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Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno sentenced to 5 years for corruption
Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno has been sentenced to prison for accepting bribes from the Chinese company Sinohydro
Flood rescue enters fourth day in Nepal-China border as weather hampers air operations
Poor weather hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal as the search for hundreds of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered its fourth day
Trump's Greenland threats cast a shadow on Iceland's vote on whether to trigger EU membership talks
Voters in Iceland are heading to the polls to decide whether the country should resume long-stalled negotiations on becoming a member of the European Union and they are doing so in the shadow of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats on nearby Greenland
Serbia's president criticizes UN court for not releasing war criminal Mladic to die at home
Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic has accused a U.N. court of “uncivilized behavior” for denying early release to former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic
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4 men plead guilty to torching 4 London-based ambulances operated by Jewish charity
Four men have pleaded guilty to destroying four Jewish community ambulances in an arson attack in north London earlier this year that many said was a direct result of the start of the Iran war
UN agency warns of 17,000 children in urgent need of assistance as aid reaches some Nepal survivors
Aid has begun to reach survivors of the catastrophic flash floods that swept through the mountainous border region between Nepal and China
Eswatini receives 2 more US deportees under a controversial third-country deal
Two migrants deported from the U.S. have arrived in Eswatini under a controversial agreement between the two countries
Norway's crown prince becomes King Haakon VIII after his father's death
Norway has a new king
Oyo Nyimba, Ugandan 'boy king' who mesmerized world leaders, dies at 34
A tribal monarch in Uganda who ascended his ancient throne as an infant and fascinated world leaders as a boy king has died
Drone strikes kill 8 civilians in Sudan’s North Kordofan, group says
A rights group reports that drone strikes have killed eight civilians and wounded dozens in Sudan's Kordofan region
Russian drones batter Ukraine's Kyiv region, hitting apartments and warehouses for a second day
Russian forces have resumed drone attacks on Ukraine’s Kyiv region, hitting numerous buildings and storage depots
A Dutch court convicts a Rwandan man over his home country's 1994 genocide, sentences him to life
A Dutch court has convicted a Rwandan man of participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and sentenced him to life imprisonment
Norway’s King Harald V dies at 89 and his son becomes king
King Harald V of Norway has died at 89
US defense review presses NATO allies to prove they are taking the lead in Europe
The Pentagon is pressing NATO allies to show how they're upping their defense of Europe as the U.S. focuses on security challenges elsewhere
Mauritania intercepts a migrant boat with 161 aboard, including 17 children
Mauritania says it intercepted a boat carrying 161 migrants trying to reach Europe
Zambia opposition leader sought refuge following disputed elections. Now he's accused of treason
Zambia's main opposition leader has been arrested on allegations of treason following a troubled election two weeks ago
Quebec’s governing party names Trump its ‘real adversary’ as election begins
Quebec’s governing party has opened the provincial election campaign by casting U_S_ President Donald Trump as its “real adversary.”
US, South Korea and Japan to hold trilateral drill as North Korea ramps up pressure on US
Seoul says South Korea, the U.S. and Japan will go ahead with a trilateral military drill next month to better deal with North Korean nuclear threats
A theater is reimagining Homer’s Odyssey through the agony of Ukraine’s war
A new production of the “The Odyssey” in wartime Kyiv reimagines Homer’s epic through the experience of modern Ukraine
Regional powers seek off-ramp from Iran war, and other Middle East developments
Qatar and other regional powers are seeking an off-ramp from the U.S. war
Haitians demand answers from police after gangs kill 47, kidnap more than 50
Haiti’s National Police is coming under fire as a growing number of people question why authorities failed to prevent a recent gang attack in which 47 people were killed and more than 50 kidnapped
Justice Department charges more than 80 people in Puerto Rico gang takedown
The U.S. Justice Department has charged over 80 people in the takedown of a violent Puerto Rican gang
A fire at a gas and chemical plant in Russia's Far East has killed 15
Fifteen people have been killed in a blaze at the Amur Gas Chemical Complex in Russia’s Far East, the company that runs the plant said
Parents and teachers in Congo urge delay of school resumption as Ebola outbreak rages on
Teachers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak are calling for a delayed reopening of schools due to the ongoing Ebola outbreak
Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies in prison at 84
Ratko Mladic, the notorious Bosnian Serb general, has died at 84 while serving a life sentence for war crimes
Ratko Mladic, ex-Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities in Bosnia, dies in prison at 84
Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general responsible for atrocities during the 1990s Bosnian war, has died in a U.N. prison hospital at age 84
Catastrophic floods kill over 350 in Nepal and Tibet, with more than 1,300 missing
Rescue teams are searching for hundreds of missing people along the Nepal-China border after a deadly torrent of water and mud swept through communities following a glacier collapse
From troubled hearts to lost keys, Greeks bake cakes for a wish-granting saint
Saint Fanourios, the Orthodox Christian patron saint of lost things, is honored each Aug. 27 with prayers and traditional orange-flavored cake
Britons get the chance to read Jason Arday’s story for themselves as memoir is published in the UK
Britons who saw Professor Jason Arday’s life and death dissected by weeks of headlines covering allegations about his academic qualifications and personal accomplishments can now read his version of the story