Cyprus’ devout want no part of Eurovision entry ‘El Diablo’
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Several dozen Orthodox Christian faithful and clergy members held up wooden crucifixes, icons of saints and a banner declaring Cyprus’ love...
Spain’s African enclave struggles to handle migrant influx
<p>CEUTA, Spain — Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta awoke to a humanitarian crisis on Wednesday after thousands of migrants who crossed over from...
Gaza’s health system buckling under repeated wars, blockade
<p>GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Gaza Strip’s already feeble health system is being brought to its knees by the fourth war in just...
Malawi burns 20,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses that expired
Blantyre, Malawi — Malawi has burned nearly 20,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines because they had expired.
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Belarusian military jet crashes, killing 2
<p>KYIV, Ukraine — A Belarusian military jet crashed Wednesday, killing both pilots, the military said.</p>
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Chad says Libya fighters risk undermining terrorism fight
UNITED NATIONS — Chad’s deputy foreign minister warned the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that mercenaries and foreign fighters from Libya are crossing into...
Mexico City marks 500 years since conquest battle began
MEXICO CITY — There are two ways of remembering the Spanish siege of Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital now known as Mexico City: as the...
Spain, in bid to rally economy, wants tourists within weeks
<p>MADRID — A senior Spanish government official says he expects British and other vacationers to return to Spain within weeks as the country races...
EXPLAINER: Spain’s migrant crisis in North Africa
About 8,000 people have streamed into the Spanish city of Ceuta from Morocco in the past two days in an unprecedented influx, most of...