Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, traveled to Kenya to push for the U.N.-backed deployment of a police force from the East African country to fight the gangs. But a Kenyan court ruled such a deployment would be unconstitutional.
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Muslims spot Ramadan crescent moon in Saudi Arabia, meaning month of fasting starts Monday for many
The sacred month, which sees those observing abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset, marks a period of religious reflection, family get-togethers and giving across the Muslim world.
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3 dead, several injured in early-morning shooting in Arkansas
Officers found multiple gunshot victims when they arrived at the scene around 5 a.m. Sunday, police said.
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An effort to get aid to Gaza by sea is moving ahead. But the first ship is still waiting in Cyprus
The new push for aid came in the final hours before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which could start as early as Sunday evening, depending on the sighting of a crescent moon.
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Nearly 300 students were kidnapped in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose hope of finding them
The kidnappings are a stark reminder of the security crisis plaguing Africa’s most populous country.
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A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the U.S.
Machine guns have been tightly regulated in the U.S. since the bloody violence of Prohibition-era gangsters like Al Capone.
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Boeing says it can’t find work records related to door panel that blew out on Alaska Airlines flight
The company said its ‘working hypothesis’ was that the records about the panel’s removal and reinstallation on the 737 MAX final assembly line in Renton, Washington, were never created.
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Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday
Police and palace guards are working to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations in the capital.
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Gunmen kidnap 15 children in yet another school abduction in northern Nigeria
Saturday’s attack was the third mass kidnapping in northern Nigeria since late last week.
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Report and letter signed by ‘Opie’ attract auction interest ahead of Oscars
RR Auction in Boston is taking bids on the rare 1945 report, as well as a letter signed by J. Robert Oppenheimer.