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FILE - People march holding a sign that reads in Spanish: 'No to Kidnapping' during a march against kidnapping in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. A group of former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia said on Tuesday June 21, 2022, that the guerrilla army was responsible for war crimes, that included kidnapping thousands of civilians for ransom and also holding politicians as hostages for several years in the hopes of exchanging them for imprisoned rebels. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)

Former Colombian rebel leaders recognize role in kidnappings

A group of former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, say the guerrilla organization was responsible for war crimes, including the kidnapping of thousands of civilians for … more

By MANUEL RUEDA | 6/21/22

Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, shows his ballot before voting in a presidential runoff in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Leftist's election to test Colombia's alliance with US

It’s one of the United States’ few enduring alliances in an often-turbulent Latin America, one built around a decades-long partnership combating the nation’s drug cartels. But Gustavo Petro’s … more

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ASTRID SUAREZ | 6/21/22

FILE - A worker walks next to a pile of sacks of food earmarked for the Tigray and Afar regions in a warehouse of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Semera, the regional capital for the Afar region, in Ethiopia on Feb. 21, 2022. The European Union said Tuesday, June 21, 2022 that Ethiopia's government must reconnect its northern Tigray region to the world as a yearlong partial blockade has left food aid for almost 1 million hungry people stuck in warehouses without the fuel to deliver it. (AP Photo, File)

EU calls on Ethiopia to reconnect Tigray region to the world

The European Union says Ethiopia’s government must reconnect its northern Tigray region to the world as a yearlong partial blockade has left food aid for almost 1 million hungry people stuck in … more

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Colonel Howard Wilkinson, Military Attache, British Embassy Paris, puts a French flag on the grave of Second Lieutnant Osmund Bartle Wordsworth during a Rededication Service, in the cemetery of Ecoust-Saint-Mein, northern France, Tuesday, June. 21, 2022. Wordsworth was killed in action at the Battle of Arras on April 2, 1917. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

Unknown soldier no more: World War I gravestone gets a name

A funeral ceremony was held Tuesday for an English soldier who was killed in France in World War I, but whose remains were only identified a century later. He was buried among so many other unknown … more

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Health workers led by nurses take part in a demonstration over salaries at Parerenyatwa Hospital in Harare, Tuesday, June, 21, 2022. A strike by health workers has left Zimbabwe's major hospitals in near paralysis, putting further strain on a public health system already in a dire state. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Nurses at Zimbabwe's public hospitals strike for better pay

Striking nurses and other health workers have brought Zimbabwe’s government hospitals to a near standstill, straining a once vibrant public health system now plagued by a lack of medicines and … more

By FARAI MUTSAKA | 6/21/22

Children gather outside their tents, at al-Hol camp, which houses families of members of the Islamic State group, in Hasakeh province, Syria, May 1, 2021. Belgium judicial authorities said on Tuesday, June 21, 2022 they have repatriated 16 children and six mothers of Belgian citizenship who were held in Syria for their suspected connection with the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad, File)

Belgium takes back mothers and children from Syria

Belgium's judicial authorities have brought home six women and 16 children with Belgian citizenship who were held in Syria for their suspected connection with the Islamic State group. The federal … more

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN | 6/21/22

A house stands surrounded by floodwaters in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Monday, June 20, 2022. Early and strong monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to northeastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes and cutting millions off from crucial supplies. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

AP PHOTOS: India, Bangladesh floods destroy homes, lives

SYLHET, Bangladesh (AP) — Early and strong monsoon rains have brought heavy flooding to northeastern India and Bangladesh, killing dozens of people, forcing hundreds of thousands from their homes … more

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FILE - The Danish art group Superflex projects marine life images onto the United Nations headquarters building in New York City with the East River visible in the background on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organizers announced Tuesday, June 21, 2022, the second major international event to depart China because of its strict anti-COVID policies. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy

A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, the second major international event to be moved from China because of its strict anti-coronavirus policies. China’s … more

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A flood affected family waits for the help at marooned Tarabari village, west of Gauhati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, Monday, June 20, 2022. Authorities in India and Bangladesh are struggling to deliver food and drinking water to hundreds of thousands of people evacuated from their homes in days of flooding that have submerged wide swaths of the countries. The floods triggered by monsoon rains have killed more than a dozen people, marooned millions and flooded millions of houses. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

Dozens dead, thousands homeless in Bangladesh, India floods

Villagers in northeastern Bangladesh are crowding makeshift refugee centers and scrambling to meet boats arriving with food and fresh water as massive floods, which have killed dozens of people and … more

By AL-EMRUN GARJON and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL | 6/21/22

Fadel Alkhudr from Syria poses beside his wooden model of the word heritage Cologne Cathedral on display at the Domforum in Cologne, Germany, Monday, June 20, 2022. Fadel Alkhudr, 42, a woodcarver and artist orginally from Aleppo, Syria, fled the war in his home country and arrived in the western german city of Cologne in 2015. In 2019 he started to carve the local Cologne Cathedral in his small basement - without any plans or drawings, using only cell phone photos of the cathedral as a template. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

'A dear friend': Syrian carves model of Cologne cathedral

When Syrian refugee Fadel Alkhudr arrived in Germany in 2015, the first thing he saw when he stepped out of the train in Cologne was the city’s majestic cathedral. The art carver became so … more

DANIEL NIEMANN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | 6/21/22

FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, visits a pharmacy in Pyongyang, North Korea on May 15, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

'It always wins': North Korea may declare COVID-19 victory

Only a month after North Korea acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak was sickening its people, the country may be preparing to declare victory. The daily updates from state-controlled media say cases are … more

By HYUNG-JIN KIM | 6/21/22

FILE - Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard speaks during a joint news conference with Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oct. 8, 2021, in Mexico City. Ebrard, Mexico’s top diplomat, began the open jostling to win the 2024 nomination of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party on Monday, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool, File)

Mexican diplomat starts jostling for 2024 nomination

Mexico's top diplomat has begun the open jostling to win the 2024 nomination of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's Morena party. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard offered his WhatsApp … more

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Brazil's President and presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro leads a motorcycle rally, in Manaus, Brazil, Saturday, June 18, 2022. He will be running against his political nemesis, leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. While Bolsonaro has fervent support among his base, early polls say da Silva is leading handily before October's election. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros)

Brazil's Petrobras CEO resigns amid pressure over gas prices

The chief executive of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras resigned amid political pressure from top lawmakers and President Jair Bolsonaro. José Mauro Coelho held the job for less than two … more

By MAURICIO SAVARESE | 6/20/22

FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 19, 2022. Bennett’s office announced Monday, June 20, 2022, that his weakened coalition will be disbanded and the country will head to new elections. Bennett has struggled to keep his unruly coalition of eight parties together, and defections have left the crumbling alliance without a majority in parliament for over two months. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Israel coalition agrees to dissolve, hold new elections

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s office announced that his weakened coalition will be disbanded and the country will head to new elections. Bennett has struggled to keep his unruly … more

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FILE - Jewish people visit the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp after the March of the Living annual observance, in Oswiecim, Poland, April 28, 2022. The Polish government wants formal rules to regulate the terms under which Israeli schoolchildren pay Holocaust study visits to the country, including on the presence of armed Israeli guards, an official in Warsaw said Monday June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Poland wants formal rules for Israeli Holocaust study trips

A Polish official says his government wants formal rules to regulate the terms under which Israeli schoolchildren pay Holocaust study visits to the country, including on the presence of armed Israeli … more

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China's first special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Xue Bing, speaks at a press conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 20, 2022. China's first special envoy to the Horn of Africa on Monday offered at a China-led peace conference to mediate in disputes in the region as Beijing seeks to strengthen its influence and protect its investments from conflict. (AP Photo)

China's 1st Horn of Africa envoy offers to mediate in region

China’s first special envoy to the Horn of Africa has offered to mediate in disputes in the region as Beijing seeks to strengthen its influence and protect its investments from conflict and other … more

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Veronica Alcocer kisses her husband, President elect Gustavo Petro, under the look of their daughters Antonella, left, and Sofia as they celebrate before supporters after he won a runoff presidential election in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

Colombia picks 1st leftist president in tight runoff contest

Colombia will be governed by a leftist president for the first time after former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly defeated a real estate millionaire in a runoff election that underscored people’s … more

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and ASTRID SUAREZ | 6/20/22

Smoke rises over San Martin de Unx in northern Spain, Sunday, June 19, 2022. Firefighters in Spain are struggling to contain wildfires in several parts of the country which as been suffering an unusual heat wave for this time of the year. (AP Photo/Miguel Oses)

Cooler weather helps Spain with fires; rain helps in Germany

Cooler temperatures are helping firefighters stabilize a wildfire in northwestern Spain that reports say is the biggest on record in the country. The fire in the Sierra de Culebra mountain range in … more

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The children of Patrice Lumumba, from left, Roland, Juliana and Francois, stand next to the casket with the mortal remains of Patrice Lumumba during a ceremony at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, June 20, 2022. On Monday, more than sixty one years after his death, the mortal remains of Congo's first democratically elected prime minister Patrice Lumumba were handed over to his children during an official ceremony in Belgium. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

Belgium returns Congo independence hero's tooth to family

Belgian authorities have returned a gold-capped tooth of the slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba. The restitution of the remaining relic took place after Belgium’s King Philippe … more

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN | 6/20/22

FILE - An exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Lawyers on Monday, June 20, 2022 renewed calls for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into China's treatment of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in China's Xinjiang region as they presented a dossier of evidence to prosecutors. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Lawyers call on intl court to investigate Uyghur treatment

Lawyers have renewed calls for the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups in China’s Xinjiang region as they … more

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