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Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) May 28, 2023 - Two Virunga national park guards were killed in Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, authorities said, the latest bloodshed to rock the world heritage site.

Caracas (AFP) May 28, 2023 - Indigenous locals attacked a military outpost in the Amazon with bows and arrows, Venezuelas military reported Sunday.

Brasilia (AFP) May 26, 2023 - The city of Belem on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon has been chosen to host the COP30 round of global climate talks in 2025, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced Friday.

Washington DC (UPI) May 26, 2023 - Speaking to U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III said their hard work will help bring a more free and secure world.

Washington DC (UPI) May 27, 2023 - Iranian border guards exchanged gunfire with Taliban soldiers Saturday along a common border between Irans Sistan and Baluchestan provinces and Afghanistans Nimruz province, official media reported.

Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) May 27, 2023 - An avalanche killed at least 10 people in a remote area of northern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said, adding that poor weather and limited accessibility were hampering rescue efforts.

Huntsville AL (SPX) May 26, 2023 - Technicians at NASAs Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, have completed applying thermal protection system material to the launch vehicle stage adapter (LVSA) of NASAs SLS (Space

Space Coast FL (SPX) May 27, 2023 - A nearly 10,000-pound (4.5-metric-ton) Airbus-built Badr 8 communications satellite for the Riyadh-based company Arabsat lifted off from Space Launch Complex-40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Space Force

Abidjan (AFP) May 25, 2023 - West African fish exporter Ivory Coast on Thursday announced temporary bans on trawling for tuna and other species in a bid to protect dwindling stocks.

Tripoli (AFP) May 25, 2023 - Libyas Tripoli-based Government of National Unity announced Thursday its aircraft had carried out strikes against suspected smugglers on the Mediterranean coast west of the capital.