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Relatives grieve as they wait to collect the bodies of villagers who were killed by suspected rebels as they retreated from Saturday's attack on the Lhubiriha Secondary School, outside the mortuary of the hospital in Bwera, Uganda Sunday, June 18, 2023. Ugandan authorities have recovered the bodies of 41 people including 38 students who were burned, shot or hacked to death after suspected rebels attacked the school in Mpondwe near the border with Congo, according to the local mayor. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)

Ugandan border town prepares to bury victims of rebel massacre that left 42 dead, mostly students

A Ugandan border town is preparing to bury victims of a brutal attack by suspected extremist rebels on a school that left 42 dead, most of them students. Security forces have stepped up patrols along … more

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA | 6/18/23

FILE - Leader of Mali's ruling junta Lt. Col. Assimi Goita, center, attends an independence day military parade in Bamako, Mali on Sept. 22, 2022. Malian voters cast ballots on a new draft constitution Sunday, June 18, 2023, in a referendum that the country's coup leader says will pave the way toward holding new elections in 2024, but that critics have called a delaying tactic. In a message broadcast on state television on the eve of the vote, Col. Assimi Goita told Malians that the proposed draft constitution “provides for a better-organized executive power, while maintaining the necessary balance with the legislative power.”. (AP Photo, File)

Mali's military junta holds referendum on new constitution that it calls a step toward new elections

Malian voters are casting ballots on whether to approve a new constitution. The coup leader in charge of the West African country says that Sunday's referendum is one of the steps toward holding new … more

By BABA AHMED | 6/18/23

FILE - People prepare food in a Khrtoum neighborhood on June 16, 2023. Sudan’s warring parties began a cease-fire Sunday morning, June 18, 2023, after two months of fighting pushed the African nation into chaos. (AP Photo, File)

Sudan begins a cease-fire ahead of a pledging conference to raise funds for humanitarian assistance

Sudan’s warring parties have begun a cease-fire, as two months of fighting pushed the African nation into further chaos. The three-day cease-fire has taken effect Sunday morning. It comes ahead of … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 6/18/23

FILE Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Vyasna rights group, sits in a defendants' cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, on Thursday Jan. 5, 2023. For nearly three years, a harsh crackdown on dissent in Belarus by its authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has filled the country’s penal colonies with thousands of political prisoners, with new arrests reported daily. At the same time, a government campaign has gotten rid of many independent lawyers, making it difficult for the detainees to mount any kind of legal defense. (Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File)

Belarus crackdown targets not just political activists but also their lawyers

For nearly three years, a harsh crackdown on dissent in Belarus by its authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has filled the country’s penal colonies with thousands of political prisoners, with … more

By YURAS KARMANAU | 6/18/23

Team members of ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) glaciologist and head of the Swiss measurement network 'Glamos', Matthias Huss, drill holes into the Rhone Glacier to take measurements near Goms, Switzerland, Friday, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Swiss vote on climate bill as Alpine nation's iconic glaciers succumb to warming

Swiss voters are going to the polls to decide on a bill aimed at introducing new climate measures to sharply curb the rich Alpine nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. The referendum was sparked by a … more

6/18/23

Israeli police examine the crime scene where a gunman opened fire at a car wash in Yafa an-Naseriyye, near Nazareth, Israel, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Five people were killed in the shooting, the latest in a wave of criminal violence tearing through the country's Palestinian communities. More than 100 people have been killed in violent crime in Arab communities since the start of this year, more than three times higher than at the same time last year. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Violent crime within Israel's Palestinian minority reaches new heights under Netanyahu's government

A relentless wave of violent crime among Israel’s Palestinian minority is turning cities and towns into bloody battlefields and exasperating the community. Anger over the mounting insecurity is … more

By TIA GOLDENBERG | 6/18/23

Afghans walk at a tourist resort where they are accommodated, in Shengjin, 70 kilometer (44 mile) northwest of the capital, Tirana, Albania, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Hundreds of Afghans are languishing in Albania, waiting for the U.S. visas they were promised, almost two years after fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country. For many, it's an emotional roller coaster. (AP Photo/Llazar Semini)

After escaping the Taliban, hundreds of Afghans languish in Albania in a prolonged US visa process

Hundreds of Afghans are languishing in Albania, waiting for the U.S. visas they were promised, almost two years after fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country. For many, it's an emotional roller … more

By LLAZAR SEMINI | 6/18/23

A woman who was declared dead before her relatives noticed she was moving in the middle of her wake was being treated on Monday at a hospital in Ecuador. (June 12)

Ecuadorean woman who revived during her wake is dead after a week in intensive care at a hospital

A 76-year-old woman who had been declared dead and surprised her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake earlier this month has died after seven days in intensive care. Bella Montoya's … more

6/17/23

FILE - Pope Francis is flanked by Jesuits' superior general Arturo Sosa Abascal, left, after presiding a mass on March 12, 2022. Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order said Thursday, June 15, 2023 it has expelled a prominent Slovenian priest from the congregation following allegations of sexual, spiritual and psychological abuses against adult women. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, File)

Supporter defends expelled Jesuit priest against 'lynching', says abuse claims unproven

The head of a religious art and culture center founded by a disgraced Jesuit priest has come to his defense. The director of the Aletti Center in Rome says the claims against the Rev. Marko Ivan … more

By NICOLE WINFIELD | 6/17/23

People prepare food in a Khrtoum neighborhood Friday, June 16, 2023. Sudan had plunged into chaos since mid-April when monthslong tensions between the military and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere across the northeastern African nation. (AP Photo)

Sudan officials say airstrike kills 17, including 5 children, in capital Khartoum

Sudanese health officials say an airstrike in Sudan’s capital Khartoum has killed at least 17 people, including five children as fighting continued between rival generals seeking to control the … more

By SAMY MAGDY | 6/17/23

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken waves before boarding a plane for his travel to China, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, June 16, 2023. (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken set for high-stakes China visit with tensions rising and breakthrough prospects low

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has embarked on a high-stakes diplomatic trip to China to try to cool exploding tensions between the powers that have set many around the world on edge. Yet … more

By MATTHEW LEE | 6/17/23

A cyclist rides past an uprooted tree following heavy winds and incessant rains after landfall of cyclone Biparjoy at Mandvi in Kutch district of Western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, June 16, 2023. Cyclone Biparjoy knocked out power and threw shipping containers into the sea in western India on Friday before aiming its lashing winds and rain at part of Pakistan that suffered devastating floods last year. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Thousands in western India relief camps begin returning home as Cyclone Biparjoy recedes

Over 100,000 people who sheltered from Cyclone Biparjoy in relief camps in western India have begun to return home after the storm weakened and headed toward Pakistan. In the coastal village of … more

By AJIT SOLANKI | 6/17/23

FILE - A gay Ugandan man covers himself with a pride flag as he poses for a photograph in Uganda on March 25, 2023. Washington is imposing visa restrictions for some targeted Ugandans accused of "undermining the democratic process" after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country, a statement said Friday, June 16, 2023. (AP Photo, File)

US imposes visa restrictions for some Ugandans following adoption of anti-gay law

Washington is imposing visa restrictions for Ugandans it accuses of “undermining the democratic process” after the enactment of an anti-gay law in the East African country. A statement Friday … more

6/17/23

A volunteer carries a woman as she is evacuated from a flooded Kardashynka village of the left bank Dnipro river, in Kherson, Ukraine, Friday, June 9, 2023. Many small boats carrying volunteers and Ukrainian soldiers have shuttled across from Ukrainian-held areas on the west bank to rescue desperate civilians stuck on rooftops, in attics and in other areas amid the deluge.(AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Rescuers are braving snipers and racing time to ferry Ukrainians out of Russian-occupied flood zones

Massive flooding from the destruction of a huge dam has devastated towns along the lower Dnieper River in Ukraine and forced many civilians to flee to rooftops, attics and higher ground. Ukrainian … more

By SAMYA KULLAB, EVGENIY MALOLETKA and SAM MCNEIL | 6/17/23

A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, bottom right, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 17, 2023. With leader Kim in attendance, North Korea opened a key political conference to discuss improving its struggling economy and reviewing defense strategies in the face of growing tensions with rivals, according to state media reports Saturday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea opens key party meeting to tackle its struggling economy and talk defense strategies

With leader Kim Jong Un in attendance, North Korea has opened a key political conference to discuss improving its struggling economy and reviewing defense strategies in the face of growing tensions … more

By KIM TONG-HYUNG | 6/16/23

A pot of flowers marks an area where a bus carrying seniors to a casino ended up after colliding with a semi-trailer truck and burning on Thursday on the edge of the Trans-Canada Highway near Carberry, Manitoba, Friday, June 16, 2023. Police said 15 people were killed and 10 more were sent to hospital. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

6 seniors critically injured in Canada bus crash that killed 15

Canadian health officials say six of 10 seniors who survived a bus crash in Canada that killed 15 were listed in critical condition in hospital. The remaining four were also in hospital, with most … more

6/16/23

FILE - Central American migrants walk in the late afternoon as they leave Mexicali, Mexico, Nov. 20, 2018, on their way to Tijuana. The U.S. Treasury on June 16, 2023 announced sanctions on the Mexico-based migrant-trafficking gang known as the Hernandez Salas organization, based in Mexicali, that supplied asylum seekers with false papers to game the process since at least 2018, according to the Treasury Department. The gang then smuggled the migrants into the U.S. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

US announces sanctions on Mexican migrant-trafficking gang

The United States Treasury has announced sanctions on a Mexico-based migrant-trafficking gang that supplied asylum seekers with false papers to game the process. Known as the Hernandez Salas … more

6/16/23

Japanese lawmakers stand as they approve an amended criminal law at the upper house in Tokyo Friday, June 16, 2023. Japan's Parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13. (Kyodo News via AP)

Japan raises the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, which was among the world's lowest

Japan’s parliament has raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13, a limit which had remained unchanged for more than a century and was among the world’s lowest, amid calls for greater … more

By MARI YAMAGUCHI | 6/16/23

American Pastor Kenton Moody, left, walks arm in arm with a young man who was in prison for belonging to a gang, during a break on the grounds of the “Vida Libre” or “free life,” rehabilitation center, in Santa Ana, El Salvador, Saturday, April 29, 2023. The gang rehabilitation program was founded in El Salvador in 2021 by Moody. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador's crackdown on gangs

Over the past 15 months, El Salvador’s security forces have jailed tens of thousands of people in a massive crackdown on the country’s notorious gangs. Some evangelical pastors have taken on the … more

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ | 6/16/23

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron, Friday, June 16, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Emmanuel Macron as part of an official visit, during which he will also participate in a global financing summit aimed at fighting poverty and climate change. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Poverty, climate, regional stability on agenda as Saudi crown prince visits France

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The French presidency said the talks on Friday would focus on bilateral relations between the two … more

By SYLVIE CORBET | 6/16/23