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Russian opposition activist and former municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin stands in a cage in a courtroom prior to a hearing in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Yashin, one of the few prominent opposition figures to have remained in the country amid an intensifying crackdown on dissent was arrested in June in a Moscow park and later was charged with spreading false information about the Russian military — a new criminal offense for which he faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian opposition figure Yashin goes on trial

A court in Moscow has opened the trial of a prominent Russian opposition figure who faces charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin’s action in Ukraine. Ilya Yashin, one of the few Kremlin … more

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FILE - The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby listens to debate at the General Synod in London, on Feb. 13, 2017. Less than half of people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian, according to the most recent census – the first time the country's official religion has been followed by a minority of the population. Figures from the 2021 census released Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, by the Office for National Statistics reveal that Britain has become less religious, and less white, in the decade since the last census in 2011. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Census: Christians a minority in England; non-religious grow

The latest U.K. census has found that less than half of people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian. It is first time the country’s official religion has been followed by a minority … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 11/29/22

A rescue worker makes tea for children at the heating tent "Point of Invincibly" in Bucha, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Uneasy calm grips Ukraine as West prepares winter aid

An uneasy calm is hanging over Kyiv as residents of the Ukrainian capital did what they could to prepare for expected further Russian missile attacks aiming to take out infrastructure as winter sets … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 11/29/22

FILE - A worker in protective suit walks through the caution tapes along metal barricades retail shops that has been locked down as part of COVID-19 controls in Beijing, Sunday, June 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

EXPLAINER: Why are China's COVID rules so strict?

At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China set out its “zero-COVID” measures that were harsh, but not out of line with what many other countries were doing to try and contain the virus. … more

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In this photo released by Spain's Maritime Safety and Rescue Society on Tuesday Nov. 29, 2022, three men are photographed on an oil tanker anchored in the port of the Canary Islands, Spain. Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says it has rescued three stowaways traveling on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria. The men were found on the Alithini II oil tanker at the Las Palmas port. (Salvamento Maritimo via AP)

Stowaways found on a ship's rudder in Spain's Canary Islands

Spain’s Maritime Rescue Service says it has rescued three stowaways traveling on a ship’s rudder in the Canary Islands after the vessel sailed there from Nigeria. The men, found on the Alithini … more

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FILE - Pakistan army Lt. Gen. Syed Asim Munir attends a ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, Nov. 1, 2022. Munir, a former spymaster, takes charge as Pakistan's new military chief amid a government standoff with former prime minister Imran Khan and the end of a monthslong cease-fire between the government and the Pakistani Taliban. (AP Photo/W.K. Yousufzai, File)

Pakistan's new army chief takes charge of military

Pakistan’s new military chief has taken command of the country's armed forces. The army has historically wielded huge influence in Pakistan, ruling it for half of the country's 75-year history. … more

By MUNIR AHMED | 11/29/22

A boy kisses a dog while he charges his phone at the heating tent "Point of Invincibly" in Bucha, Ukraine, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine's 'Invincibility' centers offer refuge, resilience

Ukraine has rolled out hundreds of “Points of Invincibility” — a defiant name for makeshift centers often no larger than an executive's conference room where beleaguered citizens can warm up, … more

By VASILISA STEPANENKO and JAMEY KEATEN | 11/29/22

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg gestures during joint statements with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022, a day before the start of the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. NATO returns to the scene of one of its most controversial decisions and where it intends to repeat its vow that Ukraine, now suffering through the tenth month of a war against Russia, will be able to join the world's biggest military alliance one day. (AP Photo/Alexandru Dobre)

NATO ministers meet to drum up more aid, arms for Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his NATO counterparts are gathering in Romania to drum up urgently needed support for Ukraine, including deliveries of electrical components for the … more

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In this Nov. 23, 2022 photo, Igor shows the remains of marks on his back after allegedly being tortured by Russian forces in Kherson. The 22-year-old, accused of providing Ukrainians with Russia's military positions, was stung with a taser along his back for two and half hours and then forced to stay awake, seated in a chair all night. He was freed after two days but not before writing a letter providing details about a relative of his uncle's who the Russians wanted information on. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Torture allegations mount in aftermath of Kherson occupation

Ukrainian authorities are investigating sites where torture allegedly took place in the city of Kherson. More than two weeks after Russians retreated from the southern city, investigators say five … more

By SAM MEDNICK | 11/29/22

FILE - A woman sits on a car as she leaves Ulsan Jungbu police station in Ulsan, South Korea on Sept. 15, 2022, for the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office. A New Zealand murder suspect will be extradited to her country within 30 days, about two months after she was arrested in South Korea for possible links to two dead children found in suitcases in Auckland, officials said Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (Bae Byung-soo/Newsis via AP, File)

Bodies in suitcases suspect extradited to New Zealand

South Korea has extradited a 42-year-old woman to New Zealand, two months after she was arrested following the discovery of the bodies of two long-dead children in abandoned suitcases. New Zealand … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and NICK PERRY | 11/28/22

Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet at the Guildhall in central London, Monday Nov. 28, 2022. (Belinda Jiao/PA via AP)

UK's Rishi Sunak says 'golden era' with China over

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared that the U.K.’s “golden era” of ties with China was over in his first major speech on foreign policy, and described China’s growing … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 11/28/22

FILE - Comoros President Ahmed Sambi gestures as he leaves the first session of the Arab summit in Sirte, Libya, on Oct. 9, 2010. A court in the Indian Ocean island of Comoros sentenced former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi on Monday Nov. 28, 2022 to life in prison for illegally selling off Comoros passports, according to local media reports.(AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Ex-president of Comoros convicted of selling passports

Local media reports say a court in the Indian Ocean island of Comoros sentenced former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi on Monday to life in prison for illegally selling off Comoros passports. Sambi … more

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First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska, right, is greeted by Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murty outside 10 Downing Street in London, Monday Nov. 28, 2022, during her visit to the UK. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Ukraine first lady attends London meeting on sexual violence

Ukraine's first lady says Russian soldiers must be held accountable for raping Ukrainian women and committing other acts of sexual violence during Russia’s war in Ukraine. Olensa Zelenska is in … more

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FILE - A person thought to be a migrant stands at the window at the Manston immigration short-term holding facility near Thanet, Kent, England, Nov. 6, 2022. A man being held at the much-criticized center for migrants in Britain has died after becoming sick, bringing renewed criticism to the Conservative government over its treatment of asylum-seekers. The Home Office said a man who was staying at the Manston migrant center died in a hospital on Saturday Nov. 19, 2022, after “becoming unwell.” (AP Photo Alberto Pezzali, File)

UK says 50 recently arrived migrants found with diphtheria

British health authorities have recorded 50 cases of diphtheria this year among recently arrived asylum seekers. One was a man who died after falling sick at a crowded migrant center. The U.K. Health … more

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FILE - In this undated photo provided by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, the Great Barrier Reef near the Whitsunday, Australia, region is viewed from the air. A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that the Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites, sounding the alarm that without "ambitious, rapid and sustained" climate action the world's largest coral reef is in peril. The warning came in a report published Monday Nov. 28, 2022 following a 10-day mission to the reef last March by officials from UNESCO and the International Union for Conservation of Nature.(Jumbo Aerial Photography/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority via AP)

UN: Great Barrier Reef should be on heritage 'danger' list

A United Nations-backed mission is recommending that the Great Barrier Reef be added to the list of endangered World Heritage sites, sounding the alarm that without “ambitious, rapid and … more

By THOMAS ADAMSON | 11/28/22

Kenya's President William Ruto, left, Burundi's President and summit chairperson Evariste Ndayishimiye, center, and Kenya's former President and summit facilitator Uhuru Kenyatta, right, pose for a group photograph ahead of the Third Inter-Congolese Consultations of the Nairobi Peace Process, the political track, Nairobi III, at a hotel in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. The East African Community (EAC) led summit aims to find solutions to the ongoing armed conflict in Eastern Congo. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Talks begin on disarmament of rebel groups in eastern Congo

The third round of Congo peace talks facilitated by the East Africa regional bloc has begun in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, with a plan to discuss reforms that will facilitate disarmament of rebel … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 11/28/22

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, and Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev pose for a photo prior to their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kazakh leader meets Putin in first post-election trip abroad

Kazakhstan’s leader has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a week after winning a new seven-year term by a landslide. Kazakhstan is a significant Russian ally, sharing a 7,600-kilometer … more

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FILE - This image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Md. The World Health Organization has renamed monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. (NIAID via AP, File)

WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns

The World Health Organization is renaming monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist. The U.N. health … more

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FILE - In this picture released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of Basij paramilitary force in Tehran, Iran, Nov. 26, 2022. The niece of Iran's supreme leader is calling for people to pressure their governments to cut ties with Tehran. Farideh Moradkhani, whose uncle is Ali Khamenei, issued the call in a video statement circulated after her Nov. 23 arrest, reported by the U.S.-based rights monitor HRANA. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP, File)

Niece of supreme leader asks world to cut ties with Iran

The niece of Iran's supreme leader is calling for people to pressure their governments to cut ties with Tehran. Farideh Moradkhani, whose uncle is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued the call in a video … more

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FILE - Israel's Likud Party leader Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Israeli lawmakers at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Nov. 15, 2022. Netanyahu has struck a coalition deal with a small ultranationalist faction leader known for homophobic rhetoric and disparaging remarks about non-Orthodox Jews, a sign of the incoming government's hardline makeup. Netanyahu's Likud party announced Sunday, Nov. 27 that the deal names Noam faction leader Avi Maoz as a deputy minister in the prime minister's office. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israel's Likud signs coalition deal with anti-LGBTQ radical

Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a coalition deal with a small ultranationalist faction leader known for homophobic rhetoric and disparaging remarks about non-Orthodox … more

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