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Pope's Latin American brains trust was behind Cuba deal

Argentine Pope Francis and a trio of top Vatican officials who helped broker the historic deal between the United States and Cuba represent an unprecedented brain trust in Latin American affairs at the Holy See.

Dog faces euthanasia at deceased owner's requestÂ

Dog, lost at sea, swims 1.5 miles to church to reunite with ownerÂ

Boko Haram suspected in kidnap of 185 just miles away from where nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were abducted

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed 35 people and took at least 185 in the village of Gumburi on Sunday night.

Pakistan: 32 militants killed in ambush

The Pakistani army killed 32 militants in an ambush in a remote valley near the Afghan border, the military said on Friday, and 27 in other clashes, four days after a Taliban massacre of children at a school.

Cuba: how Pope Francis' diplomacy helped end a Cold War conflict

Concerns remain about Cuba's human right record, but Churches argue there is hope for change.

Hundreds trapped by Islamic State freed on Sinjar Mountain

Kurdish peshmerga fighters have fought their way to Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of people trapped there by Islamic State fighters, a Kurdish leader said on Thursday.

China: Judge calls for crackdown on terror in Xinjiang

China must crack down "harshly and quickly" on cases involving terror attacks, national security and social stability in its restive region of Xinjiang, the country's top judge said, in comments likely to further worry rights groups and exiles.

CAR: 10,000 child soldiers recruited in conflict

Up to 10,000 children have been recruited by armed groups during the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) despite a U.N.-backed peacekeeping presence, Save the Children said on Thursday.

Australia: Eight children murdered in 'unspeakable' crime

Eight children have been killed and a woman who was mother to seven of them was injured in the northern Australian city of Cairns, police said on Friday, in what several media outlets reported was a mass stabbing.