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130 schoolchildren and staff abducted in Nigeria last month have been released, police say

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Some 130 schoolchildren and staff abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month by gunmen have been released, police said Sunday. Gunmen seized at least 303 schoolchildren... Read More


UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a year

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo, known as MONUSCO, for a year, as fightin... Read More


Passenger bus crash in Indonesia kills at least 16 people, official says

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- A passenger bus crash killed at least 16 people on Indonesia's main island of Java just after midnight Monday, officials said. The bus carrying 34 people lost control on a toll ... Read More


Bondi Beach shooting suspect conducted firearms training with his father, Australian police say

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- A man accused of killing 15 people at Sydney's Bondi Beach conducted firearms training in an area of New South Wales state outside of Sydney with his father, Australian police do... Read More


Multiple gunmen open fire at a South African pub, killing 9 and wounding 10

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Nine people have died and at least 10 others were wounded after a group of gunmen carried out a shooting at a South African pub during the early hours of Sunday, authorities said... Read More


Southeast Asian ministers meet in Malaysia to address Thailand-Cambodia border conflict

New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Monday in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for a special meeting to discuss an ongoing border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia ... Read More


Bulgarians protest widespread graft and call for a fair election

New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Tens of thousands of people on Thursday filled the streets of Bulgaria's capital and other major cities in the country, calling for a fair election and an independent judiciary a... Read More


Israeli fire kills at least 5 Palestinians in Gaza, a hospital in the enclave says

New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Israeli troops fired over the ceasefire line in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least five Palestinians, including a baby, according to a local hospital that receiv... Read More


Pope names new archbishop of Westminster as part of generational shift in English-speaking hierarchy

New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- Pope Leo XIV named a new archbishop of Westminster on Friday in another high-profile appointment that signals a generational shift in the English-speaking Catholic hierarchy. Le... Read More


US military launches strikes in Syria targeting Islamic State fighters after American deaths

New Delhi, Dec. 21 -- The Trump administration launched military strikes Friday in Syria to "eliminate" Islamic State group fighters and weapons sites in retaliation for an ambush attack that killed t... Read More