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Death toll in mine collapse in Central African Republic rises to more than 100

BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — The death toll from a gold mine collapse in a western part...

Safari helicopter crashes in northern Kenya, killing 7 people, including 5 Americans

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A safari helicopter crashed Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya...

Brazilian police say at least 23 killed in minibus and truck crash

SAO PAULO (AP) — A minibus and a truck collided head-on in the southern Brazilian state of Parana,...

Israel's deadly Gaza strikes cast doubt on ceasefire progress days after Kushner visit

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Deadly airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday cast more doubt on whether ne...

Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian paramedics

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military on Wednesday announced its first criminal investigations into troop...

Israel's military to investigate Gaza attacks, and other major developments in the Middle East

The Israeli military said Wednesday it will conduct criminal investigations into the killings of a 5-year-ol...

Queen Camilla wished she could share king's diagnosis during a visit to cancer charity

LONDON (AP) — Britain's Queen Camilla has said she knew about her husband’s cancer diagnosis days before...

ICC slams US decision to sanction the court's president and a senior prosecution lawyer

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest U.S....

Congo’s Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts at unprecedented speed

BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The Ebola outbreak in Congo has reached 5,000 cases, government data showed Wednesday,...

Zelenskyy fires a top aide amid a graft probe as Ukraine's ex-defense minister demands elections

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired one of his most senior officials...

Jason Arday's death sparks UK debate over academic rigor, racism after media 'frenzy'

LONDON (AP) — In 2012, a smiling Jason Arday was photographed by the British press carrying the Olympic...

In Israel, military service debate spotlights ultra-Orthodox Jews and their growing clout

JERUSALEM (AP) — Ultra-Orthodox Jewish families are an unmissable facet of Israeli life. Immediately...

Fractured opposition battles Nigeria's Tinubu as presidential campaigns begin

Nigeria on Wednesday kicked off campaigns for the presidential election scheduled in January, with...

Once shaped by court rituals, China’s imperial cuisine lives on today

BEIJING (AP) — It is said that Empress Dowager Cixi once dreamed of a pastry during the final decades...

North Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday that a U.S. decision to scale back military exercises...

Turkey's Erdogan signs law offering conditional pardon for thousands of PKK militants

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed into law a measure that would...

Japan and OAS award Haiti $3M to help troubled country prepare for long-awaited elections

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Japan and the Organization of American States signed a deal Tuesday t...

UN watchdog excavates suspected Syrian nuclear site as Damascus pledges safeguards

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Inspectors with the United Nations' nuclear watchdog have begun excavating at...

Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he's unhappy with country's deal with Iran, officials say

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman because he is unhappy the country...

Drills cut by Trump are central to the US-South Korea alliance, observers say

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — For decades, the United States and South Korea have regularly staged military...

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