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Up to 17 U.S. missionaries and family kidnapped in Haiti
As many as 17 American Christian missionaries and their families, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by gang members in Haiti’s capital ...“Most locked-down city” Melbourne easing curbs as Australian state nears vaccination goal
Melbourne, which has spent more time under Covid-19 lockdowns than any other city in the world, is set to lift its stay-at-home ...UN says Taliban to announce plans for girls’ education ‘soon’
The Taliban will announce a framework that allows girls to attend school in Afghanistan “soon,” a senior United Nations official said, after ...Sudanese protesters call for dissolving of joint government
Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets Saturday in the capital, Khartoum, to call for the dissolving of the joint military-civilian government ...Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 strikes Bali, kills three
An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 struck Indonesia’s Bali island on Saturday morning, killing at least three people, Indonesia’s search and rescue agency ...Counter-terror police lead probe into UK lawmaker’s murder
Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation into the murder on Friday of British lawmaker David Amess but officers are keeping an open ...NASA to launch first space probe to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids
NASA is set on Saturday to launch a first-of-its kind mission, dubbed Lucy, to study Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, two large clusters of ...Lebanon pauses amid tense calm after deadly gun battles
Schools, banks and government offices across Lebanon shut down Friday after hours of gun battles between heavily armed militias killed six people ...WHO says it may be ‘last chance’ to find COVID origins
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be “our last chance” to ...Japan dissolves parliament, setting stage for general election
Japan dissolved its parliament on Thursday, setting the stage for an election at the end of the month that will pit new ...