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KAMPALA (AP): The moment of truth for Ivan Arinaitwe came when he had to choose from among many relatives and friends whom to invite to his wedding. An initial 150 people swelled to 300 as he agonised. No matter how he tried, it would be hard to...

MOSCOW (AP): A plane operated by Kazakhstan’s state security agency crashed in the Central Asian country on Saturday, killing four crew members and injuring two others, officials said. The ex-Soviet country’s Emergencies Ministry said the two...

MOSCOW (AP): Police in Moscow detained about 200 people participating in a forum of independent members of municipal councils on Saturday, an action that came amid a multi-pronged crackdown on dissent by Russian authorities. Police showed up at the...

ROME (AP): The Vatican warned Friday that it has nearly depleted its financial reserves from past donations to cover budget deficits over recent years, as it urged continued giving from the faithful to keep the Holy See afloat and Pope Francis’...

GENEVA (AP): The World Health Organization (WHO) granted an emergency-use listing Friday for the coronavirus vaccine made by Johnson...

LAGOS (AP): Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped at least 30 students just weeks after a similar attack in the region, authorities said Friday. The latest abduction took place late Thursday night at the Federal...

Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd’s death plan to use a legal doctrine called ‘spark of life’ to humanise Floyd in front of jurors. It is a doctrine with roots in a 1985 state Supreme Court case and one that several legal experts said...

The images ricochet across the planet, as so many do in this dizzying era of film it, upload it, tell it to the world: scenes from a protest-turned-government crackdown, captured at ground level by smartphone users on the streets of Myanmar. Images...

WASHINGTON (AP): Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will help the United States defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to health. Some...