withdraw from Niger and junta leaders give UN head 72 hours to leave

The French military says it's begun withdrawing from Niger following the July coup when mutinous soldiers toppled the country’s democratically elected president. More than 100 troops left in two … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 10/11/23

Destruction from Israeli aerial bombardment is seen in Gaza City, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gaza is tiny and watched closely by Israel. But rescuing hostages there would be a daunting task

The Hamas-run Gaza Strip is a tiny enclave, measuring 25 miles long and no more than 7 miles wide. It is surveilled continually by Israel, and surrounded by its guns. But locating and rescuing dozens … more

By AMY TEIBEL | 10/11/23

A communications antenna lays on the street after Hurricane Lidia hit, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Lidia dissipated Wednesday after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane. (AP Photo/Valentin Gonzalez)

Lidia dissipates after killing 1, injuring 2 near Mexico resort, Atlantic sees Tropical Storm Sean

Lidia has dissipated after hitting land as a Category 4 hurricane near the resort of Puerta Vallarta. One person was killed by a falling tree and two others were injured after the hurricane made … more

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FILE - View of the Conseil d'Etat, France's top administrative court, in Paris, Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. France's highest administrative authority on Wednesday Oct.11 2023 rejected an effort by rights campaigners to end what they allege is a systemic and generalized practice by French police of targeting Black people and people of Arab descent for stops and checks. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

France's top body rejects contention by campaigners that racial profiling by police is systemic

France’s highest administrative authority has rejected an effort by rights campaigners to end what they allege is a generalized practice by French police of targeting Black people and people of … more

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Oleg Orlov, a member of the Board of the International Historical Educational Charitable and Human Rights Society 'Memorial' (International Memorial) sits at a courtroom prior to a session in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Orlov, the co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, is on trial on charges of "discrediting" the Russian military in his criticism of Russia's campaign in Ukraine and could face up to five years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian authorities seek to fine a human rights advocate for criticizing the war in Ukraine

Russian authorities are seeking to fine a prominent human rights advocate on trial for criticizing the war in Ukraine, the latest step in a relentless crackdown. Oleg Orlov, co-chair of the Nobel … more

By DASHA LITVINOVA | 10/11/23

FILE - Cheng Lei, a Chinese-born Australian journalist for CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, attends a public event in Beijing on Aug. 12, 2020. Cheng who worked for China’s state broadcaster and was convicted on murky espionage charges during her three years in detention in China had been returned to Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanes said on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Australian-Chinese journalist detained for 3 years in China returns to Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a Chinese-Australian journalist who was jailed for three years in China on a murky espionage conviction has returned to Australia. Cheng Lei worked for … more

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Afghan men search for victims after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, of western Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023. Saturday's deadly earthquake killed and injured thousands when it leveled an untold number of homes in Herat province. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Quake in Afghanistan leaves rubble, funerals and survivors struggling with loss

One of the most destructive earthquakes in Afghanistan's recent history leveled whole villages in Herat province, leaving behind nothing but rubble and funerals. Survivors are struggling to come to … more

By EBRAHIM NOROOZI | 10/11/23

This image taken from video provided by Molly Bullard, shows a fire that broke out in one of the parking lots at Luton Airport, in Luton, England, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. Luton Airport, located about 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of central London, said that “all flights are currently suspended as emergency services respond to a car fire that has spread in Terminal Car Park 2.” (Molly Bullard via AP)

London's Luton Airport suspends flights after fire breaks out at one of its parking lots

An airport in London said all flights have been suspended after a fire broke out in one of its parking lots. Luton Airport, located north of central London, said that all flights were suspended as … more

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Military helicopters and vehicles have been seen on the move in Southern Israel on the fourth day of the war. (October 10)

Israeli village near the Gaza border lies in ruin, filled with the bodies of residents and militants

An Israeli village that was attacked by militants lies in ruin, not far from the border with Gaza. On the streets of Kfar Aza, the bodies of militants lie scattered between the shells of burned-out … more

By SAM McNEIL | 10/10/23

This satellite image provided by NOAA at 8am E.T. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023 shows Hurricane Lidia in the Pacific Ocean approaching Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. (NOAA via AP)

Lidia becomes major hurricane with 115 mph winds as it takes aim at Mexico's Puerto Vallarta resort

Lidia has become a major hurricane with winds of 115 mph as it takes aim at Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta. Lidia is strengthening and may have winds of 105 mph when it hits land … more

10/10/23

In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, listens to army commander Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi during a graduation ceremony for a group of armed forces cadets in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

Hamas' unprecedented attack on Israel raises questions about the influence of its sponsor, Iran

Hamas’ unprecedented attack on Israel and the war it launched has raised new questions about the influence of its main sponsor, Iran, and whether it had anything to do with the assault. From Tel … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 10/10/23

FILE - Schoolchildren attend a class in the Ben Omar district of Algiers, Algeria, on Sept. 19, 2023. More than a year after Algeria launched a pilot program to teach English in elementary schools, the country is hailing it as a success and expanding it in a move that reflects a widening linguistic shift underway in former French colonies throughout Africa. (AP Photo, File)

Algeria forces Francophone schools to adopt Arabic curriculum but says all languages are welcome

Algeria is rebuffing accusations that efforts to crack down on French private schools constituted hostility toward the langauge. After weeks of outcry against the country's efforts to crack down on … more

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A man looks on at homes destroyed after air and artillery strikes in Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp, in Laiza, Myanmar, Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023. Myanmar’s military is accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin that killed about 30 people, including about a dozen children. A local Kachin human rights group said the attack on the Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in the northern part of Laiza, a town where the headquarters of the rebel Kachin Independence Army is based, also wounded about 60 people. (AP Photo)

Myanmar military accused of bombing a displacement camp in a northern state, killing about 30

Myanmar’s military is accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin that killed about 30 people, including about a dozen children. A local Kachin … more

By GRANT PECK | 10/10/23

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., third from right, speaks during a press roundtable with Schumer and his delegation at the residence of U.S. Ambassador to China, in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)

US senators see a glimmer of hope for breaking a logjam with China over the fentanyl crisis

A group of U.S. senators visiting Beijing are expressing hope that they had opened the door ever so slightly to government talks with China on its role in the fentanyl crisis ravaging America. Senate … more

10/10/23

FILE - Poland's Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, right, talks to conscripted tank crews during the Aurora 23 military exercise at the Rinkaby firing range outside Kristianstad, Sweden, Saturday, May 6, 2023. Two top commanders of the armed forces, the Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, and operational commander Gen. Tomasz Piotrowski have tendered their resignations. (Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP, File)

2 top Polish military commanders resign in a spat with the defense minister

Two senior Polish military officers have resigned over an apparent spat with the defense minister just days before the country holds a general election. Authorities said their replacements were due … more

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | 10/10/23