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Morgue workers move a body of a victim of a religious cult for burial in Malindi Funeral home in Kilifi, Kenya Tuesday, March. 26, 2024. Kenya government on Tuesday released seven bodies of victims, who died due to starvation to their families for burial. Some 34 bodies, out of the 429 that were exhumed last year, were positively identified. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)

Kenya starts to hand over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult

Kenya's government has begun handing over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult at the center of a legal case that has shocked the country. Exhumed bodies from a vast rural area … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 3/26/24

Members of Brothers and Sisters in Arms and Bonot Alternativa (Women Building an Alternative) protest Israel's exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews from mandatory military service, near the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

With its soldiers mired in Gaza, Israel fights a battle at home over drafting the ultra-Orthodox

As Israel battles a prolonged war in Gaza, exemptions from mandatory military service for ultra-Orthodox men have reopened a divide in the country and rattled the government coalition. Prime Minister … more

By MELANIE LIDMAN | 3/26/24

FILE - Outside view of the Russian embassy in Vienna, Austria, on Friday, March 19, 2010. Austrian police officers who provided security around the Russian Embassy on the day of that country's presidential election were given small presents as they left, Vienna police said Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Police were told to reject such gifts in the future. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak, File)

Austrian police given small gifts after protecting Russian Embassy, told to reject them in future

Vienna police say Austrian police officers who provided security around the Russian Embassy on the day of that country’s presidential election were given small presents as they left. Police were … more

3/26/24

FILE - Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave The London Clinic in central London, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. King Charles III was in hospital to receive treatment for an enlarged prostate. Buckingham Palace officials say King Charles III and Queen Camilla will attend an Easter service at the chapel at Windsor Castle on Sunday, March 30, 2024. The appearance will be the first major event for Charles, 75, since he was diagnosed with cancer in February. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

King Charles III and Queen Camilla to attend Easter Sunday service in Windsor

Buckingham Palace officials say King Charles III and Queen Camilla will attend an Easter service at the chapel at Windsor Castle on Sunday. The appearance will be the first major event for Charles … more

3/26/24

FILE - A protester holds a placard outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024. A London court is due to rule whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can challenge extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges will issue a ruling Tuesday morning in the High Court on whether Assange can make one final appeal in England. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Timeline of the Assange legal saga as he faces further delay in bid to avoid extradition to the US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been fighting for more than a decade to avoid extradition to the United States to face charges related to his organization’s publication of a huge trove of … more

By SYLVIA HUI | 3/26/24

Ambulances park near a burning building of the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 22, 2024. Twenty-two victims of the Russia concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people remain in serious condition in the hospital, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said Tuesday, March 26, 2024, according to state news agency Tass. Two of them are children, it said. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Multiple victims of Moscow attack including children are in serious condition, Russian officials say

Russian state news agency Tass says 22 victims of the concert hall attack that killed more than 130 people remain in serious condition in the hospital. That includes two children, Tass said Tuesday. … more

3/26/24

Former Hungarian government insider Peter Magyar arrives at Public Prosecutor's office in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday March 26, 2024. Magyar published an audio recording on Tuesday that he says is proof of official misconduct within high levels of the government of populist Minister Viktor Orbán. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Former Hungarian insider releases audio he says is proof of corruption in embattled Orbán government

A former Hungarian government insider has published an audio recording that he says is proof of official misconduct within high levels of the government of populist Minister Viktor Orbán. The … more

By JUSTIN SPIKE | 3/26/24

FILE - Rain boots are placed on the ground by police officers as they inspect a boat where 15 Malians were found dead adrift in the Atlantic on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Gran Canaria island, Spain. The UN migration agency marks a decade since the launch of the Missing Migrants Project, documenting more than 63,000 deaths around the world. More than two-thirds of victims remain unidentified highlighting the size of the crisis and the suffering of families who rarely receive definitive answers. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

A decade of documenting more than 63,000 migrant deaths shows that fleeing is more lethal than ever

A decade has passed since the launch of the Missing Migrants Project, which has documented more than 63,000 deaths around the world among people fleeing conflict, persecution or poverty at home. The … more

By RENATA BRITO and KERSTIN SOPKE | 3/26/24

U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy, left, enters the Moscow City Court to attend hearing on Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's case, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. A court in Moscow considers the extension of the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges. The current arrest term of Gershkovich runs out on March 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia extends arrest of US reporter Evan Gershkovich. He has already spent nearly a year in jail

A Moscow court has ordered Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late June. The 32-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested in late March 2023 … more

3/26/24

Policemen detain a member of Aam Admi Party, or Common Man's Party, during a protest against the arrest of their party leader Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Indian police have detained dozens of opposition protesters and prevented them from marching to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence to demand the release of their leader and top elected official of New Delhi who was arrested last week in a liquor bribery case. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Indian police detain dozens of protesters demanding release of top opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal

Indian police have detained dozens of opposition protesters to stop them from marching to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence to demand the release of their leader and top elected official of … more

By PIYUSH NAGPAL | 3/26/24

A customer walk out from KK Mart convenience store in Puchong area on the outskirts of of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The owner of a Malaysian convenience store chain was charged Tuesday with deliberately wounding the religious feelings of others after socks with the word "Allah" were found sold in some outlets. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Malaysian convenience store owners charged over 'Allah' socks that angered Muslims

The owners of a Malaysian convenience store chain and one of its suppliers were charged Tuesday with offending the religious feelings of Muslims after socks printed with the word “Allah” were … more

3/26/24

Opposition presidential candidate Corina Yoris speaks to people after giving a press conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 25, 2024. Yoris became the substitute candidate for the opposition's presidential bid after Maria Corina Machado announced on Friday that Yoris would replace her as she fights a government ban on running for office. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Venezuela's main opposition coalition unable to register a presidential candidate

The main Venezuelan opposition coalition has said that electoral authorities didn’t let it register its candidate for the presidential election as the deadline ended, in what it called the latest … more

3/26/24

Turkish President and leader of the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech during a campaign rally ahead of nationwide municipality elections, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 24, 2024. On Sunday, millions of voters in Turkey head to the polls to elect mayors and administrators in local elections which will gauge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity as his ruling party tries to win back key cities it lost five years ago. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Things to know about the Turkish local elections that will gauge Erdogan’s popularity

On Sunday, millions of voters in Turkey head to the polls to elect mayors and administrators in local elections which will gauge President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s popularity as his ruling party … more

By SUZAN FRASER | 3/26/24

A worker assembles mortar shells at a factory in Ukraine, on Wednesday, January 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Ukraine ramps up spending on homemade weapons to help repel Russia

Ukraine needs any edge it can get to repel Russia from its territory. One emerging bright spot is its small but fast-growing defense industry, which the government is flooding with money in hopes … more

By HANNA ARHIROVA | 3/26/24

FILE - Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro prepares to speak to the press in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, June 30, 2023, the day that judges ruled him ineligible to run for any political office again until 2030 after concluding that he abused his power and cast unfounded doubts on the country's electronic voting system. According to a Federal Police indictment unveiled Tuesday, March 19, 2024, Bolsonaro turned to an aide-de-camp and asked him to insert false data into the public health system to make it appear as though he and his daughter had received the COVID-19 vaccine, in order to have the necessary vaccination certificate required by U.S. authorities for their 2023 trip to Florida. (AP Photo/Thomas Santos, File)

Brazilian police launch investigation into Bolsonaro's 2-night sleepover at Hungarian embassy

Brazil’s Federal Police on Monday launched an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro’s two-night stay at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia, amid widespread speculation from his … more

By MAURICIO SAVARESE | 3/25/24

A critically endangered Western Lowland Gorilla mother holds her baby, one of two babies born at the zoo in Jan. and Feb. this year, at London Zoo in London, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Baby gorilla cuddled by mother at London Zoo remains nameless

The newest endangered baby gorilla at the London Zoo is more than six weeks old but doesn’t yet have a name. Zookeepers aren’t even sure if it’s male or female because they haven’t been able … more

3/25/24

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gestures to supporters as he arrives with his wife Cilia Flores in an open vehicle to the National Election Commission (CNE) to formalize his candidacy to run again for president in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, March 25, 2024. Elections are set for July 28. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Maduro makes official re-election run while would-be rival struggles to register candidacy

Throng of supporters of President Nicolas Maduro rallied Monday at a giant stage outside the downtown electoral council headquarters where he is expected to make official his candidacy for a third … more

JOSHUA GOODMAN | 3/25/24

FILE - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gestures while standing next to Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, left, ahead of his state of the nation address at the City Hall in Cape Town on Feb. 8, 2024. A special investigations unit searched the home of South Africa's Speaker of Parliament on Tuesday March 19, 2024 and seized evidence as part of a probe into accusations that she accepted bribes in her previous role as defense minister. (Rodger Bosch/pool photo via AP, File)

Prosecutors allege South Africa's parliamentary speaker took $135,000 and a wig in bribes

South African prosecutors say they intend to charge the parliamentary speaker with corruption. They allege that she took $135,000 and a wig in bribes from an unnamed person over a three-year period … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME | 3/25/24

FILE - U.N. humanitarian aid coordinator Martin Griffiths speaks in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2023. Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons after nearly three years of trying to tackle mounting crises in Ukraine, Gaza and Africa. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq made the announcement Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jamey Keaten, File)

UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons

U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths is stepping down for health reasons after nearly three years of trying to tackle mounting crises in Ukraine, Gaza and Africa. U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq … more

By EDITH M. LEDERER | 3/25/24

Relatives and supporters of the Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group leads the Purim parade in Jerusalem, Monday, March 25, 2024. For the first time after 42 years and amid the Israel-Hamas war, Jerusalem holds a Purim parade on Monday. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Jerusalem marks festive holiday of Purim in shadow of war

Tens of thousands of people have celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem, though the traditionally boisterous celebrations have been muted this year by the Israel-Hamas war. Although many … more

By MELANIE LIDMAN | 3/25/24