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North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South’s government said Thursday, as it …
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By KIM TONG-HYUNG
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2/12/25
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Congo’s largest church organizations have met with Rwanda-backed rebels in the country’s east to advocate for peace and dialogue after weekslong fighting. The meeting Wednesday comes weeks after …
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By RUTH ALONGA
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2/12/25
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The man appointed by the Canadian government to help stop fentanyl from entering the United States says his goal is to totally eliminate the drug crossing the border. “Getting the number to zero is …
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By JIM MORRIS
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2/12/25
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A fire in a factory that produces costumes for the carnival in Rio de Janeiro has left 10 people hospitalized, health authorities said. The blaze on Wednesday cast a shadow over preparations for what …
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By DIARLEI RODRIGUES and ELÉONORE HUGHES
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2/12/25
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The two main candidates vying for Ecuador’s presidency never campaigned in Cochapamba. Their faces are nowhere to be seen in this remote Indigenous community in the Ecuadorian highlands. Yet, their …
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By SARA ESPAÑA
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2/12/25
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Families and activists in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, have protested over the government’s closure of a critical unit at the main public hospital following two sudden …
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By JEAN-FERNAND KOENA
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2/12/25
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Syria’s relations with Iran and Russia remain an open wound for its people after the nations backed autocratic President Bashar Assad during its long war. That's according to comments from the …
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By JON GAMBRELL
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2/12/25
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Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kickl says his talks on forming a coalition government with a conservative party have collapsed. Austria’s president gave Kickl a mandate to try to form a new …
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By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN
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2/12/25
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is hosting Alice Weidel, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's candidate for chancellor, a rare meeting between a European leader and Germany’s far-right …
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By JUSTIN SPIKE
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2/12/25
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Rights groups say that behind U.S. President Donald Trump's vows to turn Gaza into a “Riviera of the Middle East” lies a plan to forcibly drive a population from its land. They warn that could be …
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By LEE KEATH
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2/12/25
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The U.N. human rights office estimates that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over six weeks last summer in a crackdown on student-led protests against the now-ousted former prime …
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2/12/25
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Philippine government investigators have filed criminal complaints including sedition against Vice President Sara Duterte over her public threat to have the president assassinated if she herself was …
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By JIM GOMEZ
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2/12/25
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Families of the hostages in Gaza are struggling to maintain hope as the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas seems increasingly at risk of falling apart. Hamas says it won't free three hostages …
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By MELANIE LIDMAN
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2/12/25
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Amnesty International has released a report that details the impact gang violence has had on children across Haiti and called for immediate action. It said children are forced to carry weapons, spy …
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2/12/25
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In a desolate makeshift camp on the fringes of Somalia’s capital, tens of thousands of internally displaced people sit under the baking sun not sure if they can have access to food rations and …
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By OMAR FARUK
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2/11/25
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VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Months after devastating flash floods carved a muddy scar through Valencia, an effort to save some of what was lost continues apace.
More than 220 people were killed last …
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By BERNAT ARMANGUE and SUMAN NAISHADHAM
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2/11/25
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The U.N. food agency says one of its staffers detained last month by Houthi rebels in Yemen has died in prison. The World Food Program said Tuesday the worker was one of seven staffers detained by …
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By SAMY MAGDY
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2/11/25
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Iraq's top court throws out challenge to new laws, including one increasing Islamic courts authority
Iraq’s top court has thrown out a legal challenge that had temporarily halted three controversial laws passed last month by the country’s parliament. The measures include an amendment to the …
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By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA
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2/11/25
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The U.N. says more than 110,000 displaced people have in recent days left settlement camps in eastern Congo’s cities controlled by Rwanda-backed rebels after the rebels were accused of forced camp …
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By CHINEDU ASADU and JUSTIN KABUMBA
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2/11/25
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Hours before dawn, Julio Arrivillaga and Catalina Pérez Molina boarded a bus with other residents in the center of the humble village of Santo Domingo Los Ocotes in Guatemala for what should have …
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By SONIA PÉREZ D.
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2/11/25
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