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FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak right, reaches to shake hands with President of France Emmanuel Macron ahead of a bilateral meeting during the COP27 summit, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Nov. 7, 2022. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meet Friday March 10, 2023 in Paris in a summit aimed at mending relations following post-Brexit tensions, improving military and business ties and toughening efforts against Channel migrant crossings. (Stefan Rousseau/Pool Photo via AP, File)
French, British leaders meet in efforts to mend relations
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meet Friday in Paris for a summit aimed at mending relations following post-Brexit tensions, as well as … more
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Israeli security forces search for a suspect in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Israeli police said a Palestinian gunman shot and wounded three people in central Tel Aviv before the attacker was shot and killed. Police initially suspected there was a second attacker but later determined the gunman had acted alone. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Palestinian suspect killed by Israeli fire in West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man who entered a settlement in the occupied West Bank armed with knives and explosive devices was shot and killed by an Israeli settler on Friday, the Israeli … more
FILE - The closed Basilica of Lourdes is pictured May 8, 2020, in Lourdes, southwestern France. The head of the Independent National Authority for Recognition and Reparation said Thursday March 9, 2023 that over 1,180 victims have come forward to claim compensation since the body was established, including 32% of women and 68% of men. (AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)
French church abuse victims get reparations, and recognition
PARIS (AP) — "I came back to life.” Like other victims of child abuse by priests, 52-year-old Stéphane said getting an official recognition from France’s Catholic Church of what happened … more
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In this handout photo taken from video released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, Russian soldiers take part in drills at an unspecified location in Belarus. After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country's railways, including blowing up track equipment to paralyse the rails that Russian forces used to get troops and weapons into Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Anti-Russia guerrillas in Belarus take on 'two-headed enemy'
After Russia invaded Ukraine, guerrillas from Belarus began carrying out acts of sabotage on their country's railways, including blowing up track equipment to paralyze the rails that Russian forces … more
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Many dead as eastern Congo rebels hit village
At least 36 people killed by extremists in eastern Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) — At Least 36 people were killed by extremists in conflict-riddled eastern Congo, the military said on Thursday. The Allied Democratic Forces, a rebel militia with links to the … more
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From left, Li Xi, Ding Xuexiang, Cai Qi, Han Zheng, and Wang Huning wait to cast their ballots during a session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. Six men sit alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ruling Communist Party's all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, handling major portfolios from propaganda to corruption fighting. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Loyal and experienced, China's other top leaders take posts
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With Chinese leader Xi Jinping receiving a norms-breaking third five-year term as president on Friday, the other six men who serve with him on the ruling Communist Party’s … more
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This photo taken during a visit by Associated Press journalists shows some of about 1,000 huge tanks holding treated but still radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), in Okuma town, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 22, 2023. Treated radioactive wastewater is set to be released into sea sometime from spring 2023 to summer after required testing and dilution with large amounts of seawater. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)
What’s happening at Fukushima plant 12 years after meltdown?
Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. Japanese … more
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FILE - This general view shows Jehovah's Witnesses gathered for their annual convention at West Berlin's Sportpalast Hall, Germany, on Aug. 5, 1954. Several people were killed and injured late Thursday, March 9, 2023, after shots were fired inside a building where Jehovah’s Witnesses met in the northern German city of Hamburg, officials said. The international Christian denomination founded in the United States has a more than 100-year history in Germany. (AP Photo/Heinrich Sanden Jr., File)
At a glance: Jehovah's Witness beliefs, history in Germany
Several people were killed and injured Thursday night after shots were fired inside a building where Jehovah’s Witnesses met in the northern German city of Hamburg, officials said. The … more
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Chinese President Xi Jinping applauds during a session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China's Xi awarded third term as president, extending rule
Chinese leader Xi Jinping was awarded a third five-year term as president, adding to signs he might stay in power for life. Xi’s appointment Friday by the ceremonial National People’s Congress … more
Malaysia's former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin waves as he arrives at courthouse for a corruption charges in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, March 10, 2023. Muhyiddin, who led Malaysia from March 2020 until August 2021, will be the country's second leader to be indicted after leaving office. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Malaysia ex-PM Muhyiddin pleads innocent in corruption case
Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been charged with corruption and money laundering, making him Malaysia’s second ex-leader to be indicted after leaving office. Muhyiddin pleaded innocent … more
FILE - In this photo provided by the Fiji government, Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama speaks at a news conference at the Pacific Islands Foreign Ministers' meeting in Suva, Fiji, on May 30, 2022. Bainimarama was due to appear in court Friday, March 10, 2023, after both he and the nation's suspended police commissioner were arrested the day before and held overnight in jail. (Fiji Government via AP, File)
Fiji's former leader Bainimarama arrested and due in court
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji's former leader Frank Bainimarama was due to appear in court Friday after both he and the nation's suspended police commissioner were arrested the day before and … more
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A TV screen shows an image of North Korea's missiles launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 10, 2023. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a frontline artillery drill simulating an attack on an unspecified South Korean airfield as he called for his troops to sharpen their combat readiness in the face of his rivals' "frantic war preparation moves," state media said Friday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
North Korea's Kim supervises frontline artillery drill
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a frontline artillery drill simulating an attack on an unspecified South Korean airfield as he called for his troops to sharpen … more
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Victims of a train crash receive treatment outside the emergency unit of the Lagos general hospital in Ikeja Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday March 9, 2023. Three people were killed and more than 80 injured after a passenger bus was crushed by a moving train in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos, the emergency response agency said on Thursday. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria bus crashes into train; 6 dead and dozens injured
Six people were killed and dozens injured when a train crashed into a passenger bus in Lagos, Nigeria. The emergency response agency said on Thursday that the bus was taking government staff to work … more
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Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gives his regularly scheduled morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Mexican president to US: Fentanyl is your problem
Mexico's president has said his country does not produce or consume fentanyl, despite enormous evidence to the contrary. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador appeared to depict the synthetic … more
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FILE - Bishops kneel on the forecourt of the Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire basilica in the sanctuary of Lourdes, southwestern France, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 during a ceremony, part of The Bishops' Conference. The head of the Independent National Authority for Recognition and Reparation said Thursday March 9, 2023 that over 1,180 victims have come forward to claim compensation since the body was established, including 32% of women and 68% of men. (AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)
France: About 200 church sex abuse victims get compensation
PARIS (AP) — About 190 victims of child sexual abuse by priests or other church representatives have been promised financial compensation so far from France’s Catholic Church under a sweeping … more
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FILE - Karol Cardinal Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, Poland, foreground, arrives to take part in Oct. 22, 1971 working session of the World Synod of Bishops at the Vatican. Pope St. John Paul II knew about sexual abuse of children by priests under his authority and sought to conceal it when he was an archbishop in his native Poland, according to a television news report. In a story that aired late Monday, March 6, 2023, Polish channel TVN24 named three priests whom the future pope then known as Archbishop Karol Wojtyla had moved among parishes during the 1970s, including one who was sent to Austria, after they were accused of abusing minors. (AP Photo/Gianni Foggia)
John Paul abuse claims trigger angry reaction from Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The fallout over an explosive television report alleging that St. John Paul II covered up clergy sex abuse cases escalated Thursday, with Poland’s Catholic Church strongly … more
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Tunisian President Kais Saied, right, shakes hands with President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embalo before a meeting in Carthage, near Tunis, Tunisia, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. (Slim Abid/Tunisian Presidency via AP)
Facing uproar, Tunisian president denies he's stoking racism
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president has rejected accusations that he is stoking anti-Black racism, saying that he has sub-Saharan African friends and that his comments last month targeting … more
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University students demonstrate in central Athens during a protest for the victims of a rail disaster, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Greece: 3 more rail officials charged over deadly collision
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Three more Greek rail officials were charged on Thursday in connection with a train crash that killed 57 people, as protests continued and the government promised to … more
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Altar servers lead the opening processional at the Immaculate Conception of Maria, La Carpio, Catholic church where the majority of the congregation is made up of Nicaraguan exiles and refugees, in San Jose, Costa Rica, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. Dozens of priests, nuns, seminarians and church workers have fled Nicaragua in recent years, or been exiled by President Daniel Ortega’s government, which considers them a threat. (AP Photo/Carlos Gonzalez)
Fear, anxiety follow Nicaraguan faith leaders into exile
Dozens of priests, nuns, seminarians and church workers have fled Nicaragua in recent years, or been exiled by President Daniel Ortega’s government, which considers them a threat. As distraught as … more
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This is a locator map for Egypt with its capital, Cairo. (AP Photo)
Egypt's inflation spikes again, hiking prices of basic food
CAIRO (AP) — Inflation in Egypt again hit a new high for this year in February, the government said Thursday, with prices rising most steeply for food. The country is in the midst of an economic … more

FILE - Defendant Jennifer W. arrives in a courtroom for her trial in Munich, Germany, Oct. 25, 2021. A German appeals court orders on Thursday, March 9, 2023, a new sentencing hearing for the German convert to Islam who was given 10 years in prison on charges that, as a member of the Islamic State group in Iraq, she allowed a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave to die of thirst in the sun. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP, File)
German woman risks tougher sentence over Yazidi girl's death
BERLIN (AP) — A German appeals court on Thursday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a German convert to Islam who was given 10 years in prison on charges that, as a member of the Islamic State … more
Activists from the group 'Women Democratic Front' take part in a rally to mark International Women's Day, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The day officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, is celebrated around the world on March 8. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Pakistani police probe officers over women’s march violence
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police are investigating officers after violence at a march to mark International Women's Day in Islamabad, a spokesman said Thursday. Three constables have been … more
Malaysia's former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin arrives at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarter in Putrajaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, March 9, 2023. The former Malaysian Prime Minister arrived Thursday at the anti-graft agency office for a second time in a matter of weeks over alleged corruption in the awarding of government projects under his rule. (AP Photo/FL Wong)
Malaysian ex-PM Muhyiddin arrested, faces graft charges
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been arrested and will be brought to court to face corruption charges, the anti-graft agency said Thursday. … more
A wounded man receives treatment at a hospital after a bomb blast in Mazar-e Sharif, the capital city of Balkh province, in northern Afghanistan, Thursday, March 9, 2023. A bomb killed a Taliban-appointed provincial governor and two others in Afghanistan's Mazar-e- Sharif Thursday, a Taliban police spokesman said. (AP Photo/Abdul Saboor Sirat)
Bomb kills 3, including provincial governor, in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A bomb killed a Taliban-appointed provincial governor and two others in Afghanistan's Mazar-e- Sharif Thursday, a Taliban police spokesman said. The explosion killed Daud … more
Mourners carry the bodies of three Palestinian militants, draped in the flag of the Islamic Jihad militant group, during their funeral in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Palestinian officials say at least three Palestinian militants were killed after Israeli security forces entered a village in the northern occupied West Bank. The Israeli Police said Thursday that troops carried out a raid in Jaba to apprehend suspects wanted for attacks on Israeli soldiers in the vicinity. The three militants killed included the head of a local Palestinian militant group. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
3 Palestinian militants killed in Israeli military raid
JABA, West Bank (AP) — At least three Palestinian militants were killed in a shootout with Israeli troops on Thursday, the latest deaths in a surge of Israeli arrest raids in the occupied West … more
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