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TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Police in Georgia used water cannons and pepper spray on Saturday to push back protesters who tried to storm the presidential palace, as the South Caucasus country held a municipal election boycotted by the main opposition blocs amid a sweeping crackdown on dissent. Tens of thousands rallied in the capital, Tbilisi,

By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli army vehicle rumbles through the empty streets of a shattered neighborhood in Gaza City, and with help from a video camera, a soldier spots people standing inside a blasted out nearby building. The armored personal carrier revs its engine and moves on.

By AMANUEL GEBREMEDHIN BIRHANE Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Thousands gathered in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, on Saturday for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival, which is celebrated annually by the largest ethnic group, the Oromos, who were donning mostly white traditional attire. The Irreecha festival is held to thank God, whom the

By ELDAR EMRIC Associated Press JABLANICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A year after a flood and landslide swept through a tiny village in southern Bosnia, killing 19 people, residents of Jablanica say their lives will never be the same again. “It’s all deserted, it’s not like it was before,” Adisa Maslo said as the village marked

By The Associated Press Russian drones struck a Ukrainian railway station on Saturday, killing one and wounding dozens, as Moscow stepped up strikes on Ukraine’s rail and power grids before the fourth winter since its all-out invasion. At least 30 people were wounded in the “savage” attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said following the attack

By JAMES ROBSON Associated Press MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester is coming to terms with the latest tragedy to befall the city. The attack on Thursday at a synagogue came eight years after a suicide bomber targeted an Ariana Grande concert at the Manchester Arena venue, killing 22 people and injuring many others. In 1996,

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Billionaire Andrej Babiš became another populist leader in Central Europe to stage a political comeback by winning big in the Czech Republic’s parliamentary election, according to nearly complete results Saturday. That result could steer the country away from supporting Ukraine and toward Hungary and Slovakia, which have

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. police on Saturday were questioning six people arrested on suspicion of terror offenses after an attack on a synagogue in northwest England that left two people dead and Britain’s Jewish community shocked and grieving. Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was shot dead by police on Thursday outside the