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Hamdayet, Sudan — More evidence of sexual violence being used as a deliberate weapon of war is emerging from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where an armed conflict has been raging for months. Women are being gang-raped, drugged and held hostage, according to medical records and testimonies from survivors shared with CNN. In one case a

Abraham began burying the bodies in the morning and didn’t stop until nightfall. The corpses, some dressed in white church robes drenched in blood, were scattered in arid fields, scrubby farmlands and a dry riverbed. Others had been shot on their doorsteps with their hands bound with belts. Among the dead were priests, old men,

A fire has swept through a sprawling Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, destroying shelters and endangering the lives of tens of thousands of refugees, the UN refugee agency UNHCR reported Monday. Fire services, Bangladesh’s Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, and rescue and response teams remained at the scene on Monday evening, where they

Click here for updates on this story     CENTERVILLE, Utah (KSL) — A woman is safe Sunday after she was trapped overnight on the Parrish Creek Trail with two dogs. The woman was extracted from the mountain about 10:25 a.m. by a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter, a live Facebook video shows. A Davis County

Click here for updates on this story     COMPTON, California (KABC) — A family is looking for answers after a 27-year-old mother was gunned down in Compton. Sia Marie Xiong was fatally shot shortly before 6 a.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of East Kay Street, according to authorities. She was rushed to the hospital with

Click here for updates on this story     SUNBURY, Pennsylvania (WNEP) — Thanks to some young volunteers, a once-forgotten space buried by tons of trees in Sunbury is being cleaned up, making way for a new ecological and educational park. Sunbury Wetland Ecological and Educational Park will be located on the corner of Race and North

Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat announced on Monday a proposal to end the six-year conflict in Yemen, including an offer of a ceasefire and political agreement with the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who control strategic parts of the country. The kingdom said it would adhere to a UN-monitored country-wide ceasefire with Houthi rebels if the group agreed

Click here for updates on this story     YORK, Pennsylvania (WPMT) — A memorial garden is planned for Ivan Flanscha and Zachary Anthony, two York City firefighters who died in the aftermath of a fire in March 2018. Flanscha, 50, of Red Lion, and Anthony, 29, of York, were inspecting hot spots the day after a

More than a million passengers have traveled through US airports daily for at least 11 days in a row, according to data from the Transportation Security Administration — at a time that experts say cases of a dangerous variant are climbing across the country. The TSA says it screened 1,543,115 people at airports nationwide on

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KTVK, KPHO) — Setting masks on fire to take a stand. A group of about 50 people held a “mask-burning rally” in Phoenix Friday in hopes of getting the attention of state and city leaders. Their message was simple: in their minds, wearing masks is unconstitutional. They

A leading opposition candidate in the Republic of Congo’s presidential election held on Sunday has died from Covid-related complications, party officials said Monday, according to local media reports. Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas, 61, had been seen in a video shared on social media hours before the poll, receiving oxygen treatment at an undisclosed medical facility.

Click here for updates on this story     PHOENIX (KTVK, KPHO) — A 97-year-old Phoenix grandpa is getting some company as he greets drivers passing through his neighborhood near 15th Ave and Orangewood. You might remember the story of Charley Bedel, who sits outside of his home every day and holds a sign that says, “Jesus

Miami Beach Police fired pepper balls into crowds of partiers and arrested at least a dozen people late Saturday as the city took extraordinary measures to crack down on spring breakers who officials have said are out of control. The aggressive enforcement actions came just hours after Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber declared a state