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A stampede at a military stadium has left at least 37 people dead in Republic of Congo after large crowds of young people responded to a recruitment appeal, authorities said Tuesday. The Congolese Armed Forces Command later announced that all recruitment operations have been suspended in Brazzaville until further notice …

More than 2,000 workers remained underground for a second day Tuesday in a protest over pay and benefits at a platinum mine in South Africa. The mine is owned by Implats, which is one of the world’s biggest platinum miners. The firm has suspended work at the Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum …

The French parliament approved a divisive immigration bill intended to strengthen France’s ability to deport foreigners considered undesirable, prompting a heated debate after the far-right decided to back the measure. The bill passed the lower house of parliament, the National Assembly, with a 349-186 vote late Tuesday. It had previously …

Gaston Glock, the man responsible for developing the namesake weapon, died on Wednesday at the age of 94. Glock developed the famous handgun in the 1980s, when the Austrian military was looking for a new, innovative weapon. Until then, the Glock company had made military knives and consumer goods including …

Two weeks remain in the 2023 NFL regular season, and there are a number of interesting matchups on the docket for Week 17 that could determine playoff seeding and who’s in and who is out. Before Thursday’s game between the Cleveland Browns and New York Jets, two teams had a …

China is seeking to boost economic links with two Democrat-led cities in the United States, according to Chinese state media reports. Yang Wanming, president of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), said there was “vast room” for collaboration between the southern Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area …

ANKARA, Turkey – Three men have gone on trial in Turkey over the murder and attempted rape of a 20-year-old student — a case that sparked widespread protests denouncing violence against women. Ozgecan Aslan’s body was found burned and mutilated in a riverbed in February, two days after she was …

UNITED NATIONS – North Korea is accusing the United States of targeting it with anthrax and wants the U.N. Security Council to look into it. A letter from North Korea’s U.N. ambassador to the council president and the U.N. chief, made public Friday, claims that the U.S. “possesses deadly weapons …

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s police force is offering a rare reward for information leading to the capture of a man suspected in a quadruple killing. In a Sunday statement, the Jamaica Constabulary Force identified the suspect as Anward Anthony Hinds. They say he is a primary suspect in a May …

MOSCOW – A Kremlin aide says Russia and France have agreed on a refund amount for an undelivered French warship. Vladimir Kozhin, an adviser to President Vladimir Putin, said Thursday in remarks carried by the RIA Novosti news agency that the two countries have completed their talks on how much …