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Terrorist group al-Qaida's affiliate in Mali claimed responsibility Monday for an attack that left four civilians dead a day earlier, according to U.S.-based intelligence group SITE.

Shokat Ali Walizadeh (left), an ethnic Hazara who fled from Afghanistan to Austria in 2008, helps two Afghan boys who arrived in 2015 adapt to life in Austria. With them is the boys’ Austrian host, Marilise Gudenus.

Twelve teenage soccer players and their adult coach have been found alive in a cave in Thailand nine days after they went missing.

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller speaks with a woman who has recently arrived at a transit shelter supported by UNHCR in Flores, Guatemala.

A Philippine mayor known for parading suspected drug dealers in public was shot and killed Monday during an outdoor ceremony.

Iranian state media reported clashes late Sunday between police and people protesting water shortages and pollution in southwestern Iran.

The Italian Navy rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.

Four civilians were killed in an attack targeting a French patrol in Mali Sunday, according to the country's Defense Ministry.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply saddened at the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean Sea. On 29 June, at least 100 people died after a boat carrying around 123 refugees and migrants sank off the coast of Tajoura in Libya.

Thirty African leaders are meeting in Mauritania for a two-day summit focusing on fighting corruption and dealing with the continent's humanitarian and security crises.