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The Spanish word for "Murderer" covers a mural of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, as part of anti-government protests demanding his resignation in Managua, Nicaragua, on May 26, 2018. Colombia's government has called on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, for action from International Criminal Court on Nicaragua's recent violations by stripping from their nationality more the 300 Nicaraguans. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) ** FILE **

Key House voice on human rights prods administration on Nicaragua

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times
A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on March 13, 2023. South Korea said Wednesday, March 22, 2023, North Korea has test-launched multiple cruise missiles toward the North’s eastern waters. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korea fires cruise missiles as U.S., South Korea stage drills

By Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency personnel work at the scene following a drone attack in the town of Rzhyshchiv, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP Photo)

Russian drones kill 4 at Ukraine dorm, as rival summits end

By Hanna Arhirova - Associated Press
A soldier walks past a line of M1 Abrams tanks, Nov. 29, 2016, at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colo. U.S. officials say the Pentagon is speeding up its delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, opting to send a refurbished older model that can be ready faster. The aim is to get the 70-ton battle powerhouses to the war zone in eight to 10 months. (Christian Murdock/The Gazette via AP, File)

U.S. fast-tracks refurbished M1 tank delivery to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, center, arrives at a church in Bucha, a town outside Kyiv that became a symbol of Russian atrocities against civilians, in Ukraine, Tuesday, March 21, 2023.(Iori Sagisawa/Kyodo News via AP)

Dueling summits as Kishida makes surprise Kyiv trip in midst of Xi-Putin talks

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times
People get drinking water from a water collecting point at a slum area, in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. World Water Day will be observed on March 22, to aim to highlight the importance of freshwater and advocate for sustainable management of this vital resource. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

U.N.: 26% of world lacks clean drinking water, 46% sanitation

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press
Rescue worker unload earthquake victims from an ambulance at a hospital in Saidu Sharif, a town Pakistan's Swat valley, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Tuesday, sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices and frightening people even in remote villages. (AP Photo/Naveed Ali)

11 killed as strong earthquake rattles Pakistan, Afghanistan

By Munir Ahmed - Associated Press
People walk past uncollected garbage in Paris, March 20, 2023 as strikes continue with uncollected garbage piling higher by the day. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

Garbage: In Paris streets, heaps of it become protest symbol

By Elaine Ganley - Associated Press
The flag of Finland flies aboard the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it arrives into Nuuk, Greenland, after traversing the Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Saturday, July 29, 2017. After 24 days at sea and a journey spanning more than 10,000 kilometers (6,214 miles), the MSV Nordica has set a new record for the earliest transit of the fabled Northwest Passage. The once-forbidding route through the Arctic, linking the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans, has been opening up sooner and for a longer period each summer due to climate change. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

Finland ranked as happiest country in the world for 6th year in a row

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times
In this photo provided by Ibrahim Almadi, Saad Ibrahim Almadi sits in a restaurant in an unidentified place, in the United States, on August 2021. Almadi, 72, who is a citizen of both Saudi Arabia and the U.S., was arrested in Saudi Arabia last November and was recently sentenced to 16 years in prison over tweets critical of the Saudi government. (Ibrahim Almadi via AP) ** FILE **

Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets

By Ellen Knickmeyer - Associated Press

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A man wearing a Cuban flag bearing the slogan of Patria y Vida walks toward the stadium before a World Baseball Classic game between between Cuba and the United States, Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Miami. (Jose A. Iglesias/Miami Herald via AP)

Cuban player defects in Miami after loss to U.S. in World Baseball Classic

By By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times
A Ukrainian police officer of the White Angels unit, loads an injured woman on a stretcher into a van after shelling by Russian forces, during her evacuation to a hospital in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Friday, March 10, 2023. For months, authorities have been urging civilians in areas near the fighting in eastern Ukraine to evacuate to safer parts of the country. But while many have heeded the call, others -– including families with children -– have steadfastly refused. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

At Ukraine’s front, police try to evacuate holdout families

By By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press
A worker in protective gear collects a sample from a resident at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Nov. 29, 2022. China's sudden reopening after two years holding to a "zero-COVID" strategy left older people vulnerable and hospitals and pharmacies unprepared during the season when the virus spreads most easily, leading to many avoidable deaths, The Associated Press has found. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives

By By Dake Kang - Associated Press
In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks by phone with the Czech Republic's President elect Petr Pavel in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 30, 2023. The Biden administration has been stressing to Beijing that an expected unofficial visit to the United States by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen should not be used as pretext by Beijing to step up aggressive activity in the Taiwan Strait. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

U.S. tells China a Taiwan president stopover is ‘nothing new’

By By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press
A pedestrian walks a sign of Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A, PDVSA, and an image of Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 20, 2023. Venezuela's oil czar, Tareck El Aissami announced his resignation on Twitter and pledged to help investigate any allegations involving PDVSA. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Venezuela oil czar in surprise resignation amid graft probes

By By Regina Garcia Cano - Associated Press
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the president office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. President Yoon said Tuesday his government will take steps to restore Japan’s preferential trade status as he's trying to push for his contentious bid to resolve fraught ties with Japan despite domestic opposition.(Lim Hun-jung/Yonhap via AP)

South Korea to restore Japan’s trade status to improve ties

By By Hyung-Jin Kim - Associated Press
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo on March 17, 2023. Kishida was seen Tuesday, March 21, heading to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Japan’s Kishida heading to Ukraine for talks with Zelenskyy

By By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press
A security person moves journalists away from the Wuhan Institute of Virology after a World Health Organization team arrived for a field visit in Wuhan in China's Hubei province on Feb. 3, 2021. Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Biden signs bill ordering declassification of intelligence on COVID, Wuhan lab

By By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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