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Boat passengers – including British tourists – are being detained by a community group in Peru in protest over a lack of government action to tackle oil spills in a river, according to a local media report.

Post-ABC poll: Politically-motivated violence concerns most Americans  The Washington Post What Americans Think About Political Violence  FiveThirtyEight Americans express broad concerns about the risk of political violence: POLL  ABC News Column: ‘Eye-popping’ new survey on Americans’ acceptance of political violence should be a

More than 200 elephants and hundreds of zebras and gnus have died in Kenya’s worst drought in four decades, the country’s tourism minister said on Friday. The crisis has affected nearly half of Kenya’s regions and at least four million

Iran remains committed to developing a working nuclear weapon. The U.S. needs to be equally committed to preventing one. Iranian policymakers grow more and more transparent: Tehran is not posturing through threats of developing a nuclear weapon; it wants an

Jordan Bardella, a self-confident 27-year-old, looks set this weekend to confirm he is the rising star of France’s far-right politics and the favoured heir to veteran leader Marine Le Pen. The Paris-born politician is odds-on to be selected by members

South Korea scrambles jets after detecting 180 North Korean warplanes  NBC News Korea LIVE News: South Korea Scrambles Fighter Jets As Kim Jong-un Fires Missiles  India Today 180 North Korean warplanes circle South, 80 jets scrambled; Kim Jong fumes over U.S ‘war

Primary schools in India’s capital New Delhi will shut to protect children from the toxic smog choking the megacity of 20 million people, authorities said Friday. Smoke from farmers burning crop stubble, vehicle exhaust and factory emissions combine every winter

One of the world’s leading Islamic clerics on Friday called for dialogue between the faith’s two main currents to settle sectarian differences, in an address to religious leaders including Pope Francis. Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the grand imam of Cairo’s prestigious

US basketball star Brittney Griner is as well “as can be expected” in a Russian prison, the White House said Thursday after embassy officials were able to visit her. “She’s doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances,”

Russia-Ukraine war latest updates  The Washington Post Ukraine capable of retaking Kherson, says Pentagon  Reuters Retreat or a trap? Russia signals a surprise withdrawal from a key city, but Ukrainians are wary  NBC News Russian Forces Follow the Nazi Playbook in Evacuation of