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Bulgarians line the streets of the capital to bid farewell to Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte

Mar. 16, 2024 12:29 PM EDT

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians lined the streets of Sofia on Saturday to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte. The spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Christians died on Wednesday at the age of 78 after a long illness. Neophyte, who became...

Bulgarians pay their last respects to the late Orthodox patriarch

Mar. 15, 2024 10:06 AM EDT

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Orthodox Christians from across Bulgaria flocked to Sofia’s main Alexander Nevski Cathedral on Friday to pay their respects to their late spiritual leader, Patriarch Neophyte, who died Wednesday at the age of 78. Neophyte, who became patriarch...

'Prophet' charged in Zimbabwe court after police say his reclusive sect used 251 children as workers

Mar. 14, 2024 16:21 PM EDT

NORTON, Zimbabwe (AP) — A man calling himself Prophet Ishmael was charged in a Zimbabwean court Thursday after police raided the compound where he led a religious sect and found more than 250 children being kept away from school and used as cheap labor. Police also discovered 16...

Former Alabama Republican US Rep. Robert Terry Everett dies at 87

Mar. 12, 2024 18:55 PM EDT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former Alabama Republican U.S. Rep. Robert Terry Everett, who represented the state's 2nd District from 1993 to 2009, died Tuesday, the governor's office confirmed. He was 87. Everett died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Rehobeth, a suburb of Dothan,...

Al-Qaida's Yemen branch says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead in unclear circumstances

Mar. 11, 2024 04:11 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The leader of Yemen's branch of al-Qaida is dead, the militant group announced late Sunday, without giving details. Khalid al-Batarfi had a $5 million bounty on his head from the U.S. government over leading the group, al-Qaida in the Arabian...

Police remove 34 bodies from English funeral home and arrest 2 for fraud and preventing burial

Mar. 10, 2024 15:14 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Nearly three dozen bodies were removed from a funeral home in northern England, and a man and woman were arrested Sunday on suspicion of fraud and preventing a lawful burial, police said. Humberside Police announced the developments after five days of investigation...

Frozen in time: Families of those on missing Flight 370 cannot shake off their grief without answers

Mar. 07, 2024 02:10 AM EST

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Over the past decade, Grace Subathirai Nathan graduated from law school, got married, opened a law firm and had two babies. But part of her is frozen in time, still in denial over the loss of her mother on a missing Malaysia Airlines plane in 2014. ...

State funeral for former Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney to be held March 23

Mar. 05, 2024 16:21 PM EST

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — A state funeral for former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will be held on March 23 in Montreal, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday. Mulroney died Feb. 29 at a Florida hospital following a recent fall at his Palm Beach home. He was 84. ...

A Texas girl allegedly killed by a family friend is remembered as 'precious' during funeral service

Mar. 02, 2024 15:55 PM EST

An 11-year-old Texas girl who was allegedly killed by a family friend with a history of violence was remembered Saturday during a rosary service at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Audrii Cunningham was a “precious, gentle, kind, loving, smiling, animal lover,” said Rev. Paul Kahan...

At the funeral of a slain Zimbabwean activist, clashes and a low turnout mirror opposition decline

Mar. 02, 2024 12:20 PM EST

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean opposition activist slain nearly two years ago was finally buried Saturday at an event marked by a low turnout and clashes between members of the main opposition party, highlighting its decline. Moreblessing Ali, 46, a member of the opposition...