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Bosnia charges six suspects with war crimes
Six former Bosnian soldiers and policemen were charged on Monday with war crimes against Serb detainees at a camp near Sarajevo during the 1992-1995 civil war that killed nearly 100,000 people.
They include Zijad Kadric, 72, who was…
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Pope Francis to defend migrants in Marseille trip
Calls for compassion for migrants suffering in North Africa and those attempting to reach Europe or die trying will be at the heart of Pope Francis’s visit to Marseille this week.
The pontiff is making a two-day trip to France’s…
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Donald Trump’s GOP rivals try to attract social conservatives in Iowa at an event he skipped
Hoping to cut into Donald Trump’s support at a major Iowa gathering of evangelical Christians, several of his top rivals on Saturday mostly avoided direct criticism of him on abortion and other issues key to social conservatives.
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Mali, Niger, Burkina sign mutual defense pact
The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defense pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali’s capital Bamako.
The Liptako-Gourma Charter establishes the Alliance…
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Court sentences main suspects in Belgium’s deadliest peacetime attack to 20-year to life terms
Belgian court on Friday sentenced five men to sentences ranging from 20 years to life in prison on charges of terrorist murder in connection with 2016 suicide bombings that killed 32 people and wounded hundreds at Brussels airport and a…
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Russia denies losing front-line village to Ukraine forces
Russia said Saturday that its forces had not been pushed out of Andriivka, a village near the key frontline town of Bakhmut, a day after Ukraine said it had “liberated” the site and inflicted heavy losses on enemy troops.
Andriivka is…
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Swiss NGO says 18 staff members detained in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have detained 18 staff members of a Swiss-registered NGO, including a foreigner, the group said Saturday.
The International Assistance Mission (IAM) said the staffers were picked up from its office in…
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Kim Jong Un meets Russia defense minister in Vladivostok
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Vladivostok on Saturday where he was met by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, according to state news agency TASS.
Kim’s rare trip out of his isolated country – his first official visit…
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France agrees to work with Italy on stemming migrant crisis
France has agreed to work with Italy to get EU support to stem a migrant crisis that has overwhelmed the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The island, situated in the Mediterranean between Tunisia, Malta and the larger Italian island of…
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NASA joins the still controversial search for UFOs
NASA on Thursday officially joined the search for UFOs — but reflecting the stigma attached to the field, the US space agency kept secret for hours the identity of the person heading a new program tracking mystery flying objects.
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