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FILE - Migrants aboard a rubber boat end up in the water while others cling on to a centifloat before being rescued by a team of the Sea Watch-3, around 35 miles away from Libya, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. European Union nations will discuss on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, sweeping new reforms to the bloc's failed asylum system as campaigning for Europe-wide elections next month gathers pace, with migration expected to be an important issue. (AP Photo/Valeria Mongelli, File)

EU agrees on a new migration pact. Mainstream parties hope it will deprive the far right of votes

European Union nations have officially endorsed a major overhaul of the bloc’s failed asylum system.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, greets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, prior to their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Blinken in Kyiv tries to rally sagging Ukrainian spirits as Russia makes new military gains

A woman holds a Georgian national and an EU flags in front of riot police blocking a street to prevent demonstrators during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" near the Parliament building in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. The Georgian parliament on Tuesday approved in the third and final reading a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country's aspirations to join the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

Protesters throng streets of Georgia’s capital after parliament passes so-called ‘Russian law’

A demonstrator with draped Georgian national and EU flags stands in font of police blocking the way to the Parliament building, during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Georgia's parliament on Tuesday began the third and final reading of a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country's aspirations to join the European Union. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

What is the newly passed ‘Russia law’ that has divided people in Georgia for months?

'BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE' - In this undated photo distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, Russian Lt. Gen. Yury Kuznetsov is seen during a military parade in a Russian military academy in Krasnodar, Russia,. The Investigative Committee, Russia's top law enforcement body, said in a statement Tuesday that chief of the ministry's main personnel directorate Lt. Gen. Yury Kuznetsov was arrested on the charges of bribery and placed in custody pending investigation and trial. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Another top Russian Defense Ministry official is arrested on bribery charges amid Kremlin shake-up

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with members of the Security Council via videoconference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 13, 2024. (Aleksey Babushkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin signs decree naming new Russian government, including replacement of defense minister

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree appointing a new government, including replacement of the defense minister with a former deputy prime minister who is an economics expert with no military background.

FILE - An Aerial view of Gibraltar rock seen from the neighbouring Spanish city of La Linea, Oct. 17, 2019. The ramming of a small boat by an orca in the Strait of Gibraltar prompted authorities in Spain to recommend Tuesday May 14, 2024 that small vessels stick to the coastline in that region to avoid often-scary interactions with killer whales. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo, File)

Spain warns boats of possible orca run-ins near the Strait of Gibraltar this summer

Spanish authorities are recommending small vessels stick to the coastline around the Strait of Gibraltar after an orca rammed a boat that later sank.

Two watches belonging to Michael Schumacher are on display: F.P., left, Journe, Invenit et Fecit, piece Unique, Vagabondage 1 Model, it is estimated to sell between 1,200,000 to 2,300,000 US dollars and Audemars Piguet, right, Royal OAK Chronograph model, it is estimated to sell between 180,000 to 280,000 US dollars, during a preview at the Christie's, in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, May 9, 2024. Eight luxury watches belonging to Formula One great Michael Schumacher are going up for sale at Christie’s on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

8 watches owned by F1 great Michael Schumacher fetch more than $4 million at auction in Geneva

Eight watches belonging to auto racing icon Michael Schumacher sold Tuesday for nearly 4 million Swiss francs ($4.4 million) at a Geneva auction.

This undated photo issued on Tuesday May 14, 2024 by Buckingham Palace of artist Jonathan Yeo's oil on canvas portrait of Britain's King Charles III. The portrait was commissioned in 2020 to celebrate the then Prince of Wales's 50 years as a member of The Drapers' Company in 2022. The artwork depicts the King wearing the uniform of the Welsh Guards, of which he was made Regimental Colonel in 1975. The canvas size - approximately 8.5 by 6.5 feet when framed - was carefully considered to fit within the architecture of Drapers' Hall and the context of the paintings it will eventually hang alongside. Jonathan Yeo had four sittings with the King, beginning when he was Prince of Wales in June 2021 at Highgrove, and later at Clarence House. The last sitting took place in November 2023 at Clarence House. Yeo also worked from drawings and photography he took, allowing him to work on the portrait in his London studio between sittings. (His Majesty King Charles III by Jonathan Yeo 2024 via PA)

King Charles III unveils his first official portrait since his coronation

King Charles III unveiled his first completed portrait since the coronation, a vivid image in reds depicting the monarch in the uniform of the Welsh Guards.

An attack on a prison van in France kills 2 officers. An inmate escapes

An attack on a prison convoy in northwestern France has left two prison officers dead and three others seriously injured. An inmate escaped. A search is underway.

Signs and a food table are set up in a tent camp, set up by pro-Palestinian students and demonstrators at the University of Antwerp, as students occupy parts of the campus in Antwerp, Belgium, Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Amsterdam university cancels classes after violence erupted at a pro-Palestinian rally

The University of Amsterdam has canceled classes and shut buildings for two days after the latest demonstrations over the war in Gaza turned destructive.

2 men accused of plotting Islamic State-inspired attack against Jews in England

Two men accused of plotting to gun down Jews in an Islamic State-inspired attack in northwest England have been held without bail after appearing in a London court.

King Frederik of Denmark, left, and Norway's King Harald wave as they sit in a car during King Frederik's official state visit to Norway, in Oslo Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (Håkon Mosvold Larsen/NTB Scanpix via AP)

The Danish king and his Australian-born wife visit Norway and Europe’s oldest monarch

Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, has welcomed Denmark’s King Frederik and his Australian-born wife, Queen Mary, on their second official visit abroad after the Danish monarch’s mother abdicated this year.

Leapmotor vehicles are parked outside a showroom in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. European carmaker Stellantis on Tuesday said it had formed a joint venture with the Chinese electric vehicle startup Leapmotor that will begin selling EVs in nine European countries later this year. (AP Photo/Caroline Chen)

Europe’s Stellantis and China’s Leapmotor will sell electric cars in Europe from September

European carmaker Stellantis says it will begin selling electric vehicles from its Chinese partner Leapmotor in nine European countries later this year.

Paris mayor decries vandalism of a memorial honoring people who rescued Jews in World War II

A Paris memorial honoring people who distinguished themselves by helping to rescue Jews in France during the country’s Nazi occupation in World War II has been defaced with painted blood-red hands.

FILE - Josef Fritzl, center, is escorted to the fourth day of his trial in the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, Thursday, March 19, 2009. An Austrian court has ruled that the man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and raped her thousands of times, fathering seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison. The decision follows a legal back-and-forth on Josef Fritzl's future. (AP Photo/Robert Jaeger, Pool, File)

Austrian court says convicted rapist Josef Fritzl can be moved to prison from psychiatric detention

An Austrian court has ruled that a man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years, raped her thousands of times and fathered seven children with her, can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison.

An ambulance is leaving the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine in Myslowice, southern Poland, Tuesday, May 14, 2024 where two miners were killed, one went missing and another 12 were injured in a cave-in near the coal face. (AP Photo/Kasia Zaremba-Majcher)

Cave-in leaves 2 miners dead, 1 missing and 12 injured at a coal mine in Poland

Mine authorities in southern Poland say that two miners are dead and one is missing while 12 others were hurt following a cave-in at the Myslowice-Wesola coal mine.

FILE - Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, listens during his joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban following their talks at the PM's office, the former Carmelite Monastery, in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, May 9 2024. Most countries in the European Union are making efforts to “de-risk” their economies from perceived threats posed by China. But Hungary and Serbia have gone in the other direction. They are courting major Chinese investments in the belief that the world’s second-largest economy is essential for Europe’s future. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP, File)

Xi’s visit to Hungary and Serbia brings new Chinese investment and deeper ties to Europe’s doorstep

Most countries in the European Union are making efforts to “de-risk” their economies from perceived threats posed by China.

Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, the new President of North Macedonia poses for the cameras at the entrance of the presidential palace in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Sunday, May 12, 2024. Siljanovska Davkova was sworn as first female president in North Macedonia on Sunday after her triumph in a presidential runoff earlier this week over the leftist incumbent president. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

North Macedonia’s new president seeks to sidestep disputes with EU neighbors

European Union candidate North Macedonia is seeking to calm disputes with EU neighbors Greece and Bulgaria that flared following the landslide election victory of a conservative-backed coalition and president.

FILE - Members of a group of some 30 migrants seeking asylum are seen in Bialowieza, Poland, on May 28, 2023. Refugee rights activists on Monday May 13, 2024 criticized Poland's pro-European Union government for plans to toughen measures along the border with Belarus and for continuing a policy initiated by the previous populist government of pushing migrants back across the border there. (AP Photo/Agnieszka Sadowska, File)

Polish activists criticize Tusk’s government for tough border policies and migrant pushbacks

Refugee rights activists are criticizing Poland’s pro-European Union government for plans to tighten security at the border with Belarus.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers a speech on national security at the Policy Exchange, in London, Monday May 13, 2024. (Carl Court/Pool via AP)

British prime minister warns of ‘axis of authoritarian states’ in pre-election speech

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned of a dangerous future for the U.K. in a pitch to voters ahead of a national election that could see Conservatives ousted from power after 14 years.

FILE - Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomes the Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Old foes Turkey and Greece will test a five-month-old friendship initiative on Monday, May 13, 2024 when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

Greek and Turkish leaders seek to stress thawing relations but tensions remain under the surface

The leaders of Greece and Turkey have met for talks that were supposed to underline their efforts to put aside decades-old disputes but also revealed deep divisions between them.

A murder case in Kazakhstan led to domestic violence reforms. It ends with a prison sentence

Kazakhstan’s Supreme Court has convicted a former government official of torturing and brutally murdering his wife and sentenced him to 24 years in prison.

Microsoft CEO Brad Smith, right, speaks to French President Emmanuel Macron at the French Microsoft headquarters in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, Monday, May 13, 2024. Microsoft, which has been present in France for 41 years, is announcing a 4 billion euro investment this year, the largest to date in the country, to support French growth in the new artificial intelligence economy. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, Pool)

Microsoft pledges $4.3 billion investment at Macron’s ‘Choose France’ summit

Microsoft has announced its most substantial commitment yet to France. The company pledged on Monday to invest 4 billion euros or $4.3 billion this year to bolster the country’s burgeoning artificial intelligence sector.

Nemo, representing Switzerland, with the song "The Code," wins the final of the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmö Arena, in Malmö, Sweden, Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Jessica Gow/TT News Agency via AP)

The EU is angry that Eurovision banned the EU flag from the song contest and wants to know why

The European Union’s executive will demand explanations from Eurovision song contest organizers why its flag was banned from the concert hall during the final.

8 watches owned by Formula One great Michael Schumacher are going up for auction

Eight luxury watches belonging to Formula One great Michael Schumacher are going up for sale at Christie’s.

FILE - European Commissioner for Europe fit for the Digital Age Margrethe Vestager speaks during a media conference regarding the Digital Markets Act at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, March 25, 2024. The European Commission, the EU's executive branch, said on Monday, May 13, 2024, Booking.com meets the threshold to be classed as a “core platform service” under the 27-nation bloc's Digital Markets Act. The sweeping set of rules is designed to prevent Big Tech platforms from dominating online markets. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

US company Booking Holdings added to European Union’s list for strict digital scrutiny

Booking Holdings, the U.S. company that owns Booking.com and a number of other travel websites, has been added to the European Union’s list of companies now under heightened digital scrutiny.

FILE - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talks to her office manager Beate Baumann, left, prior to a cabinet meeting as part of a two-day retreat of the German government in Meseberg north of Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 25, 2016. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's memoirs will be released in late November, nearly three years after the end of her 16-year tenure at the helm of one of Europe's biggest powers, her publisher said Monday, May 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Memoirs of former German leader Angela Merkel, titled ‘Freedom,’ will be published in November

The memoirs of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be released in November. The publication will come nearly three years after the end of her 16-year tenure at Germany’s helm.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, right, shakes hands with Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, left, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, May 13, 2024. Kuleba, who has arrived on a surprise visit to Russia-friendly Serbia, held talks on Monday in Belgrade in a sign of warming relations between the two states. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Ukraine’s first lady and foreign minister visit Russia-friendly Serbia

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has paid a surprise visit to Russia-friendly Serbia, together with first lady Olena Zelenska.

Ukrainian military medics of the 47th Brigade shift an injured comrade to a stretcher at the field hospital in Avdiivka direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Russian assault opens new front, diverting Ukraine forces as Western aid trickles in

Ukrainian officials and commanders say Russian troops are locked in intense battles with Ukrainian soldiers in the embattled town of Vovchansk and are pushing ahead with a ground offensive that opened a new front to put pressure on overstretched Ukrainian forces.

Demonstrators waving Georgian national flags gather in front of the Parliament building during an opposition protest against "the Russian law" in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia, early Monday, May 13, 2024. Daily protests are continuing against a proposed bill that critics say would stifle media freedom and obstruct the country's bid to join the European Union. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

A proposed Russia-style media law in Georgia sparks massive protests

Georgia’s parliament green-lit a final vote on a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union, after police dispersed the latest protests against it over the weekend.

Chi Leung Wai leaves Westminster Magistrates' Court in central London, Monday May 13, 2024. Three men have appeared in a London court on charges that they helped the Hong Kong intelligence service gather information in Britain amid growing concern that hostile states are trying to interfere with democracy and economic activity in the U.K. Chi Leung (Peter) Wai, Matthew Trickett, and Chung Biu Yuen, were granted bail during a brief hearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

3 men charged in the UK with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service

The office manager of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London and two other men appeared in court Monday on charges that they helped Hong Kong’s intelligence service gather information in Britain, amid growing concern hostile states are trying to interfere with democracy and economic activ

Deputy federal spokesperson for Alternative for Germany party (AfD) Peter Boehringer, left, and assessor on the AfD's federal executive board Roman Reusch stand in the courtroom before the verdict in the appeal proceedings in the dispute over the classification of the AfD by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution at the Higher Administrative Court for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, in Muenster, Germany, Monday May 13, 2024. The administrative court in Muenster ruled in favor of the BfW intelligence agency on Monday, upholding a 2022 decision by a lower court in Cologne. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, has rejected the designation strongly. The party could still seek to appeal the verdict at a federal court. (Guido Kirchner/dpa/dpa via AP)

German court backs intelligence agency’s designation of far-right party as suspected extremist case

A court has ruled that Germany’s domestic intelligence agency was justified in putting the far-right Alternative for Germany party under observation for suspected extremism, rejecting an appeal from the opposition party.

Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda, a presidential candidate, celebrates winning the first round of Lithuania's presidential election, in Vilnius, Lithuania, late Sunday, May 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

Lithuanian president is the front-runner as country heads to runoff vote in two weeks

Lithuania’s incumbent president has won the most votes in a weekend presidential election but he still faces a runoff in two weeks against the country’s prime minister.

Britain's Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron speaks at the Lord Mayor of the City of London's annual Easter Banquet, at Mansion House in the City of London, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

UK foreign secretary says halting arms sales to Israel would only strengthen Hamas

Britain’s foreign secretary has said that halting arms exports to Israel is “not a wise path” and would only strengthen Hamas.

North Macedonia’s new president reignites a spat with Greece at her inauguration ceremony

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova has been sworn as the first female president of North Macedonia and has immediately reignited a diplomatic spat with neighboring Greece.

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu leave Red Square after the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 9, 2024, marking the 79th anniversary of the end of World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed removing Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu from his post. Putin nominated First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov for the role. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Wary of wars in Gaza and Ukraine, old foes Turkey and Greece test a friendship initiative

Old foes Turkey and Greece are set to test a five-month-old friendship initiative when Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Ankara.

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