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North Korea claimed Wednesday to have successfully placed a spy satellite into orbit with its third launch attempt this year, demonstrating the nation’s determination to build a space-based surveillance system during protracted tensions with the United States.The North’s claim could not immediately independently be confirmed. Observers doubt whether the satellite…

The number of people killed when an illegal gold mine collapsed in Suriname rose to 14 on Tuesday, with seven others missing in what is considered the South American country’s worst mining accident.Rescue crews combed through mounds of earth in hopes of finding survivors as the government launched an investigation…

Congo’s foreign minister and the head of the United Nations stabilization mission in Congo signed agreements Tuesday to end the presence of U.N. peacekeepers after more than two decades in the Central African nation.Congolese Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula told national television that the ceremony marked the end of a collaboration…

Three people were arrested Tuesday in connection with the shooting of a Spanish right-wing politician earlier this month.Alejandro Vidal-Quadras, 78, was shot in the face in broad daylight on a Madrid street on Nov. 9. He remains hospitalized.The National Police force’s press department said two suspects were detained in southern…

Niger’s military junta on Tuesday requested that West Africa’s regional court order the lifting of sanctions imposed on the country over the summer.ECOWAS, West Africa’s regional bloc, joined numerous other international governments in imposing sanctions on Niamey following a successful coup against the elected government of Mohamed Bazoum.”There is no…