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French President Emmanuel Macron delivers his speech on the end-of-life options after a panel of citizens worked the issue in recent months, Monday, April 3, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, Pool)

France's Macron to draft bill legalizing end-of-life options

French President Emmanuel Macron says a new bill to be drafted this year will address end-of-life options. The move comes after a panel of citizens issued a report in favor of legalizing medically … more

4/3/23

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the media at joint press conference with Slovakia's Prime Minister Eduard Heger, Moldova's President Maia Sandu, Slovenia's Prime Minister Robert Golob and Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic during Bucha Summit in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Zelenskyy to visit Warsaw to meet with Poles, Ukrainians

Poland's presidential office has announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will pay a visit to Warsaw this week. The visit is scheduled for Wednesday and will begin with talks between … more

4/3/23

In this photo provided by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, meets with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Siss in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, late Sunday, April 2, 2023. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)

Leaders of Egypt, Saudi Arabia meet after months of tension

The leaders of Egypt and Saudi Arabia have met in the kingdom amid months of tension between the two regional powers. An Egyptian statement said President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi met with Saudi Crown … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 4/3/23

A Palestinian demonstrator kicks tear gas canister during clashes with Israeli forces during a raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, Monday, April 3, 2023. Two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli troops in an army raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Monday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.The Israeli military said that troops arrested two people suspected of assisting a gunman who shot two soldiers in the occupied West Bank town of Hawara last month. The army said its soldiers came under fire during the raid and shot back. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians say 2 killed in Israeli army raid in West Bank

Palestinian health officials say two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli troops in an army raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The incident on Monday was the latest in a year-long surge … more

4/3/23

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, left, appears before the Kosovo Tribunal as he defends himself against charges including murder, torture and persecution allegedly committed during his country's war for independence from Serbia in the Hague, Monday, April 3, 2023. The trial of Kosovo's ex-president and three other former high-ranking members of the Kosovo Liberation Army charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity opens Monday. (Koen van Weel/Pool via AP)

'Nobody is above the law:' Kosovo ex-president's trial opens

Kosovo’s former president has pleaded not guilty to charges including murder, torture and persecution as he went on trial with three other former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army. Hashim Thaci … more

By MIKE CORDER | 4/3/23

FILE - Israeli-born Australian Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem on Feb. 27, 2018. Leifer, a former principal of a Jewish girls school, was found guilty Monday, April 3, 2023, of sexually abusing two students. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Jewish school principal in Australia guilty of sexual abuse

The former principal of a Jewish girls school in Australia was found guilty of sexually abusing two students. Malka Leifer was convicted on 18 counts and acquitted of nine other charges, including … more

4/3/23

FILE - Police officers scuffle with protesters during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, on March 23, 2023. French authorities see the police as protectors ensuring that citizens can peacefully protest President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious retirement age increase. But to human rights advocates and demonstrators who were clubbed or tear-gassed, officers have overstepped their mission. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

Pension protests raise tension between police, demonstrators

French authorities see the police as protectors who ensure that citizens can peacefully protest President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious retirement age increase. But to human rights advocates and … more

By ELAINE GANLEY | 4/3/23

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 31, 2023. (Alexei Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia to put nukes near Belarus' western border, envoy says

Russia's ambassador to Belarus says that Moscow will deploy tactical nuclear weapons close to Belarus’ border with NATO neighbors. Sunday's statement from Ambassador Boris Gryzlov comes amid … more

By YURAS KARMANAU | 4/2/23

Activists demonstrate outside the Algerian embassy to France to demand the release of release of Algerian journalist Ihsane El Kadi, Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Paris. Ihsane El Kadi has for years been the target of Algerian authorities and was taken to custody on Dec. 24 2022. The verdict in his trial for "illegal fund raising" and "endangering state security", is expected Sunday April 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Algerian court sentences prominent journalist to 5 years

A court in Algiers sentenced a prominent journalist to five years in prison with two years suspended on Sunday. Ihsane El-Kadi, who was active in Algeria’s Hirak pro-democracy protest movement in … more

4/2/23

Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, center, waves during the Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, April 2, 2023. The procession observes Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem in the time leading up to his crucifixion, which Christians mark on Good Friday. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Christian faithful mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem

Thousands of Christian pilgrims have participated in Palm Sunday celebrations in Jerusalem at the start of the Holy Week. Worshipers carried palm fronds and olive branches and marched from the top of … more

4/2/23

Activists' network in Mexico helps U.S. women get abortions

A network of abortion-rights activists in Mexico is finding ways to offer assistance -- including shipments of abortion pills -- to women in the United States affected by recently imposed abortion … more

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ | 4/2/23

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate the Palm Sunday's mass in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican Sunday, April 2, 2023 a day after being discharged from the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, where he has been treated for bronchitis, The Vatican said. The Roman Catholic Church enters Holy Week, retracing the story of the crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection three days later on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Rebounding Pope Francis begins Palm Sunday Mass at Vatican

Pope Francis has opened the celebration of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square, presiding at his first ceremony after a hospital stay for bronchitis. Francis wore a long, ivory-colored coat as he … more

4/2/23

A mother prepares a meal for her family in a displacement camp on the bank of a flooded rice paddy near the village of Nicoadala, Zambezia province, Mozambique, Friday, March 24, 2023. Weeks after a massive cyclone hit Mozambique for a second time, the still-flooded country is facing a spiraling cholera outbreak which threatens to add to the devastation. (AP Photo/Tom Gould)

Mozambique works to contain cholera outbreak after cyclone

Weeks after massive Cyclone Freddy hit Mozambique for a second time, the still-flooded country is facing a spiraling cholera outbreak that threatens to add to the devastation. More than 19,000 cases … more

By TOM GOULD | 4/2/23

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin addresses supporters during a campaign rally in Helsinki, Finland, Saturday, April 1, 2023. A parliamentary election in Finland on Sunday is shaping up as an extremely close race between three parties as Prime Minister Sanna Marin's Social Democrats fight to secure a second term running the government. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Finns vote in tight election; young leader seeks reelection

Polling stations have opened in Finland for a general election that is expected to produce a close finish between three parties. Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats are fighting to secure … more

4/2/23

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to open new pharmaceutical production facilities in the Kaliningrad Region, Mordovia and St Petersburg via videoconference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 30, 2023. An international arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin raises the prospect of justice for the man whose country invaded Ukraine but complicates efforts to end that war in peace talks. (Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

War-crimes warrant for Putin could complicate Ukraine peace

An international arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin raises the prospect of justice for the man whose country invaded Ukraine but complicates efforts to end that war in peace talks. Both … more

By MIKE CORDER | 4/2/23

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, center left, and Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei, walk to a staging area during their visit to the Mayan site Tikal, in Peten, Guatemala, Saturday, April 1, 2023. Tsai is in Guatemala for an official three-day visit. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Presidents of Taiwan, Guatemala visit Mayan pyramid

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and the Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei have toured the archaeological site of Tikal during a trip by Tsai that aims to shore up the self-governing … more

4/1/23

Israelis protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israelis still protest legal overhaul despite suspension

Tens of thousands of Israelis are protesting a controversial plan to revamp the country’s legal system, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suspension of the changes earlier in the week. … more

4/1/23

FILE - The body of a man is illuminated by police flashlights as investigators work a crime scene where an alleged thief and a female passenger died in a shootout during a robbery on a bus in San Jose, Costa Rica, Feb. 6, 2023. According to the authorities, the Central American nation has reached its highest murder rate since the Organization of Judicial Investigation office has kept records. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez, File)

Drug trafficking blamed as homicides soar in Costa Rica

Costa Rica logged a record 657 homicides last year. Limon, a Caribbean port with a homicide rate five times the national average, was at the epicenter. The bloodshed in a country better known for a … more

By JAVIER CORDOBA | 4/1/23

FILE - Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad speaks to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. Syria’s chief diplomat was in Cairo on Saturday, April 1, 2023, a step forward in the process of normalizing ties between the two countries. It was the first trip for a Syrian foreign minister to Egypt in over a decade. (Alexander Nememov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Syria's FM visits Egypt in step toward restoring ties

Syria’s chief diplomat is visiting Egypt in a step toward normalizing ties between the two countries. It was the first trip to the capital of Cairo for a Syrian foreign minister in over a decade. … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 4/1/23

FILE - Afghan worshippers attend Friday prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, March 31, 2023. A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has been shut down for playing songs and music during the holy month of Ramadan, a Taliban official said Saturday, April 1. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music

A Taliban official says a women-run radio station in Afghanistan's northeast was closed for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan. During their previous rule in the late 1990s, the Taliban … more

4/1/23