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Bomb targeting foreign diplomats’ convoy kills policeman in Pakistan’s restive northwest

A Pakistani police officer says a roadside bombing struck a foreign diplomats' convoy in the country's restive northwest and killed a policeman
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Marxist lawmaker Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old political guard

Marxist lawmaker Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old political guard
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Rock in Rio's sign language pumps up Brazil's deaf audience

Brazil's mega music festival Rock in Rio has sign language interpreters on its screens around main stages for the first time in its 40-year history
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Henrique Miranda da Silva Martins, 24, who is deaf, reacts during a performance at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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Marxist lawmaker Anura Dissanayake claims victory in Sri Lanka's presidential election

Marxist lawmaker Anura Dissanayake claims victory in Sri Lanka's presidential election
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Hezbollah's deputy leader says his group is now in an open-ended battle of reckoning with Israel

Hezbollah's deputy leader says his group is now in an open-ended battle of reckoning with Israel
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Kate, the Princess of Wales, makes first public appearance after cancer treatment

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has made her first public appearance since she announced she had completed chemotherapy and would return to some public duties
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FILE - Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales smiles as she speaks to a woman during her visit to Sebby's Corner in north London on Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool, File)
September 22

Britain's Labour Party gathers after a rocky start in government and a scandal over clothes

This should be a time of celebration for Britain’s Labour Party
September 22
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, arrive ahead of the Labour Party Conference, in Liverpool, England, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP)
September 22

Building collapse in Naples kills 2 siblings and buries mother and another woman

A two-story building has collapsed in the southern Italian province of Naples, killing two young siblings and and burying their mother and another woman in the rubble
September 22
Emergency services attend the site of a building collapse in Saviano, Italy, Sunday Sept, 22, 2024. (LaPresse via AP)
September 22

Sri Lanka's presidential election goes into 2nd round of vote counting for 1st time in history. Incumbent is eliminated

Sri Lanka's presidential election goes into 2nd round of vote counting for 1st time in history. Incumbent is eliminated
September 22
September 22

21 wounded after Russia strikes apartment buildings in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv

Ukrainian officials say Russia has launched new strikes in the city of Kharkiv that hit high-rise apartment buildings
September 22
A firefighter extinguishes a burning vehicle after a Russian strike on a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine early Sunday Sept. 22, 2024. (Kharkiv Regional Military Administration via AP)
September 22

Israel issues new security warning as Hezbollah hits back for device attacks

Hezbollah launched 150 projectiles at Israel on Sunday, the IDF said.
September 22
Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of Zibqin on September 22, 2024. The Israeli army said that more than 100 projectiles were fired from Lebanon on September 22 and in response to the incoming fire from Hezbollah, it had launched new strikes on the group's targets in southern Lebanon.
September 22

Israel-Hamas war latest: Fears of all-out war rise as Israel and Hezbollah step up attacks

Lebanon’s Hezbollah has launched over 100 rockets into northern Israel in response to ramped-up Israeli attacks that killed dozens of people in Beirut, including a veteran leader of the militant group
September 22
Emergency workers clear the rubble at the site of Friday's Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburb, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 22

Birds, bees and ballots: Swiss voters to decide on plan to bolster country's fragile biodiversity

Swiss voters have cast the final ballots on a proposal to increase protections for the Alpine country's cherished plant and animal life
September 22
A poster for the No campaign ahead of a biodiversity referendum due to take place on Sept. 22, is seen in a field in Hoechstetten, Switzerland, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP)
September 22

Attacks by Islamic extremists are rampant in Africa's Sahel. Here's what we know about them

Extremist attacks in the Sahel have been increasing
September 22
FILE- Internally displaced people wait for aid in Djibo, Burkina Faso, May 26, 2022 when violence linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group began surging and spreading across the West African nation. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick, File)
September 22

Beer and merriment flow at the 189th Oktoberfest in Munich

Tens of thousands of revelers marked the opening day of the 189th Oktoberfest
September 22
A waitress prepares beer mugs in the Augustiner marquee for the start of the 189th 'Oktoberfest' beer festival in Munich, Germany, Saturday morning, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
September 22

German chancellor's Social Democrats seek to hold off far right in Brandenburg state election

A state election is taking place in Brandenburg three weeks after a far-right party made gains in two other states in eastern Germany
September 22
Hans-Christoph Berndt, a candidate for the AfD in the Brandenburg state elections, and his wife cast their ballots for the state election on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024 in Potsdam, Germany. (Frank Hammerschmidt/dpa via AP)
September 22

At least 30 people killed after a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, state media reports

At least 30 people killed after a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, state media reports
September 22
September 22

Hezbollah hits back with rockets as it declares an 'open-ended battle' with Israel

Hezbollah has launched more than 100 rockets across a wider and deeper area of northern Israel and Hezbollah’s deputy leader Naim Kassem said Sunday that his group is now in an open-ended battle with Israel
September 22
Israeli security and rescue forces work at the site hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Gil Nechushtan)
September 22

An explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran kills at least 34 workers

An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others
September 22
In this photo released by Iranian Red Crescent Society, miners and police officers gather around the site of a coal mine where methane leak sparked an explosion on Saturday, in Tabas, some 335 miles (540 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Iranian Red Crescent Society, via AP)
September 22

Israeli military says over 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon, with some striking areas near the northern city of Haifa

Israeli military says over 100 rockets were fired from Lebanon, with some striking areas near the northern city of Haifa
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September 22

At least 19 people killed in coal mine 'incident' in eastern Iran, Iranian state TV reports

At least 19 people killed in coal mine 'incident' in eastern Iran, Iranian state TV reports
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September 22

The number of rhinos is slightly up but poaching has increased too

The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat
September 22
Rhinos, on the Red List of Threatened Species according to IUCN (International Union Conservation Of Nature), are seen at Nairobi National Park, on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
September 22

Lack of birth certificates puts Cameroon’s Indigenous people on the brink of statelessness

Indigenous people have lived in harmony with the forests of central Africa for hundreds of years
September 22
Bilore Marie washes the dishes outside her house in Nazareth village in Southern Cameroon, Wednesday Aug. 21, 2024. Indigenous people have lived in harmony with the forests of central Africa for hundreds of years. But the government of Cameroon is trying to integrate them into mainstream society as mining and logging activities rapidly encroach. (AP Photos/Angel Ngwe)
September 22

Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election as voters reject old guard

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation toward economic ruin
September 22
Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrives at the election commission office after winning Sri Lankan presidential election, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardane)
September 21

Israel raids and shuts down Al Jazeera's bureau in Ramallah in the West Bank

Israeli troops have raided the offices of the satellite news network Al Jazeera in the Israeli-occupied West Bank
September 21
This image made from video provided by Al Jazeera English shows Israeli troops raiding their bureau in Ramallah, West Bank, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Al Jazeera via AP)
September 21

Satellite news network Al Jazeera says Israel raids its office in Ramallah in the West Bank and orders it closed

Satellite news network Al Jazeera says Israel raids its office in Ramallah in the West Bank and orders it closed
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September 21

Kenyan president visits Haiti as it grapples with future of international efforts to fight gangs

Kenya’s President William Ruto has arrived in Haiti
September 21
Kenya's President William Ruto, center left, visits Kenyan police, part of a UN-backed multinational force, at their base in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
September 21

Congo frees 600 inmates at main prison in a bid to ease overcrowding

Authorities in Congo say 600 prisoners in the country's main prison have been freed as part of a process aimed at decongesting overcrowded prisons
September 21
Some of the 600 prisoners released from Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital Kinshasa's Makala Central Prison react Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi)
September 21

New center-right government in France announced 2 months after divisive elections

Elections two months ago produced a hung parliament, deeper political divisions.
September 21
FILE - French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, left, greets his Ukrainian counterpart Rustem Umerov as he arrives for a meeting in Paris, France, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)
September 21

French president's office unveils new center-right government 2 months after divisive elections

French president's office unveils new center-right government 2 months after divisive elections
September 21
September 21

Deadly bus accident claims lives of 3 Brazilian football players

A bus carrying a Brazilian football team flipped on a road south of Rio de Janeiro
September 21
September 21

Madonna makes veiled entrance to Dolce&Gabbana for show celebrating her 1990s heyday

Madonna has attempted a semi-stealth entrance to the Dolce & Gabbana runway show draped in a black veil for a runway show referencing her 1990s heyday and celebrating the cone bra
September 21
A model wears a creation as part of the Dolce & Gabbana Spring Summer 2025 collection, that was presented in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
September 21

Climate activists cleared in UK of charges in rooftop protest at Sunak's estate

Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year to protest his oil and gas drilling expansion plans have been cleared of criminal charges
September 21
FILE - Britain's outgoing Conservative Party Prime Minister Rishi Sunak looks down as he makes a short speech outside 10 Downing Street before going to see King Charles III to tender his resignation in London, on July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
September 21

The Czech opposition wins big in the regional election and leads in the Senate vote

The main opposition party has dominated Czech regional elections and is ahead in the first round of voting for Parliament’s upper house
September 21
Firefighters set up an improvised polling station for a two-day vote for one-third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house, the Senate, and to select their representatives in regional elections, in Široká Niva, Czech Republic, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Jaroslav Ozana/CTK via AP)
September 21

Suspect in 1977 Melbourne cold case arrested in Italy

He is suspected of the brutal killing of two women in Australia.
September 21
September 21

Hundreds of parachutists drop over Dutch heath to commemorate World War II operation

Hundreds of paratroopers have dropped out of near-cloudless skies over a heath in the central Netherlands to commemorate the 80th anniversary Operation Market Garden
September 21
Parachutists jump over Ginkel Heath Netherlands, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, to mark the 80th anniversary of an audacious by unsuccessful World War II mission codenamed Market Garden to take key bridges in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Phil Nijhuis)
September 21

An Israeli strike on a school kills at least 22 people, Gaza Health Ministry says

Gaza health workers say an Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza has killed at least 22 people
September 21
People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
September 21

22 people have been killed after Israel targeted a school in the south of Gaza City, Gaza Health Ministry says

22 people have been killed after Israel targeted a school in the south of Gaza City, Gaza Health Ministry says
September 21
September 21

'Terrifying' twister damages homes and trees in English town but causes no casualties

A rare tornado touched down in England, toppling trees, tearing off roof shingles and terrifying residents
September 21
September 21

Cambodia pulls out of a regional development pact after protests

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet says he's pulling his country out of a development agreement with neighboring Vietnam and Laos following protests that it was benefiting foreign interests
September 21
FILE - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet poses for photo, along with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, not in photo, in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday, Dec.11, 2023. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh, File)
September 21

Voting ends in Sri Lanka's presidential election as it seeks to recover from economic crisis and political upheaval

Voting ends in Sri Lanka's presidential election as it seeks to recover from economic crisis and political upheaval
September 21
September 21

Zelenskyy hopes for quick US action as more arms depots are hit in Russia

Ukrainian drones hit Russian arms depots, destroying thousands of tons of arms.
September 21
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint press conference with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool Photo via AP)
September 21

Can AI aid in climate change? Scientist explores solutions in new book

"What If We Get It Right?" explores options for preserving the planet.
September 21
I n this Sept. 20, 2019, file photo, marine biologist Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson speaks on stage during NYC Climate Strike rally and demonstration in New York.
September 21

Ceremonial keg-tapping signals the start of Oktoberfest, opening the world’s largest folk festival for the 189th time

Ceremonial keg-tapping signals the start of Oktoberfest, opening the world’s largest folk festival for the 189th time
September 21
September 21

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel claims death of Hezbollah commander as Beirut toll rises

Israel has claimed the death of a senior Hezbollah military official after a rare Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 37 people and wounded dozens more, shortly after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets
September 21
Hezbollah fighters carry the coffins of their comrades who were killed in Friday's Israeli strike, during their funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 21

Hezbollah targets base near Haifa after Israeli strike in Beirut killed 37, including top commander

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has announced that it fired a barrage of missiles at a military base deep inside Israel following an Israeli airstrike more than a day earlier that killed at least 37 people, including one of the militant group’s s...
September 21
Hezbollah fighters carry the coffins of their comrades who were killed in Friday's Israeli strike, during their funeral procession in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 21

The death toll from Friday's airstrike on a Beirut suburb rises to 31, Lebanon health minister says

The death toll from Friday's airstrike on a Beirut suburb rises to 31, Lebanon health minister says
September 21
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In this image taken in Sept. 2023 and made available by Cornish Seal Sanctuary shows Sheba the seal on her 49th birthday at the Cornish Seal Sanctuary in Gweek, south west England. (Barry Williams/Cornish Seal Sanctuary via AP)
September 21

How NATO members are preparing for potential Baltic Sea battles

NATO trained in the frigid North Atlantic last month to sharpen sea-war skills.
September 21
U.S. and Polish navy personnel provide commands from launcher to headquarters during a missile-lunch simulation during a training exercise as part of Northern Viking 24 on Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, Aug. 26, 2024.
September 21

Rescue workers search for at least 6 people missing after heavy rain pounds Japan’s Noto region

Rescue workers are searching for at least six people missing after heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto, triggering landslides and floods and leaving one person dead in a region still recovering from a deadly Jan. 1 earthquake
September 21
This aerial photo shows cars are submerged after heavy rain in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)