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Islamic State-affiliated group attacks Congo villages and kills at least 40, local group says
Islamic State-affiliated group attacks Congo villages and kills at least 40, local group says

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An Islamic State-affiliated group has attacked villages in Congo near the border with Uganda, killing at least 40 people, a local civil society group said on Friday. ...

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Spain readies for evacuations as a hantavirus-hit cruise ship heads for Canary Islands

MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities on Friday were preparing to receive more than 140 passengers and crew members on board a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship headed for the Canary Islands, where health...

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Man with weapon arrested near home of the former Prince Andrew in England

LONDON (AP) — A man has been arrested for possessing an offensive weapon near the home of the former Prince Andrew, police said Thursday. Norfolk Police said that the arrest came Wednesday...

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Public risk of hantavirus is low, World Health Organization says

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said the public risk of hantavirus is low, as concerns continue to mount over a rare, but deadly rodent‑borne virus linked to a fatal outbreak aboard a...

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Nigerian army says it rescued some children abducted from an orphanage last month

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Seven children and two women abducted by gunmen at an orphanage last month in the north-central region of Nigeria have been rescued by troops, the country’s army said on Wednesday. ...

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Rubio arrives for audience with Pope Leo XIV to ease tensions after Trump's criticism over Iran

VATICAN CITY (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened a fence-mending visit to the Vatican on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war...

May 7, 2026 4:46 am EST EST

Russia says Ukraine launched a major drone attack after Moscow shunned ceasefire offer

Russian air defenses shot down 347 Ukrainian drones overnight, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, in what appeared to be a major attack after Moscow spurned Kyiv’s ceasefire earlier in the week...

May 7, 2026 4:39 am EST EST

About 40 passengers previously left ship hit by Hantavirus outbreak at island of St. Helena

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — About 40 passengers on a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak previously disembarked on the remote South Atlantic island of St. Helena after the first passenger...

May 7, 2026 4:06 am EST EST

Judge releases note that cellmate says he found after Jeffrey Epstein's suspected suicide try

NEW YORK (AP) — A note Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claimed he found after the financier’s first suspected jail suicide attempt was made public Wednesday after it had been sealed and locked...

May 6, 2026 7:36 pm EST EST

Trump administration sows confusion as it tries to reopen Strait of Hormuz

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's approach to the Iran war over the past 24 hours has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding and military operations were over to...

May 6, 2026 3:20 pm EST EST