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People carry the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat into the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Hamas is reviewing an Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as a planned Rafah offensive looms

Hamas says it is reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza. And Egypt is intensifying efforts to broker a deal to end the war and stave off a planned Israeli ground offensive into the southern city of Rafah.
 
A student walks past th entrance of Sciences-Po university in Paris Friday, April 26, 2024. Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States blocked access to a campus building at a prestigious French university Friday, prompting administrators to move all classes online. The pro-Palestinian protest at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as Sciences Po, came two days after police broke up a separate demonstration at one of the university's amphitheaters. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Pro-Palestinian students have peacefully evacuated prestigious Paris university campus building

 
Police offices walk in front of a crater after a Russian rocket attack on mental hospital №3 in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Yakiv Liashenko)

Russia renews attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector as Kyiv launches drones at southern Russia

 
People attend Freedom Day celebrations in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday April 27, 2024. The day marks April 27 when the country held pivotal first democratic election in 1994 that announced the official end of the racial segregation and oppression of apartheid. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

It’s 30 years since apartheid ended. South Africa’s celebrations are set against growing discontent

 
This still image from video provided by ALMasirah TV shows wreckage from unmanned aircraft in Yemen, on Saturday, April 27, 2024. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military’s drones. They aired footage Saturday of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft. The U.S. military acknowledged to The Associated Press that “a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 drone crashed in Yemen.” It said an investigation is underway. ( ALMasirah TV via AP)

Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim downing US Reaper drone, release footage showing wreckage of aircraft

 

ELECTION WATCH 2024

A voter puts his hand on a classroom desk covered in marks as a polling officer applies indelible ink mark on his index finger at a polling station situated inside a school during the second round of voting in the national election, near Palakkad, in Indian southern state of Kerala, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India votes in second phase of national elections with Modi’s BJP as front-runner

Millions of Indians voted in a moderate turnout in the second round of multi-phase national elections, with some big names in the contest.
 
IDENTIFIES TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBERS - Ex-senator Louis Gerald Gilles, from left to right, pastor Frinel Joseph, barrister Emmanuel Vertilaire, businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr, interim Prime Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert, Judge Jean Joseph Lebrun, who is not a member of the council, former senate president Edgard Leblanc, Regine Abraham, former central bank governor Fritz Alphonse Jean, former diplomat Leslie Voltaire and former ambassador to the Dominican Republic Smith Augustin, pose for a group photo during an installation ceremony, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Meet the members of a transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for beleaguered Haiti

A transitional council tasked with bringing political stability to Haiti has been installed in the capital of Haiti, a nation marred by gang violence and soaring hunger and poverty.
 

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Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf speaks during a press conference at Bute House, Edinburgh, Thursday, April 25, 2024. Scotland’s leader is facing a potential battle for survival after ending a three-year power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Green Party following a clash over climate change policies. First Minister Humza Yousaf of the Scottish National Party informed the leaders of the much smaller Greens on Thursday that he was terminating the power-sharing agreement. (Jeff J Mitchell/PA via AP)

Scottish leader faces battle for survival after ending power-sharing deal over climate change clash

 
  1. FILE - People queue to cast their votes In Soweto, South Africa April 27, 1994, in the country's first all-race elections. In 1994 people braved long queues to cast a vote after years of white minority rule which denied Black South Africans the vote. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell. File)

    South Africa will mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead

  2. FILE - Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez walks at the Europe Summit in Granada, Spain, Oct. 6, 2023. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has left Spain in suspense on announcing he may step down because of what he called an "unprecedented" smear campaign against his wife. Sanchez, who has been in office since 2018, stunned all Wednesday April 24, 2024 by announcing that he was canceling all events until next week when he will unveil his future. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, File)

    Here’s why Spain’s leader is mulling his future while denouncing a ‘smear campaign’ against his wife

Weekly demonstration held in Sanaa, Yemen in support of Palestinians in Gaza

Tens of thousands of Yemenis joined a recurring Friday demonstration in Sanaa in solidarity with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Demonstrators were seen chanting slogans while holding Palestinian and Yemeni flags, machine guns and placards. (AP video by Maas Alzekri)
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Guatemalan prosecutors raid offices of Save the Children charity

Andrew Tate’s trial on charges of rape and human trafficking can start, a Romanian court rules

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Europe

Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero and others government members, cheer to supporters of Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez gather at the PSOE party headquarter during a demonstration in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, April 27, 2024. Spain is in nail-biting suspense Monday as it waits for Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to announce whether he will continue in office or not. Sánchez, 52, shocked the country on Thursday, announcing he was taking five days off to think about his future after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife on corruption allegations. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

Thousands rally in Madrid to urge Spanish leader Pedro Sánchez not to resign

 

  1. British troops may be tasked with delivering Gaza aid, BBC report says

  2. Orange crush: Boats packed with revelers tour Amsterdam canals to celebrate the king’s birthday

  3. As Charles announces a return to public-facing duties, a look at recent events involving the royals

Asia

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns look at a record during a visit to Li-Pi record store in Beijing, China, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

The US and China talk past each other on most issues, but at least they’re still talking

 

  1. 20 Cambodian soldiers killed in an ammunition explosion at a military base

  2. Head of Vietnam’s parliament resigns amid corruption probe

  3. The TikTok law kicks off a new showdown between Beijing and Washington. What’s coming next?

Latin America

A man offers his condolences to a Chilean police officer during a demonstration seeking justice for police officers killed in the line of duty, in front of the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, April 27, 2024. Three police officers were killed early Saturday, in Cañete, Chile's Bío Bío region. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Assailants ambush and kill 3 police officers in southern Chile, shaking the country

 

  1. Long lines form and frustration grows as Cuba runs short of cash

  2. A woman might win the presidency of Mexico. What could that mean for abortion rights?

  3. Migration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it

Middle East

Blood covers the ground at the scene of a shooting on Saturday, April 27, 2024 in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of Ghufran Mahdi Sawadi, a well-known social media influencer, who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad. (AP Photo/Ali Jabar)

Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a social media influencer

 

  1. Top diplomat Blinken will visit the Mideast again this coming week. What can he achieve this time?

  2. The Latest | Israeli drone strike kills 2 in Lebanon after Hezbollah fires at an Israeli convoy

  3. Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza after 5 days in an incubator

Africa

FILE - Then African National Congress leader, Nelson Mandela casts his vote April 27, 1994 near Durban, South Africa, in the country's first all-race elections. South Africans celebrate "Freedom Day" every April 27, when they remember their country's pivotal first democratic elections in 1994 that announced the official end of the racial segregation and oppression of apartheid. (AP Photo/John Parkin. File)

South Africa remembers an historic election every April 27. Here’s why this year is so poignant

 

  1. Burkina Faso suspends BBC and Voice of America after they covered a report on mass killings

  2. Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon

  3. UN warns Sudan paramilitary forces are encircling a capital in western Darfur, urges against attack

  4. United Methodists endorse change that could give regions more say on LGBTQ and other issues

U.S. News

A recent graduate wears a garment with their graduation year on the University of Southern California campus Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Los Angeles. The University of Southern California canceled its main graduation ceremony Thursday. College officials across the U.S. are worried the ongoing Israel-Hamas war protests could disrupt plans for commencement ceremonies next month. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Class of 2024 reflects on college years marked by COVID-19, protests and life’s lost milestones

 

  1. Anti-war protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity

  2. Residents begin going through the rubble after tornadoes hammer parts of Nebraska and Iowa

  3. Takeaways from AP’s investigation into fatal police encounters involving injections of sedatives

  4. How a 911 call for trespassing escalated to an injection of a powerful sedative and one man’s death

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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Indonesia’s Java Island, felt in Jakarta

A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the southern part of Indonesia’s main island of Java but there are no immediate reports of injury or significant property damage.
 
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at a Citizens' Dialogue organized by the Lüneburg SPD to kick off his party's European election campaign, in Luneburg, Germany, Saturday April 27, 2024. (Markus Scholz/dpa via AP)

As EU election campaigns kick off in Germany, the Ukraine war, rise of far right are dominant themes

Several German parties have kicked off their campaigns for the election of the European Parliament in June with a focus on issues such as the war in Ukraine and many European voters’ support for far-right nationalist parties across the continent.
 

Ships from Turkey planning to deliver aid to Gaza were denied right to sail

A three-ship flotilla planning to reach Gaza with humanitarian aid from Turkey has been prevented from sailing by Guinea-Bissau authorities, which took down their country’s flags from two ships.
 

Russia arrests another suspect in the concert hall attack that killed 144

A Moscow court has detained another suspect as an accomplice in the attack by gunmen on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed 144 people in March, the Moscow City Courts Telegram channel said Saturday.
 
FILE - A TikTok sign is displayed on their building in Culver City, Calif., March 11, 2024. If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer — and if so, in what form. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time.
 

A tornado in southern China kills 5 people and damages factories in the metropolis of Guangzhou

State media says a tornado has struck the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, killing five people and damaging more than 140 factory buildings.
 

Canadian province will make changes to try to stop drug use in public places, premier says

The British Columbia government is making changes to its drug decriminalization policy to stop drug use in public places.
 
A two-year-old female orca calf swims in Little Espinosa Inlet near Zeballos, British Columbia, Friday, April 19, 2024. The calf has been trapped alone in the lagoon since its pregnant mother became stranded on a rocky beach at low tide and died four weeks ago. A rescue plan involves trying to corral the female calf into a shallow part of the 3-kilometer lagoon, using boats, divers and a net, before she would be placed in a large fabric sling and hoisted onto a transport vehicle. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press via AP)

Orca calf swims out of Canadian lagoon where it had been trapped more than a month

Officials in Canada say a young killer whale that was trapped for more than a month in a lagoon on Vancouver Island has gotten past a bottleneck at high tide, reaching an inlet that could take it to the open sea.
 
Palestinian children who fled with their parents from their houses in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh, gather in the backyard of an UNRWA school, in Sidon, Lebanon, Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari, File)

UN investigators probe 14 Gaza aid staffers Israel had tied to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack

U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against 14 of the 19 staffers from the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims were involved in the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants that spurred the latest war in Gaza.
 
Alejandra Jiménez holds an image of Amarirany Roblero who went missing 12 years ago, during a protest outside an apartment rented by a suspected serial killer, in the Iztacalco neighborhood of Mexico City, Friday, April 26, 2024. Protesters covered the facade of the building with placards after investigators found the bones, cell phones and ID cards of several women at rented rooms there, asking variants of a single question: Why did it take prosecutors 12 years to investigate the disappearance of Amairany Roblero, then 18. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

The family of Mexican serial killer’s first known victim protest at the site where bones were found

The family and supporters of a missing woman who may have been the Mexico City serial killer’s first known victim are protesting at the site where bones were found last week.
 
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo attends a trilateral meeting with President Joe Biden, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Commerce Department announces new restrictions on U.S. firearms exports

The Commerce Department is announcing new restrictions on U.S. firearms exports in an effort to prevent the guns from ending up in the hands of drug traffickers and criminals in other nations.
 
Mexican director Miguel Salgado poses with his the Golden Saint George trophy for a photo after the closing ceremony of the 46th Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, April 26, 2024. A Mexican film has won the top prize at the Moscow International Film Festival which took place as major Western studios boycott the Russian market and as Russia's war in Ukraine grinds into its third year. "Shame," a film by director Miguel Salgado and co-produced by Mexico and Qatar, was the most highly awarded film at the festival which began in 1935 and which has been held annually since 1999. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Mexican film wins top prize at Moscow International Film Festival while major studios boycott Russia

A Mexican film has won the top prize at the Moscow International Film Festival which took place as major Western studios boycott the Russian market and as Russia’s war in Ukraine grinds into its third year.
 

A British tourist is in a hospital after a shark attack. Tobago closes several beaches

A shark attack on a British tourist in the southeastern Caribbean prompted the government of Trinidad and Tobago to close seven beaches and a marine park.
 
Peter Magyar, a former insider within Orban's ruling Fidesz party speaks during a protest outside the Hungarian Interior Ministry building to demand stronger protections for children and Interior minister Sandor Pinter to step down, in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, April 26, 2024. The demonstration was the latest in a series of large anti-government protests that Magyar has mobilized in recent weeks, and comes as the political newcomer is campaigning for EU elections this June with his new party, Respect and Freedom (TISZA). (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Orbán challenger leads protest calling for child protection after sexual abuse scandal in Hungary

An aspiring challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has renewed his calls for change. He led a protest Friday of several thousand people demanding a more robust child protection system and the resignation of Orbán’s government.
 
Houston Astros team mascot Orbit and fans, pose for a photo backdropped by the Monument to the Revolution in Mexico City, Thursday, April 25, 2024. The Houston Astros will face Colorado Rockies in two regular season game beginning Saturday, at Mexico City's Alfredo Harp Helú stadium. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

MLB presence in Mexico goes beyond just hosting another regular-season series

When the Houston Astros take on the Colorado Rockies this weekend, it will be the seventh regular-season series played in Mexico.
 
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Hackers claim to have infiltrated Belarus’ main security service

A Belarusian hacker activist group claims to have infiltrated the network of the country’s main security agency and obtained access to personal files of over 8,600 staffers of the KGB, the security service that still goes under its Soviet name.
 

Jury in Abu Ghraib trial says it is deadlocked; judge orders deliberations to continue

A judge ordered jurors Friday to keep deliberating after they said they were deadlocked in a lawsuit alleging a Virginia-based military contractor is liable for abuses suffered by inmates at the Abu Ghraib prion in Iraq two decades ago.
 
FILE - Spain's Prime Minister and Socialist Party leader Pedro Sanchez and and his wife Begona Gomez, left, celebrate general election results in Madrid, Spain, April 28, 2019. Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has left Spain in suspense on announcing he may step down because of what he called an "unprecedented" smear campaign against his wife. Sanchez, who has been in office since 2018, stunned all Wednesday April 24, 2024 by announcing that he was canceling all events until next week when he will unveil his future. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

Journalists sign manifesto in defense of Spanish PM and wife, criticize right-wing media, parties

Thousands of Spanish journalists have come out in support of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his wife following Sánchez’s announceement that he was considering his future as premier after a court opened preliminary proceedings against his wife on corruption allegations.
 
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, center, looks up at Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte and French President Emmanuel Macron during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. European leaders' discussions at a summit in Brussels were set to focus on the bloc's competitiveness in the face of increased competition from the United States and China. Tensions in the Middle East and the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine decided otherwise and the 27 leaders will dedicate Wednesday evening talks to foreign affairs. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

Outgoing Dutch prime minister visits Turkey’s Erdogan in his bid for the NATO chief position

The Netherlands’ outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte is in Turkey, seeking support from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his bid for the seat of NATO secretary general.
 
Pope Francis arrives for an audience with Azione Cattolica (Catholic Action) pilgrims and faithful in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope to bring his call for ethical artificial intelligence to G7 summit in June in southern Italy

Pope Francis is taking his call for artificial intelligence to be developed and used according to ethical lines to the Group of 7 industrialized nations.Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced Friday that Francis had accepted her invitation to attend the G7 Summit in Puglia in June.
 
A white horse on the loose bolt through the streets of London near Aldwych, on Wednesday April 24, 2024. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)

British Army says horses that bolted and ran loose in central London continue ‘to be cared for’

The British Army says the military horses that bolted and ran loose when spooked by construction noise in central London earlier this week “continue to be cared for and closely observed.”
 
Kenyan Red Cross personnel and volunteers conduct search and rescue missions, around houses submerged by flood water in Machakos county, Kenya Monday, April 22, 2024. Heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and displaced some 15,000, the United Nations said, as forecasters warned more rains can be expected until June. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

At least 70 people killed by flooding in Kenya as more rain is expected through the weekend

Flooding and heavy rains in Kenya have killed at least 70 people since mid-March, a government spokesperson, twice as many as were reported earlier this week.
 
FILE - Britain's King Charles III waves as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, March 31, 2024. Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer. The announcement on Friday April 26, 2024, comes almost three months after Charles took a break from public appearances to focus on his treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. (Hollie Adams/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Britain’s King Charles III will resume public duties next week after cancer treatment, palace says

Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will resume his public duties next week following treatment for cancer.
 
Police escort musicians arriving for the swearing-in ceremony of a transitional council tasked with selecting a new prime minister and cabinet at the Prime Minister's office in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

New leaders take on Haiti’s chaos as those living in fear demand swift solutions to gang violence

It’s been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on its members is rapidly growing.
 
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)

Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damage Panama-flagged oil tanker in Red Sea

Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels caused “minor damage” to a Panama-flagged oil tanker traveling through the Red Sea.
 
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in China, Friday, April 26, 2024, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)

US postpones decision on aid to Israeli army battalion accused of abuses against Palestinians

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the U.S. has determined that an Israeli military unit committed grave human-rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank before the war in Gaza.
 

Fire at small hotel in southern Brazil kills at least 10 people

A fire tore through a small hotel in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre early Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 11, authorities said.
 
Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, leads his Latvia counterpart Baiba Braze after placing flowers at a memorial wall of Ukrainian soldiers killed during the war at Saint Michael cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 26, 2024. Braze visited Kyiv on her first foreign trip to discuss aid for Ukraine, including a plan to build drones. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Ukraine pushes to get military-age men to come home. Some neighboring countries say they will help

Ukraine’s foreign minister has doubled down on the government’s move to bolster the pool of fighting forces by cutting off consular services to conscription-age men outside the country.
 
FILE - Andrew Tate, left, and his brother Tristan, right, wait inside the Court of Appeals building in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. A court in Romania's capital on Friday, April 26, 2024, ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

Andrew Tate’s trial on charges of rape and human trafficking can start, a Romanian court rules

A court in Romania’s capital has ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors’ case file against Tate met the legal criteria but did
 
Poland's President Andrej Duda speaks during a joint media conference with Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda during the Lithuanian-Polish Brave Griffin 24/II military exercise near the Suwalki Gap close to the Polish border at the Dirmiskes village, Alytus district west of the capital Vilnius in Lithuania on Friday, April 26, 2024. The week-long military exercise which started April 22, is to test a defense scenario on the bilateral so-called “Orsha” plan to defend the Suwałki Gap, a corridor of almost 100 kilometers (62 miles) between the two NATO members Poland and Lithuania. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Polish and Lithuanian leaders oversee military drills along their shared border

Polish President Andrzej Duda says “a potential aggressor must see our readiness” as he and his Lithuanian counterpart monitored a joint military drill along their shared border.