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This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage on the runway of Aleppo International Airport after a suspected Israeli strike there in Aleppo, Syria, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. A suspected Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport again tore multiple craters on its runway, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press showed Thursday, March 9, 2023. A United Nations official separately has criticized the attack for hindering earthquake relief for the hard-hit, war-torn nation. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

Satellite photos: Likely Israel strike damages Syria airport

A suspected Israeli airstrike targeting Aleppo International Airport in Syria again has torn multiple craters on its runway. That's according to satellite images analyzed Thursday by The Associated … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 3/9/23

UN renews Sudan arms embargo as Russia and China abstain

The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution renewing an arms embargo and other sanctions imposed over violence in Sudan’s western Darfur region that began in 2004. Russia and China … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 3/9/23

Mexican army soldiers prepare a search mission for four U.S. citizens kidnapped by gunmen in Matamoros, Mexico, Monday, March 6, 2023. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the four Americans were going to buy medicine and were caught in the crossfire between two armed groups after they had entered Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, on Friday. (AP Photo)

Americans found quickly, but Mexico's missing remain lost

When four Americans were kidnapped in the border city of Matamoros, authorities rescued the survivors after three days. But thousands of Mexicans remain missing in the state long associated with … more

By MARK STEVENSON | 3/8/23

FILE - Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan meets with Vice President Kamala Harris in Harris' ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus on April 15, 2022, in Washington. Hassan says that as the East African country’s first female leader, she has brought a new level of political tolerance to the nation. Hassan spoke at a rally for International Women’s Day on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 which had been organized by an opposition party. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Tanzania's 1st female president praises political tolerance

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan says that as the East African country’s first female leader, she has brought a new level of political tolerance to the nation. Hassan spoke at a rally for … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 3/8/23

FILE – World Health Organization Regional Director for Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai addresses the media at the start of the five-day annual session Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in Manila, Philippines. The World Health Organization on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 has fired its top official in the Western Pacific, Dr. Takeshi Kasai, after the Associated Press reported last January that dozens of staffers accused him of racist, abusive and unethical behaviour that may have compromised the U.N. health agency’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

WHO fires director in Asia accused of racist misconduct

The World Health Organization has fired its top official in the Western Pacific. The Associated Press reported in January 2022 that dozens of staff members had accused Dr. Takeshi Kasai of racist, … more

By MARIA CHENG | 3/8/23

Farm workers work a tobacco field on a farm at kilometer 7 in La Coloma community in Pinar del Río, Cuba, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Six months after Hurricane Ian devastated 80% of the region’s tobacco infrastructure, farmers are trying to recuperate from the disaster. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco)

Cuba tobacco farmers recuperate after ruinous Hurricane Ian

A neighbor lent him a house to dry leaves, and he had a little fertilizer saved, so he plucked up the courage to plant. Now, Hirochi Robaina can hardly believe the resulting miracle. Robaina, one of … more

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ | 3/8/23

Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine reacts during her Q&A session during the International Women's Day in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Ukraine's first lady on Wednesday offered spirited support to her nation's people while visiting the United Arab Emirates, a country that still remains open to Russia despite Western sanctions. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Ukraine first lady Olena Zelenska in UAE amid Russia's war

Ukraine’s first lady has offered spirited support to her nation’s people while visiting the United Arab Emirates, a country that still remains open to Russia despite Western sanctions. Olena … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 3/8/23

FILE - Baggage carts make their way past a Helvetic Airways aircraft from which about $50 million worth of diamonds were stolen on the tarmac of Brussels international airport, on Feb. 19, 2013. A decade after a brazen diamond heist at Brussels airport, it looks like a near-perfect crime. While one person was convicted to five years in prison and a small part of the loot — estimated at $50 million in 2013 — was recovered, the four remaining suspects were acquitted on appeal Wednesday March 8, 2023, leaving it unclear whether the mastermind will ever be found. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)

4 acquitted over Brussels diamond heist; almost nothing

Four remaining suspects in a brazen 2013 diamond heist at Brussels Airport have been acquitted on appeal. It is unclear whether the mastermind of the massive gem theft will ever be found. Only one … more

By RAF CASERT and SYLVAIN PLAZY | 3/8/23

The inscription ‘He is Odin’s man’ is seen in a round half circle over the head of a figure on a golden bracteate unearthed in Vindelev, Denmark in late 2020. Scientists have identified the oldest-known reference to the Norse god Odin on a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark. (Arnold Mikkelsen, The National Museum of Denmark via AP)

Oldest reference to Norse god Odin found in Denmark treasure

Scientists have identified the oldest-known reference to the Norse god Odin on a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark in 2020. A pendant with the inscription reading “He is Odin’s man" was in … more

By JAMES BROOKS | 3/8/23

Participants hold signs representing International Women's Day during a rally in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

World marks Women´s Day but abuses, inequality still rampant

Hundreds of thousands of people will be taking part in demonstrations, rallies, and events around the globe to mark International Women´s Day, the day established to celebrate and demand equality … more

By CIARÁN GILES | 3/8/23

A woman walks past docked ferries during a 24-hour ferry strike at the port of Piraeus, near Athens, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Strikes by labor unions in Greece following a rail disaster that killed 57 people have disrupted public transport in Athens, as the government faces criticism for serious security gaps on the country's busiest rail line. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Greek unions stage strikes after deadly rail disaster

Strikes by labor unions in Greece following a rail disaster that killed 57 people have disrupted public transport in Athens, as the government faces criticism for serious security failings on the … more

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Ukrainian soldiers fire a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions near Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Russian Wagner Group chief claims extended gains in Bakhmut

The owner of Russia's Wagner Group military company says that his troops have extended their gains in the key Ukrainian stronghold of Bakhmut as fierce fighting has continued in the war’s longest … more

3/8/23

Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba distributes free sanitary pads to girls at Mukuru Community Center Primary school, while explaining to them the need to openly discuss menstruation to end period shaming, in the Mukuru neighborhood on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Orwoba has said that she attended parliament last month while wearing a white pantsuit stained by her menstruation in order to combat the stigma surrounding women's monthly periods. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

Kenyan senator campaigns against stigma around menstruation

Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba has said that she attended parliament while wearing a white pantsuit stained by her menstrual blood in order to combat the stigma surrounding women's monthly periods. The … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 3/8/23

Female voluntary recruits attend a three month training program at a military base in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, March 6, 2023. After a 25-year ban, the Colombian army is once again allowing women to join its ranks through voluntary military service, which is a requirement for men. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Women enlist in Colombia's army for first time in 25 years

For the first time in 25 years, Colombia has opened military service to women. The first cohort of 1,296 female recruits enlisted in February and is now undergoing training. Colombia has long had … more

By ASTRID SUAREZ | 3/8/23

Relatives gather next to the body of 29 year old Yana Rikhlitska, a Ukrainian army medic killed in the Bakhmut area, during the funeral in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Just over a week ago, Yana Rikhlitska was filmed by The Associated Press as she helped treat wounded soldiers in a field hospital of Bakhmut area which has been pulverized as Russia presses a three-sided assault to seize it. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

'Oh my daughter': Volunteer medic, 29, buried in Ukraine

Just over a week ago, Associated Press journalists filmed 29-year-old Yana Rikhlitska as she helped treat wounded soldiers in a field hospital outside the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. She had … more

By ELENA BECATOROS | 3/7/23

Local residents cook on the stairs of an apartment house in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, March 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

Ukraine military identifies soldier seen in grisly war video

The Ukrainian military has tentatively identified as one of its missing soldiers a man who appeared to be shot dead by Russian-speakers in a short video. The footage circulated widely on Ukrainian … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA | 3/7/23

Jewish settlers dressed in costumes celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim as soldiers secure the march in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Hebron is a flashpoint city where several hundred hard-line Israeli settlers live in heavily guarded enclaves amid some 200,000 Palestinians. The settlers each year hold a parade on Purim – a Jewish holiday marked by costumes and revelry that commemorates the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the biblical Book of Esther. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

At least 6 Palestinians killed during Israeli West Bank raid

The Israeli army has raided the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, leading to a gunbattle that killed at least six Palestinians. Israeli military officials, speaking on condition of anonymity to … more

By ILAN BEN ZION | 3/7/23

Teachers protest over suspected Iran schoolgirl poisonings

Iranian teachers have held protests in several cities over suspected poisonings targeting hundreds of schoolgirls. Activists say security forces broke up several of the demonstrations on Tuesday. … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 3/7/23

FILE - A Somali woman breastfeeds her child at a camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Dollow, Somalia on Sept. 20, 2022. Acute malnutrition among pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25% in the past two years in 12 countries hard hit by rising food prices fueled by the fighting in Ukraine, according to a new United Nations report released Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

Malnutrition rises in pregnant women in 12 at-risk countries

A new United Nations report says acute malnutrition among pregnant and breastfeeding mothers has increased by 25% in the past two years in 12 countries hard hit by rising food prices fueled by the … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 3/7/23

FILE - The damaged roof of a school lies in the playground in Vilanculos, Mozambique, on Feb. 24. 2023. Still recovering from the effects of the first battering, the southwestern African nation of Mozambique is bracing for a rare second hit by long-living Tropical Cyclone Freddy late on Friday night, a regional weather center said Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

Cyclone Freddy to slam Mozambique Friday in rare second hit

Still recovering from the effects of the first battering, the southwestern African nation of Mozambique is bracing for a rare second hit by long-living Tropical Cyclone Freddy late on Friday night, a … more

By WANJOHI KABUKURU | 3/7/23