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AP PHOTOS: The path of destruction from Japan’s earthquakes
Back-to-back deadly earthquakes on successive nights near the city of Kumamoto in southern Japan have toppled buildings and triggered landslides.

Iran calls for US to ease banking restrictions
Iran says it will pressure the United States to ease its access to non-American banks as part of last year’s landmark nuclear deal.

Death toll from Canary Islands building collapse climbs to 6
Spanish officials say another body has been found in the rubble of a four-story apartment building that collapsed in a popular Canary Island tourist destination, raising the death toll from the incident to six.

How Brazil’s impeachment process works
President Dilma Rousseff faces an impeachment vote in the Chamber of Deputies on Sunday, the first step toward a trial.

Brazilians ask: Does Brazil’s vice president want the top job a bit too much?
Days before a vote to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, Michel Temer has signaled he thinks her office is already is.

A British politician says Barack Obama is the most anti-British president ever
Obama’s comments about E.U. draw ire from the British right.

As oil output falls, Libya is on the verge of economic collapse
New unity government has made resurrecting the oil industry a priority. But militias might stand in its way.

France’s Hollande is so unpopular that his own party may not support him
Many see the president as a traitor who moved to the right after November’s terror attacks.

Thousands mark 2nd anniversary of S. Korean ferry disaster
Thousands of South Koreans on Saturday participated in memorial events nationwide for the more than 300 people who died in a ferry disaster two years ago that deeply rattled the country.

Taiwan to send delegation to China to discuss deportations
Taiwan plans to dispatch officials to Beijing as early as Monday to discuss the deportation of Taiwanese fraud suspects from Kenya to China that has stirred outrage on the self-ruled island.

The Latest: Tsipras says pope’s visit to Lesbos is historic
The Latest on Pope Francis’ visit to the Greek island of Lesbos (all times local):

Pope Francis arrives on Lesbos in visit intended to prick Europe’s conscience
The provocative visit is designed to call attention to Europe’s treatment of refugees.

Japan official says death toll rises to 19 in 2nd quake, bringing total in 2 quakes to 29
Japan official says death toll rises to 19 in 2nd quake, bringing total in 2 quakes to 29.

Twin quakes kills at least 29 in south Japan; many trapped
Two powerful earthquakes a day apart shook southwestern Japan, killing at least 29 people, injuring 1,500, trapping many beneath flattened homes and sending thousands to seek shelter in gymnasiums and hotel lobbies.

Rival camps reflect Brazil’s divide amid impeachment
Separated by only a boulevard, two rival camps of demonstrators in Brazil’s capital underscore the sharp ideological divide that is playing out in Congress as lawmakers debate whether to oust the president.

At the Vatican, Sanders blasts ‘immoral’ wealth inequality
Bernie Sanders issued a global call to action at the Vatican on Friday to address “immoral and unsustainable” wealth inequality and poverty, using the high-profile gathering to echo one of the central platforms of his presidential campaign.

Pope makes provocative trip to Greece as EU deports migrants
Pope Francis is known for his symbolic gestures, but even by Franciscan standards, his visit to a Greek refugee detention center as the European Union implements a controversial deportation plan is as provocative as any he has undertaken.

Chinese police release lawyer detained over social media post
Ge Yongxi, a civil rights defense lawyer, had posted an edited image mocking China’s president after his brother-in-law was named in the Panama Papers.

US bars government employees from traveling to Acapulco
The U.S. government on Friday barred its employees from traveling to the Mexican resort city of Acapulco, where a rise in homicides attributed to drug gangs has made it one of the world’s deadliest cities in recent years.

The Latest: Fresh quake magnitude-5.4 strikes south Japan
The Latest on earthquakes in Japan (all times local):

US: North Korean missile launch a ‘catastrophic’ failure
A North Korea missile launch meant to celebrate the birthday of the country’s founder ended in failure, U.S. defense officials said, an embarrassing setback in what was reportedly the inaugural test of a new, powerful mid-range missile.

Tiger countries agree to preserve big-cat habitats
Countries with wild tiger populations have agreed to do more to protect tiger habitats that are shrinking drastically because of deforestation and urban sprawl, conservationists said Friday.

Woman in Mexican torture video in prison on weapons charge
A woman seen being tortured by two soldiers and a federal police officer in a widely circulated video has been in prison for more than a year on weapons charges, two federal security officials said Friday.

4 Indonesians kidnapped by pirates, vessels hijacked
Indonesia says four of its nationals have been kidnapped and another shot in the hijacking of a tugboat and barge in the waters near the border with Malaysia and the Philippines.

US Coast Guard seizes $33M worth of coke in Caribbean waters
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has seized $33 million worth of cocaine in international waters south of the Dominican Republic.

UN envoy says peace in Yemen has never been so close
The U.N. special envoy for Yemen who will be leading peace talks next week between the government and Shiite rebels said Friday that peace has never been as close as it is today.

Guatemalan ex-president linked to new scandal
Former Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina and his then-vice president led a criminal organization that collected at least $30 million in bribes to award a contract to build a port terminal, the country’s attorney general and an international anti-corruption commission announced Friday.

Egypt protests after el-Sissi gives islands to Saudi Arabia
Thousands take to the streets, calling for the government’s downfall.

US bars government employees from traveling to Acapulco
The U.S. government is barring employees from traveling to the Mexican resort city of Acapulco, where a rise in homicides has made it one of the world’s deadliest cities in recent years.

UN says record 155 countries to sign climate agreement
A record 155 countries will sign the landmark agreement to tackle climate change at a ceremony at U.N. headquarters on April 22, the United Nations said Friday.

AP Explains: Why Brazilian president faces impeachment
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is facing possible impeachment by Congress, with the lower Chamber of Deputies expected to vote on the measure on Sunday. The effort comes amid an angry public mood over the South American nation’s worst recession in decades and a big bribery scandal at the state oil company Petrobras, yet it is not tied to either of those. AP explains what’s behind the movement to oust her, and how it could play out:

Hungary buries remains of Holocaust victims found in Danube
Human remains found in 2011, including many believed to be of Jews shot on the banks of the Danube River near the end of World War II, were buried Friday in a Jewish cemetery in Budapest.

The Latest: Syria gov’t says talks with UN envoy ‘fruitful’
The Latest on the conflict in Syria as a new round of peace talks begins in Geneva (all times local):

Pakistani religious group demands execution of blasphemers
A Pakistani religious group is demanding the immediate execution of a Christian woman on death row and all others convicted under the country’s harsh blasphemy law.

North Korean state media says Billy Graham thought Kim Il Sung was ‘God’
Representatives of Graham are bewildered by the alleged quotes.

Outraged Egyptians protest deal that gave islands to Saudi Arabia
Egyptian say the say the uninhabited islands belong to their country.

ISIS singled out these American Muslims. So did this Ted Cruz adviser.
Both Frank Gaffney and the Islamic State dislike Huma Abedin.

Pope Francis to lay down a moral challenge for Europe in visit to refugee island
The visit will put in stark relief the continent’s decision to send migrants back across the sea.

Morales again raises eyebrows with papal gift
Bolivian President Evo Morales has again raised eyebrows with an unusual gift for Pope Francis: books about the health benefits of coca leaves.

Polish leader hails shift to Christianity 1,050 years ago
Poland’s president is leading formal celebrations marking the 1,050th anniversary of Christianity in Poland with a speech declaring the baptism of Poland’s first king as the most important historical event in the nation’s history.

London subway ‘Mind the Gap’ announcer Phil Sayer dies at 62
Millions know his voice. Few knew his name.