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New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State fighters to the Syrian government.

The victims of Spain’s deadliest rail crash in more than a decade included a police officer, journalists and a family returning from a musical.

Numerous countries say they have been invited to join President Trump’s newly minted organization, which critics say could undermine the United Nations.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu’s effort to force the measure through Parliament opens his government up to a vote of no confidence.

Supporters of former president Hugo Chávez, the anti-American socialist, are struggling to come to terms with their government’s pact with Washington.

A labor union raised concerns last year about Spain’s railway lines.

Photographs show a tangled mess of metal, wires and broken glass at the scene of the crash, which killed at least 39 people.

The blaze, which killed at least 23 and left dozens more missing during “wedding season,” burned all night and day through a Karachi plaza with hundreds of shops.

The country has seen a surge of unrest in recent days, including uprisings at prisons and the killing of police officers, which the authorities have blamed on gangs.

Rescuers were trying to retrieve bodies from the wreckage after two trains crashed in southern Spain. A labor union said it had raised concerns with authorities last year about problems with Spain’s rail infrastructure.