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  Troops take part in training at a base of the Korean People's Army's special operations forces, at an undisclosed location in North Korea, in this picture taken Oct. 2, 2024, and released by the Korean Central News Agency via KNS on Oct. 4, 2024. New York — Russia refused to confirm its plans for North Korean troops it reportedly plans to deploy in its fight against Ukraine, during a confrontation with the United States Monday at the U.N. Security Council. “I heard the statement [of the Russian envoy], as did others in this room, but the one question still remains that that statement does not address, and that is whether there are DPRK troops on the ground in Russia,” U.S. Deputy U.N. Ambassador Robert Wood told council membe...

  Demonstrators protest after a fatal roof collapse at a railway station in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, for which they blame negligence and corruption by the authorities, in front of the government in Belgrade, Serbia, Nov. 3, 2024. belgrade, serbia — Serbia\'s construction minister said Monday he was stepping down days after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway station, killing 14 people and severely injuring three. Minister Goran Vesic announced his resignation at a hastily called press conference as anger mounted in the Balkan country over the fatal collapse that happened just before noon on Friday in the northern city of Novi Sad. Vesic\'s resignation needs to be confirmed in Serbia\'s parliament. "I would like to inform y...

  Protesters wave Georgian national and EU flags during a rally against alleged violations in recent parliamentary elections, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Nov. 4, 2024. Tbilisi, Georgia — Thousands of opposition supporters rallied outside Georgia\'s parliament for the second straight Monday to denounce the Oct. 26 election as illegitimate after the ruling party was declared the winner amid allegations of vote-rigging helped by Russia. The protesters, who waved Georgian and European Union flags, demanded a new parliamentary election under international supervision and an investigation of the alleged ballot irregularities. Opposition leaders vowed to boycott sessions of parliament and hold regular protests until their demands are met. The protest ...

  South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, right, shakes hands with European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 4, 2024. Seoul, South Korea — South Korea and the European Union on Monday jointly condemned North Korea\'s supply of weaponry to Moscow and demanded that it withdraw troops it has sent as Russia wages war against Ukraine. The EU and South Korea were holding their first "Strategic Dialogue" meeting in Seoul, shortly after Washington and Seoul sounded the alarm about North Korea sending soldiers to help Russia. In a joint statement, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul condemned the North\'s "unlawful arms tr...

  FILE - A Pakistani soldier stands guard at the Angoor Adda outpost along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, in South Waziristan, Pakistan Oct. 18, 2017. Islamabad — Pakistan reported Monday that its border security forces killed at least five insurgents who were attempting to cross over from Afghanistan. The predawn encounter occurred after Pakistani troops detected the “movement of a group of khwarij" in the volatile South Waziristan border district and "effectively engaged” them to foil their infiltration attempt, according to a military statement. The term “khwarij" in official Pakistani documents refers to the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an outlawed organization waging deadly attacks within the country from...

  FILE - African Union soldiers, patrol in the Marka district 90 kilometers from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, July 17, 2016. Two African Union soldiers were killed and a third one injured by an al-Shabab mortar attack Sunday on their base inside the perimeters of Mogadishu’s international airport. A statement by the head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mohamed El-Amine Souef condemned the attack on the facility known as the Halane Base Camp. It’s believed that a 107mm rocket was used for the attack. At least four mortar rounds were reportedly fired during the attack. “The heinous attack will not deter us and the Somali security forc...

  FILE - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures during a media briefing at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, Oct. 7, 2024. New Delhi — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condemned a "deliberate attack" on a Hindu temple in Canada blamed by some on Sikh activists, as already frosty bilateral ties plunged to a fresh low. "I strongly condemn the deliberate attack on a Hindu temple in Canada," Modi said in a statement on X. "Equally appalling are the cowardly attempts to intimidate our diplomats." Canada is home to the largest Sikh community outside of India, and includes activists for "Khalistan", a fringe separatist movement seeking an independent state for the religious minority ca...

  This handout photograph taken and released on Nov. 4, 2024, by the Department of Information and Public Relations Uttarakhand shows people at the site of a bus accident, after it fell into a gorge at Almora district in India's Uttarakhand state. Lucknow, India — A poorly maintained and overcrowded bus veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in northern India on Monday, killing at least 36 people and injuring several others, officials said. The accident occurred in Almora district in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand. The bus was carrying around 60 people, and more than 20 have been injured, said Deepak Rawat, a senior state government official. Authorities said earlier they believed there were 42 passengers, which was ...

  French gendarmes guard a courtroom on the first day of a trial of eight people accused of involvement in the 2020 beheading in a Paris suburb of French history teacher Samuel Paty, in Paris, France, Nov. 4, 2024. Paris — The trial of eight people in Paris on terrorism charges started on Monday over the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, who was killed by an Islamic extremist after showing caricatures of Islam\'s prophet to his middle school students for a lesson on freedom of expression. Paty\'s shocking death left an imprint on France, and several schools are now named after him. Paty was killed outside his school near Paris on Oct. 16, 2020, by an 18-year-old Russian of Chechen origin, who was shot to death by police. Those on trial i...

  Iran DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two of Iran\'s Revolutionary Guards died in a gyroplane crash in the southeastern region on Monday, the semi-official Fars news agency cited the force\'s public relations department as saying. The accident happened near Sirkan, a city in the province of Sistan-Baluchustan bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan, which has long been the site of frequent clashes between Iranian security forces and Sunni militants as well as drug traffickers. "Second Brigadier General Hamid Mazandarani, the commander of the Nineva Brigade of Golestan province, and his pilot, were martyred in this accident," the agency said. However, it did not say why the commander of the brigade, based in the northern province, was ...