CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — It’s a tale of two dramatically different political campaigns.On Monday, throngs of supporters of President Nicolás Maduro rallied at a giant stage draped in the red, yellow and blue colors of Venezuela’s flag outside the electoral council headquarters where he made official his candidacy for a…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed four insurgents as they foiled an attack on one of the main naval facilities in the volatile southwestern Baluchistan province on Monday night, government and police officials said.No damage was caused to the Siddiqui air station in the attack, which was quickly…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s military said Monday it has arrested 13 elite troops accused of involvement in a video showing the torture of an indigenous Papua man believed to be a member of a separatist group.The video that emerged in recent days on social media shows men who appear…

Six more bodies of Rohingya refugees have been found at sea off Indonesia after a boat with more than 150 people aboard capsized last week, local authorities said Monday.The bodies of the six women were found off the coast of Aceh province, search and rescue officials said in a statement.…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian spacecraft with three astronauts successfully docked Monday at the International Space Station.The Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson, Russian Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya of Belarus reached the space outpost after Saturday’s blastoff from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan that followed…

The French interior minister announced multiple nationwide anti-drug crackdowns Monday, reflecting the government’s commitment to show it’s serious about tackling the drug trade and crime in cities ahead of European elections.Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said that police units conducted raids and made several arrests in the northern city of Lille…

Claudia Poblete and Pedro Alejandro Sandoval are two of the 133 “recovered grandchildren” of Argentina.Their biological families found them years after they were abducted as infants during the country’s military dictatorship.Now, years later, they are reflecting on their shared history and sense of identity.Claudia Poblete can’t help it. On certain…

North Korea said Monday that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida offered to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “as soon as possible,” but stressed that prospects for their countries’ first summit in about 20 years would depend on Tokyo tolerating its weapons program and ignoring its past abductions…

Rev. John Sanqiang Cao, a Chinese pastor, said he is unable to get legal documentation after his release from prison.Cao was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison while returning from a missionary trip in Burma.Despite being released, Cao said he faces numerous restrictions and feels like a “second-class”…

Bulgaria’s prime minister-designate, Maria Gabriel, withdrew her nomination on Monday due to failed negotiations between political coalitions.Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov stepped down on March 6, expecting Gabriel to replace him, but the transition failed.The withdrawal came after two weeks of negotiations between GERB-UDF and the reformist coalition led by We…