AUSTIN, Texas - University of Texas President Greg Fenves has ordered the immediate removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and other prominent Confederate figures from a main area of campus, saying such monuments have become "symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism."
GAZA CITY, Middle East - On a large fishing boat on the tip of land that stretches a few meters into the water of Gaza City beach, Hana al-Jarousha enjoyed herself in the first leisure restaurant of its kind in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
JAIPUR, India - An Indian court has given a woman permission to divorce her husband because their home did not have a toilet, forcing her to seek relief outdoors.
SEOUL - The combined forces of the Republic of Korea and the United States on Monday kicked off their joint annual war game that could re-raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
FREETOWN - The number of bodies recovered after a mudslide and flooding hit Sierra Leone last week has reached 499, Sierra Leonean media reported on Sunday.
CHARLESTON, South Carolina - On Monday, when a total solar eclipse sweeps across the United States for the first time in 99 years, people gathering in Charleston will be the last on the continent to experience it.
DAMASCUS - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has rejected any security cooperation with Western nations or the reopening of their embassies until they cut ties with opposition and insurgent groups.
NEW DELHI - Emergency crews searched mangled carriages on Sunday for any further victims after a train crash in northern India killed 23 passengers, the fourth major accident this year on the crumbling network.
BOGOTA - Venezuela's former prosecutor general is in Colombia after fleeing across the border with her husband and two of her colleagues, Colombia confirmed on Saturday.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday the start of a military operation to oust Islamic State militants from Tal Afar, 60 km west of Mosul.
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Indonesia's president expressed concern on Sunday after Malaysia's Southeast Asian Games organizers mistakenly published the Indonesian flag upside-down in a commemorative magazine, prompting anger among fans.
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