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FILE - A woman lifts a child from a muddied path as Ecuadorian migrants walk across the Darien Gap from Colombia into Panama hoping to reach the U.S., on Oct. 15, 2022. A report released Wednesday, March 22, 2023, by Panama´s ombudsman and two United Nations organisms pointed to a rise in the number of migrant minors crossing the Darien area. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Big jump in migrants crossing Panama's dangerous Darien Gap

Panama's government estimates 50,000 migrants crossed the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama in the first two months of 2023. That is five times more than in the same period of last … more

3/22/23

FILE - In this May 21, 2021 file photo, people walk past the rubble of the 12-story al-Jalaa building, that housed the Associated Press bureau in Gaza City for 15 years and was home to dozens of families, that was destroyed in an Israeli air-strike in the 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, in Gaza City. The Israeli military says that it made a “mistake” in launching a secretive influence campaign on social media in an effort to improve the public’s view of Israel’s performance in its devastating war with Gaza militants in 2021. The online campaign, which failed to gain traction, was one of several contentious — even deceptive — tactics employed by the Israeli military in the bloody 11-day war, which killed over 260 Palestinians and 13 Israelis, as the military bombed the Hamas-ruled territory and Palestinian militants launched rockets at Israel. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Israeli army admits to covert influence campaign in Gaza war

The Israeli military says that it made a “mistake” in launching a secretive influence campaign on social media in an effort to improve the public’s view of Israel’s performance in its … more

By ISABEL DEBRE | 3/22/23

A soldier checks the identification of youths on the main street of La Campanera neighborhood in Soyapango, El Salvador, Sunday, March 5, 2023. Here in La Campanera, once one of the most bloody neighborhoods of the country, police and soldiers demand men strip off their shirts to examine their bodies for tattoos, and flip through deeds or energy bills for any evidence to show they weren’t part of Barrio 18, the gang that once dominated the zone. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

War on gangs forges new El Salvador. But the price is steep.

One year ago, President Nayib Bukele suspended constitutional rights and started an all-out offensive on gangs. Since he ordered a state of emergency in response to surging gang violence, El Salvador … more

By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE | 3/22/23

Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau, right, and his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen, left, shake hands after signing an agreement allowing the resumption of Israeli youth trips to Poland in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Israeli foreign minister visits Poland to 'restore' ties

The Israeli and Polish foreign ministers have met in a step that they are hailing as a breakthrough in restoring a relationship that's been badly damaged for years due to disagreements over how to … more

By VANESSA GERA | 3/22/23

A worker cleans an area in the historical Sunehri mosque, ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Muslims across the world will be observing the Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. Ramadan is expected to officially begin Thursday or Friday in Pakistan, though the timing depends on the alignment of the moon. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Muslims across the world mark start of holy month of Ramadan

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins at sundown. The faithful are preparing for a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting intended to bring them closer to God and to remind them of the suffering of those … more

3/22/23

FILE - A Ugandan man is seen during the third Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride celebrations in Entebbe, Uganda on Aug. 9, 2014. Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday, March 21, 2023 prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country's LGBTQ community. (AP Photo/Rebecca Vassie, File)

'Deeply troubling': UN rights chief on Uganda anti-gay bill

The U.N.’s top human rights official is urging Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to block an anti-LGBTQ bill that prescribes harsh penalties for some homosexual offenses, including death and life … more

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA | 3/22/23

FILE - Fighters loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) walk along a street in the town of Hawzen, then controlled by the group, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 7, 2021. Ethiopian lawmakers on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 have removed the TPLF from the country's list of designated terror groups more than four months after a peace agreement ended a conflict that killed hundreds of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Ethiopian lawmakers remove Tigray group from terror list

Ethiopian lawmakers have removed the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front from the country’s list of designated terror groups more than four months after a peace agreement ended a conflict that killed … more

3/22/23

FILE - Monarch butterflies gather on a shrub at Piedra Herrada sanctuary in the mountains near Valle de Bravo, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. In the annual monarch population report released on Tuesday, March 21, the number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central Mexico dropped by 22%, and the number of trees lost in their favored wintering ground more than tripled compared to last year. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico drops 22%

The number of monarch butterflies wintering in the mountains of central Mexico dropped 22%, and the number of trees lost in their favored wintering ground more than tripled compared to last year. The … more

By MARK STEVENSON and ARMANDO SOLÍS | 3/21/23

FILE - Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a rare protest against Uganda's tough stance against homosexuality and in solidarity with their counterparts there, outside the Uganda High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya on Feb. 10, 2014. Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday, March 21, 2023 prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African country's LGBTQ community. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Uganda's legislature passes harsh new anti-LGBTQ bill

Ugandan lawmakers passed a bill prescribing jail terms of up to 10 years for offenses related to same-sex relations, responding to popular sentiment but piling more pressure on the East African … more

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA | 3/21/23

Strong earthquake rattles Pakistan, residents flee homes

A strong earthquake has rattled Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and other parts of the country, sending panicked residents fleeing from their homes. The U.S. Geological Survey said the center of the … more

3/21/23

View of the Sau reservoir, about 100 km (62 miles) north of Barcelona. Spain, Monday, March 20, 2023. The Sau reservoir's water levels now stand at 9% of total capacity, according to Catalan Water Agency data, so officials have taken the decision to remove its fish to prevent them from asphyxiating. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Drought in Spain's northeast empties reservoirs

The medieval church of Sant Romà disappeared from view in the 1960s, when the town of Vilanova de Sau was flooded to create a reservoir an hour north of Barcelona. In the past three decades, its … more

By EMILIO MORENATTI | 3/21/23

A police officer escorts the Briton David Hunter, right, as he leaves the grounds of the courthouse complex after a trial on a premeditated murder charge in the death of his ill wife a year ago, in the south west coastal city of Paphos, Cyprus, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. A Cyprus court rejected a defense argument that a British man's confession to killing his ailing wife was unlawfully obtained because he was in no frame of mind at the time to speak to police without a lawyer present. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus court: Briton freely confessed to wife's killing

A Cyprus court has rejected a defense argument that a British man’s confession to killing his ailing wife was unlawfully obtained because he was in no frame of mind at the time to speak to police … more

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | 3/21/23

Young people unfurl a giant Russian flag during an action to mark the ninth anniversary of the Crimea annexation from Ukraine in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Ukraine, Russia trade claims after blast rocks Crimean town

Russian and Ukrainian officials on Tuesday gave conflicting accounts of what appeared to be a brazen attack late Monday on Russian cruise missiles being transported by train in Moscow-annexed Crimea. … more

By KARL RITTER | 3/21/23

Oil workers on strike block the access to an oil depot in Foss-sur-Mer, southern France, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The bill pushed through by President Emmanuel Macron without lawmakers' approval still faces a review by the Constitutional Council before it can be signed into law. Meanwhile, oil shipments in the country were disrupted amid strikes at several refineries in western and southern France. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

France: Protests continue after Macron's pension plan push

Paris police say 234 people were arrested overnight in the capital mostly for setting fire to garbage in the streets. It comes after France’s parliament adopted a divisive bill raising the … more

3/21/23

A girl rides with her mother in a van during evacuation by Ukrainian police, in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. For months, authorities have been urging civilians in areas near the fighting in eastern Ukraine to evacuate to safer parts of the country. But while many have heeded the call, others -– including families with children -– have steadfastly refused. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

At Ukraine's front, police try to evacuate holdout families

For months, authorities have been urging civilians in areas near the fighting in eastern Ukraine to evacuate to safer parts of the country. But while many have heeded the call, others — including … more

By ELENA BECATOROS | 3/21/23

A pedestrian walks a sign of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A, PDVSA, and an image of Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 20, 2023. Venezuela's oil czar, Tareck El Aissami announced his resignation on Twitter and pledged to help investigate any allegations involving PDVSA. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela oil czar in surprise resignation amid graft probes

The man responsible for running Venezuela’s oil industry — the one that pays for virtually everything in the troubled country, from subsidized food to ridiculously cheap gas — has quit amid … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 3/21/23

Bullfighter Sebastian Vargas performs a pass at the Hacienda Vista Hermosa bullring in Villa Pinzón, Colombia, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. Colombia is one of just eight countries where bullfights are still legal, but legislators are proposing a new law to ban them. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Bullfighting ban faces critical legislative vote in Colombia

The tradition of bullfighting has taken some blows around the world recently with courts and municipal governments in cities like Barcelona, Medellin and Mexico City issuing rulings that have … more

By MANUEL RUEDA | 3/21/23

This image made on March 14, 2023, from the 2022 video provided by the Prachinburi Provincial Public Relations Office, shows a radioactive cylinder, a steel tube, 30 cm (12 inches) long and 13 cm (5 inches) diameter that has gone missing from a steam power plant in Thailand's eastern province of Prachinburi. The video was taken in December 2022. (The Prachinburi Provincial Public Relations Office via AP)

Thai officials trace missing radioactive cylinder to foundry

Officials in Thailand have traced to a recycling foundry a metal cylinder with radioactive contents that had gone missing from a power plant. They say there appears to be no public health hazard. The … more

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA | 3/20/23

FILE - Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson pauses as he speaks to the media at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, Belfast, on May 9, 2022. Northern Ireland’s main British unionist party said Monday it will vote against a deal struck by Britain and the European Union to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU relations and triggered a political crisis in Belfast. Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson said the deal “does not deal with some of the fundamental problems at the heart of our current difficulties” and the party’s eight lawmakers would not support it when the House of Commons votes on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

N. Ireland unionists say no to Sunak's Brexit deal, for now

Northern Ireland’s main British unionist party says it will vote against a deal struck by Britain and the European Union to resolve a thorny trade dispute that vexed U.K.-EU relations. Democratic … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 3/20/23

Policemen stand guard as Indian Sikhs protesting against the pulling down of Indian flag from the Indian High Commission building in London gather outside the British High Commission in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 20, 2023. Footage posted on social media showed a man detach the Indian flag from a balcony of the building while a crowd of people below waving bright yellow “Khalistan” banners appeared to encourage him. London’s Metropolitan Police force said a man was arrested on suspicion of violent disorder outside the diplomatic mission on Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Man arrested after windows smashed at Indian mission in UK

British police say windows at India’s High Commission in London have been smashed and two security guards were slightly injured during a demonstration by Sikh protesters. London’s Metropolitan … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 3/20/23