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In AP interview, East Timor's Ramos-Horta says personal diplomacy could bring Myanmar ceasefire

The president of East Timor told The Associated Press on Monday that he would be willing to intercede personally to try and break the impasse in the region's most challenging problem - Myanmar's raging civil war, one day after his country was granted membership in the influential Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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U.N. forces in Lebanon shoot down IDF drone in border area; Israel says drone was on routine mission

Israel accused U.N. peacekeeping troops in Lebanon of shooting down on Sunday one of its drones that was conducting "routine intelligence gathering" near the border town of Kfar Kila.

Nigerian billionaire plans expansion of Africa's biggest oil refinery

The billionaire owner of Africa's largest refinery plans to expand its capacity to 1.4 million barrels per day to meet growing fuel needs in the continent and beyond.

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Rubio says IDF targeted strike Saturday didn't violate ceasefire

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday the U.S. does not see the Israeli strike over the weekend targeting a military official of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement as a violation of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples and efforts to protect them

From the depths of Brazil's Amazon to Indonesia's rainforests, some of the world's most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers - a crisis unfolding far from public view or effective state protection.