TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Three activists of Viasna, the main human rights group in harshly repressive Belarus, have been arrested and charged with participating in an extremist organization, state television reported Thursday.The arrests were the latest in a long campaign by authorities to stifle opposition and independent media in the…

IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A suicide bomber set off his explosives late on Thursday in northwestern Syria, killing the co-founder of the country’s main al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of the northwest, a war monitor said.Some activists disputed the source of the explosion, saying instead that a remotely detonated bomb…

Gay rights activists are calling for more pressure on the Ugandan government over a law that carries the death penalty for so-called “aggravated homosexuality.”The law, which the African nation’s Constitutional Court refused to nullify Wednesday, imposes the death penalty on certain sex crimes when committed against a victim of the…

The missiles that killed several aid workers that were part of a World Central Kitchen convoy this week, including an American, in the Gaza Strip were likely to have been “absolutely perfectly accurate” Spike missiles, according to British media reports.Chris Lincoln-Jones, a former British army procurement officer, told The Times…

Three migrants died in a highway accident in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, authorities said Thursday.At least two of the dead — a man and a woman — are from the African nation of Cameroon, and the identity of the third is being checked. Five more migrants were injured…

MILAN (AP) — Day-trippers to the fabled canal city of Venice who fail to pay 5 euros ($5.43) to enter the lagoon city’s historic center during a time-limited pilot program launching later this month will face fines starting at 10 times the entrance fee, officials said Thursday.Venice announced last year…

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Many Yanomami, the Amazon’s largest Indigenous tribe, have been contaminated with mercury coming from widespread illegal gold mining, according to a report released on Thursday by Brazil’s top public health institute.The research was conducted in nine villages along the Mucajai River, a remote region where illegal…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A technical error on a navy missile Thursday spurred Danish authorities to issue a warning, saying there was a risk the missile could launch unintentionally — but not explode — resulting in fragments falling in Denmark waters.Denmark’s armed forces said a technical problem arose with a…

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Thursday its armed wing launched drone attacks on the airport and a military headquarters in the capital, Naypyitaw, but the country’s ruling military said it destroyed or seized more than a dozen drones used in the attacks.The opposition National Unity Government’s…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda genocide but lacked the will to do so, a strong declaration ahead of the African country’s 30th anniversary of the slaughter that left over 800,000 people dead.Macron’s office said in…