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BERLIN – The U.N. human rights office has criticized Indonesia’s decision to execute eight people convicted of drug smuggling. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights says Indonesia asks for clemency for its own nationals facing execution in other countries, “so it is incomprehensible why it absolutely refuses …

ROME – Ships from the Italian Coast Guard and navy have rescued more than 1,200 migrants after smugglers’ boats ran into trouble in the Mediterranean Sea near Libya. Italian officials say the migrants were being taken Saturday to Italian ports after several different rescue operations, including helping some 200 people …

BANGUI, Central Africa Republic – The United Nations says that armed groups in Central African Republic have agreed to release any children they are holding and not to recruit child soldiers. U.N. Children’s Agency representative Mohamed Malick Fall said Tuesday that this is a major step forward though challenges remain, …