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BAGHDAD — The head of the United Nations cultural agency promised Monday to continue helping to repair the damage done to Iraq’s historic sites by decades of war. In a visit to Baghdad ahead of the 20-year anniversary of the…

Mexican authorities have found 343 migrants, including 103 unaccompanied minors, in an abandoned freight truck container on the side of a highway, the authorities said Monday. The National Immigration Institute said the trailer was found Sunday night in the steamy…

CAIRO — A Sudanese court Monday acquitted eight activists accused of killing a military intelligence agent at a protest rally last year in the capital, defense lawyers said. The court in Khartoum ordered the activists' release, according to the Lawyers’…

BEIRUT — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah said Monday the group backs a former Cabinet minister and strong ally to become Lebanon’s next president. It was the first time that Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah openly named Sleiman Frangieh as the…

GENEVA — U.N.-backed experts Monday urged China to improve its courts' independence, share data on COVID-19, suspend construction of coal-fired power plants and “immediately" end human rights violations in its western Xinjiang region. The call came among an array of…

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s competition watchdog said Monday it was fining Twitter owner Elon Musk for taking over the social media platform without first seeking the watchdog's permission. The Turkish Competition board said the billionaire would be required to pay…