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Brazil’s Indigenous leader Raoni says he is against drilling for oil in Amazon region

By Lais Morais BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil should not explore oil reserves in the Amazon region, because of the dangerous impact on local communities, Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, of the Kayapo people, told Reuters during the country’s largest Indigenous gathering last week. Raoni’s comments at the gathering, ...
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What’s behind the visually stunning ‘Holy Fire’ ceremony in Jerusalem?

JERUSALEM (AP) — On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a centuries-old ceremony known as the Holy Fire. Holding unlit candles, they pack into the sprawling 12th century basilica built on the site where, ...
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Tunisian opposition figures sentenced to up to 66 years in prison

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A court in Tunisia has sentenced leading opposition figures to between 13 and 66 years in prison in the climax of a major trial accusing 40 people of conspiring against state security, according to Tunisian media reports. Activists called the case ...
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Kosovo’s new lawmakers are sworn in but Parliament fails to elect a new speaker

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s legislature on Saturday swore in the 120 lawmakers who will sit in the newly elected Assembly, or Parliament, after procedural disputes between the political parties but failed twice to elect a new speaker, a process which may take the ...
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Syrian president meets a US Congress member on an unofficial visit to Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s president on Saturday received a Republican member of Congress in the first visit to the country by American legislators since the ouster of former leader Bashar Assad in December. State news agency SANA did not give details about the ...
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Tanzania opposition party says its leader has been moved to different prison

(Reuters) -Tanzania’s main opposition party said on Saturday its leader Tundu Lissu, who has been held and charged with treason, had been moved to a different prison, a day after the party said his whereabouts were unknown. The charges against Lissu have brought new scrutiny ...
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Hamas armed wing says fate of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander unknown

CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas’s armed wing said on Saturday the fate of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander was unknown after the group found the guard who was holding the hostage killed. On Tuesday, Hamas said it had lost contact with a group of ...
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announces an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared an Easter ceasefire in the 3-year-old conflict in Ukraine. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has pushed Ukrainian forces from one of their last remaining ...
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Moscow court rejects American David Barnes’ appeal to get out of Russian prison

(LONDON) -- American David Barnes' appeal to be released from a Russian detention center has been denied, causing prosecutors in Moscow to celebrate while Barnes' friends and family in Alabama fear for his future.In a hearing that lasted roughly three hours on Thursday, a ...
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in 48 hours, Palestinians say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 90 people in 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, as Israeli troops ramp up attacks to pressure Hamas to release its hostages and disarm. The dead include 15 people ...
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Cambodia welcomes Japanese navy ships to naval base that US suspects is for China’s special use

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Two Japanese naval ships docked Saturday at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, whose recently completed Chinese-funded upgrade has heightened U.S. concerns that it will be used as a strategic outpost for China’s navy in the Gulf of Thailand. The visit by ...
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Taliban minister expresses concern to Pakistan over Afghan repatriation drive

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Charlotte Greenfield KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The Taliban’s acting foreign minister on Saturday expressed “concern and sadness” during a rare meeting with Pakistan’s foreign minister over the deportation of tens of thousands of Afghans, according to a ...
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