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SANAA, Yemen – A five-day humanitarian ceasefire has started in embattled Yemen, where Saudi-led coalition airstrikes have been targeting Shiite Houthi rebels and their allies. The pause began at 11:59 p.m. (2059 GMT, 4:59 p.m. EDT) Sunday. It is intended to help allow aid to be delivered to ease the …

YANGON, Myanmar – Police in Myanmar’s largest city say they’ve seized more than 26 million stimulant tablets in what appears to be the country’s biggest such seizure ever. Counter-narcotics police officer Myint Aung said officers seized 26.7 million stimulant tablets on Sunday after an inspection of a parked vehicle in …

MILWAUKEE – Animal control workers in Milwaukee have set non-lethal traps baited with human food in the hopes of capturing a lion-like animal that several people have reported seeing. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and WISN-TV say the traps were placed in the area of the last confirmed sighting of the …

JOHANNESBURG – The killing of a well-known Zimbabwe lion named Cecil by a dentist from Minnesota has provoked outrage among animal activists and thrown a new spotlight on big game hunting in that southern African country. There are 27 countries with lions in the wild. Estimates for the numbers remaining …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentine authorities have successfully guided a whale out of the marina of a glitzy area in Buenos Aires and hope that it will now return to sea. Roxana Schteinbarg is the executive coordinator of the Whale Conservation Institute in Argentina. She tells The Associated Press that …

BERLIN – The United Nations envoy for Libya plans a new round of talks in Geneva next week as he tries to make progress toward a unity government. The U.N. Libya mission said in a statement that Bernardino Leon convened the talks for Monday. It didn’t specify who will attend. …

PATNA, India – Police say five women accused of practicing witchcraft have been beaten to death in a village in India’s eastern state of Jharkhand. Police official Arun Kumar Singh says residents of Kinjia village dragged the women out of their homes early Saturday and beat them with sticks and …

BALTIMORE – The Maryland Department of Juvenile Services is reconsidering its contract with a psychological firm under investigation for allegedly cutting corners when screening police officers to determine their fitness for duty. Agency spokesman Eric Solomon confirmed Monday that the department is “re-evaluating the renewal” of its contract with Psychology …

YEREVAN, Armenia – A Russian soldier suspected of killing an entire family in Armenia has been convicted of desertion as a precursor to his murder trial. Valery Permyakov, who served with a Russian military base in Gyumri, is suspected of shooting six family members dead and stabbing a 6-month-old baby …