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FILE - A view of Russian border crossing point Svetogorsk from the Pelkola border crossing point in Imatra, south-eastern Finland, Friday, April 14, 2023. Finland is joining its three Baltic neighbors in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Finland joins Baltic neighbors in banning Russian-registered cars from entering their territory

Finland is joining its three Baltic neighbors in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European … more

9/15/23

FILE - Presidential candidate and former Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, gestures as he speaks to members of the media, in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Prague’s High Court cancelled a lower court ruling that acquitted former Prime Minister Andrej Babis of fraud charges in a $2 million case involving European Union subsidies. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic, File)

Czech court cancels lower court ruling that acquitted former PM Babis of fraud charges

Prague’s High Court has cancelled a lower court ruling that acquitted former Prime Minister Andrej Babis of fraud charges in a $2 million case involving European Union subsidies. At the same time, … more

9/15/23

FILE - Human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja flashes the victory sign outside a police station in Muharraq, Bahrain, on Sept. 18, 2014. Al-Khawaja, a daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain, said Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, that she would return to the island nation to press for his release amid a major hunger strike by him and hundreds of other inmates there, even though she could be imprisoned as well. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)

Daughter of long-detained activist in Bahrain prepares to travel to island kingdom on Friday

A daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain plans to return to the island kingdom Friday to press for the release of her father, even as she faces imprisonment herself. Maryam … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 9/15/23

Flooding aftermath is seen in Derna, Libya, Thursday, Sept.14, 2023. Search teams are combing streets, wrecked buildings, and even the sea to look for bodies in Derna, where the collapse of two dams unleashed a massive flash flood that killed thousands of people. (AP Photo/Yousef Murad)

Libyan city closed off as searchers look for 10,100 missing after flood deaths rise to 11,300

Libyan authorities blocked civilians from entering the flood-stricken eastern city of Derna on Friday so search teams could look through the mud and wrecked buildings for 10,100 people still missing … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 9/15/23

This drone image on Wednesday Sept. 6, 2023, shows houses seen destroyed during the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian armed forces are seen in Andriivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said this morning Ukraine's General Staff officially confirmed that Ukrainian troops captured Andriivka, which is 10 km south of Bakhmut. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukrainian forces reclaim a village in the east as part of counteroffensive

Ukrainian forces have recaptured a village in the country’s east after intense battles with Russian troops. The village of Andriivka is about 6 miles south of the Russia-occupied town of Bakhmut in … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 9/15/23

FILE - Children gather outside their tents at the al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the Islamic State group, in Hasakeh province, Syria, on May 1, 2021. Iraq is stepping up repatriation of its citizens from a camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of people, mostly wives and children of Islamic State fighters but also supporters of the militant group. It’s a move that Baghdad hopes will reduce cross-border militant threats and eventually lead to shutting down the facility. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threats

Iraq is stepping up repatriation of its citizens from a camp in northeastern Syria housing tens of thousands of people, mostly wives and children of Islamic State fighters but also supporters of the … more

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and BASSEM MROUE | 9/15/23

FILE - The shadow of Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, are cast on a large representation of the Yemeni flag as they attend a demonstration against an arms embargo imposed by the U.N. Security Council on Houthi leaders, in Sanaa, Yemen, on April 16, 2015. A delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels have flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the yearslong war tearing at the Arab world's poorest nation, officials say. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

Delegation from Yemen's Houthi rebels flies into Saudi Arabia for peace talks with kingdom

A delegation from Yemen’s Houthi rebels have flown into Saudi Arabia for talks with the kingdom on potentially ending the yearslong war tearing at the Arab world’s poorest nation. It remains … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 9/15/23

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet lays a wreath at the Monument to the People's Heroes on the Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Cambodia's new prime minister, Hun Manet, has arrived in Beijing on his first official trip abroad since taking office last month. He arrived on Thursday and is scheduled to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a visit that demonstrates Cambodia's warm relations with China, its closest political and economic ally. (Yue Yuewei/Xinhua via AP)

China welcomes Cambodian and Zambian leaders as it forges deeper ties with Global South

The leaders of China and Zambia have announced an upgrading of their ties to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, as the world’s second-largest economy forges deeper ties with the … more

9/15/23

A trans woman waits to take a photo inside a mausoleum dedicated to trans women in Mexico City, Thursday, Sep. 14, 2023. A small altar with an image of trans woman Paola Buenrostro, who was murdered in 2016, can be seen in the background. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A mausoleum for transgender women is inaugurated in Mexico's capital as killings continue

Mexican transgender rights activists Kenya Cuevas and Andrea Luna sat in front of their longtime friend Paola Buenrostro’s pink grave in Mexico City. “You don’t have to pay rent anymore. You … more

By FERNANDA PESCE | 9/15/23

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responds as Russian President Vladimir Putin sends him off from the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim Jong Un stops to see a fighter jet factory as Russia and North Korea are warned off arms deals

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has stopped in a far eastern Russian city to see a factory that builds the country’s most advanced fighter jets on his extended trip that hints at his interest in … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG and EMMA BURROWS | 9/15/23

FILE - In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Ebrahim Raisi, center, attends a ceremony to deliver the domestically built missiles to the armed forces as his Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani, left, Iran, on Aug. 22, 2023. Britain, France and Germany announced Thursday Sept. 14, 2023 they will keep their sanctions on Iran related to the Mideast country's atomic program and its development of ballistic missiles. (Iranian Presidency Office, via AP, File)

Britain, France and Germany say they will keep their nuclear and missiles sanctions on Iran

Britain, France and Germany have announced that they will keep their sanctions on Iran related to the Mideast country’s atomic program and its development of ballistic missiles. The measures were … more

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN | 9/14/23

FILE - People bathe in the Massacre River, named for a bloody battle between Spanish and French colonizers in the 1700s, on the border with Haiti in Ouanaminthe, Dominican Republic, Nov. 19, 2021. The Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader announced on Sept. 11, 2023 he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Dominican Republic to close all borders despite push to resolve diplomatic crisis

The president of the Dominican Republic says he will close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday despite a flurry of last-minute meetings to prevent him from taking such action. … more

By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA and DÁNICA COTO | 9/14/23

FILE - Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the Supreme Court building in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2023. Brazil’s Supreme Court handed a 17-year prison sentence Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, to a Bolsonaro supporter who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore the right-wing leader to office. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil's top court imposes 17-year sentence, in first case against rioters who stormed the capital

Brazil’s Supreme Court has handed a 17-year prison sentence to a supporter of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed top government offices on Jan. 8 in an alleged bid to forcefully restore … more

By MAURICIO SAVARESE | 9/14/23

The Tchin Thin wine bar is seen in Bordeaux, southwestern France, Thursday, Sept.14, 2023. A 32-year-old woman died in France and eight other people remained hospitalized Thursday after an apparent botulism outbreak linked to homemade sardine preserves and the wine bar in Bordeaux, according to regional health officials. At least 10 people who ate in the restaurant between Sept. 4 and Sept. 10 were hospitalized, most of them in intensive care or critical condition. All had consumed sardine preserves served by the restaurant, the Tchin Tchin Wine Bar. (AP Photo/Sophie Garcia)

Botulism outbreak tied to sardines served in Bordeaux leaves 1 person dead and several hospitalized

Regional health officials in France say a 32-year-old woman is dead and a dozen people have been hospitalized after an apparent botulism outbreak. Health authorities have linked it to homemade … more

By ALEX TURNBULL | 9/14/23

FILE - Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, head of the CEI (Italian Conference of Bishops), welcomes parishioners after celebrating Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Moscow, on June 29, 2023. Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, is heading to China on the fourth leg of a mission that has already brought him to Kyiv, Moscow and Washington, the Vatican said Tuesday.. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

Pope's Ukraine peace envoy raises stalled Black Sea grain exports in Beijing talks

Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy has discussed the need to resume the stalled Ukraine grain export deal to feed the world’s hungry during a meeting with a Chinese official in Beijing. The … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 9/14/23

FILE - Passenger planes take off from the Benito Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, May 12, 2022. The United States Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, returned Mexico’s aviation safety rating to the highest level two years after downgrading it. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

FAA restores Mexico aviation to highest safety rating

The United States Federal Aviation Administration has returned Mexico’s aviation safety rating to the highest level two years after downgrading it. The change will allow Mexican airlines to add new … more

9/14/23

FILE - Members of a group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum look through the railings of a wall that Poland has built on its border with Belarus to stop massive migrant pressure, in Bialowieza, Poland, on May 28, 2023. Poland’s President Andrzej Duda said Thursday Sept. 14, 2023 he was awaiting the results of an investigation into allegations of a cash-for-visa migration scandal of the principally anti-migrant Polish government while the opposition was asking if government officials knew some of this European Union country visas were sold to terrorism suspects. (AP Photo/Agnieszka Sadowska, File)

A cash-for visas scandal hits Poland's strongly anti-migration government, weeks before elections

Poland's President Andrzej Duda says he is awaiting results of an investigation into allegations that Polish consulates sold a quarter of a million work visas to migrants from Asia and Africa for … more

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA | 9/14/23

FILE - The U.S. Embassy, centre, is seen in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. Russia's Foreign Ministry on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 declared two U.S. diplomats "persona non grata" and ordered them to leave the country within seven days as they were allegedly involved in "illegal activity." (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia expels 2 US diplomats, accusing them of 'illegal activity'

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has declared two U.S. diplomats “persona non grata” and is ordering them to leave the country within seven days for alleged involvement in “illegal activity.” In a … more

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A woman and a child sleep outside the Lampedusa's migrant reception center, Sicily, early Thursday Sept. 14, 2023. The reception center in Italy's southernmost island of Lampedusa remained critical Thursday as it coped with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)

Tiny Italian island coping with thousands of migrants who arrived in a short span

A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa is overwhelmed as it copes with transferring to the mainland thousands of migrants who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in … more

9/14/23

People pray in front of a make shift shrine set up in front of a building that was caught on fire in Hanoi, Vietnam Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. A fire broke just before midnight Tuesday in the apartment building that killed scores of people. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)

Witnesses say victims of a Hanoi high-rise fire jumped from upper stories to escape the blaze

Police in Vietnam say that 10 children are among the 56 people killed in a blaze in a Hanoi high-rise. Witnesses said Thursday that some residents desperately tried to escape by jumping out of upper … more

By HAU DINH | 9/14/23