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Pakistan police: Truck accidentally kills 7 Afghan refugees

Mar 14, 2017

Pakistani police say truck with sand toppled, collapsing mud shack and killing 7 members of Afghan refugee family

Catholic diocese in India removes vicar accused of rape

Mar 9, 2017

A Roman Catholic diocese in southern India is considering using security cameras and other measures to curb sexual abuse by priests after a vicar was arrested on charges of raping a teenage girl

The Latest: US embassy: No ban on Nigerians

Mar 7, 2017

The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria says there's no need for Nigerians to cancel travel plans to the United States and says suggestions of a policy change negatively affecting Nigerians are incorrect

Merkel visits Egypt with eye on stemming migration

Mar 2, 2017

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to boost support for Egypt's economic development and partner with Cairo to help address the region's refugee crisis, with an eye on stemming the flow of migrants to Europe

Before "Lion," the story behind an unlikely family reunion

Mar 1, 2017

Four years before the Oscar-nominated movie "Lion" was released, two AP reporters told the story of Saroo Brierley's complicated reunion with his mother, Fatima Munshi

Former addicts try to help drug users in Afghanistan

Mar 1, 2017

A small group of former addicts is trying to help drug users in Afghanistan, a country with one of the highest rates of addiction in the world

Amnesty says Yemeni rebels recruit fighters as young as 15

Feb 28, 2017

A rights group says Yemen's Houthi rebels are recruiting fighters as young as 15 and using religious schools to lure teenagers into their ranks without their parents' knowledge

Rights group urges US to probe civilian deaths in Yemen raid

Feb 24, 2017

A prominent international human rights organization has urged the U.S. government to open an investigation into the deaths of civilians, including children, in a U.S. assault in Yemen

Turkey shifting to open prisons over post-coup overcrowding

Feb 24, 2017

Turkey's prime minister says convicts with lighter sentences would be reassigned to open prisons to make room for the tens of thousands of arrests following July's failed coup

New trauma unit to help former Islamic State sex slaves

Feb 22, 2017

A new psychological trauma institute is being established at the university of Dohuk in Iraq, the first in the entire region