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AFP :A former Chilean soldier accused of torturing and killing beloved folk singer Victor Jara 50 years ago during the country’s dictatorship was arrested in Florida, officials said Tuesday. Pedro Pablo Barrientos is in...
AFP :Thousands of people gathered on Tuesday for a show of solidarity with Israel in New York, the city with the largest number of Jews in the world outside of the Jewish state. Since...
Reuters :Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman reaffirmed Saudi Arabia’s unwavering support for the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people during a phone conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday (10...
Reuters :The Palestinian group Hamas’s surprise assault on Israel Saturday and Israel’s retaliation have killed more than 1,100 people and focused attention on the Iran-backed Islamist group. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said...
AFP :South Korea, the United States and Japan concluded a joint maritime drill on Tuesday that simulated intercepting North Korean smuggling vessels, Seoul’s navy said. The two-day exercise was the first of its kind...
AFP :More than 187,500 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since Hamas’s surprise assault on Israel on Saturday sparked massive air strikes on the territory, the United Nations said Tuesday. “Displacement has...
Reuters :A wave of water from a burst dam has killed at least 23 people in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde following heavy rains, the army’s rescue unit says. A colonial-era dam gave way on Sunday...
AFP :At least 77 people are confirmed dead in the floods that hit India’s northeast, authorities said Sunday, with destroyed roads and bridges leaving thousands more still cut off despite waters receding. Violent torrents...
Reuters :The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to media reports. Suu Kyi, in detention since the military...
AFP :A bus carrying migrants overturned in southern Mexico on Friday, leaving at least 18 passengers dead and 27 injured, authorities said-the latest fatal road crash involving US-bound migrants. The dead, three of them...
AFP :Train traffic between North Korea and Russia has spiked dramatically following a recent summit between Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, indicating a “likely” transfer of arms, according to a new report by...
AFP :Six suspects in the August assassination of Ecuador presidential candidate and anti-corruption crusader Fernando Villavicencio were killed in prison on Friday, officials said. The SNAI prisons authority initially announced that “an event occurred”...