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FILE - Men who were detained under a state of emergency arrive at a detention center, transported there by National Police in a cargo truck, in Soyapango, El Salvador, Oct. 7, 2022. The international organization Human Rights Watch says it has official data on violations of due process, extreme overcrowding in prisons and deaths of people in the custody of the authorities during the country's state of emergency. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File)

Rights group: leaked El Salvador data confirm abuses

Human Rights Watch says it has obtained a database leaked from the government of El Salvador that corroborates massive due process violations, severe prison overcrowding and deaths in custody under … more

By MARCOS ALEMÁN | 1/27/23

French and Dutch Foreign Ministers Catherine Colonna, right, and Wopke Hoekstra, left, speak to Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu after signing the Bucharest Declaration on Foreign and Security cooperation between Romania, the French Republic and the Netherlands, at the Romanian foreign ministry in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

In Romania, French, Dutch FMs sign agreement to boost ties

The foreign ministers of France and the Netherlands paid an official visit to Romania on Friday where they visited a NATO battlegroup, and later signed an agreement to strengthen ties between the … more

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FILE - Police officers stand guard as other officers in yellow vests walk back at the cordoned off area next to the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022 following reports of a blast at the Ukrainian embassy. Spain’s National Court said Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, it had charged a 74-year-old retired man with terrorism after he allegedly sent six letters containing explosive material to Spain’s prime minister and the U.S. and Ukrainian embassies in the country. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Spanish court charges letter bomb suspect with terrorism

Spain's National Court says it has charged a 74-year-old retired man with terrorism for allegedly sending six letters containing explosive material to Spain’s prime minister and the U.S. and … more

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An Imam recites from the Quran, Islam's holy book, during a demonstration outside the Swedish embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Outrage over a Quran-burning by a Danish-Swedish anti-Islam politician in Stockholm on Saturday caused protests in Turkey, reflecting tensions between the two countries. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

Turkey summons Danish envoy over Quran-burning protest

Turkey has summoned the Danish ambassador over reports that an anti-Islam activist will be allowed to burn the Quran during a series of protests in Copenhagen. Far-right activist Rasmus Paludan, who … more

By SUZAN FRASER | 1/27/23

Arhuaco Indigenous siblings, twins Irene, left, Alba, 16, and Sebastian, 30, center, sit in front of their home in Nabusimake on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. The twins attend school and during their off time they help with the family´s sheep. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Colombia's Arhuacos strive for harmony with Mother Nature

NABUSIMAKE, Colombia (AP) — The Arhuaco people in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta have fended off incursions by Capuchin missionaries and by the illegal armed groups of Colombia's long civil … more

By IVÁN VALENCIA | 1/27/23

Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami chant slogans during a protest against the burning of Quran, a Muslim holy book, by a Danish anti-islam activist, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Protests against Quran burning held across the Middle East

Angry protesters in several Middle Eastern countries have gathered to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands. Friday's protests in … more

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Nikolai Romanov, a former monk known as Father Sergiy until he was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church, baptizes those present in the hall from behind a glass cage during his trial in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. The monk, who denied that the coronavirus existed and challenged the Kremlin, was handed a new prison sentence Friday on charges of inciting hatred. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russian coronavirus-denying ex-monk sentenced to 7 years

A coronavirus-denying former Russian Orthodox monk has been given a seven-year sentence on charges of inciting hatred. Nikolai Romanov, who was known as Father Sergiy until his excommunication by the … more

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV | 1/27/23

FILE - Syrians walk through destruction in the town of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, Syria, Monday, April 16, 2018. A report published Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, by a team from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established there are “reasonable grounds to believe” Syria's air force dropped two cylinders containing chlorine gas on the city of Douma in April 2018, killing 43 people. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Watchdog blames Syria's air force for deadly chlorine attack

An investigation by the global chemical weapons watchdog established there are “reasonable grounds to believe” Syria’s air force dropped two cylinders containing chlorine gas on the city of … more

By MIKE CORDER | 1/27/23

People gather outside of the Azerbaijan Embassy after an attack there in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Friday, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding two guards, authorities said. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Gunman kills security chief at Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran

A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle has attacked the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran’s capital, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding two guards. That’s according to … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 1/27/23

An orthodox Jew walks past the portraits of victims at the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp in the final months of World War II, amid horror that yet another war has shattered the peace in Europe. The camp was liberated by Soviet troops on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)

Auschwitz anniversary marked as peace again shattered by war

Survivors of Auschwitz-Birkenau are gathering to commemorate the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp amid horror that yet another war has shattered peace in Europe. The … more

By VANESSA GERA | 1/27/23

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