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Alberto Nunez Feijoo takes his seat during an investiture session at the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The leader of Spain's conservatives Alberto Feijoo faces the first of two investiture votes, Wednesday, that will determine whether he can become prime minister. Spain's July 23 national election gave Feijoo's Popular Party the most seats in the parliament's 350-member lower chamber but well shy of an absolute majority. (AP Photo/Paul White)

Leader of Spain's conservatives expected to lose on his first chance to become prime minister

Barring a last-minute surprise, the leader of Spain’s conservatives will miss on his first shot to become the country’s next prime minister when the parliament votes on his petition to form a … more

By JOSEPH WILSON | 9/27/23

FILE - Supporters of Niger's ruling junta gather at the start of a protest called to fight for the country's freedom and push back against foreign interference in Niamey, Niger, Aug. 3, 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/Sam Mednick, File)

France's withdrawal from Niger could jeopardize counterterrorism operations in the Sahel

The French troops who are being forced out of Niger were seen as a key line of defense in efforts led by the West, particularly the U.S. and France, to fight against jihadi violence in Africa’s … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 9/27/23

Six young climate activists take 32 countries to court

In landmark court case, 6 young activists take on 32 European nations over climate action

Six Portuguese young adults and children between 11 and 24 years of age are at the European Court of Human Rights where they are accusing 32 European governments of violating their human rights for … more

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN | 9/27/23

Mexican mother bravely shields son as bear leaps on picnic table, devours tacos, enchiladas

A Mexican mother bravely shielded her son after a bear leapt on a picnic table and devoured the tacos and enchiladas meant for the boy's birthday dinner, inches from his face. Silvia Macías of … more

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South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, center, walks out of a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. A South Korean judge on Wednesday denied an arrest warrant for the country's opposition leader on broad corruption allegations, saying there wasn't a clear risk that he would destroy evidence. (Han Jong-chan/Yonhap via AP)

South Korean court denies arrest warrant for opposition leader Lee in corruption allegations

A South Korean judge has denied an arrest warrant for the country’s opposition leader on broad corruption allegations, saying there wasn’t a clear threat that he would destroy evidence. Lee … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 9/26/23

Delegates are seen reflected in a translator's booth addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023 at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

UN summit of world leaders, by the numbers: The longest speech, the language that dominated and more

Nearly all the world’s on stage, and all the men and but 20 women merely players. That's what a less inspired Shakespeare might have written about this year’s U.N. General Assembly meeting of … more

By MALLIKA SEN | 9/26/23

Tiles depicting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are displayed outside the U.N. General Assembly Hall at the United Nations, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. The U.N. Secretariat Building is shown in the background. (AP Photo/Ted Anthony)

Many powerful leaders skipped the UN this year. That created space for emerging voices to rise

Togo’s foreign minister wasn’t having any of it. He talked of a resolve to “fight our own battles" and a refusal to be relegated to the children’s table. He might have been one of any number … more

By TED ANTHONY | 9/26/23

Luzineide Marques da Silva, a rubber tapper, talks near a damaged rubber tree in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve, in Xapuri, Acre state, Brazil, on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. Recently some of her forest plot were destroyed by a fire started by a land-grabber encroaching on her territory. (AP Photo/Gleilson Miranda)

Brazil slows Amazon deforestation, but in Chico Mendes' homeland, it risks being too late

Luzineide Marques da Silva knows the location of each of the 748 rubber trees in the Brazilian Amazon that she and her family have rights to tap for latex. That's why she watched in pain and anger … more

By FABIANO MAISONNAVE | 9/26/23

FILE — Author Zoleka Mandela, right, granddaughter of former president Nelson Mandela, and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, left, attend the launch of Zoleka's book "When Hope Whispers," in Johannesburg Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Zoleka Mandela died on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, her family said. She was 43. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, file)

Mandela's granddaughter Zoleka dies at 43. Her life was full of tragedy but she embraced his legacy

Nelson Mandela's granddaughter Zoleka has died at age 43. Her family made the announcement of her death in a statement on Tuesday a day after she died on Monday. Zoleka Mandela's life was tangled up … more

By GERALD IMRAY | 9/26/23

FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is seen on a TV screen as he appears in a video link provided by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service from the colony in Melekhovo, Vladimir region, during a hearing at the Russian Supreme Court in Moscow, Russia, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. A court in Russia has upheld a 19 year prison sentence against imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. He was found guilty of charges of extremism at a hearing in August. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Moscow court upholds 19-year prison sentence for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny

A court in Moscow has upheld a 19-year prison sentence for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was convicted on charges of extremism in August. Navalny was found guilty on … more

9/26/23

North Korea's UN Ambassador Song Kim addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

At UN, North Korea says the US made 2023 more dangerous and accuses it of fomenting an Asian NATO

North Korea is accusing the United States of making 2023 an “extremely dangerous year." The country's ambassador to the United Nations says U.S. actions are trying to provoke a nuclear war. Kim … more

By TED ANTHONY | 9/26/23

The first refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in Armenia after Azerbaijan conducted a lightning military offensive there, reclaiming full control of it as the result.

Exasperated residents flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region

Thousands of Nagorno-Karabakh residents are fleeing their homes after Azerbaijan's swift military operation to reclaim control of the breakaway region. More than 16,000 people, which is about 16% of … more

By GAIANE YENOKIAN | 9/26/23

Britain's Home Secretary Suella Braverman answers questions from the audience following a speech on immigration at the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

The UK's hardline immigration chief says international rules make it too easy to seek asylum

Britain’s immigration minister has argued Tuesday that international refugee rules must be rewritten to reduce the number of people entitled to protection. Home Secretary Suella Braverman says … more

By JILL LAWLESS | 9/26/23

Belarus Foreign Minister Sergei Aleinik addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Belarus' top diplomat says he can't imagine his nation entering the war in Ukraine alongside Russia

The foreign minister of Belarus says he can't envision a situation where his country would enter the war in Ukraine alongside Russian forces. Belarus has a strategic partnership with Russia. Sergei … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 9/26/23

The Speaker of the House of Commons Anthony Rota delivers a speech following an address by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023. Rota is apologizing for recognizing in Parliament a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II, just after Zelenskyy addressed the House of Commons on Friday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada's government calls on House speaker to resign over inviting a man who fought for a Nazi unit

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is urging the speaker of the House of Commons Speaker to resign for inviting a man who fought for a Nazi military unit during World War II to … more

By ROB GILLIES | 9/26/23

FILE - Vehicles pass under a billboard supporting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi for the coming presidential elections, erected by Egypt's political party of Homat Watan, the Protectors of the Nation, in Cairo, Egypt, on Sept. 4, 2023. Arabic reads, "yes for stability." Egypt will hold a presidential election over three days in December, officials announced Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi highly likely to prolong his stay in power until 2030. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Egyptian rights group says 73 supporters of a presidential challenger have been arrested

A rights group says Egyptian authorities have detained at least 73 people campaigning for a challenger to incumbent President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi in the December election. The Egyptian Initiative … more

9/26/23

Park Sang-hak, center, a refugee from the North who runs the group Fighters for a Free North Korea from a small Seoul office, and South Korean conservative activists prepare to release balloons bearing leaflets condemning the North Korean leader during an anti-North Korea rally against the 99th anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth, called "The Day of the Sun," at the Imjingak Pavilion near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, on April 15, 2011. South Korea's Constitutional Court on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, struck down a 2020 law that criminalized the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to North Korea, calling it an excessive restriction on free speech. The balloons read "Overthrow Kim Jong Il's dictatorship." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

South Korea's Constitutional Court strikes down law banning anti-Pyongyang leafleting

South Korea’s Constitutional Court has struck down a 2020 law that criminalized the sending of anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets to North Korea, calling it an excessive restriction on free speech. … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 9/26/23

UN says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan as conflict grinds on

The U.N. health agency says cholera and dengue outbreaks have been reported in eastern Sudan, where thousands of people are sheltering as deadly fighting grinds on between the country’s military … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 9/26/23

People look at the damages caused by an explosion in a residential building in the Ekholmen area, in Linköping, Sweden, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (Stefan Jerrevång/TT News Agency via AP)

2 explosions ripped through dwellings in Sweden. At least one is reportedly connected to a gang feud

Two powerful explosions have ripped through dwellings in central Sweden, injuring at least three people and damaging buildings. Late Monday, an explosion occurred in Hasselby, a suburb of the … more

9/26/23

Indian Army chief Gen. Manoj Pande, left, speaks as Chief of staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Randy George, right, looks on during their joint press conference ahead of 13th Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference and 47th Indo-Pacific Armies Management Seminar in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

India and US army chiefs call for free and stable Indo-Pacific as Chinese influence grows

India’s army chief says the country is committed to maintaining a free and stable Indo-Pacific, where the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations is respected. General Manoj Pande made … more

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