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Migrant Caravan14 hours ago

Crime, extreme poverty in El Salvador driving migration

Although most of the 7,000 migrants in the caravan wending its way through far-southern Mexico are Hondurans, some Salvadorans have also joined.

• 2:49Martha MacCallum Interviews DHS Secretary at Border as Caravan Moves North
• 5:39What caravan? Democrats conspicuously avoiding migrant march

Europe1 hour ago

NATO's biggest peacetime drill kicks off, angering Moscow

NATO's biggest military maneuvers since the Cold War kicked off Thursday in Norway in a hypothetical scenario that involves restoring the Scandinavian country's sovereignty after an attack by a "fictitious aggressor."

RELIGION2 hours ago

AP PHOTOS: In Morocco, tribal tattoos fade with age, Islam

In Morocco's Middle Atlas mountains, an ancient tradition is fading.

Middle East2 hours ago

Yemeni official: Death toll from Saudi airstrike now at 19

A Saudi-led coalition airstrike at a fruit-and-vegetable market near Yemen's flashpoint Red Sea port of Hodeida killed 19 civilians, including children, Yemeni officials said Thursday.

Middle Eastern3 hours ago

CIA’s Haspel listened to recording of Saudi writer’s alleged killing: report

DIA Director Gina Haspel has reportedly listened to an audio recording of the alleged and killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the hands of Saudi officials earlier this month in a consulate in Turkey, The Washington Post reported.

Middle East4 hours ago

Japan reporter freed from Syria happy to go home from 'hell'

A Japanese journalist freed from captivity in Syria said he is happy to be going home after living in "hell" for more than three years, but is worried about how he will catch up with a changed world.

The Americas4 hours ago

North Korean general says country seeking 'stable peace'

A top North Korean general said Thursday that his country seeks a "stable peace" and wants to turn the Korean Peninsula into "the cradle of peace and prosperity," furthering a departure from the bellicose language of the past.

Asia5 hours ago

China building boom uncovers buried dinosaurs, makes a star

At the end of a street of newly built high-rises in the northern Chinese city of Yanji stands an exposed cliff face, where paleontologists scrape away 100 million-year-old rock in search of prehistoric bones.

The Americas6 hours ago

For Honduran migrants in caravan, the journey is personal

A deportee from the United States trying to get back to the life he spent more than a decade building.

The Americas

The Americas4 hours ago

North Korean general says country seeking 'stable peace'

The Americas6 hours ago

For Honduran migrants in caravan, the journey is personal

The Americas7 hours ago

Sickness, fear, harassment in Mexico whittle away at caravan

The Americas12 hours ago

For Honduran migrants in caravan, the journey is personal

Asia

Middle East4 hours ago

Japan reporter freed from Syria happy to go home from 'hell'

The Americas4 hours ago

North Korean general says country seeking 'stable peace'

Asia5 hours ago

China building boom uncovers buried dinosaurs, makes a star

Asia7 hours ago

South Korea finds likely war remains during border demining

Europe

Europe1 hour ago

NATO's biggest peacetime drill kicks off, angering Moscow

Middle East4 hours ago

Japan reporter freed from Syria happy to go home from 'hell'

United Kingdom18 hours ago

74 years on, 7 UK WWII airmen laid to rest in Albania

United Kingdom18 hours ago

Mother of five who 'disappeared without a trace' is being investigated as 'potential murder' victim

Africa

RELIGION2 hours ago

AP PHOTOS: In Morocco, tribal tattoos fade with age, Islam

Africa21 hours ago

Algeria sparks outrage by becoming the latest Muslim country to ban face veils for public sector workers

RELIGION1 day ago

Polygamy persists across Africa, to activists' dismay

Middle East1 day ago

Saudi prince joins pantheon of incendiary Arab rulers' sons

Middle East

Middle East2 hours ago

Yemeni official: Death toll from Saudi airstrike now at 19

Middle East4 hours ago

Japan reporter freed from Syria happy to go home from 'hell'

Middle East10 hours ago

Iraq lawmakers confirm new government, key posts left empty

Middle East21 hours ago

Syria tells outgoing UN envoy to stay out of constitution

Australia

The Americas3 days ago

Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea

Australia3 days ago

PM formally apologizes to Australian child sex abuse victims

Australia4 days ago

Australia PM says business as usual despite minority gov't

Middle East4 days ago

Australia's ruling coalition forced into minority government

World5 days ago

The week in pictures, Oct. 13-19

Take a look and enjoy some of the most evocative, momentous images captured around the world in the past seven days.

Asia7 hours ago

South Korea finds likely war remains during border demining

South Korea has discovered what could be Korean War remains at a front-line area where it's jointly clearing mines with North Korea, Seoul officials said Thursday.

The Americas7 hours ago

Sickness, fear, harassment in Mexico whittle away at caravan

Little by little, sickness, fear and police harassment are whittling down the migrant caravan making its way to the U.S. border, with many of the 4,000 to 5,000 migrants camped overnight under plastic sheeting in a town in southern Mexico complaining of exhaustion.

Middle East10 hours ago

Iraq lawmakers confirm new government, key posts left empty

Iraq's parliament voted to confirm Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi's new government on Thursday while leaving key Cabinet posts unfilled.

The Americas12 hours ago

For Honduran migrants in caravan, the journey is personal

A deportee from the United States trying to get back to the life he spent more than a decade building.

The Americas12 hours ago

Brazil newspaper asks probe of threats to election reporter

Brazil's biggest newspaper said Wednesday that it has asked federal police to investigate threats against a journalist whose story alleged backers of the front-running presidential candidate bankrolled a fake news campaign.

Migrant Caravan14 hours ago

Crime, extreme poverty in El Salvador driving migration

Although most of the 7,000 migrants in the caravan wending its way through far-southern Mexico are Hondurans, some Salvadorans have also joined.

RELIGION16 hours ago

UN investigator: Genocide still taking place in Myanmar

Genocide is still taking place against Rohingya Muslims remaining in Myanmar and the government is increasingly demonstrating it has no interest in establishing a fully functioning democracy, U.N. investigators said Wednesday.

United Kingdom18 hours ago

74 years on, 7 UK WWII airmen laid to rest in Albania

It was Sgt.

The Americas18 hours ago

APNewsBreak: US mediation expert to push Venezuela talks

A Harvard-educated conflict resolution expert is flying to Caracas next week to attempt the seemingly impossible: jumpstarting political dialogue in deeply polarized Venezuela.

The Americas18 hours ago

The Latest: Fears for kids motivate many migrants in caravan

The latest on the caravan of Central American migrants trying to reach the United States (all times local): 11 a.m.

The Americas18 hours ago

Fascist? Populist? Debate over describing Brazil's Bolsonaro

The front-runner in Brazil's presidential race says he wants to liberalize the economy, but does that make him a "populist"?

United Kingdom18 hours ago

Mother of five who 'disappeared without a trace' is being investigated as 'potential murder' victim

Sarah Wellgreen, 46, a mother of five who was last seen on Oct. 9, is being investigated as a potential murder, police said.

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