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U.N.-backed human rights investigators are urging the creation of an “independent and impartial force” to protect civilians in Sudan’s war

Israeli forces appeared to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, after a more-than weeklong military operation that has left dozens dead and a trail of destruction

Israeli forces appear to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, after a more than weeklong military operation that has left dozens dead and a trail of destruction

Israeli forces appear to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, after a more than weeklong military operation that has left dozens dead and a trail of destruction

A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya has killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others

A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya has killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others

A fire in a school dormitory in Kenya has killed 17 students and seriously burned 13 others

Kenya's deputy president says a fire in a school dormitory has killed 18 students, with 27 more in hospital and 70 unaccounted for

Kenya's deputy president says a fire in a school dormitory has killed 18 students and injured 27 others

Pope Francis’s visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South Pacific island nation where Christianity is a recent addition to traditional spiritual beliefs developed over millenia that remain deeply ingrained