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Work starts on turning Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Austria into a police station

Work has started on turning the house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 into a police station
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FILE - An exterior view of Adolf Hitler's birth house, front, in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on Sept. 27, 2012. Work started Monday Oct. 2, 2023 on turning the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 into a police station, a project meant to make it unattractive as a site of pilgrimage for people who glorify the Nazi dictator. (AP Photo / Kerstin Joensson, File)
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New Van Gogh show focuses on artist's extraordinarily productive, tragic final months

A new museum exhibition in Paris focuses on the last months of Dutch master Vincent van Gogh before he shot himself in 1890
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A man looks at Vincent van Gogh's oil on canvas painting, House at Auvers-sur-Oise, dated June 9 or 10, 1890, at the "Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: The Final Months" exhibition at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. The exhibition opens for the public from Oct. 3, 2023 to Feb. 4, 2024. The new Van Gogh exhibition concentrated on the two months before his death at age 37 on July 29, 1890, is both extraordinary and extraordinarily painful — because this brief period was one of the artist's most productive but was also his last. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Pro-Russia hackers claim responsibility for crashing British royal family's website

The website went down for over an hour on Sunday morning.
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A general view of Buckingham Palace on Aug. 25, 2023 in London.
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Malaysians urged not to panic-buy local rice after import prices for the staple rise substantially

Malaysia’s government says there is sufficient rice in the market despite recent panic-buying of locally produced rice that led to empty shelves in supermarkets and grocery stores nationwide
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New UN migration chief says private sector 'desperate' to take migrants despite negative narrative

The new head of the U.N.’s migration agency says the private sector is “desperate” for their countries to take in migrants to mop up labor shortages, especially in the West
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The new Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Amy Pope speaks, during a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nation in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Pope is the first woman to hold this role. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
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New UN migration chief says private sector 'desperate' to take migrants despite negative narrative

The new head of the U.N.’s migration agency says the private sector is “desperate” for their countries to take in migrants to mop up labor shortages, especially in the West
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The new Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Amy Pope speaks, during a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nation in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Pope is the first woman to hold this role. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
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Typhoon Koinu strengthens as it moves toward Taiwan

Typhoon Koinu has has strengthened while approaching Taiwan
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Iraqi Christian religious leaders demand an international investigation into deadly wedding fire

Christian religious leaders in Iraq are calling for an international investigation into a deadly wedding fire that killed more than 100 people last week
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Iraqi women react during a funeral for the victims of a deadly fire at a wedding hall, in the district of Hamdaniya, Nineveh province, Iraq, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. A fire that raced through a hall hosting a Christian wedding in northern Iraq killed multiple people, authorities said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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5 Papuan independence fighters killed in clash in Indonesia’s restive Papua region

Police and rebels say that five Papuan independence fighters were killed in a clash between security forces and a rebel group in Indonesia’s restive Papua region
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Pakistan launches anti-polio vaccine drive targeting 44M children amid tight security

Pakistan has launched its second nationwide anti-polio campaign of the year Monday in an effort to inoculate 44 million children under the age of 5
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A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Armenian exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh ebbs as Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control

The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh has left the region, completing a weeklong, grueling exodus in which more than 80% of its residents have fled after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation
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Sergey Astsetryan, an ethnic Armenian resident of Nagorno-Karabakh, drives his Soviet-made vehicle past Azerbaijani border guard servicemen after been checked at the Lachin checkpoint on the way from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, in Azerbaijan, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Astsetrayn was one of the last residents of Nagorno-Karabakh to drive out of the region in his own vehicle as part of a grueling weeklong exodus of over 100,000 people — more than 80% of the residents — after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation. (AP Photo/Aziz Karimov)
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Spain's king begins a new round of talks in search of a candidate to form government

King Felipe VI has begun a new round of talks with Spanish political party leaders with a view to choosing the person in the best position to gather enough support in Parliament to form a government
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Spain's Popular Party leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo leave the Spanish parliament's lower house in Madrid, Spain on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. Feijoo has failed for the second time in three days to get parliamentary support for his bid to become prime minister, following his party's victory in a national election. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
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Indonesia's Sumatra island fire causes haze, prompting calls to work from home

More than 300 forest and peatland fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra island are causing hazy skies across the region, prompting government officials to ask people to work from home
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A boat sails on Musi River as thick haze from forest fires shroud the city of Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Officials on Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Monday asked residents to work from home as more than 300 forest and peatland fires were causing widespread haze in the region. (AP Photo/Muhammad Hatta)
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Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for enabling development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines

Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for enabling development of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
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5 missing people are located after a Spanish nightclub fire, death toll now 13

A Spanish government official says five people who were missing and feared dead in a nightclub fire in the city of Murcia have been located, leaving the death toll at 13
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Family members grieve while waiting at a nearby sports palace where a point has been set up to assist relatives after a fire in a nightclub in Murcia, Spain in the early hours of Sunday Oct. 1, 2023. At least 13 people were killed in a fire in a Spanish nightclub on Sunday morning, authorities said, with fears the toll could still rise as rescue workers sift through the debris.The fire broke out in the two-storey "Teatre" nightclub, also called "Fonda Milagros", in the city of Murcia in southeastern Spain in early hours of the morning.(AP Photo/Alfonso Duran)
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Johnny's becomes Smile-Up. Japanese music company hit with sex abuse scandal takes on a new name

The Japanese entertainment company that has acknowledged its founder sexually assaulted hundreds of boys over the span of five decades has taken a new name: Smile-Up
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President of Johnny & Associates Noriyuki Higashiyama, right, and President of the agency's subsidiary Johnnys' Island Yoshihiko Inohara attend a news conference in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. The Japanese entertainment company that has acknowledged its founder sexually assaulted hundreds of boys took a new name Monday, Smile-Up, vowing to focus on compensation for the victims. (Kyodo News via AP)
October 02

Europe's anti-corruption group says Cyprus must hold politicians more accountable amid distrust

The Council of Europe’s anti-corruption group says Cyprus needs to hold those at the highest echelons of executive power and law enforcement more accountable to counter an overwhelming public perception of widespread corruption
October 02
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Top diplomats meet in Kyiv to support Ukraine as signs of strain show among allies

Some of Europe’s top diplomats have gathered in Kyiv in a display of support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion as signs emerge of political strain in Europe and the United States about the war
October 02
In this photo distributed by Dmytro Kuleba Twitter on Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell shake hands at the opening of the informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine. Some of Europe's top diplomats have gathered in Kyiv in a display of support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion as signs emerge of political strain in Europe and the United States about the war. (Dmytro Kuleba Twitter account via AP)
October 02

UK Treasury chief says minimum wage up but rules out tax cuts, inflation stays high

Britain’s Treasury chief is announcing a hike in the national minimum wage
October 02
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, center, visits the Burnley Boys and Girls Club, on the opening day of the Conservative party conference, in Manchester, England, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Sunak heads to the governing Conservative Party’s annual conference on Sunday facing a triple challenge: Cheer up a party that’s trailing in opinion polls, sideline rivals who are eyeing his job and persuade the voting public that a party in power for 13 years deserves another term in office. (Jack Hill/Pool Photo via AP)
October 02

The UAE holds a major oil and gas conference just ahead of hosting UN COP28 climate talks in Dubai

The Emirati president-designate of the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks has called on oil and gas companies to be “central to the solution” to fighting climate change, even as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising energy prices
October 02
Sultan al-Jaber, the COP28 President-Designate and UAE's Special Envoy for Climate Change, talks during the ADIPEC. Oil and Energy exhibition and conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Sultan al-Jaber called on oil and gas companies on Monday to be "central to the solution" to fighting climate change, even as the industry boosts its production to enjoy rising global energy prices. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
October 02

5 conservative cardinals challenge pope to affirm church teaching on gays and women ahead of meeting

Five conservative cardinals are challenging Pope Francis to affirm Catholic teaching on homosexuality and female ordination
October 02
FILE - Cardinal Joseph Zen, a vocal opponent of attempts by Beijing and the Vatican at rapprochement, presides over a vigil Mass for Bishop Michael Yeung in Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. Five conservative cardinals are challenging Pope Francis to affirm Catholic teaching on homosexuality and female ordination. They've asked him to respond ahead of a big Vatican meeting where such hot-button issues are up for debate. The cardinals on Monday published five questions they submitted to Francis, known as “dubia.” (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, file)
October 02

Early voting begins in New Zealand's general election

Early voting has begun in New Zealand for the nation’s Oct. 14 general election, with conservative contender Christopher Luxon casting his ballot
October 02
New Zealand National Party leader Christopher Luxon, right, casts his ballot at the Eastview Baptist Church in Auckland, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023, as early voting began for the nation's Oct. 14 general election. (Dean Purcell/New Zealand Herald via AP)
October 02

Indonesian president launches Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, funded by China

Indonesian President Joko Widodo has inaugurated Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, which begins its commercial operations on Monday, a key project under China’s Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will drastically cut the travel time ...
October 02
Officials stand near of high-speed railway during the opening ceremony for launching Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway at Padalarang station in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway that will start its commercial operations on Monday, a key project under China's Belt and Road infrastructure initiative that will cut travel time between two cities from the current three hours to about 40 minutes. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
October 02

Mexico's rescue and drug-sniffing dogs start out at the army's puppy kindergarten

In the middle of a military base outside Mexico City, an army colonel runs what he calls a kindergarten for dogs
October 02
Belgian Malinois puppies rest at the Mexican Army and Air Force Canine Production Center in San Miguel de los Jagueyes, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. The puppies will one day become rescue dogs or drugs and explosives’ detectors after get basic training at the center. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
October 02

Fire erupts in a police headquarters in Egypt, injuring at least 14 people

Egyptian authorities say a huge fire that broke out in a police headquarters in northeastern Egypt has injured at least 38 people
October 02
Firefighters climb up a ladder on the burning building of police headquarters in Ismailia, northeastern Egypt following a fire Monday, Oct. 2, 2023. A huge fire broke out early Monday in the police headquarters, injuring multiple people, the health ministry said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Awad)
October 02

Women's voices and votes loom large as pope is set to open a Vatican meeting on church's future

Pope Francis will open this week a global gathering of Catholic bishops and laypeople to discuss the future of the church
October 02
FILE - Maria Lia Zervino one of the first women chosen by Pope Francis to be on the Dicastery for Bishops is interviewed by the Associated Press in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. For Zervino, who worked alongside the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio when both held positions in the Argentine bishops conference, the upcoming synod of bishops is a watershed moment for the church and quite possibly the most consequential thing Francis will have undertaken as pope. This edition is different because Francis has allowed women and other laypeople to vote alongside bishops. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
October 01

Mexician officials say at least nine people are confirmed dead from the collapse of a church roof

Mexician officials say at least nine people are confirmed dead from the collapse of a church roof
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Bank of Japan survey shows manufacturers optimistic about economy

Business sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers improved in July-September for the second straight quarter, according to a central bank survey
October 01
FILE - People walk across a pedestrian crossing in Ginza shopping district on March 31, 2023, in Tokyo. Business sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers improved in July-September for the second straight quarter, according to a central bank survey released Monday, Oct 2. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
October 01

7 dead after after roof collapse at baptism ceremony in Mexico

Seven people have died following a roof collapse in Mexico.
October 01
Police lights on a street at night.
October 01

Deadly fire at nightclub in Spain

At 6 a.m. Sunday morning, flames broke out at a Murcia club, killing at least 13 people.
October 01
VIDEO: Deadly fire at nightclub in Spain
October 01

David Beckham reflects on highs and lows in 'Beckham' doc, calls it an 'emotional rollercoaster'

Ten years after retiring from the game, David Beckham reflects on his soccer career and life for a new four-part documentary series
October 01
Anna Wintour, from left, David Beckham, Harper Beckham, Cruz Beckham, Nicola Peltz and Brooklyn Beckham attend the Victoria Beckham Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Friday, Sept. 29, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Vianney Le Caer)
October 01

At least 10 people are dead after church roof collapsed in northern Mexico during Sunday Mass

Authorities in northern Mexico say the roof of a church collapsed during Sunday Mass, killing at least 10 people and injuring about 60
October 01
Rescue workers search for survivors amid debris after the roof of a church collapsed during a Sunday Mass in Ciudad Madero, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico said the roof caved in while parishioners were receiving communion. (Alejando de Angel/El Sol de Tampico via AP)
October 01

At least 13 dead after nightclub fire in Spain

A witness told news reporters that the fire originated in the La Fonda nightclub and quickly spread to the other two adjoining clubs.
October 01
A witness told news reporters that the fire originated in the La Fonda nightclub and quickly spread to the other two adjoining clubs.
October 01

Brazil's President Lula back at official residence to recover from hip replacement surgery

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been discharged from the hospital two days after undergoing successful hip replacement surgery that will have him working from home while he recovers
October 01
El presidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva porta una mascarilla después de una ceremonia en el Supremo Tribunal Federal, el jueves 28 de septiembre de 2023, en Brasilia, Brasil. Los médicos le pidieron que usara la mascarilla para protegerse de una posible enfermedad respiratoria, ya que va a ser operado de la cadera. (AP Foto/Eraldo Peres)
October 01

Turkish warplanes bomb suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq following suicide attack in Ankara

Turkish warplanes bomb suspected Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq following suicide attack in Ankara
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10 Cuban migrants are killed in a freight truck crash in southern Mexico, 17 seriously injured

At least 10 Cuban migrants have died and 17 others have been seriously injured after a freight truck they were riding in crashed on a highway in southern Mexico near the border with Guatemala
October 01
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At least 13 dead in Spain nightclub fire

"We're devastated," said Murcia Mayor Jose Ballesta
October 01
In this photo provided by Bomberos/Ayuntamiento de Murcia, firefighters work outside a nightclub on fire in Murcia, south-eastern Spain in the early hours of Sunday Oct. 1, 2023.
October 01

Valentino returns to Paris’ Les Beaux-Arts with modern twist; Burton bids farewell at McQueen

Valentino took a contemporary stride down memory lane this Sunday, returning to Les Beaux-Arts, the prestigious art school where founder Valentino Garavani once studied
October 01
Paris Hilton departs the Valentino Spring/Summer 2024 womenswear fashion collection presented Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023 in Paris. (AP Photo/Vianney Le Caer)
October 01

At least 13 people were killed at a nightclub fire in Spain’s southeastern city of Murcia

At least 13 people have been killed when a fire broke out in a nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia
October 01
In this photo provided by Bomberos/Ayuntamiento de Murcia, firefighters work outside a nightclub on fire in Murcia, south-eastern Spain in the early hours of Sunday Oct. 1, 2023. At least 9 people are believed to have died in the fire with Emergency services continuing to search for missing persons. (Bomberos/Ayuntamiento de Murcia via AP)
October 01

A fire at a nightclub in Spain's southeastern city of Murcia kills 13

At least 13 people have been killed when a fire broke out in a nightclub in the southeastern Spanish city of Murcia
October 01
In this photo provided by Bomberos/Ayuntamiento de Murcia, firefighters work outside a nightclub on fire in Murcia, south-eastern Spain in the early hours of Sunday Oct. 1, 2023. At least 9 people are believed to have died in the fire with Emergency services continuing to search for missing persons. (Bomberos/Ayuntamiento de Murcia via AP)
October 01

European Parliament president backs UN naming an envoy to help restart Cyprus peace talks

The president of the European Parliament says she has conveyed the legislative body’s support for the appointment of a U.N. envoy to evaluate the chances of resuming stalemated talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus
October 01
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, left, arrives at the area before a military parade marking the 63th anniversary of Cyprus' independence from British colonial rule, in divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Sunday, Oct. 1 2023. Metsola joined Christodoulides in receiving the salute from Cypriot National Guard forces during a parade marking Cyprus' 63rd Day of Independence from British colonial rule. The Cypriot government said Metsola is the first top EU official to attend the parade since Cyprus joined the EU in 2004. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
October 01

Jailed Maldives' ex-president transferred to house arrest after his party candidate wins presidency

Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has been transferred from prison to house arrest, fulfilling the campaign promise of his party candidate who won the presidential election runoff
October 01
Maldivians stand in a queue ito cast their votes in Male, Maldives, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023. Maldivians are voting in the runoff presidential election that has turned into a virtual referendum on which regional power, India or China, will have the biggest influence in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sharuhaan)
October 01

Azerbaijan issues warrant for former separatist leader as UN mission arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh

Azerbaijan's prosecutor general says the country has issued an arrest warrant for former Nagorno-Karabakh separatist leader Arayik Harutyunyan
October 01
Armenian parishioners attend a national day of prayer for Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) leading by Armenian Catholicos Karekin II at the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Etchmiadzin, the seat of the Oriental Orthodox church outside in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Armenia's government says an ethnic Armenian exodus has nearly emptied Nagorno-Karabakh of residents since Azerbaijan attacked and ordered the breakaway region's militants to disarm. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)
October 01

The death toll in a collapsed gold mine in Zimbabwe expected to rise to 13, vice president says

Zimbabwe's vice president says the death toll from a shaft collapse at a disused gold mine could rise to 13
October 01
The body of a trapped miner is carried after been retrieved from a collapsed mine shaft in Chegutu, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the capital Harare, Saturday, Sept. 30 2023. Several people have died from the collapse of a gold mine in Zimbabwe, according to state media reports. (AP Photo)
October 01

EU's top diplomat urges US to reconsider dropping Ukrainian aid from stop-gap budget bill

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has called on U.S. lawmakers to reconsider their decision to omit financial support for Ukraine from a stop-gap budget created to halt a federal government shutdown
October 01
Britain's Defence Minister Grant Shapps arrives for a cabinet meeting at Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. It is the first Cabinet Meeting since before the Summer break. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
October 01

Nigeria's leader increases wages to avert a strike that could shut down the government

Nigeria’s leader has increased the wages of some government workers in last-minute efforts to appease labor unions whose planned strike this week could shut down government offices in all sectors of Africa’s largest economy
October 01
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, President of Nigeria, addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
October 01

Serbia's president denies troop buildup near Kosovo, alleges 'campaign of lies' in wake of clashes

A shootout that killed four people fired tensions in the volatile Balkan region.
October 01
Kosovo police officers secure the area outside the Banjska monastery in the village of Banjska, Kosovo on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Police on Wednesday allowed media into the village of Banjska, where a daylong shootout between armed Serbs and Kosovar police on Sunday left one officer and three gunmen dead. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
October 01

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk says change 'is inevitable' as election supporters rally

Opposition leader Donald Tusk is leading a march in Poland's capital to mobilize supporters and boost his coalition's chances of unseating the conservative government in an upcoming parliamentary election
October 01
Thousands of people gather for a march to support the opposition against the governing populist Law and Justice party in Warsaw, Poland, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk seeks to boost his election chances for the parliament elections on Oct. 15, 2023, leading the rally in the Polish capital. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
October 01

What's behind the wave of coups in Africa?

"Gabon will not be the last," one expert warned.
October 01
Supporters of Niger's National Council of Safeguard of the Homeland (CNSP) holds a placard as people protest ouside the Niger and French airbase to demand the departure of the French army from Niger, in Niamey on Sept. 16, 2023.
October 01

Yemen’s state-run airline suspends the only route out of Sanaa over Houthi restrictions on its funds

Yemen’s state-run carrier says it has suspended the only air route out of the country's rebel-held capital to protest Houthi restrictions on its funds
October 01