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A second passenger train derails in England in 2 days

LONDON (AP) — A passenger train derailed near London on Friday, British Transport Police said, the secon...

Palestinians besieged in West Bank village fear Israeli settlers will seize their homes

QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — From inside his home in the West Bank town of Qusra, Qusai Abu Rida watched...

Vote counting suspended then restarted in Zambia election after attacks at polling stations

LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended Friday and then...

Russian drones kill a woman and 9-year-old son at home as Ukrainian civilian casualties surge

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian jet-powered drones struck a home in northern Ukraine on Friday, killing...

Afghanistan marks 5 years under the Taliban with safer streets but pleas for jobs and education

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — As Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers mark five years since sweeping back to power...

US missionary kidnapped in Niger is released after 9 months in captivity, his organization says

NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released,...

Reform UK's Nigel Farage beats a slate of fringe candidates in election boycotted by major parties

CLACTON-ON-SEA, England (AP) — Nigel Farage regained his seat in Parliament on Friday, beating a field...

Tunnel collapses at an Indian hydropower project, killing at least 7

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A tunnel under construction at a hydropower project in India’s northern hill stat...

Record-breaking rain floods Chiba east of Tokyo, killing at least 5 people

TOKYO (AP) — Record-breaking rainfall flooded cities east of Tokyo overnight, killing at least five...

North Korea slams US-South Korea military drills and threatens strong response

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday threatened unspecified stern steps against the United...

Families mourn victims of Zimbabwe ferry disaster as death toll rises to 46

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Mourners gathered in a Zimbabwe fishing town Thursday to bid farewell to dozens...

Cuba marks Fidel Castro’s 100th birthday as his shadow still shapes a nation in crisis

HAVANA (AP) — Fidel Castro would have turned 100 on Thursday, and his long shadow continues to loom...

Rescuers call for silence around earthquake rubble as window for survival narrows in Colombia

CALI, Colombia (AP) — With arms raised and fists clenched, rescuers in Colombia called for silence...

Crew of Yemeni vessel recount their chaotic rescue after Houthis' deadly attack

MOKHA, Yemen (AP) — Crew members of a Yemeni commercial ship who survived a deadly attack by Houthi...

Explosion at Dutch port of Rotterdam leaves 1 dead, several injured

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — An explosion at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Thursday killed at least...

Putin's first trip to the Pacific island chain claimed by Japan draws a protest from Tokyo

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday made his first visit to the Kuril Islands,...

Iran-backed Houthis clash with Yemeni forces and other Mideast developments

Clashes between Iran-backed Houthi rebels and government forces in Yemen raged overnight and into Thursday,...

Israeli settlers' siege of Palestinian homes draws a sharp US rebuke

QUSRA, West Bank (AP) — For five nights, Israeli settlers surrounded three Palestinian homes on the...

Canadian wildfire that forced 20,000 to flee may signal ‘new normal’

PENTICTON, British Columbia (AP) — A wildfire that forced more than 20,000 people from their homes i...

A punishing European drought shrivels crops from Dutch potatoes to Bosnian corn

WOLPHAARTSDIJK, Netherlands (AP) — A cloud of dust billows behind Maarten Janse’s tractor as he spreads...

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