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FILE - A protester shows a portrait of Mahsa Amini during a demonstration to support Iranian protesters standing up to their leadership over the death of a young woman in police custody, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022 in Paris. Anti-government demonstrations erupted Saturday, Oct. 8, in several locations across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week. The protests erupted Sept. 17, after the burial of 22-year-old Amini, a Kurdish woman who had died in the custody of Iran's feared morality police. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

2 killed as demonstrations around Iran enter 4th week

Anti-government demonstrations have erupted in several areas across Iran as the most sustained protests in years against a deeply entrenched theocracy entered their fourth week. At least two people … more

By SAMYA KULLAB | 10/8/22

People inspect a bus that caught fire in a highway in Nashik, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. The bus caught fire after hitting a truck on a highway in western India early Saturday, killing at least 12 passengers, said police officer Bhagwan Adke. Another 43 people with serious burns were taken to a hospital in Nashik. (AP Photo/Yatish Bhanu)

Bus catches fire in west India, killing 12 and injuring 43

A bus has caught fire after hitting a truck on a highway in western India and at least 12 passengers have been killed. Maharashtra state's top elected official says another 43 people received serious … more

10/8/22

Palestinians: 2 killed in Israeli military raid in West Bank

Palestinian officials say Israeli soldiers have shot and killed two Palestinians during a military raid in the northern West Bank. The clash Saturday marked the latest confrontation that has made … more

10/8/22

Tukta Wongsila grieves with her father Saart as holds her daughter Siriprapa “Plai Fon” Prasertsuk's picture, one of the many victims of a mass killing attack in the rural town of Uthai Sawan, north eastern Thailand, Friday, Oct. 7 , 2022. A former police officer burst into a day care center in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers before shooting more people as he fled. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

'I love you, mommy': 4-year-old Thai day care victim mourned

At least 24 of the 36 victims of Thursday’s massacre at a day care center in Thailand were children, mostly preschoolers. One day after their short lives were snuffed out, their desperate families … more

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA | 10/8/22

A woman holds the hand of a child and wades through floodwaters along the banks of the river Yamuna in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. For those living along the floodplains of the Yamuna River, being dislocated by floods has become a way of life. The latest displacement was an indirect consequence of extreme rainfall in upstream states in the Himalayan mountain region that resulted in the swelling of rivers and opening of many dams that were unable to accommodate the excess water. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

AP PHOTOS: In Delhi, migrants battered repeatedly by floods

NEW DELHI (AP) — For Bhagwan Devi, 38, and Shivakumar, 40, and their four children, a flood follows unseasonal rain so often now they have less and less time to pick up the pieces and start over … more

By ALTAF QADRI | 10/8/22

Valeria Lopez restores a mural at the 1550s-era convent convent of Tepoztlan in Morelos state, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Indigenous symbols were found painted next to Roman Catholic motifs at this convent near Mexico City. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexican church pre-Hispanic paintings suggest negotiation

Indigenous symbols found painted next to Roman Catholic motifs at a 1550s-era convent near Mexico City suggest Spanish priests negotiated with Indigenous leaders in the first years after the 1521 … more

By FERNANDA PESCE | 10/7/22

Soldiers walk past the City Hall pocketed with bullet holes the day after a mass shooting in San Miguel Totolapan, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. A drug gang burst a town hall meeting and shot to death 20 people, including a mayor and his father, officials said Thursday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Mexican drug lord claims attack was aimed at him

In a video posted on social media, a man claiming to be a Mexican drug cartel leader says an attack that killed 20 people including a mayor was in fact aimed at him. Authorities in Mexico said Friday … more

10/7/22

In this photo released by the Nigeria State House, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari attends a budget presentation to the National Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is making a big bet to revive the West African nation’s economy and end its security woes with a record 20.5 trillion naira ($47.3 billion) proposed expenditure plan presented lawmakers in the capital city of Abuja on Friday. (Sunday Aghaeze/Nigeria State House via AP)

Nigeria's Buhari proposes record $47.3B budget for 2023

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is making a big bet to revive the West African nation’s economy and end its security woes with a record 20.5 trillion naira ($47.3 billion) proposed expenditure … more

By CHINEDU ASADU | 10/7/22

Candles lights during a vigil for Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh, a 25-year-old Palestinian man who was found decapitated in the West Bank city of Hebron, at an LGBTQ shelter in Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. 7, 2022. Accounts that Abu Murkhiyeh was a gay man who had sought asylum in Israel has turned the tragedy into a socially and politically explosive case, reflecting divergent views from two very different societies. Hebrew and Arabic reads "we will remember you forever". (AP Photo//Oded Balilty)

Shock, questions after gruesome killing of gay Palestinian

The gruesome killing of a 25-year-old Palestinian man, whose decapitated torso was found in the West Bank city of Hebron, has shocked Palestinian society. But accounts that the victim was a gay man … more

By ISABEL DEBRE | 10/7/22

FILE - A protester carries a piece of wood simulating a weapon during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 3, 2022. Haiti's government has agreed to request the help of international armed forces as gangs and protesters paralyze the country and basic supplies including fuel and water dwindle, a top ranking Haitian official told The Associated Press on Friday, Oct 7. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)

Official: Haiti to seek foreign armed forces to quell chaos

Haiti’s government has agreed to request the help of international armed forces as gangs and protesters paralyze the country and basic supplies including fuel and water dwindle, a top ranking … more

DÁNICA COTO | 10/7/22

FILE - A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian Mahsa Amini as she attends a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. Nasreen Shakarami, the mother of Amini, said Friday, Oct. 7, the teen was killed by repeated blows to the head as part of Iran's crackdown on anti-hijab protests roiling the country. Shakarami also said authorities kept her daughter Nika’s death a secret for nine days and then snatched the body from a morgue to bury her in a remote area, against the family’s wishes. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Teen's mother disputes Iran, says she died of blows to head

The mother of an Iranian teenager is disputing official claims that her daughter fell to her death from a high building. Nasreen Shakarami says her teenage daughter was killed by repeated blows to … more

10/7/22

Medhin Gereziher, 1, is treated for malnutrition at the Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Babies are dying in their first month of life at four times the rate they did before the war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, according to a yet-unpublished study shared by its authors with The Associated Press. (AP Photo)

Peace talks in Ethiopian conflict are delayed, diplomats say

Diplomatic sources say African Union-sponsored peace talks to resolve Ethiopia’s two year-long Tigray conflict will not take place as planned this weekend. They say logistical issues are partly to … more

By CARA ANNA | 10/7/22

Flood victims sit under the shadow of a cot while they refuge on a roadside, in, Jaffarabad, a district of southwestern Baluchistan province, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Nearly three months after causing widespread destruction in Pakistan's crop-growing areas, flood waters are receding in the country, enabling some survivors to return home. The unprecedented deluges have wiped out the only income source for millions, with officials and experts saying the floods damaged 70% of the country's crops. (AP Photo/Zahid Hussain)

Flood-ravaged Pakistan contests ratings downgrade by Moody's

Pakistan is contesting a downgrade of its rating by Moody’s Investors Service, insisting it has adequate reserves and financing to repay foreign debt even after the worst flooding in its history. … more

By MUNIR AHMED | 10/7/22

A man wearing a blanket cast his vote at a poling station in Maseru, South Africa, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Voters across Lesotho are heading to the polls Friday to elect a leader to find solutions to high unemployment and crime. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Thousands vote in southern Africa's small kingdom Lesotho

Thousands of voters in Lesotho are casting their ballots in the country’s general elections. The elections are a tight race between the top three parties out of a field of more than 60 registered … more

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and HERBERT MOYO | 10/7/22

Lebanon's Health Minister Firas Abiad speaks during a press conference on the first case of cholera, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Abiad announced the crisis-hit country's first case of cholera in decades. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Lebanon inspecting new suspected cases of cholera

Lebanon’s health minister has said the authorities are inspecting new suspected cases of cholera, less than a day after confirming its first case of the illness in the country since 1993. Caretaker … more

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB | 10/7/22

A Russian rocket sticks out of the ground in a forest near Oleksandrivka village, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Missiles, drones hit Zaporizhzhia again as death toll rises

The death toll from a Russian missile attack on apartment blocks in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has risen to 11 and the city has been hit again by missiles and — for the first time … more

By ADAM SCHRECK | 10/7/22

USAID Administrator Samantha Power in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Samantha Power, traveled to Kyiv to hold meetings with government officials and residents. She said the U.S. would provide an additional $55 million to repair heating pipes and other equipment. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, Pool)

Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War

Ukraine's emergency service says the death toll from a Russian missile attack on an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia has risen to 11. The service said Friday 21 people were … more

By The Associated Press | 10/7/22

Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pasjinian, left, arrives for a meeting of the European Political Community at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Oct 6, 2022. Leaders from around 44 countries are gathering Thursday to launch a "European Political Community" aimed at boosting security and economic prosperity across the continent, with Russia the one major European power not invited. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Armenia, Azerbaijan hold talks in efforts to ease tensions

The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia have held talks in Prague in efforts to ease tensions between the two longtime adversaries. A joint statement released early Friday said Armenia agreed to … more

10/7/22

FILE - Migrants swim next to their overturned wooden boat during a rescue operation by Spanish NGO Open Arms at south of the Italian Lampedusa island at the Mediterranean sea, Aug. 11, 2022. The back-to-back shipwrecks of migrant boats off Greece that left at least 22 people dead this week has once again put the spotlight on the dangers of the Mediterranean migration route to Europe. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, file)

EXPLAINER: Fewer people cross Mediterranean; many still die

The back-to-back shipwrecks of migrant boats off Greece that left at least 22 people dead this week has once again put the spotlight on the dangers of the Mediterranean migration route to Europe. The … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 10/7/22

A protester carries a piece of wood simulating a weapon during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Calls for help, humanitarian corridor as gangs siege Haiti

The United Nations is proposing a “humanitarian corridor” in Haiti’s capital to help people get gasoline and aid amid a mounting crisis as gangs keep blockading roads and access to some areas, … more

10/6/22