After Syria’s 14-Year Civil War, a Search for Victims Leads to Mass Graves

More than 100,000 people disappeared during the 13-year civil war. 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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Trump Administration Releases Thousands of Amelia Earhart Files

More than 4,000 documents related to Earhart were posted online, but scholars were not impressed. The release coincides with a period of intensified interest in the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his connection to the president.

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South Korea Targets Cambodia’s Scam Industry After Kidnaps, Torture and a Death

South Korea’s efforts are part of a widening international crackdown on criminal groups running online fraud schemes from Southeast Asia.

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Dozens Are Dead and Dozens More Missing as Catastrophic Rains Devastate Mexico

Torrential rains set off deadly floods and landslides across five Mexican states, leaving a trail of destruction.

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A Chilling New Tactic in Nicaragua: Arrest, Then Silence

Nicaragua’s authoritarian government has begun holding dissidents without revealing their whereabouts or acknowledging their detention. Two have turned up dead.

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A Chilling New Tactic in Nicaragua: Arrest, Then Silence

Nicaragua’s authoritarian government has begun holding dissidents without revealing their whereabouts or acknowledging their detention. Two have turned up dead.

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Indonesia School Collapse Leaves Families Gripped by Grief and Fury

Four days after the collapse, families of the school’s students in East Java were in shock, demanding answers as the search for bodies churned on.

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A Candidate Vanished at Sea. His Opponents Insist He Stay on the Ballot.

Petros Krommidas, a Democrat, was running for county legislature on Long Island when he disappeared on a swim. A judge sided with Republicans and refused to allow a replacement candidate.

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South African Ambassador to France Is Found Dead in Paris

The ambassador, Nkosinathi Emmanuel Mthethwa, was found outside a hotel on the western edge of the city, a day after his wife reported him missing.

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His Parents Disappeared. In a TV Studio, He Confessed to Killing Them.

After investigators came looking, Lorenz Kraus told a reporter he had strangled Franz and Theresia Kraus eight years ago. Two bodies were buried in their backyard.

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