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A look at the whirlwind events that led to the impeachment of South Korea's president
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s parliament on Saturday voted to impeach embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree this month, a shocking stunt that ...
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Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
AQABA, Jordan (AP) — Top U.S. officials were in the Middle East on Thursday, pushing for stability in Syria and an end to Israel’s 14-month war in the Gaza Strip in a last-ditch diplomatic ...
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Millions mark Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe Day but calls for a truce in drug violence go unheeded
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Millions of faithful gathered to mark Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Day, honoring the country’s patron saint. But calls by the Roman Catholic Church for a truce in Mexico's ...
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Funeral for activist turns into call for justice for other missing Syrians
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Hundreds of Syrians marched through central Damascus on Thursday in the funeral procession of a well-known anti-government figure, chanting calls for justice for the ...
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Thousands attend the funeral of a Taliban minister killed by an Islamic State suicide bomber
GARDA SERAI, Afghanistan (AP) — Thousands of people attended the funeral on Thursday of a Taliban minister killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the day before that was ...
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American pilgrim imprisoned in Assad's Syria calls his release from prison a 'blessing'
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system said early Friday he was released by the “liberators ...
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Organized crime gangs expanded into a third of cities in Brazil’s Amazon, report finds
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published Wednesday by a ...
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Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli ...
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These Palestinians disappeared after encounters with Israeli troops in Gaza
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Reem Ajour says she last saw her husband and then 4-year-old daughter in March, when Israeli soldiers raided a family home in northern Gaza. She is haunted by ...
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Thousands scour Syria's most horrific prison but find no sign of their loved ones
SAYDNAYA, Syria (AP) — They came from all over Syria, tens of thousands. The first place they rushed to after the fall of their longtime tormentor, former President Bashar Assad, was here ...
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Review finds a monk sexually abused children 'in plain sight' over decades on a UK island
LONDON (AP) — The head of an abbey on a monastic Welsh island apologized Tuesday after a review found that a monk sexually abused children over several decades “in plain sight" despite ...