DOUANKARA, Mauritania — The girl lay in a makeshift health clinic, her eyes glazed over and her mouth open, flies resting on her lips. Her chest barely moved. Drops of fevered sweat trickled down her forehead as medical workers hurried around…
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Women fleeing Mali’s conflict say they were sexually assaulted but silence hides many more
DOUANKARA, Mauritania (AP) — The girl lay in a makeshift health clinic, her eyes glazed over and her mouth open, flies resting on her lips. Her chest barely moved. Drops of fevered sweat trickled down her forehead as medical workers hurried…
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European anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies increase
LONDON (AP) — In the past year, tens of thousands hostile to immigrants marched through London chanting “send them home!” A British lawmaker complained of seeing too many non-white faces on TV. And…
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Jimmy Lai, former pro-democracy newspaper founder, to hear verdict in national security case
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court will deliver its verdict on Monday in the trial of former pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, who’s charged with conspiracies to commit sedition and collusion with foreign forces in a case that marks how much the…
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Chileans choose between rightwinger and communist in presidential vote
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Chileans are expected to elect a conservative hardliner over a communist candidate in a presidential run-off on Sunday,…
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Drone attack kills 6 UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh – DW – 12/14/2025
Six United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh were killed and eight more were wounded in a drone attack on a UN base in Sudan on Saturday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said.
The drone strike hit a logistics camp of the UN Interim…
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Thailand launches new offensive as Cambodia halts all border crossings | Conflict News
A Royal Thai Navy spokesman says its military launched an operation to reclaim border ‘territories’ in Trat province.
Thailand’s military has launched a new offensive against Cambodia to “reclaim sovereign territory”, spurning mediation…
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Ukraine war briefing: US envoy to meet Zelenskyy, Europe leaders in Berlin | Ukraine
Donald Trump’s special envoy will meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders in Berlin this weekend, the White House said, as Washington presses for a plan to end the war. Germany said earlier on Saturday that it would host…
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