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By ILLIA NOVIKOV and BARRY HATTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his country in an address Friday that it could face a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the American support it needs, as leaders discuss a U.S. peace proposal seen as favoring Russia.

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister met with top security officials to discuss a rising tide of Israeli settler violence in the West Bank, an Israeli official said Friday, as fresh allegations surfaced of Israeli settlers hurling rocks at passing Palestinian vehicles in the West Bank village of Huwara. Huwara

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s foreign ministry called a resolution by the U.N. atomic watchdog’s board of governors “anti-Iranian” and threatened unspecified retaliatory actions, state media reported on Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency on Thursday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency and provide “precise information” about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium,

By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press LEVEA, Greece (AP) — It was a shocking sight for the farmer — three of his sheep lying dead on the ground, signs of their mauling unmistakable. The large paw prints in the earth left no doubt they had been killed by a bear, a once rare but now increasingly

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol was indicted Friday on allegations he and others tried to manipulate the investigation into a marine’s drowning, in another criminal case against the ex-leader. Yoon earlier this year was removed from office after being indicted on a rebellion

By ISOBEL KOSHIW Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The president of Ukraine is facing a confluence of crises testing his ability to lead an increasingly weary nation nearly four years into a devastating full-scale invasion by Russia. For more than a week, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has struggled to contain the fallout from a $100 million

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Law enforcement agencies working across several countries dismantled a sophisticated criminal network trafficking stolen cultural goods across Europe, Bulgarian authorities said Thursday. A coordinated operation spanning seven countries working with Eurojust and Europol led to the arrest of 35 suspects linked to a smuggling ring that was attempting to sell thousands

Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday appointed Jorge Messias to the country’s Supreme Court. Messias, currently Brazil’s Solicitor General, is Lula’s third nominee to the top court during this term. The appointment now goes to the Senate for a vote. If confirmed, Messias will fill the

By GERALD IMRAY, MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A representative from the U.S. Embassy in South Africa will attend the formal handover ceremony at the end of this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg, but Washington still won’t take part in any talks, a White House official said

By The Associated Press Russian lawmakers approved a new bill Thursday boosting taxes for those labeled foreign agents by the government. The bill, which passed its third and final reading in the lower house of parliament, outlines an income tax rate of 30% for individuals with the designation and takes away their right to government

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Two Roman Catholic priests who were imprisoned on what human rights officials said were politically related charges were released from prison Thursday following talks with the Vatican, officials said. The move, which was confirmed by the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Belarus, comes amid speculation about

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s most wanted drug trafficker was arrested Thursday after years on the run, authorities said. Noah Zeiter was taken into custody during a raid near the eastern city of Baalbeck, according to a high-ranking military official. Zeiter eventually turned himself in to military intelligence after a standoff.

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Supreme Court on Thursday found the country’s attorney general guilty of leaking confidential information about the boyfriend of a leading conservative politician and government rival. The court banned Attorney General Álvaro García Ortiz from his post for two years in a split vote of 5-2. The decision is a blow to

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A passenger bus in Cambodia crashed off a bridge into a river on Thursday, killing at least 13 passengers and injuring two dozen others, police said. The bus was traveling from Siem Reap, home to the country’s fabled Angkor Wat temple complex, to the capital Phnom Penh, when it crashed

By WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis early Thursday killed five people, hospital officials said, bringing the death toll from airstrikes in the Palestinian territory over a roughly 12-hour period to 33, mostly women and children. The strikes have been some of the

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog on Thursday demanded that Iran fully cooperate with the agency and provide “precise information” about its stockpile of near weapons-grade uranium, as well as grant its inspectors access to Iranian nuclear sites. The development sets the stage for a likely further escalation between

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine court on Thursday convicted a former mayor, who officials say is a Chinese national, of human trafficking charges for helping establish an illegal online gaming complex in a northern province where hundreds of Chinese and other foreign nationals were forced to conduct scams. The

By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — More than 60 delegations were meeting in Brussels on Thursday to discuss reconstruction, governance and security in the Gaza Strip and reforming the Palestinian Authority. France and Saudi Arabia are chairing a meeting of the Palestine Donor Group, focusing on reforms of the Palestinian Authority called for

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel plans to seize parts of a major West Bank historic site, according to a government document, and settlers put up a new outpost overnight, even as the country faces pressure to crack down on settler violence in the Palestinian territory. Israel’s Civil Administration announced its intention

By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday restored a nonpartisan caretaker government system for national elections but said it won’t apply to the polls being held early next year. The caretaker system was introduced in 1996 and widely accepted by Bangladesh’s people and by international observers as a

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and MICHELLE GUMEDE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Leaders and delegates from the world’s richest nations and top developing countries are gathering this weekend for the Group of 20 summit in South Africa, an event overshadowed by the boycott of U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration. Africa’s first G20 summit will

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The head of the Louvre Museum said Wednesday that new surveillance cameras and anti-intrusion systems will soon be installed at the Paris landmark after last month’s stunning crown jewels heist. The cameras — some 100 of them — will be up and running by the end of

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — On the frozen edge of the world, staying in practice as a professional musician takes ingenuity, grit and a plastic instrument for schoolchildren that’s guaranteed not to freeze to your fingers or face. Natalie Paine is a French horn player in New Zealand’s navy who

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government extended its crackdown on online scam activities to a second major location, detaining hundreds of foreigners and seizing thousands of mobile phones used to carry out the fraud, state media reported Wednesday. Myanmar is notorious for hosting cyberscam operations responsible for bilking people all over the world, which usually