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Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer looks up while attending a debate at the national broadcaster studio, set up in the parliament building, in Vienna, Austria, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)

Austria's chancellor asked to form new government after parties refuse to work with far-right leader

Austria’s president has tasked the incumbent chancellor with forming a new government after all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party. Traditionally, the head … more

By PHILIPP JENNE and GEIR MOULSON | 10/22/24

FILE - Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's brother, Lee Hsien Yang, right, receives friends and family members paying their respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew during a private family wake at the Istana or Presidential Palace in Singapore, March 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)

Son of Singapore's founder says he has been granted political asylum in the UK

Lee Hsien Yang, the estranged brother of former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, says he is now a “political refugee” after the British government granted him asylum from what he … more

By SYLVIA HUI and EILEEN NG | 10/22/24

Mystery of downed airplane in Sudan deepens as Kyrgyzstan insists aircraft had been de-registered

The mystery surrounding a crashed cargo plane in Sudan purportedly downed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has deepened as authorities insist the aircraft had been de-registered in … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 10/22/24

In this photo provided by the Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine on Oct. 21, 2024, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Press Service Of The President Of Ukraine via AP)

Ukraine's Zelenskyy says only a US green light on a NATO invitation will sway a reluctant Germany

Ukraine’s president is hoping allies will take a more positive stance on his so-called victory plan after the U.S. election, but concedes that its key demand — an invitation to join NATO — is … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA and SAMYA KULLAB | 10/22/24

This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration taken at 6:40pm ET on Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, shows Hurricane Oscar. (NOAA via AP)

Tropical Storm Oscar swirls toward the Bahamas after hitting Cuba as a hurricane

Tropical Storm Oscar is chugging toward the Bahamas after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane, killing at least six people. It had unleashed heavy rains on Cuba, which was also hit by … more

10/22/24

FILE - Soldiers march in a parade for the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding day in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sept. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

South Korea warns it can send arms to Ukraine after reports of North's troops in Russia

South Korea warns it could consider supplying weapons to Ukraine in response to North Korea allegedly dispatching troops to Russia. Tuesday's statement is apparently meant to pressure Russia not to … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 10/22/24

Pilgrims arrive inside San Felipe Church to honor the Black Christ in Portobelo, Panama, early Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, during a festival celebrating the iconic statue that was found on the shore in 1658. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

In annual religious pilgrimage, Panamanians crawl to reach the Black Christ of Portobelo

At dawn, pilgrims like Ernesto Troya undertook the hardest stretch of their journey to reach the image of the Black Christ of Portobelo in Panama. Moved by faith, they crawled for several hours along … more

By MATÍAS DELACROIX | 10/22/24

People gather around the coffin of slain Catholic priest and activist Marcelo Pérez during a mass at the main plaza in San Andrés Larráinzar, Chiapas state, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)

Hundreds mourn Catholic priest and Indigenous peace activist killed in southern Mexico

Hundreds of people have turned out to mourn Catholic priest Marcelo Pérez, an activist for Indigenous peoples and farm laborers who was killed in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas. Mourners … more

By RAÚL VERA and ISABEL MATEOS | 10/21/24

A sign informing time limits for visitors to the passenger drop-off area outside Dunedin Airport in Momona, New Zealand, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Travelers wanting to embrace for longer can relocate to the parking lot. (Sarah Soper/Dunedin Airport via AP)

New Zealand airport imposes cuddle cap with 3-minute limit on goodbye hugs to avoid traffic jams

Travelers leaving the New Zealand city of Dunedin will have to keep their emotional farewells brief after a new three-minute time limit was imposed on goodbye hugs in the airport’s drop-off area in … more

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY | 10/21/24

People demonstrate outside the Old Bailey in central London, Monday Oct. 21, 2024, after the London police officer who fatally shot Chris Kaba was acquitted of murder. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)

London police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist is acquitted of murder

A London police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist two years ago has been acquitted of murder. A London jury on Monday cleared Metropolitan Police marksman Martyn Blake in the shooting death … more

By BRIAN MELLEY | 10/21/24

FILE - A street vendor sells sweet snacks in Mexico City, July 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Mexican schools have 6 months to ban junk food sales or face heavy fines

Mexican officials say schools have six months to implement a government-sponsored ban on junk food or face heavy fines. Authorities are confronting what they call the worst childhood obesity problem … more

10/21/24

Russia investigates the claimed shoot-down of a cargo jet in Sudan's Darfur region

Russia says it is investigating the claimed shoot-down of a cargo jet by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Darfur. The message Monday from Russia’s Embassy in Khartoum comes after … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 10/21/24

Economics students hold class outside, in front of the University of Buenos Aires to protest President Javier Milei's veto of a law to increase funding for public universities, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Public university protests escalate in challenge to Argentina's President Milei

A series of protests are expected to intensify across Argentina this week over a veto by President Javier Milei of a law that passed last month increasing funding for public universities. After … more

By ISABEL DEBRE | 10/21/24

Independent candidate Venancio Mondlane, right, casts his vote in general elections in Maputo, Mozambique, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Carlos Equeio)

Police in Mozambique fire tear gas at opposition politician as post-election tensions soar

Police in Mozambique have fired tear gas at the country's leading opposition politician and supporters as he spoke with reporters. The country is on edge following a disputed Oct. 9 election and the … more

10/21/24

U.S. Maj. Gen. Marcus Evans, right, commanding general of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Division and Sgt. Major Shaun Curry walk after a wreath laying rite to honor American soldiers died during World War II at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Taguig, Philippines Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

US missile deployment to Philippines 'incredibly important' for combat readiness, US general says

A US Army general says the deployment by the US military of a mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines was “incredibly important” and allowed American and Filipino forces to jointly … more

By JIM GOMEZ | 10/21/24

Soldiers patrol amid the sound of gunshots heard in the distance, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Police in Haiti battle gang coalition trying to seize control of the entire capital

Police in Haiti are clashing with gunmen trying to take over one of the few communities in the capital, Port-au-Prince, that is not controlled by gangs. Haiti’s National Police said in a statement … more

10/21/24

King Conker David Jakins takes part in the annual World Conker Championships at the Shuckburgh Arms in Southwick, Peterborough, England, Sunday Oct. 13, 2024. (Jacob King/PA via AP)

Champion cleared of cheating with a metal chestnut at the World Conker Championships

A British chestnut-whacking champion has been cleared of cheating after an investigation into alleged malfeasance at the World Conker Championships. Organizers of the nutty annual event said that … more

10/21/24

Rescue workers use a bulldozer to remove rubble of destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night that hit several branches of the Hezbollah-run al-Qard al-Hassan in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Lebanon assesses damage after wave of Israeli strikes on Hezbollah-run financial institution

Lebanese are surveying the damage after overnight Israeli strikes hit nearly a dozen branches of a Hezbollah-run financial institution. Israel says is used to fund attacks but many ordinary people … more

By SARAH EL DEEB | 10/21/24

In this photo provided by South Korea Foreign Ministry, South Korea's Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong Kyun, right, meets with Russian Ambassador to South Korea Georgy Zinoviev at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (South Korea Foreign Ministry via AP)

South Korea calls for immediate withdrawal of North Korean troops allegedly in Russia

South Korea has summoned the Russian ambassador to demand the immediate pullout of North Korean troops allegedly deployed in Russia. South Korea’s spy agency said last week it had confirmed that … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 10/21/24

Moldova's President Maia Sandu, right, walks by Moldova's Prime Minister Dorin Recean, left, after the polls closed for the presidential election and the referendum on whether to enshrine in the Constitution the country's path to European Union membership, in Chisinau, Moldova, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

'Yes' vote looks set to narrowly pass to enshrine Moldova's path toward the EU

Moldovans in favor of securing the country’s path towards European Union membership have a razor-thin lead in a referendum vote, electoral data shows. The pro-Western president accused “criminal … more

By STEPHEN McGRATH | 10/21/24