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FILE - Venezuelan President of the National Assembly Jorge Rodriguez, left, shakes hands with Venezuelan opposition delegate Gerardo Blyde Perez in Mexico City, Aug. 13, 2021. Venezuela’s government and opposition will resume their dialogue, mediated by Norway, with talks scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 17,2023 in Barbados, Norway’s embassy in Mexico said on Oct. 16, 2023 in a brief statement. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Venezuela and opposition to resume talks in Barbados, mediator Norway says

Venezuela’s government and opposition will resume their dialogue mediated by Norway with talks scheduled for Tuesday in Barbados. Norway’s embassy in Mexico announced the resumption of talks … more

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and FATIMA HUSSEIN | 10/16/23

Police officers escort children outside the Gambetta high school during a bomb alert Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 in Arras, northern France. French authorities say the high school where a teacher was fatally stabbed in an attack last week has been evacuated over a bomb alert, as France's President cut short travel plans abroad to host a security meeting Monday.(AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

France's Macron holds security meeting amid heightened alert after deadly school stabbing

French President Emmanuel Macron has held a special security meeting amid heightened alert against feared terror threats. It comes as a high school where a teacher was fatally stabbed in an attack … more

10/16/23

FILE - A Ukrainian APC fires towards Russian positions near Avdiivka, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, April 28, 2023. A dayslong attempt by Russian forces to storm a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine appears to be running out of steam, Kyiv officials claimed Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 as the Kremlin’s war entered its 600th day. (AP Photo/Libkos, File)

Russia's assault on a key eastern Ukraine city is weakening, Kyiv claims, as the war marks 600 days

Kyiv officials claim that a dayslong attempt by Russian forces to storm a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine appears to be running out of steam. The Ukrainian General Staff said Monday … more

By ILLIA NOVIKOV | 10/16/23

FILE - Palestinians walk between the rubble of a destroyed building in Shijaiyah neighborhood of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, Oct. 12, 2014. An urban battle during the 2014 Gaza war offers a glimpse of what an Israeli ground offensive would look like, in 2023. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Urban battle from past Gaza war offers glimpse of what an Israeli ground offensive might look like

An urban battle during the 2014 Gaza war offers a glimpse of what an Israeli ground offensive would look like. Israel says it is preparing to send ground forces into Gaza following last week's deadly … more

By JOSEPH KRAUSS | 10/16/23

FILE - South Sudanese who fled from Sudan sit outside a nutrition clinic at a transit center in Renk, South Sudan, on May 16, 2023. Four Western countries have floated a proposal on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023 for the U.N.'s top human rights body to appoint a team of experts to monitor and report on abuses and rights violations in war-wracked Sudan. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)

UN aid chief says six months of war in Sudan has killed 9,000 people

The United Nations humanitarian chief says Sudan's war between the military and a powerful paramilitary group has killed up to 9,000 people and created “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 10/15/23

FILE - Palestinians flee from northern Gaza to the south after the Israeli army issued an unprecedented evacuation warning to a population of over 1 million people in northern Gaza and Gaza City to seek refuge in the south ahead of a possible Israeli ground invasion, on Oct. 13, 2023. Najla Shawa and her family are safe for now after fleeing their home in Gaza City, but she’s worried she may never be able to return. Shawa, a Gaza native who works for the international aid group Oxfam, is sheltering with her husband, two daughters and about 50 others at a compound in Zawaida, a community just south of the area Israeli forces ordered residents to evacuate before an anticipated ground offensive. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

Palestinian mother fears for her children as she wonders about the future after evacuating Gaza City

Najla Shawa and her family are safe for now after fleeing their home in Gaza City. But she’s worried she may never be able to return. Shawa is a Gaza native who works for the international aid … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 10/15/23

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, head of the military council, center in the first row, and Deputy chairman of State Administration Council, Vice Senior Gen. Soe Win, center left in the first row, and other attendees sit for a group photo after a ceremony to mark the 8th anniversary of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar's military seeks to keep ethnic minority allies on its side with anniversary of cease-fire

Myanmar’s military government has hosted representatives from ethnic rebel groups to mark the eighth anniversary of the signing of a multilateral cease-fire agreement. But the event was boycotted … more

By GRANT PECK | 10/15/23

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with a Saudi official before boarding a plane to leave Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Top US envoy will return to Israel after stops in Arab nations aimed at avoiding a broader conflict

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will return to Israel this week after completing a frantic six-country rush through Arab nations aimed at preventing the Israel-Hamas war from igniting a broader … more

By MATTHEW LEE | 10/15/23

6.3 magnitude earthquake hits western Afghanistan, USGS says

A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, the US Geological Survey says, more than a week after strong quakes and aftershocks killed thousands of people and flattened … more

10/15/23

Former dentist Nazim Valiyev shows his dental tools at his home in Baku, Azerbaijan, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. Valiyev is among the estimated 700,000 Azerbaijanis who fled or were forced out of the region amid violence that flared beginning in 1988 and then flared into an outright war that ended in 1994 with the region under the control of ethnic Armenian forces supported by Armenia. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov)

Azerbaijanis who fled a separatist region decades ago ache to return, but it could be a long wait

The sudden capitulation of ethnic Armenian forces in a separatist region of Azerbaijan raises hopes for the return of thousands of people who fled the territory decades ago. As they now contemplate … more

By AIDA SULTANOVA | 10/15/23

Soldiers frisk a man at a security check ahead of Sunday's runoff presidential election in Duran, Ecuador, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Ecuadorians electing new president, choosing between an heir to a banana empire and an attorney

Frightened by unprecedented violence on the streets and within prisons, Ecuadorians have a universal demand for their next president — safety. A runoff election Sunday pits an heir to a banana … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO | 10/15/23

Staff leave the Louvre Museum as people are evacuated after it received a written threat, in Paris, Saturday Oct. 14, 2023. The Louvre Museum says it is closing for the day and evacuating all visitors and staff after a threat. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)

Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats with France on alert

French police say the Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff after receiving bomb threats. Both monuments are being searched by police on Sunday. The threats came after the … more

By ANGELA CHARLTON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER | 10/14/23

Palestinian demonstrators clash with Israeli forces following a demonstration in support of the Gaza Strip, in the West Bank city of Nablus, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

While the world is watching Gaza, violence fuels growing tensions in the occupied West Bank

With the world’s attention focused on the war in Gaza, tensions have risen in the occupied West Bank, where 54 Palestinians were killed over the past week in clashes with Israeli troops, arrest … more

By JULIA FRANKEL and JOSEPH KRAUSS | 10/14/23

A poster of Ada Sagi, 75-year-old mother of Noam Sagi, is on display at a press conference of British children of Israeli hostages at a hotel in London, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Noam Sagi, 53, is a London-based psychotherapist who grew up on Kibbutz Nir Oz. His 75-year-old mother, Ada Sagi, was taken hostage on October 7. Sharon Lifschitz, 52, is an artist and academic whose parents are peace activists aged 85 and 83 and were taken hostage too. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Ada Sagi was already dealing with the pain of loss. Then war came to her door

Ada Sagi was getting ready to travel to London to celebrate her 75th birthday with family when Hamas militants attacked her kibbutz and took her hostage. The trip was supposed to be a joyous occasion … more

By DANICA KIRKA | 10/14/23

The grave of Ukrainian soldier Andrii Kozyr, who was reburied the day before, in the village of Hroza near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. The Russian rocket hit a cafe where friends and relatives gathered for the wake for Kozyr, killing at least 51 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in recent months. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Fierce fighting persists in Ukraine’s east as Kyiv reports nonstop assaults by Russia on a key city

Ukrainian officials have reported intense combat that is characterized by relentless assaults by Russian forces on the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka. City head Vitalii Barabash said on Ukrainian … more

10/14/23

In this photo provided by Reuters, Issam Abdallah, a videographer for the news agency, poses for a selfie while working in Maras, Turkey, on Feb. 11, 2023. Abdallah was killed Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, when an Israeli shell landed in a gathering of international journalists covering clashes on the border in south Lebanon. Six other journalists were injured in the incident. (Issam Abdallah/Reuters via AP)

Reuters videographer killed in southern Lebanon by Israeli shelling laid to rest

Reuters videographer Issam Abdallah who was killed in Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon, was laid to rest in his hometown in a funeral procession attended by hundreds of people. Draped in a … more

10/14/23

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday Oct. 13, 2023, after stops in Jordan, Qatar, and Bahrain in the same day. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

Blinken calls for protection of civilians as Israel prepares for expected assault on Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called for protection of civilians in both the Gaza Strip and Israel as the Israeli military ordered half of the Palestinian territory’s population to … more

By MATTHEW LEE and LOLITA C. BALDOR | 10/14/23

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, speaks during a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bouhabib, in Beirut Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Amirabdollahian blasted the United States for calling for restraint in the region while at the same time allowing Israel to "commit out crimes" in Gaza. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Iran's foreign minister warns Israel from Beirut it could suffer 'a huge earthquake'

Iran’s foreign minister has called on Israel to stop its attacks on Gaza, warning that the war might expand to other parts of the Middle East if Hezbollah joins the battle. Hossein … more

By BASSEM MROUE | 10/14/23

Police officers stand guard outside the high school where a man stabbed a teacher, Saturday Oct.14, 2023 in Arras, northern France. A man of Chechen origin who was under surveillance by French security services over suspected Islamic radicalization stabbed a teacher to death at his former high school and wounded three other people Friday in Arras. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Schaeffer)

France is deploying 7,000 troops after a deadly school stabbing by a suspected Islamic radical

France will mobilize up to 7,000 soldiers to increase security around the country after a teacher was fatally stabbed and three other people wounded in a school attack. Counterterrorism authorities … more

By JEFFREY SCHAEFFER and ANGELA CHARLTON | 10/14/23

New Zealand's Prime Minister Chris Hipkins meets people on the street in Auckland on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, the last day of campaigning for New Zealand's election. New Zealanders vote in a national general election Saturday. (New Zealand Herald via AP)

Voting closes in New Zealand's election, with polls indicating people favor a conservative change

Voting has closed in New Zealand and ballot counting was underway in a general election, with opinion polls indicating people were favoring a conservative change after six years of a liberal … more

By NICK PERRY | 10/14/23