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Landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 18 people

Indonesian officials said a search and rescue team had found 18 people killed by landslides on Sulawesi island and are still looking for two missing
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In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers search for survivors at a village hit by a landslide in Tana Toraja district of South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, Sunday, April 14, 2024. A search and rescue team found multiple people killed by landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island and are still looking for a few missing, officials said Monday. (National Search and Rescue Agency via AP)
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In Modi's India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party
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FILE- A Muslim man looks from his house after a shop was demolished during a Hindu religious procession that turned violent in New Delhi, India, April 20, 2022. Authorities riding bulldozers razed a number of Muslim-owned shops before India's Supreme Court halted the demolitions. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)
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Croatia holds a parliamentary election Wednesday after dirty campaign involving top officials

Croatia holds an early parliamentary election Wednesday following a campaign that was marked by heated exchanges between the country’s two top officials
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Prime Minister incumbent Andrej Plenkovic, centre, attends his party's rally in Zagreb, Croatia, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Croatia this week holds an early parliamentary election following a campaign that was marked by heated exchanges between the country's two top officials, creating a political crisis in the Balkan country, a European Union and NATO member state. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
April 14

Strong earthquake rattles Papua New Guinea, but there is no tsunami alert or reports of damage

Authorities say a strong magnitude 6.5 earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea, but there is no tsunami alert or immediate report of damage
April 14
April 14

Congo landslide kills at least 15 people and up to 60 others are missing, officials say

Local officials say a landslide in southwest Congo caused by heavy rains killed at least 15 people and left as many as 60 others missing
April 14
April 14

Survivors of 2017 Ariana Grande concert bombing take legal action against UK intelligence agency

More than 250 survivors of the bombing that killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert are taking legal action against the U.K.'s domestic intelligence agency
April 14
FILE - A man stands next to flowers for the victims of a bombing at St. Ann's Square in central Manchester, England, May 26, 2017. More than 250 survivors of the suicide bombing that killed 22 people at a 2017 Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, are taking legal action against Britain's domestic intelligence agency, lawyers said Sunday, April 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
April 14

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April 14
Catch up on the developing stories from around the globe making headlines.
April 14

Winners of the 2024 Olivier Awards celebrating work on the London stage

Winners of the 2024 Olivier Awards, handed out Sunday for achievement in London theater, opera and dance include “Sunset Boulevard,” which won seven prizes including best musical revival
April 14
Nicole Scherzinger poses for photographers upon arrival at the Olivier Awards on Sunday, April 14, 2024, in London. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
April 14

Iran and Israel have a history of enmity. What key recent events led to Iran's assault on Israel?

Iran’s dramatic aerial attack on Israel follows years of enmity between the countries and marks the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel
April 14
FILE - Palestinians wave their national flag and celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the southern Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Thousands of Hamas-led militants stormed across the border into Israel, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking roughly 250 captive, according to Israeli authorities. (AP Photo/Yousef Masoud, File)
April 14

US will not participate in Israel retaliatory strike against Iran, Biden says

A senior administration official said Biden stressed to Netanyahu in their call Saturday night that Israel had prevailed against Iran's strike against Israel.
April 14
VIDEO: US will not participate in Israel retaliatory strike against Iran, Biden says
April 14

Pakistan investigating the shooting death of a suspect in the 2013 killing of an accused Indian spy

Pakistani police are investigated the shooting death of a man who had been acquitted of killing accused Indian spy Sarabjit Singh in prison in 2013
April 14
FILE - Indian Sikhs shout slogans against Pakistan as they display photographs of Sarabjit Singh, center, a convicted Indian spy who was on Pakistan's death row, died from a head injury after two inmates attacked him with a brick in a Lahore jail, during a protest in Kolkata, India, Thursday, May 2, 2013. A Pakistani police official says an investigation has begun after a man suspected in a fatal attack on an imprisoned Indian national more than a decade ago was shot dead at his home in the eastern city of Lahore. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)
April 14

Washington Post reporter once held captive in Iran reacts to Iran strike on Israel

Iranian-American reporter Jason Rezaian was held captive for 544 days while reporting in Tehran and offers his insight on the growing tensions in the Middle East.
April 14
VIDEO: Washington Post reporter once held captive in Iran reacts to Iran strike on Israel
April 14

Former commander of US Central Command weighs in on Iran’s attack against Israel

Retired Adm. William Fallon discusses the Iranian attack on Israel Saturday night and what could happen next in the Middle East.
April 14
VIDEO: Former commander of US Central Command weighs in on Iran’s attack against Israel
April 14

G7 leaders condemn Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel

President Joe Biden spoke with G7 leaders after the unprecedented attack by Iran launching hundreds of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Israel.
April 14
VIDEO: G7 leaders condemn Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel
April 14

Iran launches attack on Israel: What is the Iron Dome?

The IDF said "99% of the threats" launched toward Israel were intercepted.
April 14
Israeli Iron Dome air defense system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran, in central Israel, Apr. 14, 2024.
April 14

IDF spokesperson comments on Iran's attack on Israel

Peter Lerner said this was a substantial strike that can't be taken lightly.
April 14
VIDEO: IDF spokesperson comments on Iran's attack on Israel
April 14

Iranian president releases statement following attack on Israel

"Iran has now taught Israel a lesson," Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said.
April 14
VIDEO: Iranian president releases statement following attack on Israel
April 14

The shadow war between Iran and Israel has been exposed. What happens next?

Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel marks a change in approach for Tehran, which had relied on proxies across the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October
April 14
A cleric chants slogans during an anti-Israeli gathering in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, early Sunday, April 14, 2024. Iran launched its first direct military attack against Israel on Saturday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 14

Heavy rains set off flash floods, killing 33 people in Afghanistan

A Taliban spokesman says heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed at least 33 people and injured 27 others since Friday
April 14
This is a locator map for Afghanistan with its capital, Kabul. (AP Photo)
April 14

More civilians die in Ukraine as analysts warn delays in US aid hamper Kyiv's forces

More civilians have died across Ukraine as analysts warn that delays in U.S. aid would see Kyiv struggle to fight off Russian offensives
April 14
Ukrainian servicemen from the Azov brigade, known by the call sign Batya, left, and Buk, right, wait for a command to fire, at positions of 122 mm HM 16 mortar around one kilometer away from Russian forces on the frontline in Kreminna direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)
April 14

Polish opponents of abortion march against recent steps to liberalize strict law

Thousands of Polish opponents of abortion are marching in Warsaw to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the predominantly Catholic nation's strict laws and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week
April 14
Anti-abortion demonstrators march in support of every conceived life and against steps taken by the new government to liberalize Poland's strict law and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week, in Warsaw, Poland, on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Last week, Poland's parliament, which is dominated by the liberal and pro-European Union ruling coalition, voted to approve further detailed work on four proposals to lift the near-ban on abortions. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
April 14

At least 14 dead and 3 missing as landslides hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island

Officials say torrential rains have triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 14 people and leaving three others missing
April 14
April 14

Iran's attack on Israel raises fears of a wider war, but all sides have also scored gains

The unprecedented attack by Iran on Israel early Sunday ratcheted up regional tensions
April 14
In this image provided by the White House, President Joe Biden, along with members of his national security team, receive an update on an ongoing airborne attack on Israel from Iran, as they meet in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, April 13, 2024. From left to right, facing Biden are, Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns; Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence; Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Some papers on the desk have been blurred by the source for national security reasons. (Adam Schultz/The White House via AP)
April 14

Germany's Scholz arrives in China on a visit marked by trade tensions and Ukraine conflict

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has arrived in China on a visit focused on the increasingly tense economic relationship between the sides and differences over Russia's invasion of Ukraine
April 14
FILE - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gestures as he arrives at the Party of European Socialists (PES) Leaders Conference, at the Palace of the Parliament, the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon, in Bucharest, Romania, on April 6, 2024. Scholz arrived in China on Sunday, April 14, 2024 on a visit focused on the increasingly tense economic relationship between the sides and differences over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)
April 14

India's Modi vows to boost social spending, make country into a manufacturing hub ahead of election

He says he'll make country into a manufacturing hub to replace China.
April 14
Drummers walk alongside a vehicle with hoardings showing portraits of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Anirban Ganguly, during an election rally for the forthcoming national parliamentary election in Kolkata, India, Sunday, April 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
April 14

Israel is quiet on next steps against Iran — and on which partners helped shoot down missiles

Israeli leaders are crediting an international military coalition with thwarting Iran’s direct attack and calling the coordinated response a starting point for a “strategic alliance” of regional opposition to Tehran
April 14
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak records a statement on the Iranian attacks on Israel overnight, inside 10 Downing Street, London, Sunday, April 14, 2024. Israel praised the success of its defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. (Benjamin Cremel/Pool via AP)
April 14

Young Ugandans tangle in the mud. They dream of becoming professional wrestlers

A bamboo-lined wrestling ring in rural Uganda has captured the attention of some American stars and fans of the sport
April 14
Ugandan youths perform an amateur wrestling tangle in the soft mud in Kampala, Uganda Wednesday, March. 20, 2023. The open-air training sessions, complete with an announcer and a referee, imitate the pro wrestling contests the youth regularly see on television. While a pair tangles inside the ring, made with bamboo poles strung with sisal rope, others standing ringside cheer feints and muscular shows of strength. (AP Photo/Patrick Onen)
April 14

Officer, bystanders hailed for confronting, stopping man who killed 6 at Sydney mall

A police officer and several bystanders are being hailed for running “towards danger” to confront the attacker who stabbed and killed six people at a suburban Sydney shopping center
April 14
People are led out from the Westfield Shopping Centre where multiple people were stabbed in Sydney, Saturday, April 13, 2024. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that four people died in the stabbing. Police couldn't be immediately reached to confirm the report. The newspaper said one person was also shot, but it wasn't clear if the person had died.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
April 14

The Latest | Israel says 99% of drones and missiles launched by Iran were intercepted

Israel is hailing the success of its defenses in the face of an attack by Iran involving hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles
April 14
Iranian demonstrators chant slogans during an anti-Israeli gathering in front of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, early Sunday, April 14, 2024. Iran launched its first direct military attack against Israel on Saturday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
April 14

World paid little attention to Sudan's war for a year. Now aid groups warn of mass death from hunger

“This is going to get very ugly very quickly," an aid group chief says.
April 14
FILE - People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June 19, 2023. Sudan has been torn by war for a year now, torn by fighting between the military and the notorious paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. (AP Photo, File)
April 14

Venezuelans living abroad want to vote for president this year but can't meet absentee requirements

More than half of the estimated 7.7 million Venezuelans who have left their homeland during the complex crisis that has marked Nicolás Maduro’s 11-year presidency are estimated to be registered to vote in Venezuela
April 14
Venezuelan Giovanny Tovar waits for customers at his tequeños or fried breaded cheese sticks' street cart, in Lima, Peru, Saturday, April 13, 2024. Tovar is one of millions of Venezuelans living abroad who will not be able to cast his vote in the July 28th presidential election. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
April 14

Israel says 99% of more than 300 Iranian drones, missiles were intercepted, calls it a 'significant strategic success'

Israel says 99% of more than 300 Iranian drones, missiles were intercepted, calls it a 'significant strategic success'
April 14
April 14

China detains 2 over tourist boat capsizing that killed 12, citing lack of safety equipment

Chinese state media report that two people have been detained following the capsizing of a tourist boat on a river in the country's northeast that led to the drowning deaths of 12 people
April 14
April 14

The French connection: Paris flame to make first stop in Greece at heart of modern games' founder

Just outside the site of the ancient Olympic Games, hooting owls break the nighttime silence at a white marble monument containing what’s left of a singular Frenchman’s heart. Baron Pierre de Coubertin was the driving force behind the modern Olympics, and as head of the International Olympic Committee oversaw the last Games to be held in Paris, exactly 100 years ago. On Tuesday, the flame that will burn at this summer’s Olympics — the French capital’s third — is to be lit among the ruined temples and sports venues of Olympia in southern Greece. And its first stop on the relay that culminates in the July 26 opening ceremony will be at this cypress-ringed memorial to Coubertin, where the torchbearer will light an altar in his honor. That happens at every lighting ceremony, but this year it will have a special resonance, according to Spyros Capralos, head of the Greek national Olympic committee. “We pay respect to the (monument) of Coubertin every time ... the flame goes first...
April 14
The 5th century B.C. temple of Zeus in ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic Games, is seen under the stars, early Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in a night-time image made following special permission by the Culture Ministry. The ancient Olympic Games began in 776 BC. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
April 13

Iran's retaliatory strike on Israel has started

A U.S. defense official confirms Iran has fired both cruise and ballistic missiles toward Israel. Martha Raddatz has more on the complicated relationship in the Middle East.
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'Small number' of Iranian missiles land in Israel

A "small number" of Iran's surface-to-air missiles landed in Israeli territory early Sunday morning. A 10-year-old child is in "critical condition," Israel's national emergency services said.
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Israel vows to respond to Iranian drone attack

There are reports, but nothing is confirmed of missles hitting targets in Israel. U.S. forces in the region are reported to be shooting down drones targeting Israel.
April 13
VIDEO: Israel vows to respond to Iranian drone attack
April 13

Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people

Police have identified the assailant who stabbed and killed six people at a busy Sydney shopping center before a police officer fatally shot him
April 13
People are led out from Westfield Shopping Centre where multiple people were stabbed in Sydney, Saturday, April 13, 2024. A man stabbed six people to death at the busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
April 13

Iran begins retaliatory attack against Israel

With Iranian missiles still heading to Israel, the IDF has told the public to stay alert.
April 13
With Iranian missiles still heading to Israel, the IDF has told the public to stay alert.
April 13

Israel's multilayered air-defense system protected it from Iran's drone and missile strike

Israel's multilayered air-defense system is credited with protecting the country from serious damage or casualties from an Iranian strike by more than 300 drones and ballistic missiles
April 13
FILE - A battery of Israel's Iron Dome defense missile system, deployed to intercept rockets, sits in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Aug. 7, 2022. An incoming attack by Iranian drones and ballistic missiles Sunday, April 14, 2024, poses the latest challenge to Israel’s air defense system, which already has been working overtime to cope with incoming rocket, drone and missile attacks throughout the six-month war against Hamas. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
April 13

Air raid sirens sound in Jerusalem as explosions are heard in the skies above

Air raid sirens sound in Jerusalem as explosions are heard in the skies above
April 13
April 13

Fishermen spot boat with 20 corpses floating off the coast of northeastern Brazil, reports say

Local news reports say a small boat full of decomposing corpses has been spotted by fishermen off Brazil’s northeastern coast
April 13
April 13

Pope Francis sides with Peruvian villagers who accused Catholic group of trying to steal their land

Pope Francis has sided with a group of Peruvian villagers who have complained that companies linked to a powerful South American church group have tried to evict them from their land using lawsuits and obscure land titling schemes
April 13
Pope Francis kisses a new born as he arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
April 13

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says Tehran has fired ballistic missiles at targets inside Israel

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says Tehran has fired ballistic missiles at targets inside Israel
April 13
April 13

The Latest | Iran launches its first direct military attack against Israel

Iran launched a first direct military attack against Israel on Saturday, sending drones and cruise and ballistic missiles toward Israel
April 13
This is a locator map for Iran with its capital, Tehran. (AP Photo)
April 13

Israel aviation authorities will close Israeli airspace to all flights ahead of impending Iranian drone strike

Israel aviation authorities will close Israeli airspace to all flights ahead of impending Iranian drone strike
April 13
April 13

Israeli military says Iran has launched drones at Israel, will take hours to arrive

Israeli military says Iran has launched drones at Israel, will take hours to arrive
April 13
April 13

Cyprus suspends processing of Syrian asylum applications as boatloads of refugees continue arriving

Cyprus says it’s suspending processing all asylum applications by Syrian nationals because of large numbers of refugees from the war-torn country that continue to reach the island nation by boat, primarily from Lebanon
April 13
FILE - A man walks by the fence at the Pournara migrant reception center in Kokkinotrimithia outside of capital Nicosia, Cyprus, on Jan. 24, 2024. Cyprus says it’s suspending processing all asylum applications by Syrian nationals because of large numbers of refugees from the war-torn country that continue to reach the island nation by boat, primarily from Lebanon. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
April 13

Sydney stabbing: 6 dead, suspect killed in attack at major shopping mall

The suspect, a 40-year-old male, was shot dead by a responding police officer.
April 13
Paramedics push stretchers into the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall to retrieve the injured after a stabbing incident in Sydney on April 13, 2024. Australian police on April 13 said they had received reports that "multiple people" were stabbed at a busy shopping centre in Sydney. (Photo by David GRAY / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)
April 13

Diplomat tapped as Latvia's new foreign minister as incumbent quits following flights scandal

The head of Latvia’s government has tapped an experienced diplomat to become the Baltic nation’s new foreign minister after the current post holder stepped down earlier this week amid a criminal probe over alleged misuse of government funds
April 13