Pope Francis Visits Iraq Amid Covid-19, Security Fears
Pope Francis is Friday set to begin a densely scheduled visit to Iraq fraught with public-health and security risks, his first trip outside of Italy in more than a year.…
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Death Toll Mounts as Myanmar’s Military Seeks to Crush Protests
SINGAPORE—At least 38 people were killed as Myanmar’s new military rulers, who overthrew its democratically-elected government Feb. 1, continued to unleash a lethal campaign to suppress protests that have swept…
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ICC to Probe Alleged War Crimes in Palestinian Territories
TEL AVIV—The International Criminal Court prosecutor said she is opening an investigation into possible war crimes committed in the Palestinian territories since 2014, a move welcomed by the Palestinian Authority…
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Covid-19 Variant in Brazil Overwhelms Local Hospitals, Hits Younger Patients
SÃO PAULO—Researchers and doctors are sounding the alarm over a new, more aggressive coronavirus strain from the Amazon area of Brazil, which they believe is responsible for a recent rise…
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Doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 Vaccine Pile Up in Europe Amid Government Restrictions
PARIS—Europe’s reluctance to distribute millions of doses of AstraZeneca PLC’s Covid-19 vaccine is coming under pressure after the French government authorized use of the shot for some older people. The…
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Colombia’s FARC Rebels Laid Down Weapons. Winning Votes Is Harder.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia—Before the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia put down its weapons and transformed itself into a political movement, the rebel group terrorized the country for decades with kidnappings, extortion, and…
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Dozens in Hong Kong’s Opposition Charged Under Law Imposed by Beijing
HONG KONG—Authorities charged dozens of the city’s most prominent opposition figures with national-security offenses after the political figures took part in unofficial primary elections, the largest use of the sweeping…
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Nigerian Schoolboys Freed as Search for Abducted Girls Continues
The abductions have come amid a surge in kidnappings for ransom across northern Nigeria, where armed militancy has led to a worsening breakdown of security. Hundreds of schools across a…
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Fingering Saudi Crown Prince in Khashoggi Killing Without Punishing Him, Biden Seeks to Reshape Ties to Riyadh
In implicating the Saudi crown prince in a journalist’s killing but opting not to punish him personally, the Biden administration is hoping to remake relations with a key U.S. Middle…
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More Than 300 Girls Kidnapped in Latest Nigerian School Abduction
Gunmen kidnapped 317 girls from a boarding school in northwest Nigeria, police said Friday, the latest in a rising tide of high-school abductions across Africa’s most populous nation, where kidnapping…
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