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By MOISÉS CASTILLO Associated Press ESCUINTLA, Guatemala (AP) — Hundreds of anti-riot police entered a maximum security prison in Guatemala early Sunday to free guards who had been taken hostage and retake control of the facility that houses gang leaders. Shots sounded as police swept into the Renovación prison in Escuintla, about 47 miles (76

By JAVIER TORRES Associated Press PENCO, Chile (AP) — Wildfires raging across central and southern Chile on Sunday left at least 15 people dead, scorched thousands of acres of forest and destroyed scores of homes, authorities said, as the South American country swelters under a heat wave. Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of

By CARA ANNA and JOSH BOAK Associated Press At least six more countries said Sunday the United States has invited them to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” a new body of world leaders meant to oversee next steps in Gaza that’s showing ambitions for a broader mandate in global affairs. A $1

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A U.S.-based activist agency said Sunday that it has verified at least 3,766 deaths during a wave of protests that swept Iran and led to a bloody crackdown, and fears the number could be significantly higher. The Human Rights Activists News Agency posted the

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican lawmakers are scrambling to contain President Donald Trump’s threats of taking possession of Greenland, with some showing the most strident opposition to almost anything the Trump administration has done since taking office. They gave floor speeches on the importance of NATO last week. They introduced bills

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drone strikes damaged energy networks in Russia-occupied parts of southern Ukraine, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power on Sunday, according to Kremlin-installed authorities there. Meanwhile, Moscow has kept up its hammering of Ukraine’s energy grid in overnight attacks that killed at least two people, according to Ukrainian officials.

By GHAITH ALSAYED and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press RAQQA, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government Sunday announced a ceasefire with the Syrian Democratic Forces, taking almost full control of the country and dismantling the Kurdish-led forces that controlled the northeast for over a decade. The announcement comes as tensions between government forces and the SDF

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — President Yoweri Museveni told the nation on Sunday that his landslide victory in Uganda’s election showed the dominance of his party, which has governed this east African country for four decades. Museveni said a day after he was declared the winner that the result gave “a

By STEFANIE DAZIO, JILL LAWLESS and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The eight European countries targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland blasted the move Sunday, warning that his threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral.” The joint statement by some

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers on Sunday recovered a body in their search for 11 people aboard a plane that crashed while approaching a mountainous region on Sulawesi island. The body of a man was retrieved from a ravine about 200 meters (656 feet) deep on the slope of

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A record 11 candidates are standing in Portugal’s presidential election Sunday, with a populist party leader poised to possibly bring another political breakthrough for Europe’s growing far-right parties. The large field makes it unlikely that any candidate will capture more than 50% of the vote for