Paul Hudson of Sarasota, Fla., holds up a photo of his daughter Melina who was killed at 16 years old, along with the photos of almost a hundred other victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103

Conflict & Justice

'Libya's institutions are becoming weaker,' analyst says after suspected Lockerbie bomber arrest

Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Oct. 28, 2021

‘I hold Facebook directly responsible for my father’s murder’: Lawsuit alleges platform fueled violence in Ethiopia

A banner with a picture of a Palestinian prisoner in an Israeli jail reads in Arabic "Karim Younis, the icon of patience and will, 35 years in captivity, for how long," in the West Bank city of Ramallah

Israel releases longest-serving Palestinian prisoner

Haitians line up outside an immigration office as they wait their turns to apply for a passport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 10, 2023.

‘Haiti has zero elected officials’ as cholera, gang violence persist, journalist says 

Court orders Canada to take back its citizens from camps in Syria

A general view of Mes Aynak valley is seen some 25 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2, 2022. Buildings on top are offices of Chinese mining company MCC that won the contract to exploit the world's second-largest copper mine.

Afghanistan

A Chinese company strikes a deal with the Taliban to extract oil from Afghanistan

Security officials and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan

Violence

Suicide bomber kills 34, wounds 150 at mosque in NW Pakistan

In this June 19, 2017, file photo, a person types on a laptop keyboard in North Andover, Massachusetts. 

Cybersecurity

'Ransomware Diaries:' Going undercover with the leader of LockBit

Ukraine

Wagner mercenary group recruits Africans held in Russian prisons

White Sand beach on Boracay Island, in the Philippines. 

Business, Economics and Jobs

The return of Chinese tourists restores hope in the Philippines' tourism industry

Politics

India’s Rahul Gandhi supporters finish 5-month rally and march against increasingly nationalist state

Screenshot from Bahjat official lyric YouTube video "Hometown Smile."

Music

Libyan pop star Bahjat beat the odds. Now he wants to popularize ‘A-pop.’

Teachers representing the observatory of knowledge, protest against budget cuts for public universities outside the Ministry of Education, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. 

Trust the process: Part I

A member of auction house staff poses for a picture with a 19-carat pink diamond at Christie's auction house, in London, Oct. 18, 2017. 

Belgium faces pressure to support sanctions on Russian diamonds

US State Department Counselor Derek Chollet smiles ahead of a meeting in Serbia, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. 

America’s top priority is to help Ukraine ‘defend itself’ as a sovereign nation, Blinken adviser says

Tens of thousands of people protested across Syria on Friday, days after the bloody crackdown on the city of Hama where the opposition had taken control. Lisa Mullins talks to the BBC's Lina Sinjab in Damascus for the latest from inside Syria.

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