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FILE.- Istanbul Mayor and Republican People's Party, or CHP, candidate Ekrem Imamoglu take photographs with supporters during a campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, March 21, 2024.(AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, over alleged corruption and terror links

Turkish police have arrested Istanbul’s mayor — a key rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — as part of an investigation into alleged corruption and terror links.
 
A worker walks in front of a transformer which was destroyed after a recent Russian missile attack at DTEK's power plant in Ukraine, Nov. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Trump and Putin agree to an immediate ceasefire for energy infrastructure in Ukraine conflict

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Irina Gekht, the newly appointed governor of Nenets Autonomous District, during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

What the White House and Kremlin said about the Trump-Putin call

 
People taking part in a protest hold balloons in the town of Kocani, North Macedonia, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 following a massive fire in a nightclub early SUnday. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)

Widespread license violations exposed as North Macedonia mourns nightclub fire victims

 
People watch as Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech after signing treaties for four regions of Ukraine to join Russia in the Moscow's Kremlin, during a meeting in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it’s coveted by both Russia and Ukraine

 
U.S. Air Force fighter aircraft F-35 performs aerobatic maneuvers on the third day of the Aero India 2025, a biennial event, at Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, India, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)

Europe and Canada are eyeing alternatives to American-made fighter jets. Here’s why

Questions are mounting in Canada and in Europe over whether big-ticket purchases of high-end U.S. weaponry are still a wise strategic choice.
 
Cardinal Angelo De Donatis prays in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, during a vigil rosary for the recovery of Pope Francis, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope pens letter to the editor while in hospital as Buckingham Palace announces King Charles’ visit

Pope Francis says in a letter to an Italian newspaper that his lengthy illness has made clearer to him the absurdity of war and the power of words to shape the truth and facts.
 
A protester holds her mobile phone as thousands gather for the victims of a massive nightclub fire in the town of Kocani, in Skopje, North Macedonia, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Grief-stricken town in North Macedonia prepares for burials as nightclub fire triggers protests

Authorities in North Macedonia are appealing for calm as protests have again been held across the country over the nightclub fire in the eastern town of Kocani that killed 59 people over the weekend.
 
In this photo provided by the UK Ministry of Defence on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, John "Paddy" Hemingway, the last surviving pilot of the iconic Battle of Britain, poses for a photo in front of a Hurricane on July 22, 2022. (UK MOD via AP)

Last surviving pilot from the Battle of Britain, John ‘Paddy’ Hemingway, dies at 105

John “Paddy” Hemingway, the last surviving pilot who flew during the Battle of Britain, has died at the age of 105.
 
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, center, rings a bell to signify the start of a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

EU debates ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after Trump orders staff cuts at US-funded media

The European Union is debating ways to keep Radio Free Europe afloat after the Trump administration stopped grants to the pro-democracy media outlet over the weekend.
 
Undated photo of a bream fish at a river lock in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, Netherlands, where a "fish doorbell" was installed that lets viewers of an online livestream alert authorities to fish being held up as they make their springtime migration to shallow spawning grounds. (Visdeurbel via AP)

A Dutch ‘fish doorbell’ has turned into an unlikely online hit combining slow TV and ecology

The central Dutch city of Utrecht has installed a “fish doorbell” that allows denizens of the internet to give a helping hand to denizens of the deep in their springtime swim to shallow spawning grounds.
 

12 killed in Honduras plane crash, including Garifuna musician Aurelio Martínez Suazo

A small commercial plane crash off the coast of Honduras left 12 people dead, including a well-known Garifuna musician.
 
This screenshot made from a video shows the 18-karat toilet, titled "America," by Maurizio Cattelan in the restroom of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Sept. 16, 2016. (AP Photo, File)

Jury convicts thief who stole golden toilet from English palace

A thief who swiped a golden toilet from an English palace has been convicted along with an accomplice who helped cash in on the spoils of the 18-carat work of art valued at more than $6 million.
 
Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu addresses his supporters in front of the Istanbul courthouse, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, file)

Key Erdogan rival’s university diploma is revoked in a move that blocks him from Turkey’s election

A university has invalidated Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s diploma in a move widely perceived as politically motivated.
 
Italian Prime minister Giorgia Meloni, center middle row, addresses the Senate ahead of European Council meeting on 20-21 march, Rome, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italy’s Meloni calls for ‘pragmatism’ on tariffs, supports Trump’s ceasefire efforts for Ukraine

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday called for “pragmatism” to prevent an EU-US dispute over tariffs from escalating into a full-scale trade war, and expressed support for U.S.
 
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt listens as UFC fighter Conor McGregor speaks with reporters in the briefing room of the White House, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Irish leaders slam mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor for cozy White House visit with Trump

Irish leaders have slammed Conor McGregor’s St. Patrick’s Day visit to the White House. Prime Minister Micheál Martin said McGregor did not speak for the Irish people when he made anti-immigration remarks on Monday.
 
The exterior view of the European police agency Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. (AP Photo/Mike Corder, File)

AI is turbocharging organized crime, EU police agency warns

The European Union’s law enforcement agency is warning that artificial intelligence is turbocharging organized crime that is eroding the foundations of societies across the 27-nation bloc as it becomes intertwined with state-sponsored destabilization efforts.
 
From left, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar pose for a photo, ahead of a meeting to discuss the future of stalled peace talks over the divided island of Cyprus at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (Pierre Albouy/Keystone via AP)

UN chief praises new talks on reviving the peace process for divided Cyprus

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says he will appoint an envoy to help shepherd a divided Cyprus toward long-lasting peace.
 
A general view of the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, in London, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

MI6 has never had a woman as spy chief. That could be about to change

Real-life spies say their world is nothing like that of James Bond, but in one way truth may soon follow fiction: MI6 could be about to get its first woman leader.
 

A small plane headed for Denmark has crashed in the Swiss Alps. 3 people are believed to be dead

Police say a small plane that was headed for Denmark has crashed in the Alps in southeastern Switzerland, killing the three people who were believed to be on board.
 

Poland and Baltic states recommend leaving antipersonnel land mine treaty, citing threat from Russia

Poland and the three Baltic nations say they want to withdraw from an international convention that bans antipersonnel land mines due to the growing threat from Russia to front-line NATO states.
 
Cyprus' defense minister Vasilis Palmas, left, and minister of Justice and Public Order Marios Hartsiotis talk to the media at a coordination center in Larnaca, Cyprus, on Monday, March 17, 2025 after a migrant shipwreck off Cyprus' coast leaves 7 dead and 2 survivors. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Major search continues after deadly migrant boat sinking off Cyprus coast

A major rescue operation is continuing off Cyprus’ southern coast following a migrant boat sinking a day earlier that left at least seven dead.
 
A man photographs the 1965 painting "Marian Anderson" by Beauford Delaney at the Black Paris exhibition which explores the presence and influence of about 150 Black artists in France from the 1950s to 2000 at the Pompidou Center, Monday, March 17, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Nicolas Garriga)

150 artists of African descent celebrated in ‘Black Paris’ exhibition at Pompidou Center

An unprecedented exhibition at the Pompidou Center in Paris explores the presence and influence of Black artists in the city from the 1950s to 2000.
 
German opposition leader and Christian Democratic Union party chairman Friedrich Merz speaks during a debate and voting about loosen the country's debt rules and change constitution in the German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Germany’s likely next leader wins parliament’s backing for huge defense and infrastructure spending

Germany’s would-be next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, won lawmakers’ approval Tuesday for ambitious plans to loosen the nation’s strict debt rules for higher defense spending as doubts mount about the strength of the trans-Atlantic alliance, and to set up an enormous fund for investment in its creakin
 
Activists unfurl a large banner in support of Ukraine outside the European Council building ahead of an EU summit in Brussels, Belgium, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Omar Havana)

The $300 billion question: What to do with Russia’s frozen central bank money?

With U.S. support for Ukraine in doubt, Kyiv’s European allies are weighing whether to seize $300 billion in frozen Russian assets.
 
Britain's King Charles III waves as he arrives for a visit to University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

King Charles III plans to meet Pope Francis during Vatican state visit

King Charles III is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis during a state visit next month to the Vatican, suggesting the Holy See is optimistic the pontiff will be back at work by then.
 
This picture released by the Vatican Press Office shows Pope Francis concelebrating a mass inside his private chapel att the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Sunday, March 16, 2025. (Vatican Press Office, Via AP )

Pope registers new slight improvements in pneumonia fight as Vatican gives details on hospital photo

Pope Francis is registering new slight improvements in his monthlong treatment for double pneumonia.
 
Head of the Statue of Liberty on display in France early in 1884 prior to being shipped to the United States. (AP Photo)

From France comes a call for Trump’s America to return Lady Liberty. Here’s why it won’t happen

A French politician has suggested the U.S. is no longer worthy of keeping the Statue of Liberty. Raphaël Glucksmann is a member of the European Parliament and co-president of a small left-wing party.
 
Spirits with and without the star mark in Bilka in Randers, Denmark, making it easier for customers to buy European goods, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

‘Danish Viking blood is boiling.’ Danes boycott US goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too

Consumers across Europe furious over President Donald Trump’s policies are boycotting U.S. goods. Among the most passionate are Danes, seeking a way to protest Trump’s threat to seize the Danish territory of Greenland.
 

Migrant shipwreck off Cyprus’ coast leaves 7 dead and 2 survivors, according to state TV

State-run television in Cyprus is reporting that seven bodies have been recovered and two people have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off the south coast of the island.
 
People use the lights on their cell phones as they observe fifteen minutes of silence during a major anti-corruption rally led by university students in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Calls in Serbia for independent investigation into claims of a sonic device attack at peaceful rally

Calls are mounting in Serbia for an independent investigation into reports that security forces used a sonic weapon on crowd at against a huge anti-corruption rally last weekend.
 
Tom Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, presents the latest update situation of human rights in Myanmar to the media during a press conference, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

A UN rights expert blasts the impact of US aid cuts on Myanmar

An independent human rights expert says Myanmar’s people are already feeling the “crushing impact” from the “sudden, chaotic withdrawal” of U.S. and other humanitarian aid.
 
FILE- This undated handout issued by Cheshire Constabulary shows of nurse Lucy Letby. (Cheshire Constabulary via AP, file)

Lawyers who say British nurse was wrongly convicted of killing babies ask to halt hospital inquiry

Lawyers for convicted baby killer Lucy Letby and former executives at the hospital where she worked have asked a judge to halt an inquiry into the deaths after a panel of medical experts found no evidence of a crime.
 
Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Friday, Feb. 21, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Suspect in Slovak premier’s attempted assassination is indicted on terror charges

Prosecutors in Slovakia says the suspect in the attempted assassination of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico last year has been indicted on terror charges.
 
In this photo taken from video, Georgia's jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili appears on a screen via a video link from a prison during a court hearing in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Monday, March 17, 2025. (TV formula via AP)

Georgia ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili’s prison terms now total over 12 years after latest verdict

A court in Georgia has handed another prison sentence to imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili.
 
Members and supporters of Hungary's LGBTQ community march through Budapest, amid an increasingly hostile environment for sexual minorities led by the country's right-wing government, on Saturday, July 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Anna Szilagyi, file)

A new anti-LGBTQ+ bill in Hungary would ban Pride event and allow use of facial recognition software

Hungary’s ruling coalition is continuing its crackdown on the country’s LBGTQ+ community. Members on Monday submitted a bill to parliament that would ban the popular Budapest Pride event and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees.
 
Former members of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) and police officers who allegedly surrendered to M23 rebels arrive in Goma, Congo, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa, file)

M23 rebels withdraw from Congo peace talks, citing international sanctions

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured key areas of Congo’s mineral-rich east say they have withdrawn from planned peace talks with the country’s government in Angola.
 
Peruvian farmer Luciano Lliuya speaks to the media in front of glacier pictures held by activists at the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, before a first hearing of his climate damages case against the German energy company RWE for its carbon emissions, which may have been contributing to the melting of a nearby glacier that could flood his home, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A Peruvian farmer takes German energy giant RWE to court in a fight to hold polluters accountable

A German court has started hearing a Peruvian farmer’s case against major energy company RWE. His lawsuit argues that global warming fueled by the firm’s historical greenhouse gas emissions ultimately poses a risk to his home.
 
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, is greeted by President of France Emmanuel Macron as he arrives at the Palais de l'Elysee in Paris, on Monday, March 17, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP)

Canada’s Carney meets with European allies as Trump targets his country’s sovereignty and economy

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has met with the leaders of Britain and France during his first official overseas trip.
 
Front row left to right, Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani and European Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica pose during a group photo at the 9th international conference in support of Syria at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Syria donors pledge $6.5 billion in aid hoping to encourage its new leaders down the path to peace

International donors have pledged almost $6.5 billion in aid for Syria. They hope to encourage the new leaders of the conflict-ravaged country toward a peaceful political transition following the ouster of President Bashar Assad in December.