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By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Classes and transportation in Bangladesh were seriously disrupted Thursday as ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her former ruling Awami League party called for a nationwide “lockdown” in protest against her trial over last year’s protests that left hundreds dead. Hasina faces charges of crimes against

By JOHN LEICESTER and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Anne-Laure, Djamila, Justine, Guillaume, Nick and so many others — sons, daughters, mothers and fathers slain by Islamic State group gunmen and suicide bombers in Paris were fondly remembered Thursday as France commemorated the night of terror a decade ago that scarred and reshaped

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press ARMERO, Colombia (AP) — Martha Lucía López released the boat into the river alongside hundreds of others with the faces of missing children, in one last attempt to find her son, or rather, to pray that he would find her. Her son, Sergio Melendro, was one of hundreds of children

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers on Wednesday reported two promising new approaches to counteract malaria’s growing resistance to medication — one involving a new class of drugs. Switzerland-based Novartis released results of what it called a next-generation treatment. A study of its experimental drug in 12 African countries found

By RIO YAMAT AP Airlines and Travel Writer A federal court jury has awarded over $28 million to the family of a United Nations consultant who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max jetliner in Ethiopia more than six years ago. The verdict was reached Wednesday on behalf of the relatives of Shikha

By The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Two out of three people in war-torn Sudan are in dire need of aid, a U.N. official said Wednesday. The situation is getting “horrific for civilians,” U.N. humanitarian affairs and relief head Tom Fletcher told The Associated Press, as aid groups struggle to deliver much-needed assistance to communities.

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision that the United States government boycott the Group of 20 summit next weekend in South Africa is “their loss,” South Africa’s leader said Wednesday. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa added that “the United States needs to think again whether

LONDON (AP) — He’s lost his titles, his house and his reputation, but the former Prince Andrew has gained a hyphen. The disgraced royal is now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and not – as previously announced – Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. The change makes the name’s style conform to the double-barreled surname chosen by the late

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Sweet talk won’t get you far if you want to scare off a seagull trying to snatch your food. Try shouting. Researchers set out to find if a man’s voice was enough to deter bandit gulls from their penchant for purloining food in seaside towns and found

By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Investigators believe that the theft of several ancient statues dating back to the Roman era from Syria’s national museum was likely the work of an individual, not an organized gang, officials said Wednesday. The National Museum of Damascus was closed after the heist

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press. VIENNA (AP) — The International Atomic Energy Agency has not been able to verify the status of Iran’s near weapons-grade uranium stockpile since Israel and the United States struck the country’s nuclear sites during the 12-day war in June, according to a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog circulated

By SYLVIE CORBET AND MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The trial of Congolese rebel leader Roger Lumbala began Wednesday in Paris over atrocities committed two decades ago during the Second Congo War. Lumbala has been charged with “criminal conspiracy to prepare crimes against humanity” and “complicity of crimes against humanity” during the conflict

By MELANIE LIDMAN and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s president and high-ranking military officials on Wednesday condemned attacks a day earlier by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, calling for an end to a growing wave of settler violence in the occupied territory. President Isaac Herzog described the attacks as

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The number of people diagnosed with tuberculosis worldwide rose again last year, eclipsing 2023’s record total, World Health Organization officials said Wednesday. About 8.3 million people across the globe were reported as newly diagnosed with TB in 2024. Not all infections are diagnosed and the

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russia’s renewed attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure cause rolling blackouts ahead of winter, a major embezzlement and kickbacks scandal involving the state-owned nuclear power company has put top officials under scrutiny. It’s fast becoming one of the most significant government crises since Moscow’s full-scale invasion,

By ROB GILLIES and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE, Ontario (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven industrialized democracies publicly showed their consensus on Ukraine and Sudan on Wednesday, but stayed away from contentious issues like the U.S. military strikes on boats in the Caribbean and trade. The foreign ministers of the G7

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian army overran three settlements in the southern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Kyiv’s top military commander said Wednesday, as Moscow’s forces expand their efforts to capture more Ukrainian territory. Dense fog enabled Russian troops to infiltrate Ukrainian positions in Zaporizhzhia, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote on

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister on Wednesday offered talks to Afghanistan’s Taliban government in a renewed peace overture, about a week after negotiations between the two sides collapsed in Istanbul, raising fears that a ceasefire brokered by Qatar and Turkey could unravel and trigger new border clashes. Shehbaz Sharif

BEIJING (AP) — Spanish King Felipe VI and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed agreements on language exchanges and other areas Wednesday as both sides vowed to strengthen their cooperation. The monarch’s visit comes as Spain, the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, continues its courtship of China and Chinese investment while the relationship with the United States is

By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press AALBORG, Denmark (AP) — In a warehouse more than 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) from Ukraine’s capital, workers in northern Denmark painstakingly piece together anti-drone devices. Some of the devices will be exported to Kyiv in the hopes of jamming Russian technology on the battlefield, while others will be shipped across

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — All 20 personnel on board a Turkish military cargo plane that crashed in Georgia were killed, Turkey’s defense minister announced on Wednesday. The C-130 plane was flying from Ganja, Azerbaijan to Turkey when it crashed in Georgia’s Sighnaghi municipality, close to the Azerbaijani border, on Tuesday.

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press SDOT YAM, Israel (AP) — Wrapped tightly around his forearms, the former Israeli soldier feels the snakes’ cold skin against his, and for a moment he’s able to breathe. It’s been nearly 18 months since he left the army after fighting in the war in Gaza, and the flashbacks and

By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan evacuated more than 8,300 people from coastal and mountainous areas and closed schools before a tropical storm brushes the southern part of the island later Wednesday. Fung-wong had super typhoon strength when it battered the Philippines on Sunday, causing flooding, landslides, power outages and at

By MARTÍN ADAMES Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A rare blackout hit the entire Dominican Republic on Tuesday, snarling traffic and paralyzing businesses in the country of nearly 11 million people. Officials blamed a failure in the grid’s transmission system, although it wasn’t immediately clear what caused it. Generation units in San

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro ordered his nation’s security forces Tuesday to stop sharing intelligence with the United States, until the Trump administration stops its strikes on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean, as relations deteriorate between the nations that were once close partners in the fight against drug trafficking. In a

By MELINA WALLING and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — A group of activists skirmished with security on Tuesday at United Nations climate talks in Brazilian Amazon city Belem, briefly trying to force their way into the main venue before they were pushed back. Two security workers suffered minor injuries, the U.N. said.

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Calling America’s absence from key United Nations climate negotiations “doubling down on stupid,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the United States risks being left behind as an economic power. Newsom, a Democrat eyeing a 2028 presidential run, is so far the highest profile of