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Pyongyang Resumes Return of U.S. Soldiers’ Remains

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07/27/2018

07/27/2018

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Pyongyang Resumes Return of U.S. Soldiers’ Remains

Top News: On the 65th anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War, North Korea handed over to the United States what Pyongyang said were the remains of 55 U.S. troops killed in the war, in the first such exchange since 2005.

The United States will test the remains in South Korea before sending them on to Hawaii.

The return marks the partial fulfillment of an agreement on the repatriation of remains reached by U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore last month.

“The Remains of American Servicemen will soon be leaving North Korea and heading to the United States! After so many years, this will be a great moment for so many families. Thank you to Kim Jong Un,” Trump tweeted.

Nicaragua: The death toll after three months of political upheaval in Nicaragua has reached 448, according to Alvaro Leiva, director of the Nicaraguan Pro-Human Rights Association. The violence stems from protests demanding that President Daniel Ortega step down; government forces and civilian paramilitary groups have repeatedly cracked down on the demonstrators.

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AFRICA

•  The leaders of the BRICS emerging economies—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—signed a declaration in favor of an "open world economy" at the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa on Thursday.

•  Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Somalia's president, is set to visit Eritrea on Saturday—an outcome of the rapprochement between Eritrea and Ethiopia, with which Farmajo’s government is aligned.

•  Malians head to the polls on Sunday for a presidential election.

AMERICAS

•  Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who faces a bribery and fraud investigation, resigned his Senate seat.

•  Journalists in Colombia have seen a spike in death threats from far-right activists.

•  Pro-government mobs in Nicaragua are increasingly targeting Catholic leaders. Several bishops have been beaten up by supporters of President Daniel Ortega.

ASIA

•  Vanuatu's Ambae Island is being evacuated due to a volcanic eruption.

•  Five people died and 40 were injured in a fire the broke out at a construction site in Tokyo.

•  A shark in an open-top aquarium attacked a 6-year-old girl in a Chinese shopping mall.

EUROPE

•  Greek officials said that a fire that killed 83 people near Athens earlier this week was likely the result of arson.

•  French President Emmanuel Macron expressed reservations about the trade agreement European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker reached with Trump earlier this week.

•  The EU rejected British Prime Minister Theresa May’s post-Brexit customs plan.

MIDDLE EAST

•  The Israeli military says a 17-year-old Palestinian killed an Israeli settler and injured two others in the occupied West Bank.

•  A senior Syrian Kurdish official, as part of a delegation including U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, is meeting with Syrian government officials in Damascus—the first such declared meeting in the capital.

•  A zoo in Egypt denied painting a donkey to make it look like a zebra after a photo appearing to show the disguised donkey went viral.

- By Benjamin Soloway

(Kim Hong-ji/AFP/Getty Images)

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