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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech. The Himalayan country’s government said last week it was blocking several social

By FERNANDA PESCE and FERNANDO LLANO Associated Press ATLACOMULCO, Mexico (AP) — The freight train’s horn rang out shortly before it cleaved in two a double-decker bus carrying domestic and construction workers to Mexico’s capital on Monday morning, leaving at least 10 dead, more than 50 injured and sending families to hospitals to search for

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court began presenting evidence Tuesday to support their charges against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first ever in absentia hearing, alleging that he inflicted horrors on Ugandan society that still echo two decades later. Kony

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Tuesday it had conducted the final ground test of a solid-fuel rocket engine for a long-range ballistic missile in its latest advancement toward having an arsenal that could viably threaten the continental United States. The test Monday observed by leader Kim Jong

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake found 5,230 homes destroyed and 672 damaged in 49 villages — but the U.N. hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages. Shannon O’Hara, the coordination chief

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A ship likely cut cables in the Red Sea that disrupted internet access in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, experts said Tuesday, showing the lines’ vulnerability over a year after another incident severed them. The International Cable Protection Committee told The Associated Press

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Protests against Nepal’s short-lived ban on social media grew increasingly violent Tuesday as demonstrators set government buildings and politicians’ homes on fire and attacked some leaders. The prime minister resigned amid widening criticism of the country’s political elite. The resignation appeared to have little effect on

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president replaced key economic and security ministers in a Cabinet shakeup Monday after deadly protests over lawmakers’ perks and the cost of living erupted across the country. The Cabinet shake-up followed rising public dissatisfaction with President Prabowo Subianto’s administration and parliament’s perceived insensitivity over economic

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Puerto Rico on Monday for an unexpected visit as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean. Their arrival

By RAMSES MERCADO VALDES and FERNANDO LLANO Associated Press ATLACOMULCO, Mexico (AP) — A freight train sheared a double-decker bus in half at a crossing northwest of Mexico City on Monday, killing at least 10 people and injuring 55, authorities said. The accident took place in an industrial area of warehouses and factories in the