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This image realeased by the U.S. Navy shows an aerial view of Diego Garcia. (U.S. Navy via AP)

UK gives sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands to Mauritius. A key US base remains

The U.K. has agreed to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal to secure the future of a … more

By PAN PYLAS | 10/3/24

FILE - Victor Perahia, who was interned as a child in the Drancy camp and deported to Bergen-Belsen speaks to students during a workshop dedicated to the Holocaust remembrance at the Drancy Shoah memorial, outside Paris, Thursday Jan. 30, 2020. Victor Perahia, the president of the French Union of Auschwitz Deportees and a Holocaust survivor, has died. He was 91. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

Victor Perahia, Holocaust survivor and president of French Union of Auschwitz Deportees, dies at 91

French Union of Auschwitz Deportees president and Holocaust survivor Victor Perahia has died. He was 91. Perahia was deported as a child to the Nazi death camp of Bergen-Belsen. The Union of … more

10/3/24

FILE - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, centre left, stands next to his father and former prime minister Hun Sen, center right, during the country's 70th Independence Day, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith), File)

Cambodian maid is arrested and deported by Malaysia for criticizing Cambodia leaders on social media

A Cambodian woman who worked as a maid in Malaysia has been arrested and deported to her homeland for comments she posted on social media criticizing Cambodian government leaders. Cambodia's prison … more

By EILEEN NG and SOPHENG CHEANG | 10/3/24

Women grieve at the port of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, after a ferry carrying hundreds capsized on arrival Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Boat capsizes on a lake in eastern Congo, killing at least 50 people, witnesses say

A boat has capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, killing at least 50 people. That's according to witnesses who spoke to The Associated Press. It was not immediately clear exactly how many people … more

By RUTH ALONGA and JEAN-YVES KAMALE | 10/3/24

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2014 photo, a medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit wearing full protective equipment carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being quarantined after coming into contact in Uganda with a carrier of the Marburg Virus, at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Rwanda's Marburg fever deaths rise to 11 as its source is still being investigated

Marburg hemorrhagic fever has killed 11 people in Rwanda, health authorities said, as the East African country continues to investigate the source of an outbreak first traced among patients in health … more

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA | 10/3/24

Lebanese women stand in front an apartment in a multistory building hit by Israeli airstrike, in central Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Rare Israeli strike in central Beirut kills 7 as troops battle Hezbollah in southern Lebanon

An Israeli airstrike on an apartment in central Beirut has killed seven Hezbollah-affiliated first responders. Israel has been pounding areas of the country where the militant group has a strong … more

By FADI TAWIL and JACK JEFFERY | 10/3/24

Rescue workers clear the rubble inside a building damaged by a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)

12 injured after a Russian glide bomb smashes into a Ukrainian apartment building

A Russian glide bomb has struck a five-story apartment block in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, injuring at least 12 people, including a 3-year-old girl. Local officials said Thursday that … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA | 10/3/24

In this photo taken Oct. 3, 2024 and released by the Pingtung County Government, a fire breaks out at a hospital in Pingtung county in southern Taiwan. (Pingtung County Government via AP)

Taiwan hospital fire leaves at least 9 dead as typhoon batters island's south

Authorities report at least nine people have died in a fire at a hospital in the island's south that is being battered by a typhoon. The fire struck Thursday morning in an area that has been hit hard … more

10/3/24

In this image made from video, bodies of migrants who were washed away are seen on the shore of the Red Sea, off the coast in Djibouti Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Djiboutian Coast Guard via AP)

Two boats carrying migrants sink in the Red Sea off Djibouti's coast killing 45, UN says

The U.N. migration agency says two vessels carrying migrants from Africa sank in the Red Sea off the coast of Djibouti, killing 45 people. The boats had departed from Yemen carrying 310 people, the … more

10/3/24

Exterior view of Ulmer Münster, the world's tallest church, in Ulm, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

This German church is the tallest in the world. Until Spain's La Sagrada Familia is done, anyway

The Ulmer Münster in southern Germany is the world’s tallest church. For now, anyway. The Gothic-style Lutheran church’s reign began in 1890 and is expected to end next year. That's when … more

By STEFANIE DAZIO and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO | 10/3/24

A woman struggles with winds generated by Typhoon Krathon in Kaohsiung, Southern Taiwan, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Typhoon Krathon shuts parts of Taiwan for a third day as it nears the island with extreme rains

A slow-moving typhoon approaching Taiwan led to school and office closures for a third consecutive day, with authorities asking people to stay indoors. Typhoon Krathon was centered about 31 miles … more

By SIMINA MISTREANU | 10/2/24

FILE - Undocumented Haitians detained by immigration officials stand inside a police vehicle, in Dajabon, Dominican Republic, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Dominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an 'excess' of immigrants

The Dominican Republic says it will start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country and expel up to 10,000 of them a week. Government spokesman Homero Figueroa said Wednesday … more

10/2/24

FILE - Ex-senator Louis Gerald Gilles, from left to right, pastor Frinel Joseph, barrister Emmanuel Vertilaire, businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr, interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, Judge Jean Joseph Lebrun, who is not a member of the council, former senate president Edgard Leblanc, Regine Abraham, former central bank governor Fritz Alphonse Jean, former diplomat Leslie Voltaire and former ambassador to the Dominican Republic Smith Augustin, pose for a group photo during an installation ceremony, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Investigators in Haiti accuse three members of transitional presidential council of corruption

An anti-corruption agency in Haiti has accused three members of the country’s transitional presidential council of bribery in a scathing report that threatens to destabilize the country’s fragile … more

By DÁNICA COTO | 10/2/24

Russian journalists, from left, Konstantin Gabov, Antonina Favorskaya, Artyom Kriger and Sergey Karelin, accused of working for a group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, stand in a defendant's cage of the Nagatinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo)

4 Russian journalists accused of working for a Navalny group go on trial in Moscow

Four Russian journalists went on trial in Moscow on Wednesday after being accused of working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, which was … more

By DASHA LITVINOVA | 10/2/24

FILE - A destroyed car is seen in front of a residential building which was heavily bombed by Russian forces, in the frontline city of Vuhledar, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

The fall of Vuhledar is a microcosm of Ukraine's wartime predicament

Ukrainian military officials and lawmakers say the front-line town of Vuhledar has fallen after more than two years of intense fighting. The town, which is nestled on top of a tactically significant … more

By SAMYA KULLAB and VOLODYMYR YURCHUK | 10/2/24

This photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows part of a damaged taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, after an explosion was reported. (Kyodo News via AP)

A US bomb from World War II explodes at a Japanese airport, causing a large crater in a taxiway

An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport has exploded, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries. … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 10/2/24

FILE - An aerial view of Vuhledar, the site of heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Feb. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Ukraine's military will pull out of Vuhledar in the east after 2 years of intense fighting

Ukraine's military officials say forces are withdrawing from the front-line town of Vuhledar, perched atop a tactically significant hill in eastern Ukraine, after more than two years of grinding … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA and SAMYA KULLAB | 10/2/24

Pope Francis presides over a mass in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, for the opening of the second session of the 16th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Women's role in Catholic Church tops agenda as Pope Francis opens second phase of big reform project

Pope Francis' big Catholic reform project has opened with widespread calls for women to take up more positions of responsibility in the church topping the agenda. Francis presided over an opening … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 10/2/24

A police vehicle is seen near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, as police investigate two explosions near the site, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Two predawn explosions rock the area around the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen but no one is injured

Two predawn explosions have taken place in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, prompting the nearby Jewish school to close for the day. Police say no one was injured in the blasts at … more

10/2/24

FILE - Paramedics treat a man who was injured after an Israeli airstrike hit two adjacent buildings east of the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

Lebanese emergency services are overwhelmed and need better gear to save lives in wartime

The civil defense forces of one of the world’s most war-torn nations are shocked at the destruction underway in Lebanon. What pains them more than anything may be their inability to help further. … more

By SARAH EL DEEB | 10/2/24