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Armed, masked men set fire to a public market in the central Mexican city of Toluca on Monday, killing nine people, authorities said. Prosecutors said the attackers arrived, opened fire, and then doused part of the market with a flammable substance before setting it on fire and fleeing. Prosecutors said in a statement they were […]

A volcano in southwestern Iceland began erupting Monday, the country’s meteorological authorities said, 11 months after its last eruption officially ended. The eruption is in an uninhabited valley near the mountain Litli-Hrútur, some 19 miles southwest of the capital, Reykjavik. The area, known broadly as Fagradalsfjall volcano, has erupted twice in the last two years […]

Russia’s first openly transgender politician has abandoned plans to run in a gubernatorial election, saying that the country’s latest anti-LGBTQ+ bill has eroded the support needed to register her candidacy. Yulia Alyoshina had planned to represent the opposition Civil Initiative party at the polls in southern Siberia’s Altai region in September, when it will elect […]

An unidentified armed group attacked a U.N. peacekeeping patrol Monday in the Central African Republic, killing a peacekeeper from Rwanda, the United Nations said. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said initial reports indicated the U.N. patrol returned fire and killed three of the assailants. The attack happened as the peacekeepers were providing a protective presence around […]

A court in eastern Libya sentenced five people to life in prison after they were convicted of human trafficking over the deaths of 11 migrants who were on a rickety boat trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, the office of Libya’s chief prosecutor said Monday. The court in the city of Bayda also sentenced […]

Sudan appears to be in a civil war “of the most brutal kind” and the world needs a new forum for talks in pursuit of a cease-fire, the United Nations humanitarian chief told The Associated Press on Monday. Martin Griffiths spoke as regional leaders met in neighboring Ethiopia following the breakdown of peace talks in […]

A Russian citizen has been charged in Berlin with attempted homicide and attempted arson for placing an explosive or incendiary device last year in a building where employees of a Russian news agency lived, prosecutors in the German capital said Monday. The 55-year-old suspect, whose name was not released, is accused of placing the device […]

In a surprising change of tune Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has apparently agreed to advance Sweden’s bid for NATO membership announced NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg. According to a NATO press statement Erdogan agreed take the ratification process to Turkey’s Parliament for advancement as soon as possible. “Sweden and Turkey agree today to continue […]

Employers across much of China were ordered Monday to limit outdoor work due to scorching temperatures, while the east and southwest were warned to prepare for torrential rain as the country struggled with heat, flooding and drought. Temperatures as high as 104 F were reported in cities including Shijiazhuang, southwest of Beijing, the capital. Highs […]

Albanian special prosecutors demanded on Monday that a lawmaker and former deputy prime minister be arrested on corruption charges, accusing him of failing to declare his assets and other criminal offenses. The Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Corruption and Organized Crime, in charge of prosecuting senior officials, made public its request that Arben Ahmetaj be taken […]