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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Home Secretary has arrived in Rwanda for a visit aimed at reinforcing the U.K. government’s commitment to a controversial plan to deport some asylum-seekers to the African country. Ahead of her visit, Suella Braverman said the migration policy “will act as a powerful deterrent against dangerous and illegal journeys.” Britain’s Conservative

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press The bright lights of Philadelphia’s famed Boathouse Row — long one of the city’s signature nighttime sights — are going dark, at least for now. Outlining a cluster of historic boathouses along the Schuylkill River near the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the twinkly lights reflect off the water and give

By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Islamabad (AP) — Police in Pakistan stormed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday and arrested 30 people amid tear gas shelling after someone opened fire from the roof of the building, officials said. Senior police officer Suhail Sukhera, who who led

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials as the regional powers seek to mend their frayed ties after years of tensions. Mevlut Cavusoglu is the highest-ranking Turkish official to visit the Arab World’s most populous nation in over a decade. An Egyptian spokesman

PARIS (AP) — A spattering of protests were planned to continue in France over the weekend against President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform, as garbage continued to reek in the streets of Paris and beyond owing to continuing action by refuse collectors. An eerie calm, returned to Paris Saturday after two nights of thousands-strong protests

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Security guards at London’s Heathrow Airport will walk off their jobs for 10 days over the Easter break, the latest in a wave of strike action to affect the U.K. The union Unite said Friday more than 1,400 security guards employed by Heathrow Airport, one of Europe’s

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Voters in Kazakhstan will cast ballots Sunday after a short but active campaign for seats in the lower house of parliament that is being reconfigured in the wake of deadly unrest that gripped the resource-rich Central Asian nation a year ago. The snap election comes on the

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Widespread Russian attacks have continued in Ukraine following the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights. Drone attacks targeted, among other places, the capital, Kyiv and the western Lviv province. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, 11 out

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are holding the first round of government consultations in Tokyo as they seek to strengthen economic and defense ties. Scholz brought six of his ministers for talks with Japanese counterparts to deepen cooperation in the economy and

By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Islamabad (AP) — Police in Pakistan have stormed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in the eastern city of Lahore and arrested 30 people. The action Saturday came amid tear gas shelling after someone opened fire from the roof of the building. Police say they moved in to remove

By FLORENT BAJRAMI Associated Press OHRID, North Macedonia (AP) — Western officials are hoping for progress this weekend in EU-mediated talks between Serbian and Kosovo leaders. These represent another attempt to defuse decades of tensions between the Balkan neighbors and wartime foes. Serbia’s president and Kosovo’s prime minister are meeting on Saturday at North Macedonia’s

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Millions of Nigerians are heading back to the polls for gubernatorial elections after last month’s disputed presidential vote. Saturday’s elections are being held amid political tensions and reported attacks in battleground states including in the economic hub of Lagos. The incumbent party is seeking to win

By EDITH M. LEDERER Asspcoated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States, its Western allies and experts shone a spotlight on the dire human rights situation and increasing repression in North Korea at a U.N. meeting. China and Russia denounced Friday’s meeting as a politicized move likely to further escalate tensions on the Korean

By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — One by one, the presenters inside the crowded hotel ballroom shared their computer screens and promised to show how easy it is to hack into voting systems across the U.S. Drawing gasps from the crowd, they highlighted theoretical vulnerabilities and problems from past elections. But

By GISELA SALOMON and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Yecenia Lazcano Soriano left behind a 4-year-old daughter in her home town of Tehuacan, Mexico, when she set out almost in secret to reach the United States. The last message she sent to relatives was a heart emoji. Days later, the small boat

By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has signed into law the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last summer. Gordon, a Republican, signed the bill Friday night while allowing a separate measure restricting abortion to become law without his signature. The pills

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A report from a House committee’s Democrats says Donald Trump’s White House has failed to report more than 100 gifts from foreign nations. And federal officials have been unable to find a life-size painting of Trump given to him by the president of El Salvador as well

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska board of education has unanimously approved a resolution that urges the state to limit the participation of transgender girls in girls school sports. The Anchorage Daily News reports the resolution passed Thursday urges the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development to create two sports divisions, one for athletes