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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, attend a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at the Pentagon in Washington. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP)
Russia wants to recover debris of US drone from Black Sea
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian authorities say that they will try to recover the fragments of a U.S. surveillance drone that American forces brought down in the Black Sea after an encounter with … more
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Jazz singer and writer, Gloria Bosman performs at the 22nd Joy of Jazz Festival in Johannesburg on Sept. 26, 2019. Smooth-voiced South African jazz musician Gloria Bosman has been lauded for her contribution to the country’s music industry in a career spanning more than two decades. Bosman died on Tuesday March 14, 2023 following a short illness, her family announced. (AP Photo)
Award-winning South African jazz singer Gloria Bosman dies
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Smooth-voiced South African jazz musician Gloria Bosman has been lauded for her contribution to the country’s music industry in a career spanning more than two decades. … more
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FILE - Finnegan Lee Elder, wipes his eye, as he and his co-defendant Gabriel Natale-Hjorth listen as the verdict is read, in the trial for the slaying of an Italian plainclothes police officer on a street near the hotel where they were staying while on vacation in Rome in summer 2019, in Rome, on May 5, 2021. Italy’s highest court on Wednesday March 15, 2023 was hearing the final appeal of two U.S. citizens convicted in the stabbing death of a police officer during plainclothes operation in the summer of 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)
2 Americans appealing convictions for Italian police slaying
Italy’s highest court is hearing a final appeal of two U.S. citizens convicted in the stabbing death of a police officer during a plainclothes operation in Rome in the summer of 2019. Finnegan Lee … more
FILE --St. Stephan's Cathedral is seen in the city center of Vienna, Austria, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. Austrian police are warning of a possible “Islamist-motivated attack” targeting churches in Vienna. They cited undisclosed information the country’s intelligence service had received. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner,file)
Austrian police warn of possible threat to Vienna churches
VIENNA (AP) — Austrian police warned Wednesday of a possible “Islamist-motivated attack” in Vienna against churches, citing undisclosed information received by the country's intelligence … more
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FILE - In this file photo provided by the Iranian Army, warships sail in the Sea of Oman during the second day of joint Iran, Russia and China naval war games on Dec. 28 2019. Naval forces from China, Iran and Russia — all countries at varying degrees of odds with the United States — are staging joint drills in the Gulf of Oman this week, China’s Defense Ministry has announced. Other countries are also taking part in the “Security Bond-2023” exercises, the ministry said Tuesday, March 14, 2023, without giving details.(Iranian Army via AP, File)
China, Russia, Iran hold joint naval drills in Gulf of Oman
BEIJING (AP) — Naval forces from China, Iran and Russia — countries at odds with the United States — are staging joint drills in the Gulf of Oman this week, China’s Defense Ministry said … more
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, meets Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Demeke Mekonnen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. (Tiksa Negeri/Pool Photo via AP)
Blinken in Ethiopia as country recovers from Tigray conflict
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Ethiopia to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and others about the recovery from a devastating two-year conflict in the … more

Police officers conduct a man during a raid in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. German police have conducted a major raid against a group of suspected people smugglers. German news agency dpa reported that around 400 officers, among them federal police and GSG 9 special units, searched more than 20 apartments and offices, mainly in Berlin, but also in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. Five men were arrested in the early Wednesday raids. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
German police conduct raids on suspected people smugglers
BERLIN (AP) — German police conducted a major raid against a group of suspected people smugglers early Wednesday, German news agency dpa reported. Around 400 officers, among them federal … more
A police officer asks media members move away from an area near a home of a senior police officer in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Thai police on Wednesday detained the senior police officer who fired multiple gunshots from his home in Bangkok, ending a standoff of over 24 hours after his colleagues tried to take him to be treated for mental illness. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
Thai policeman injured, detained after 24-hour standoff
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai police on Wednesday detained a senior police officer who fired multiple gunshots from his home in Bangkok, ending a standoff of over 24 hours after his colleagues tried to take … more
A supporter of former Prime Minister Imran Khan hurls back a tear gas shell fired by riot police officers to disperse them during clashes, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Clashes between Pakistan's police and supporters of Khan continued outside his home in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, a day after officers went to arrest him for failing to appear in court on graft charges. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
More clashes in Pakistan as police try to arrest Imran Khan
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan threw bricks at police who fought back with clubs and tear gas for a second day Wednesday after officers tried to … more
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Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating appears by video link as he addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Keating on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on his nation’s plan to buy nuclear-powered submarines from the United States to modernize its fleet, saying “it must be the worst deal in all history.” (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)
Former Australian PM says subs 'worst deal in all history'
Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has launched a blistering attack on his nation’s plan to buy nuclear-powered submarines from the United States to modernize its fleet, saying “it … more
FILE - A U.S. military vehicle, part of a convoy, arrives near Dahuk, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2019. Twenty years after the U.S. invaded Iraq, in blinding explosions of shock and awe, American forces remain in the country in what has become a small, but consistent presence to ensure an ongoing relationship with a key military and diplomatic partner in the Middle East. (AP Photo/File)
Why US troops remain in Iraq 20 years after 'shock and awe'
Twenty years ago the U.S. invaded Iraq amid blinding explosions of shock and awe. American forces remain in the country, a small but consistent presence to ensure an ongoing relationship with a key … more
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Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party scuffle with riot police officers outside Khan's residence, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Pakistani police scuffled with supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan as officers arrived outside his home to arrest him for failing to appear in court on graft charges, police and officials said. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Clashes erupt in Pakistan as police try to arrest Imran Khan
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan's police and supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan clashed outside his home in the eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, a day after officers went to arrest … more
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FILE - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida before their meeting in New York on Sept. 21, 2022. South Korea’s president wants Japan to join his efforts to improve ties frayed over Tokyo’s past colonial rule, saying there is an increasing need for greater bilateral cooperation because of North Korean nuclear threats and global supply chain challenges. (Ahn Jung-won/Yonhap via AP, File)
Yoon: Seoul-Tokyo ties key to address N Korea, supply chains
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president wants Japan to join his efforts to improve ties frayed over Tokyo’s past colonial rule, saying there is an increasing need for greater … more
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FILE - Honduras' President Xiomara Castro waves during the swearing-in ceremony for Colombia's President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Castro announced on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that Honduras under her administration is opening diplomatic relations with the People´s Republic of China. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
Honduras will seek to establish diplomatic ties with China
Honduras President Xiomara Castro says her government will seek to establish diplomatic relations with China, which would imply severing relations with Taiwan. Castro said on her Twitter account … more
FILE - A U.S. MQ-9 drone is on display during an air show at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. A Russian fighter jet Tuesday, Marc 14, 2023, struck the propeller of a U.S. MQ-9 drone surveillance drone over the Black Sea, causing American forces to bring down the unmanned aerial vehicle in international waters, the U.S. military said, an incident that highlighted soaring U.S.-Russian tensions over Moscow's war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini, File)
What's known — and not — about US-Russia military air crash
WASHINGTON (AP) — When a Russian fighter jet collided with a large U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, it was a rare but serious incident that triggered a U.S. diplomatic protest … more
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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting on the implementation of the development program for cities in the Russian Far East via videoconference at the Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant, a part of the Rostec's Russian Helicopters manufacturing company in Ulan-Ude, Republic of Buryatia, eastern Russia, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Putin rejects theory about Ukrainian role in pipeline blasts
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday dismissed as “sheer nonsense” allegations that Ukrainians could be behind the blasts that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the … more
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Marinette da Silva, mother of slain councilwoman Marielle Franco, stands next to a giant cutout depicting Franco, during a tribute marking five years of her assassination, at the Rio Art Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Five years after Rio councilwoman slain, questions and hope
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Relatives and supporters gathered Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro to mark five years since the assassination of Black, bisexual city councilwoman Marielle Franco amid hope that … more
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Activist, Justyna Wydrzyńska,center, speaks to reporters in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday March 14, 2023. A court on Tuesday convicted Wydrzyńska for helping a victim of domestic violence access abortion pills in Poland, and sentenced her to eight months of community service. (AP Photo)
Polish activist convicted for helping obtain abortion pills
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Warsaw court on Tuesday convicted a women's rights activist for helping a victim of domestic violence access abortion pills in Poland, and sentenced her to eight months of … more
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Cumbria Police undated handout photo of Eleanor Williams. A 22-year-old woman has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after falsely claiming to have been the victim of an Asian grooming gang. Eleanor Williams, of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 after making a series of false rape allegations. In a Facebook post in May 2020, which was shared more than 100,000 times, she described being beaten, abused and trafficked by Asian men. (Cumbria Police via AP)
Fake sex abuse claims get British woman 8.5 year prison term
LONDON (AP) — A woman who falsely claimed she was drugged, raped and forced to work as a prostitute was sentenced Tuesday to more than eight years imprisonment in a case that fueled racial tensions … more
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak climbs the steps to his plane at San Diego International Airport as he heads back to the United Kingdom after a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese, Monday, March 13, 2023, as part of AUKUS, a trilateral security pact between Australia, the UK, and the U.S. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP)
UK leader in doghouse after letting pet roam free in park
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his family have spoken to by a police officer after letting their dog off the leash in London’s Hyde Park. It comes after a video was shared on TikTok appearing … more

A member of Union of journalists breaks pencils during a protest outside the parliament during the session about controversial amendments to the criminal code that would make defamation a crime punishable with stiff fines, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, 240 kms northwest of Sarajevo, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)
Bosnia: Protest over draft law to recriminalize defamation
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Dozens of journalists and rights activists protested Tuesday outside parliament in Bosnia’s Serb-run part as lawmakers debated whether to advance a contested … more
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Flowers and candles are placed in front of the entrance to a Jehovah's Witness community center in Hamburg, Germany, Monday, March 13, 2023. Authorities say one victim’s life is still in danger after last week’s shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness hall in Hamburg in which a former member of the congregation killed six people and then himself. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)
1 victim's life still in danger after Hamburg shooting
BERLIN (AP) — One victim's life is still in danger after last week's shooting at a Jehovah's Witness hall in Hamburg in which a former member of the congregation killed six people and then himself, … more
FILE - The current Poland's justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, speaks to reporters alongside in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. Poland’s divisive justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, has drawn surprised comments after a gust of wind revealed that he carries a gun tucked in his belt. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)
Poland's justice minister seen carrying pistol in his belt
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro has drawn surprised comments after a gust of wind revealed that he carries a gun tucked in his belt. Ziobro was laying a wreath at … more
An electronic billboard calls on people to vote in the March 15 provincial election as a bicyclist passes in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Dutch set to vote in local elections with national impact
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch voters go to the polls Wednesday in local elections with a national impact, with campaign themes ranging from local bugbears like dwindling public transport in … more
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Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, left, and Oscar Stenstroem, ambassador in the cabinet preparation and chief negotiator in the NATO process, hold a press briefing on the NATO process in Stockholm, Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency via AP)
Swedish leader: Finland likely to join NATO before Sweden
HELSINKI (AP) — Sweden's prime minister acknowledged Tuesday that it is likely that neighbor Finland will join NATO before his country does, due to Turkey's opposition to the Swedish bid. Ulf … more
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