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By Francois Murphy VIENNA – A mission of experts set up by Organization for Security and Cooperation and Europe (OSCE) nations has found evidence of war crimes and crimes against …

(This April 12 story corrects name of judge in third paragraph) By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON – An April 2023 jury trial has been scheduled in Dominion Voting Systems Inc’s $1.6 …

By Mrinalika Roy (Reuters) – Life expectancy in the United States fell by nearly two years in 2020 to about 77 years amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the sharpest drop compared …

By Andrew Hay (Reuters) – A wind-driven wildfire has destroyed dozens of homes in the New Mexico mountain town Ruidoso and continued to burn through residential areas on Wednesday, local …

By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON – The United States on Wednesday renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans to keep getting free tests, vaccines and treatments for at …

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS – Human rights activist Nadia Murad launched global guidelines at the United Nations on Wednesday on how to safely and effectively collect evidence from survivors …

(Reuters) – Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper will join Red Cell Partners as partner and chairman of the national security practice, the investment firm said on Wednesday. Esper, who served …

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia was using phosphorous bombs in Ukraine and he accused Moscow of deploying terror tactics against civilians. Adressing the Estonian parliament, …

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s decision to have both Ukrainians and Russians take part in Pope Francis’ “Way of the Cross” procession on Friday has caused friction …

DUBAI – The killing of all American leaders would not be enough to avenge the U.S. assassination of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ top commander Qassem Soleimani two years ago, a senior …

SYDNEY – A luxury vessel owned by a Russian oligarch sanctioned by the United States, Britain and the European Union has moored in Fiji in the Pacific Ocean, media and …

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO – On a patch of grass near Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office in the commercial capital Colombo, around two dozen tents have …

By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) -Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed a bill that makes it illegal to perform an abortion in the state except in medical emergencies, penalizing those …

(Reuters) – Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said more than 1,000 Ukrainian marines had surrendered in the besieged port city of Mariupol and urged remaining forces holed up in the Azovstal …

By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON – U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa David Satterfield will step down from his role before summer, sources familiar with the …

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) – The conflict in Ukraine shows now is the time to shift to clean and independent energy, U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said at a conference …

By Steve Keating AUGUSTA, Ga. -Scottie Scheffler held rock steady and cruised to a three-shot victory at the Masters on Sunday to earn the coveted ‘Green Jacket’ and cement his …

By Maria Caspani, Jonathan Allen and Rami Ayyub NEW YORK -Police mounted an intense manhunt on Tuesday for a gunman who set off two smoke bombs and opened fire in …

(Reuters) – Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash called Tuesday’s shooting on a subway train in Brooklyn “tragic and senseless” and said it hits close to home for the team, …

By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s new government is facing the daunting task of managing a stuttering economy with huge deficits, an aide to new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said …

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – Gilbert Gottfried, a stand-up comic with a screwy voice and a penchant for pushing boundaries with jokes about the Sept. 11 attacks and the Japanese …

By Lizbeth Diaz and Ted Hesson MEXICO CITY -Mexican truck drivers blockaded bridges at the U.S. border for a second day on Tuesday to protest an order by the Texas …

By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason DES MOINES, Iowa/WASHINGTON -U.S. President Joe Biden said for the first time on Tuesday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amounts to genocide, a significant …

By Chris Gallagher BOSTON – Boston officials will increase the number of police around subway stations ahead of Monday’s Boston Marathon after a mass shooting in a New York subway …