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A man carries a child as they leave an area where a forest fire burns, on the island of Rhodes, Greece, Saturday, July 22, 2023. A large wildfire burning on the Greek island of Rhodes for a fifth day has forced authorities to order an evacuation of four locations, including two seaside resorts. (Lefteris Diamanidis/InTime News via AP)

Greek authorities evacuate some 19,000 people as wildfire blazes on the Greek island of Rhodes

Some 19,000 people have been evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes as wildfires continued burning for a sixth day on three fronts, Greek authorities said on Sunday. The Ministry of Climate Change … more

By DEMETRIS NELLAS | 7/23/23

Linda Masarira, a presidential candidate speaks to the press outside the High Court in Harare, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, June, 23 2023. Masarira had her candidacy rejected because she failed to pay the $20,000 registration fee on time. In Zimbabwe, the low number of women standing as candidates in general elections scheduled for Aug. 23 is viewed as perpetuating decades-old domination of politics by men. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwean women are reduced to cheerleaders in the upcoming election, activists say

In Zimbabwe, the low number of women standing as candidates in general elections scheduled for Aug. 23 is viewed as perpetuating decades-old domination of politics by men. The number of women … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 7/23/23

Spain's Prime Minister and Socialist Workers' Party candidate Pedro Sánchez cheers to his supporters during a campaign closing meeting in Madrid, Spain, Friday, July 21, 2023. Voters in Spain go to the polls Sunday in an election that could make the country the latest European Union member swing to the populist right, a shift that would represent a major upheaval after five years under a left-wing government. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spaniards vote in an election that could oust a leftist coalition and herald a return to the right

Spanish voters go to the polls in an election that could make Spain the latest European Union member to swing to the right. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the early election after his Spanish … more

By CIARÁN GILES | 7/23/23

Pulling station members prepare a ballot box for villagers to vote next day at a polling station on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, July 22, 2023. Hun Sen has been Cambodia's autocratic prime minister for nearly four decades, during which the opposition has been stifled and the country has moved closer to China. Cambodia sets Sunday for voting. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Hun Sen is the longest serving leader in Asia. He’s purged critics and is set to win Cambodian polls

Cambodians go to the polls Sunday with incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen and his party all but assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression and intimidation of any real opposition. … more

By SOPHENG CHEANG and DAVID RISING | 7/22/23

FILE - J-10 jet fighters perform in formation to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army Air Force in Beijing, China, Nov. 15, 2009. China sent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, the island's Defense Ministry said Saturday, July 22, 2023, marking a forceful display days before the democracy plans to hold military exercises aimed at defending itself against a possible invasion.(AP Photo/File)

As Taiwan prepares for anti-invasion exercises, China sends dozens of warplanes toward the island

China sent dozens of warplanes, including fighter jets and bombers, toward Taiwan, marking a forceful display. That's according to a statement Saturday from the island’s Defense Ministry. The move … more

7/22/23

In this photo taken from video released by the National Guard Troops Federal Service of the Russian Federation on Saturday, July 22, 2023, Russian Rosguardia (National Guard) servicemen work near a house where special forces killed a gunman who refused to surrender and fired at them in an elite cottage village in the Istra region, about 45 kilometers, less than 30 miles, west of Moscow, Russia. Russia's National Guard says security forces killed a heavily-armed gunman who broke into a private house in Moscow's suburbs and fired at them, reportedly threatening to march on the Kremlin. (National Guard Troops Federal Service of the Russian Federation via AP)

Russian special forces kill a gunman who broke into a private house near Moscow

Russia’s National Guard says security forces killed a heavily-armed gunman who broke into a private house in Moscow's suburbs and fired at them. The assailant reportedly threatened to march on the … more

7/22/23

Russian rockets are launched against Ukraine from Russia's Belgorod region, seen from Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, July 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Vadim Belikov)

Russian strikes kill at least 8 civilians as fierce fighting continues in Ukraine's south and east

Ukrainian local authorities say Russian forces struck 11 regions across Ukraine overnight, killing at least eight civilians. At least six people died in the eastern Donetsk region, where fierce … more

By FELIPE DANA | 7/22/23

Protesters gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, carrying Iraqi flags and images of influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, Saturday, July 22, 2023, following reports of the burning of a Quran carried out by a ultranationalist group in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen. Protesters attempted to cross the Jumhuriya bridge leading to the Green Zone, where the Danish embassy is, but were pushed back by security forces. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)

Protesters try to storm Baghdad's Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag in Denmark

Hundreds of protesters have attempted to storm Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government following reports of the burning of a Quran … more

By ALI JABAR | 7/22/23

FILE - Migrants, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, are stopped by Tunisian Maritime National Guard at sea during an attempt to get to Italy, near the coast of Sfax, Tunisia, on April 18, 2023. Migrants who flooded into Tunisia's port city of Sfax aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for an escalating crisis deeply tinged with racism among some Tunisians amid fears of European leaders trying to stanch the flow to their shores. (AP Photo, File)

Rights activists fear Tunisia deal will be model for bartering EU money for migrants' lives

Migrants in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax who are aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for escalating tensions deeply tinged with racism amid the fears of … more

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and ELAINE GANLEY | 7/22/23

David Walinga, who believes his relative was killed during one of the protests in July over new taxes and the rising cost of living, speaks to The Associated Press outside the city mortuary in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, July 21, 2023. Data shared with the AP by a police watchdog, the Independent Medico-Legal Unit, showed 35 people killed by police across the country in such demonstrations this month. (AP Photo/ Khalil Senosi)

A man lies in a Kenya morgue. His family says he's one of at least 35 shot dead by police this month

The bullet was still lodged in Douglas Kalasinga’s head as he lay in the morgue. His family said they couldn’t afford an autopsy. They believe he was one of at least 35 civilians who have been … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 7/22/23

A supporter of VOX far right party wrapped in a Spanish flag attends an election campaign event in Guadalajara, Spain, Saturday, July 15, 2023. Spain's general election Sunday, July 23 could make the country the latest European Union member to shift to the political right. Most polls put the right-wing Popular Party ahead of the Socialists but likely needing the support of the extreme right Vox party to form a government. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Spanish general election tipped to put the far right back in office for the first time since Franco

Spain's general election Sunday could make the country the latest European Union member to shift to the political right. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez called the early election after his … more

7/22/23

Patrick George Zaki, an activist and postgraduate student in Italy, poses during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Cairo, Egypt, Friday July 21, 2023, following his release from prison. Zaki, who received a presidential pardon on Wednesday, said he hopes that other prominent jailed dissidents would be let go soon, including one of the most famous, Alaa Abdel Fattah. (AP Photo/Tarek Wajeh)

Pardoned Egypt activist says he plans to travel to Italy, continue human rights work

A high-profile Egyptian activist who was recently released from prison has said he plans to travel to Italy, where his case garnered significant attention, in the coming days. He also said he plans … more

7/21/23

The UN Security Council meets to discuss the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine, Friday, July 21, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Russia comes under pressure at UN to avoid global food crisis and revive Ukrainian grain shipments

Russia came under pressure at the U.N. Security Council from its ally China and developing countries as well as Western nations to avert a global food crisis and quickly revive Ukrainian grain … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 7/21/23

Solar panels are mounted on poles above a hops field near Au in der Hallertau, Germany, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Solar panels atop crops has been gaining traction in recent years as incentives and demand for clean energy skyrocket. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade.

A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process. Solar panels atop … more

By MATTHIAS SCHRADER and DANA BELTAJI | 7/21/23

Laborers work while visitors stand below the sitting Maravijaya Buddha marble statue, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar. The Maravijaya Buddha statue is said to be the world’s highest sitting marble Buddha image according to local media. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo)

Myanmar's generals unveil giant Buddha statue as they seek to win hearts and minds during civil war

The military-controlled government of strife-torn Myanmar has unveiled a new giant statue of a sitting Buddha that is scheduled to be consecrated on Aug. 1. It's a powerful symbol of nationalism in a … more

By GRANT PECK | 7/21/23

FILE - Women walk in the al-Hol camp that houses some 60,000 refugees, including families and supporters of the Islamic State group, many of them foreign nationals, in Hasakeh province, Syria, on May 1, 2021. A U.N.-backed human rights advocate said Friday July 21, 2023 that hundreds of boys — some as young as 11 — held in detention camps run by U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led forces in northeastern Syria have been wrongly separated from their mothers on the “unproven" belief that they pose a security risk. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

UN expert decries the practice of taking boys from their mothers at detention camps in Syria

A U.N.-backed human rights advocate says hundreds of boys held in detention camps run by U.S.-backed forces in opposition-controlled northeastern Syria have been wrongly separated from their mothers … more

By JAMEY KEATEN | 7/21/23

Bobby Makaza celebrates after he was released from Harare Central Prison in Harare, Zimbabwe, Friday, May 19 2023. The mother of a Zimbabwean 15-year-old rape victim has approached the country’s High Court challenging the release of the sex offender under a presidential amnesty in May. 59-year-old Makaza became a social media sensation after his boisterous celebrations at being freed were captured on video and went viral. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

A sex offender freed in Zimbabwe's amnesty gains social media fame. His victim's family is dismayed

The mother of a 15-year-old Zimbabwean rape victim has gone to the country's High Court to challenge the early release of the man convicted of attacking her daughter when she was a preteen. The man … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 7/21/23

FILE - Police officers escort Briton David Hunter, right, as he leaves the grounds of the courthouse complex after a trial on a premeditated murder charge in the death of his ill wife, in the south west coastal city of Paphos, Cyprus, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. A Cyprus court has found a British man who killed his ailing wife in their home guilty of manslaughter. In a unanimous decision, the three-judge bench said Friday, July 21, 2023 that David Hunter's decision to suffocate his 74-year-old wife Janice was a spur-of-the-moment decision because he snapped as he could no longer stand her weeping in pain. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

He killed his ailing wife. A Cyprus court ruled it was manslaughter, not murder

A Cyprus court has found a British man who killed his ailing wife in their home guilty of manslaughter, saying that the prosecution didn't prove beyond reasonable doubt that the 76-year-old man … more

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS | 7/21/23

The USS Canberra (LCS-30) sails past the Sydney Opera House as it arrives at the Royal Australian Navy's Fleet Base East, in Sydney, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. The USS Canberra will be commissioned into service in Sydney on Saturday. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP Image via AP)

US navy secretary says Australian multination military exercise demonstrates unity to China

U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro says the major multination military training exercise Talisman Sabre in Australia sends a message to China that America’s allies are cooperating to defend their … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 7/21/23

Members of anti-animal cruelty group Humane Society International, (HSI) transport a cage containing dogs from a slaughter house in Tomohon, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, Friday, July 21, 2023. Authorities on Friday announced the end of the "brutally cruel" dog and cat meat slaughter at a notorious animal market on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi following a years-long campaign by local activists and world celebrities. (AP Photo/Mohammad Taufan)

A notorious Indonesian animal market has ended its brutal dog and cat meat trade, campaigners say

Years after groups call for shutdown of brutal Indonesian animal markets where dogs and cats are bludgeoned by thousands and blow-torched alive, their campaigns are beginning to pay off. The mayor of … more

By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN | 7/21/23