India’s disaster hangs over countries facing COVID-19 surges
SOHAG, Egypt — Countries worldwide wrestling with new coronavirus surges are trying to ensure they aren’t hit by an India-style disaster. They face many...
Ethiopian Orthodox Church patriarch blasts Tigray ‘genocide’
NAIROBI, Kenya — The head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in his first public comments on the war in the country’s Tigray region is...
US envoy in Sudan in a bid to resolve Ethiopia’s dam dispute
CAIRO — The U.S. envoy for the Horn of Africa was in Sudan on Friday, the latest stop on his tour of the region...
French arrest 3 reported neo-Nazis suspected of attack plot
PARIS — Two men and a woman, alleged neo-Nazis, have been arrested in eastern France after investigators uncovered a plan to attack at least...
EU leaders attend summit in person for 1st time this year
LISBON, Portugal — On the list of things not to do during a pandemic, holding big international gatherings is close to the top.
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Ex-Guatemalan soldier deported, faces 1982 massacre charges
GUATEMALA CITY — The United States on Friday deported back to Guatemala a former soldier suspected of helping carry out a massacre during the...
London high-rise blaze raises new concerns about cladding
LONDON — Fire broke out Friday in a London apartment tower which has cladding similar to that used on another housing block in the...
Anti-Islam group called extremist by German state intel
BERLIN — A German state intelligence service on Friday classified the anti-immigration group PEGIDA as a “proven extremist movement,” the German news agency dpa...
China opens Everest’s north side to 38 virus-tested climbers
BEIJING — China has opened Mount Everest's northern slope to a few dozen mountaineers who will be tested for the coronavirus and must keep...
Antonio Guterres lays out vision for second term as UN chief
UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres laid out his vision for a second term as U.N. chief on Friday, calling for a “surge in...