‘Soldiers of Christ’ killing unsettles Korean Americans in Georgia and stokes fear of cults | AP News

‘Soldiers of Christ’ killing unsettles Korean Americans in Georgia and stokes fear of cults | AP News

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — Just days into the admission process for Soldiers of Christ, Sehee Cho was faint and feeble.The 33-year-old had come to the Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville from South Korea in July to heal from a traumatic experience. Instead, police say, the Soldiers group led by two Korean American brothers held her captive

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Live updates | Fighting rages near central Gaza hospital and Hezbollah commander is killed in strike | AP News

Live updates | Fighting rages near central Gaza hospital and Hezbollah commander is killed in strike | AP News

A senior commander of the militant group Hezbollah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, raising concerns of a wider Mideast war as fighting raged near the main hospital in central Gaza. The strike on Monday targeted an SUV driven by Wissam al-Tawil, a commander in a secretive Hezbollah force that operates along

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Biden will visit church where Black people were killed to lay out election stakes and perils of hate | AP News

Biden will visit church where Black people were killed to lay out election stakes and perils of hate | AP News

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden wants Americans to grasp the extraordinary stakes of this year’s presidential election, as he sees them. As part of that effort, he’s revisiting some of the nation’s worst traumas to highlight what can happen when hate is allowed to fester. On Monday, Biden heads to Charleston, South Carolina

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Some 350,000 people applied for asylum in Germany in 2023, up 51% in a year | AP News

Some 350,000 people applied for asylum in Germany in 2023, up 51% in a year | AP News

BERLIN (AP) — The number of people applying for asylum in Germany last year rose to 351,915, an increase of 51.1% compared with the year before.The largest number of asylum-seekers came from Syria, with 104,561 applications, followed by Turkish citizens with 62,624 asylum pleas and 53,582 Afghans, Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees said

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Cyprus president shakes up cabinet, replacing ministers of defense, health, justice and environment | AP News

Cyprus president shakes up cabinet, replacing ministers of defense, health, justice and environment | AP News

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The president of Cyprus on Monday moved ahead with a considerable shakeup of his cabinet, replacing his ministers of defense, health, justice and environment as well as the deputy ministers responsible for digital policy and European affairs in one fell swoop after just 10 months in power.Monday’s move comes after weeklong

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Former Gambian interior minister on trial in Switzerland over alleged crimes against humanity | AP News

Former Gambian interior minister on trial in Switzerland over alleged crimes against humanity | AP News

BELLINZONA, Switzerland (AP) — A former interior minister of Gambia was going on trial Monday in Switzerland on charges including crimes against humanity for his alleged role in years of repression by the west African country’s security forces against opponents of its longtime dictator.Advocacy groups hailed the trial of Ousman Sonko, Gambia’s interior minister from

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