CAIRO – Egypt’s health ministry says 11 more bodies have been retrieved from the Nile River, bringing the death toll…
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Spain urges Syrian government to help locate 3 missing journalists
Spain said Wednesday that it is trying to establish what happened to three Spanish freelance journalists who went missing around…
Read More7 people arrested in jailbreak of drug lord ‘El Chapo,’ Mexican official says
MEXICO CITY – A Mexican federal official said Friday that seven people who were being questioned in the jailbreak of…
Read MoreAbout 1,000 evacuees in western Canada allowed to return home as fires continue to rage
PINEHOUSE, Saskatchewan – Saskatchewan’s premiere says about 1,000 fire evacuees from the western Canadian province are being allowed to go…
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch says Syria’s main Kurdish militia is still using child soldiers
BEIRUT – An international human rights group says Syria’s main Kurdish militia is still violating the ban on child soldiers,…
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Smoke from wildfires may trigger heart issues
Air pollution from wildfires may trigger heart attacks, cardiac arrest or other heart disease symptoms, Australian researchers say. “Finer particulate…
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Activists urge US states to pass laws banning female genital mutilation
Rights activists have called on all U.S. states to adopt laws banning female genital mutilation (FGM), one year after the…
Read MoreUN says civilian death toll in Yemen rises above 1,600, with 142 people killed in past 10 days
BERLIN – The United Nations says at least 142 civilians have been killed in Yemen over the past 10 days,…
Read MorePope says he wasn’t offended by ‘Communist crucifix’ given by Bolivia’s Morales
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE – Pope Francis says he wasn’t offended by the “Communist crucifix” given to him by Bolivian…
Read MoreScottish woman who spent 3 days in crashed car after police fail to respond dies in a hospital
LONDON – A 25-year-old Scottish woman who lay injured in her crashed car for three days because police failed to…
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