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SAYEDAH ZAINAB, Syria — In the shadow of the gold-domed Sayedah Zainab shrine, six miles south of Damascus, lie the abandoned remains of what was once the de facto headquarters of Iran’s…
Rebel forces backed by Rwanda have captured the town of Masisi in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to various reports. This is the second town seized by the M23…
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president said Monday that prosecutors are investigating officials in a town where a sign was posted thanking a drug lord for holiday season gifts for children.…
A small plane crashed into a Brazilian town that is popular with tourists on Sunday, killing several people, local officials said. Eduardo Leite, governor of Rio Grande do Sul state, said…
Mexico City — A California couple with Mexican roots went south for the holidays to visit relatives, an annual tradition among many U.S. residents of Mexican ancestry. But tragedy struck:…
No one lives in the ghostly outskirts of El Geneina anymore. But its empty buildings still stand to tell their shocking stories, loudly and clearly. Charred homes and shops are peppered…
Russian troops are making significant advances in the west of the Donetsk region, where they are heading towards a key logistics hub, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW),…
Oct. 24 (UPI) -- A town in Saskatchewan, Canada, is facing one major hurdle in the run-up to its November municipal election: No one is running for mayor. Officials in Kyle said Mayor…
(Bloomberg) -- A quarter of town halls in England are likely to need emergency bailouts from the UK’s central government to avoid bankruptcy in the coming years, according to a survey of…
Most tourists come to Italy for the wine and vistas, not to mention the pasta and pizza. Many steer clear of the Triangle of Death - an area near the Sicilian capital Palermo that also…
MAZAN, France (AP) — The mayor of a French town making headlines for the trial of dozens of men accused of rapes that occurred there over almost a decade has apologized for comments that…
Extreme drought affecting large parts of South America has dramatically reduced the flow of the Amazon River where Colombia borders Peru and Brazil, choking food supplies and threatening…
Russia's military says it has captured a small town in eastern Ukraine called Niu-York, as part of its push towards big population centres in the Donetsk region. Ukraine's military has not…
urope The News Ukraine claimed full control of a Russian town, the first such success in its surprise offensive into Moscow’s territory. Kyiv has yet to publicize its war aims with its…
A video of a factory fire in southern Taiwan has surfaced in social media posts that falsely linked it to recent fighting between the Burmese military and ethnic rebels in Myanmar's…
