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In India and China, torrential rains have killed more than 200 people in the past week

In India and China, torrential rains have killed more than 250 people in the past week

The U.S. and Russia completed on Thursday their largest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, a deal involving 24 people, many months of negotiations and concessions from other European countries who released individuals in their custody as part of the exchange

Up to 3,000 Salvadoran Catholics will participate in Saint Óscar Romero's pilgrimage, an annual event that kicks off in El Salvador each Aug. 1 to honor San Salvador’s archbishop, who was appointed saint by pope Francis in 2018

Brazilian and Mexican officials have told the Associated Press that diplomatic efforts are underway to persuade President Nicolás Maduro to release vote tallies from Venezuela's presidential election

The stakes have grown higher for Venezuela’s electoral authority to show proof backing its decision to declare President Nicolás Maduro the winner of the country’s presidential election after the United States recognized opposition candidate Edmundo González as the victor, discrediting the official results of the vote

Vadim Krasikov, the Russian at the center of a massive prisoner swap, has long topped the Kremlin’s list for an exchange

The Air Force says a deadly Osprey aircraft crash last November off Japan was caused by cracks in a metal gear and the pilot’s decision to keep flying instead of heeding multiple warnings that he should land

When Washington and Moscow exchange prisoners, it usually comes after months of secret, back-channel negotiations

One prisoner has spent over 5½ years behind bars in Russia while other, higher-profile detainees were released ahead of him