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By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy described the prison where he spent 20 days as a noisy, harsh “all-grey” world of “inhuman violence” in a book released Wednesday that also offered political advice about how his conservative party should appeal to far-right voters. In “Diary of a Prisoner,”

By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rain fell for the first time in months in Iran’s capital Wednesday, providing a brief respite for the parched Islamic Republic as it suffers through the driest autumn in over a half century. The drought gripping Iran has seen its president warn the

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — The woman, a member of Syria ‘s Alawite religious minority, was walking home on a sunny July day in her town on the Mediterranean coast when three gunmen stopped her and pulled her into their van. It was the start of a week of torment. They

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be difficult. Parents reported distraught children discovering they’d been shut out of platforms

OSLO, Norway (AP) — A planned news conference on Tuesday by Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado was canceled after a several-hour delay, a day before the award ceremony in Oslo. Machado, who last appeared in public 11 months ago, had been due to hold a traditional news conference the

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A selection of Inuit artifacts returned by the Vatican is now at the Canadian Museum of History, after First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders for years called for the repatriation of Indigenous items. Pope Leo XIV gave the artifacts — including a traditional Inuit kayak — and supporting documentation to the

By DYEPKAZAH SHIBAYAN and WILSON MCMAKIN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Coups and attempted coups in West Africa, along with escalating security challenges, have left the region in a state of emergency, a leader of the regional bloc said Tuesday. Omar Touray, president of the Economic Community of West African States Commission, spoke to

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. for the last six years said Tuesday she’s resigning next year as the two major trading partners plan to review the free trade agreement. Ambassador Kirsten Hillman said in a letter it is the right time to put in place someone who