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Full-scale replica of Anne Frank’s hidden annex opens in NYC

A full-scale replica of the secret annex where Anne Frank penned her famous diary has opened in New York City.

Their kinship sealed by fire, St. John the Divine brings Notre Dame to life in exhibition

Northern Gaza is shattered. The spirit of returning Palestinians is not

At Auschwitz memorial, survivors see echoes of the past in rising antisemitism

A destroyed Israeli kibbutz on the Lebanese border starts to pick up the pieces. Who will return?

Pope Francis warns of ‘scourge of antisemitism’ ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day

Pope Francis has warned of the “scourge of anti-semitism” in his prayer on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on the thousands disappeared in Colombia, Peru and Paraguay

Thousands of people have disappeared in Latin America during decadeslong conflicts. Many have never been found, presumed to be the victims of dictatorships, insurgencies or organized crime.

Paraguay’s disappeared: A dictator’s shadow is a roadblock for justice, but a few keep up the fight

Paraguayans’ mission to search for loved ones feels less visible and more challenging than others in Latin America.

Colombia’s disappeared: As a coalition, former enemies now search for loved ones and dream of peace

Five decades of war among leftist guerrillas, right-wing paramilitaries, drug lords and the government in Colombia have left 450,000 people killed and more than 124,000 disappeared.

Peru’s disappeared: Dozens look for relatives lost to violence. A woman who knows their sorrow helps

The most violent period in Peru’s history still brings sorrow among the thousands who lost loved ones between 1980 and 2000.

Vatican says sanctions still in effect against Opus Dei cardinal following sex abuse allegations

The Vatican has confirmed that disciplinary sanctions are still in effect against the first-ever cardinal from Opus Dei following accusations of sexual abuse.

Trump wants Egypt and Jordan to take in Palestinians from Gaza. Here’s why the idea is rejected

President Donald Trump’s suggestion is likely to be met with a hard “no” from the two close U.S. allies and the Palestinians themselves.

Silence pervades Auschwitz on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the camp’s liberation

OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — Silence pervades the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau today.

Sometimes the only sounds are the soft footsteps of visitors, people who come from all over the world to mourn and to learn, and the voices of their guides speaking in hushed tones into microphones trying to explain the ungraspable.

Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?

The release of four female soldiers from Hamas captivity on Saturday came at a great cost for Israel.

Here’s what happens next during the ceasefire in Gaza

The deal hit its first major complication when Israel said a female civilian hostage named Arbel Yahoud was supposed to be released but wasn’t.

Opus Dei cardinal acknowledges Vatican sanctioned him after abuse allegation but denies wrongdoing

The once-powerful archbishop of Peruvian capital Lima and the first-ever cardinal of Opus Dei has acknowledged that the Vatican had imposed sanctions on him in 2019 following an allegation of sexual abuse.

Shiite pilgrims make annual pilgrimage in Iraq amid regional upheaval

Thousands of Shiite pilgrims are marching in Iraq dressed in black, heading on foot toward the golden twin-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the northwestern Baghdad district of al-Kadhimiyah.

Police kill a man who set himself on fire outside a Tunisian synagogue

Tunisian authorities say a man set himself on fire in front of the capital’s Grand Synagogue and was killed by police. A police officer and a passerby suffered burns.

Middle East latest: Israel says it won’t complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by Sunday

Israel’s military says it won’t complete its withdrawal from southern Lebanon by Sunday as outlined in its ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah militants.

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church in Albania, dies at 95

Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the Orthodox Church of Albania after the fall of the communist regime in the country, has died. He was 95.

A Holocaust survivor wants you to know how the Nazis took his brother’s life. And how an angel saved his

Monday’s ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is more than just the moment to remember some 6 million Jews who died in the Holocaust.

Hamas frees 4 female Israeli soldiers in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners as ceasefire holds

Four female Israeli soldiers who were taken in the attack that sparked the war in Gaza have returned to Israel after Hamas militants paraded them before a crowd of thousands and handed them over to the Red Cross.

Supreme Court will weigh approval for US’ 1st publicly funded religious charter school, in Oklahoma

The Supreme Court has agreed to take on a new culture war dispute: whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school should be allowed to open in Oklahoma.

What to know about Mariann Budde, the bishop who upset Trump with her inaugural sermon

The Right Rev. Mariann Budde, Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Washington, made headlines this week after she angered President Donald Trump with her sermon during an inaugural prayer service.

Netanyahu suggests Israel might not complete its withdrawal from Lebanon by a ceasefire deadline

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that Israel might not withdraw all of its forces from Lebanon by a deadline set in its ceasefire with Hezbollah.

Desperate families await return of 4 female soldiers held by Hamas for 15 months

Hamas has announced it would release four female soldiers held hostage for 15 months in Gaza, as part of an exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners laid out in its ceasefire agreement with Israel.

Middle East latest: 4 Israeli women soldiers will be next hostages freed from Gaza

The second batch of Israeli hostages set to be released by Hamas this weekend are four female soldiers.

Killed for fighting corruption, a Congolese man made a martyr is inspiring a new generation

When a 25-year-old government worker was asked in 2007 to allow spoiled rice from Rwanda to be transported across the border to eastern Congo, he knew the risks of resisting corruption.

Freedom is bittersweet for Palestinians released from Israeli jails

Dozens of Palestinian women and teenagers were released from Israeli prisons this week as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas to pause the war in Gaza.

After 80 years, not many Auschwitz survivors are left. One man makes telling the stories his mission

A Holocaust survivor who lived through four concentration camps as a young boy will return to Auschwitz to mark 80 years since the liberation of one of the Nazi’s most notorious concentration camps.

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