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GENEVA (AP) — Congo’s armed forces and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have committed crimes including gang rape, sexual slavery, torture, killings of civilians and other “horrific” atrocities in eastern Congo over the last year, the U.N. human rights office said Friday. It said the governments of both countries bear responsibility.A new report by a fact-finding team of experts that visited the region between March and August warned of the prospect of war crimes and crimes against humanity that may have been committed since late 2024 and since the decades-long conflict in the central African nation escalated in January, when M23 fighters…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan signed $8.5 billion in new investment agreements with China during a visit to Beijing by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Pakistan’s state media reported Friday.The accords finalized Thursday in the Chinese capital city include $7 billion in a memoranda of understanding and $1.5 billion in joint ventures covering agriculture, renewable energy, electric vehicles, health, steel and other sectors.Sharif travelled to Beijing this week for the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and met with Chinese leaders on the sidelines.Sharif unveiled the next phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor at the conference, vowing to cut bureaucratic hurdles…

LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer shook up his Cabinet Friday after his top deputy stepped down over a tax error on a recent house purchase, leaving a big hole in the center-left Labour government.Foreign Secretary David Lammy was moved to replace Angela Rayner as deputy prime minister, and also took the justice portfolio. Yvette Cooper moved from the Home Office to become foreign secretary while the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, became home secretary. Treasury chief Rachel Reeves was kept in post, meaning that the three major offices of state below the prime minister will be occupied by…

It has been nine months since Ruben Amorim sat in the media theater at Old Trafford and warned Manchester United fans that a storm was coming. The prediction was one of the few things the Portuguese coach got right in a season he labeled “a disaster.”Aside from the blip in the Carabao Cup at Grimsby Town, he has been a lot more positive about his team in the early weeks of the 2025-26 campaign. He is, though, still navigating choppy waters. If last season the storm was on the pitch, this season dark clouds are threatening to gather off it.The…

Grace Geyoro has agreed to join London City Lionesses from Paris Saint-Germain in a world record deal worth £1.43m ($1.65m).The paperwork was completed before Thursday’s 11pm deadline and the France midfielder’s move is expected to be confirmed later. The fee is a new world record, but it could be narrowly beaten if Chelsea pay all of the bonuses as part of the Alyssa Thompson deal from Angel City.Thompson’s fee of around £1m could rise with bonuses and add-ons to just below £1.5m, according to reports from the US.Geyoro’s deal reflects the fact PSG didn’t want to sell her, but the…

Call it the axis of major economies that are moving on without the US. US officials wondering what effect President Donald Trump’s move to slap 50% tariffs on India might have need look no further than Prime Minister Modi’s travel schedule. This week, the Indian leader was in Beijing, standing shoulder to shoulder with China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Modi’s first trip to the Chinese capital in seven years is giving the push for a less US-centric multipolar world greater urgency. The optics of the overt displays of camaraderie sent a message of defiance to a Trump White…

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., and U.S. President Donald Trump during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., on Sept. 4, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump has reiterated a warning that he will soon impose “fairly substantial” tariffs on semiconductor imports from companies that do not shift production to the U.S., but will spare firms like Apple that expand investments domestically.Trump made the comments Thursday night during a dinner at the White House with more than two dozen major tech leaders, including…

Uruguay, Colombia and Paraguay secured their spots in the 2026 World Cup on Thursday in the next-to-last round of South American qualifiers.Uruguay and Colombia had 3-0 wins, and Paraguay had a scoreless draw to advance to the global tournament along with already qualified Argentina, Brazil and Ecuador.Editor’s Picks1 Related”It’s a good way to qualify. The team’s offensive play was strong, there were also many highlights in individual performances,” Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa said.Peru, which needed wins in the last two rounds to advance, is now out of contention following the loss to Uruguay.”It hurts to lose, it hurts because of…

Newly manufactured cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan, on March 27, 2025.Issei Kato | ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday stateside to implement a trade deal with Japan, with 15% baseline tariffs on most Japanese goods, including autos.The deal had been reached in July after months of negotiations, with Washington and Tokyo continuing to haggle over details for weeks before it was signed.As part of the deal, Tokyo agreed to invest $550 billion in projects selected by the U.S. government and ramp up its purchase of American agricultural products, such as…

Lionel Messi got emotional after playing his final competitive match in Argentina in a 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Venezuela on Thursday at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, saying that finishing in front of his home fans was something he “always dreamed of.”Messi scored two goals and Lautaro Martínez added another as the Argentina star signed off in style in his last official match in the country. When asked about playing in the World Cup next summer in the United States, Mexico and Canada, Messi said, “We’ll see.”Editor’s Picks1 Related”There are so many emotions, I’ve experienced so many…