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Ukraine Faces ‘Difficult Choice’ Over U.S. Plan to End War, Zelensky Says

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine suggested on Friday that his country’s alliance with the United States could be at a breaking point over a White House plan to end the war against Russia that would require Kyiv to give up territory and reduce its army.

At Least 52 Kidnapped From Nigeria School in Second Mass Abduction This Week

At least 52 schoolchildren and teachers have been kidnapped from a school in northwestern Nigeria, according to government officials, the second such attack in the country this week.

Desperate Search for Missing Syrians Leads to Mass Graves

More than 100,000 people disappeared during the civil war in Syria. To bring closure to some of their families, the new government faces the challenging task of exhuming remains from scores of burial sites.

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