Auschwitz was liberated 80 years ago. The spotlight is on survivors as their...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The world's focus will be on the remaining survivors of Nazi Germany's atrocities on Monday as world leaders and royalty join them for commemorations on the 80th anniversary of...
View ArticleHamas frees 4 female Israeli soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian...
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Four female Israeli soldiers who were taken in the attack that sparked the war in Gaza returned to Israel on Saturday after Hamas militants paraded them before a crowd of...
View ArticleUN refugee chief calls for more help for Syria as refugees begin to return en...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The United Nations refugee chief said Saturday that some 200,000 refugees have returned to Syria from neighboring countries since the government of Bashar Assad was overthrown...
View ArticleWho are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The release of four female Israeli soldiers from Hamas captivity on Saturday came at a heavy cost for Israel. Israel released 200 Palestinian prisoners, 120 of them serving...
View ArticleInternational peacekeepers killed as fighting rages around eastern Congo's...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Congo has left at least 13 peacekeepers and foreign soldiers dead, United Nations and army officials said Saturday. M23 has made significant...
View ArticleDevastating toll for Gaza's children: Over 13,000 killed and an estimated...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The war in Gaza has been devastating for children: More than 13,000 have been killed, an estimated 25,000 injured, and at least 25,000 hospitalized for malnutrition, according to...
View ArticlePeru's disappeared: Dozens look for relatives lost to violence. A woman who...
AYACUCHO, Perú (AP) — The easiest thing might have been to let go. To refresh the flowers at her husband’s grave and find comfort in retrieving his bones, a milestone in a country where 20,000 people...
View ArticleColombia's disappeared: As a coalition, former enemies now search for loved...
CALI, Colombia (AP) — From time to time, Gustavo Arbeláez faces relatives whose losses were caused by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the powerful guerrilla group he was part of...
View ArticleParaguay's disappeared: A dictator's shadow is a roadblock for justice, but a...
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Despite being ousted in 1989 after a 35-year reign of terror, during which 20,000 people were tortured, executed or disappeared, some Paraguayans feel as if Gen. Alfredo...
View ArticleTakeaways from AP's reporting on the thousands disappeared in Colombia, Peru...
Thousands of people have disappeared in Latin America during decades-long conflicts. Many have never been found, presumed to be the victims of dictatorships, insurgencies or organized crime. The most...
View ArticleAbout 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Around 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said...
View ArticleBelarus frees American woman from detention as strongman leader looks to...
Belarus has “unilaterally” freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday, as the Kremlin-allied country held an orchestrated election poised to give...
View ArticleMiddle East latest: Deal reached to release Israeli hostage and allow...
Mediator Qatar announced early Monday that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza, easing the first major crisis of the...
View ArticleRwanda-backed rebels enter outskirts of strategic city in what Congo calls...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rwanda-backed rebels entered the outskirts of eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, on Sunday, causing what the United Nations called “mass panic” among its 2 million people and...
View ArticleTrump wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza. Here's why...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump's suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was met with a hard “no" Sunday from the two U.S....
View ArticleBelarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old...
View ArticleStudy projects millions of European heat deaths as world warms
Extreme temperatures — mostly heat — are projected to kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe by the end of the century unless countries get better at reducing carbon pollution and adapting to...
View ArticleBelarus opposition and Western leaders reject election result that extends...
Belarus' opposition activists and Western officials on Monday denounced an orchestrated election that extends the more than three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The...
View ArticleTheft in Netherlands of ancient golden helmet leaves Romania distraught
BRUSSELS (AP) — The prize in this art heist is worth more than its gold. To Romania, the ancient helmet is a priceless cultural heirloom. To the Netherlands, it’s a stolen artifact that authorities...
View ArticleThousands flee fighting in Congo as rebels claim they've captured the key...
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Thousands fled the city of Goma on Monday as fighting raged between Congolese forces and rebels backed by neighboring Rwanda, who claimed to have captured eastern Congo’s largest...
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