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Here's what to know about International Women's Day — a celebration and a call to action

By Associated Press

Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, International Women’s Day is commemorated in different ways and to varying degrees in places around the world.

Colombians headed to the polls to elect a new Congress and choose presidential candidates

By Astrid Suárez, Associated Press

Colombians voted Sunday for a new Congress and to select candidates from three major coalitions in a primary-style contest ahead of a presidential election in May.

Iran names Mojtaba Khamenei successor to the late supreme leader

By Jon Gambrell, Sam Metz, Kareem Chehayeb, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced early Monday.

Police investigate an explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway

By Stefanie Dazio, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Police in Norway were investigating an explosion early Sunday outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo, the capital of the Scandinavian country, officials said.

Rotting cocoa and a commodity crash push West African farmers to seek other options

By Edward Acquah, Ope Adetayo, Associated Press

Hundreds of thousands of farmers in West Africa rely on cocoa farming for a living. In Ivory Coast, cocoa bean exports make up 40% of the total export revenue. In neighboring Ghana, they make up nearly 15%.

Renewed search for missing Flight MH370 comes up empty 12 years later as families press for answers

By Associated Press

Twelve years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished with 239 people aboard, a renewed deep-sea search in the southern Indian Ocean has so far failed to locate the missing aircraft, Malaysian authorities said Sunday.

Kapikoy Border crossing into Turkey has become one of the few ways out of Iran during the war

By Serra Yedikardes, Associated Press

A land crossing near eastern Turkey’s Van province is one of the few routes connecting Iranians to the rest of the world amid an airspace shutdown in Iran since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Tehran.

Trump encourages Latin American leaders to use military action to help the U.S. fight cartels

By Aamer Madhani, Joshua Goodman, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

President Trump encouraged regional leaders gathered at his Miami-area golf club to take military action against drug trafficking cartels and transnational gangs that he says pose an “unacceptable threat” to the hemisphere's national security.

Russian missile hits apartment building in Ukraine's Kharkiv killing at least 10

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

Two children were among at least 10 people killed on Saturday in a Russian missile that hit a five-story residential building in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said.

Pope Leo names veteran Vatican diplomat as ambassador to the U.S. to manage relations with Trump

By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday named a veteran Vatican diplomat as his new ambassador to the United States to manage one of the Holy See’s most important bilateral relationships at a crucial time.