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By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Paris Games may be over, but the flame is still rising — just don’t call it Olympic. The helium-powered hot-air balloon that lit up the French capital’s skyline during the 2024 Games is making a dramatic comeback to the Tuileries Gardens, reborn as the “Paris Cauldron.”

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press Judges at the European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday that Italy couldn’t be held liable for the actions of the Libyan Coast Guard, rejecting a case brought by a group of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea in a fatal boat sinking in 2017. The court in Strasbourg, France,

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has had several major plane crashes in recent decades. An Air India flight with more than 240 people on board crashed in the city of Ahmedabad on Thursday. Here are some previous aircraft accidents in India: Aug. 7, 2020 An Air India Express flight to bring back Indians stranded abroad

By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government survived an attempt to dissolve Israel’s parliament early Thursday morning, with most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners joining him in voting against a bill that would have forced them to register for military service while the country is at war. The vote

By SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Egypt blocked activists planning to take part in a march to Gaza, halting their attempt to reach the border and challenge Israel’s blockade on humanitarian aid to the Palestinian territory before it could begin. To draw attention to the humanitarian crisis afflicting people in Gaza, marchers

The Associated Press Air India says a London-bound flight crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad airport Thursday with 242 passengers and crew onboard. The airline said flight AI 171, a Boeing 787-8, crashed into a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad, a northwestern city with a population of more than 5 million, five

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN, JON GAMBRELL and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Iran said it has built and will activate a third nuclear enrichment facility, ratcheting up tensions with the U.N. on Thursday immediately after its atomic watchdog agency censured Iran for failing to comply with nonproliferation obligations meant to prevent it from developing

By AJIT SOLANKI and RAJESH ROY Associated Press AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger who was thrown from the plane survived. At least five medical students in a college

By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The number of Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine has topped 1 million, military officials in Kyiv said Thursday, describing the huge price that Moscow has paid for its 3-year-old invasion. The claim by the General Staff of the Ukrainian armed forces, which came on

By SAMY MAGDY and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A unit of Gaza’s Hamas-run police force said it killed 12 members of an Israeli-backed Palestinian militia after detaining them early Thursday. An Israel-supported aid group, however, said the dead were its aid workers, eight of whom were killed when Hamas attacked their bus.

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Australia’s defense minister dismissed concerns Thursday that a deal between the U.S., Australia and Britain to provide his country with nuclear-powered submarines could be in jeopardy, following a report that the Pentagon had ordered a review. Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles told Sky News Australia that he