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Catholic bishops in Mexico hosted peace talks with drug cartel leaders

Four Roman Catholic bishops met with Mexican drug cartel bosses in a bid to negotiate a possible peace accord, one of the bishops said, and President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Thursday he approves of such talks.The revelation by Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, José de Jesús González Hernández, in remarks at…

US will build up to 5 Somali army bases in bid to combat al Qaeda-linked extremists

The U.S. will build up to five military bases for the Somali army in a project that seeks to bolster the Somalian national army’s capabilities amid ongoing threats from an extremist group.Somalia’s defense minister and the U.S. charge d’affaires signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.ANTI-GANG…

At least 4 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Panamanian coast

At least four people died and the search continued for two more who were missing Thursday after a boat carrying more than two dozen migrants capsized off Panama’s Caribbean coast in an apparent attempt to avoid the treacherous Darien Gap land route.Panama’s Public Safety Ministry said in a statement Thursday…

Missile strike on Belgorod, Russia, kills 6, injures 18

A missile strike on the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border on Thursday killed six people, including a child, and injured 18 others, a Russian official said. It was the latest in exchanges of long-range missile and rocket fire in Russia’s war on Ukraine.Hours earlier, Russia fired two…

2 killed, 3 injured by mortar explosion in eastern Congo

Two South African soldiers were killed and three injured on an eastern Congo base when a mortar exploded on Wednesday.The South African National Defence Force believes the incident resulted from “indirect fire” and is conducting an investigation.South Africa has deployed soldiers to Congo as part of the Southern African Development…