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Colombia's ELN rebels free 5 police officers as they push for national accord 01/19/2026 03:36pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� Colombia���s largest remaining rebel group on Monday released five police officers it had kidnapped during the first week of January, as it pushes for a ���national accord��� to overcome political conflicts in the South American nation. The police officers had been taken ho What's included in Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger's first 10 executive orders 01/19/2026 02:31pm • Gov. Abigail Spanberger wasted no time during her first day in office, signing 10 executive orders Saturday at the Virginia State Capitol aimed at boosting affordability and steering the commonwealth away from former Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin���s policies on education, immigration, diversity an Gunmen abduct over 150 worshippers from 3 churches in Nigeria 01/19/2026 11:42am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) ��� Gunmen abducted more than 150 worshippers in simultaneous attacks on three separate churches in northwest Nigeria, a state lawmaker told The Associated Press on Monday. The attack occurred on Sunday in Kurmin Wali, a community in the Kajuru area of Kaduna state, while service Five face trial in Peru in rare prosecution over the killing of an Amazon defender 01/19/2026 10:21am • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� The trial is due to start Tuesday for five men over the killing of an Indigenous Amazon leader, in a rare legal case that prosecutors and advocates say could test whether Peru can hold perpetrators accountable for violence linked to illegal logging and drug trafficking in o Czech town hall shooting leaves 1 dead and 6 wounded 01/19/2026 09:36am • PRAGUE (AP) ��� A shooting at a town hall in northern Czech Republic on Monday left one dead and six others wounded, including three police officers, police said. Police said the suspect fatally shot himself and there was no further danger. The shooting took place at the Chribska town hall. Police What to know about Syria's main Kurdish-led force and its deal with Damascus after days of clashes 01/19/2026 09:09am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� Over the past decade, the religiously and ethnically mixed Syrian Democratic Forces had been the most effective force in the battle against the Islamic State group in Syria. The Kurdish-led force is now set to merge into the Syrian army after suffering major setbacks over the past we School bus crash in South Africa kills at least 13 children, police say 01/19/2026 08:26am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� A truck and a school minibus were in collision in South Africa's Gauteng province Monday, killing at least 13 children, authorities said. Preliminary reports indicated at least 11 schoolchildren died at the scene, with two others succumbing to their injuries in the hospital. Th Chinese steel factory officials detained after explosion that leaves 4 dead, 6 missing 01/19/2026 08:16am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Chinese police have detained those in charge of a steel factory in the Inner Mongolia region after an explosion killed four people and left 84 others hospitalized, state media said. The death toll rose to four during the day Monday as rescuers searched for the missing. State broadca Chaos of Africa Cup final reflects badly on Morocco's prospects as 2030 World Cup co-host 01/19/2026 08:10am • RABAT, Morocco (AP) ��� Morocco���s dry run as a 2030 Would Cup co-host could hardly have gone worse with the chaotic end to the Africa Cup of Nations. The final was marred Sunday by fighting between fans and stewards on the field and a walk-off from the Senegal team which felt a grave injustice had Man and boy critical after 3 shark attacks off Sydney in just over 24 hours 01/19/2026 07:33am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� A man and boy were critically injured and another boy had his surfboard bitten during three separate shark attacks in Sydney in just over 24 hours, police said on Monday. A surfer in his 20s was bitten on a leg by a shark off North Steyne Beach on the Pacific Ocean coas Police in South Africa say a school bus crash has killed at least 12 children 01/19/2026 06:02am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� Police in South Africa say a school bus crash has killed at least 12 children. Spanish police say at least 39 people were killed in Sunday's train collision as rescuers search for more bodies 01/19/2026 01:58am • ADAMUZ, Spain (AP) ��� Spanish police say at least 39 people were killed in Sunday's train collision as rescuers search for more bodies. Hawaii's strict gun law faces Supreme Court scrutiny in landmark case 01/19/2026 12:01am • HONOLULU (AP) ��� Hawaii���s gun laws, long among the strictest in the nation, will be the focus of arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday. The court is taking up the state's ban on firearms on private property that is open to the public, such as stores and hotels, unless the owner expli Sadio Man�� called his team back for Senegal's win over host Morocco in chaotic Africa Cup final 01/18/2026 10:31pm • RABAT, Morocco (AP) ��� Though he didn���t score a goal, Sadio Man�� has emerged as the hero for Senegal���s unlikely triumph over host Morocco in the Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday. ���We knew that today it was important to win this trophy. We all had it in our hearts to win it thanks to Sad Guatemala declares state of siege after gang violence kills 7 police officers 01/18/2026 08:14pm • GUATEMALA CITY (AP) ��� Guatemala President Bernardo Ar��valo declared a 30-day state of siege Sunday after suspected gang members in Guatemala���s capital killed seven police officers in apparent retaliation for authorities in the country���s southwest retaking control of one of three maximum secur