RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – Thousands of Saudi women headed to polling stations across the kingdom on Saturday, both as voters and candidates for the first time in a landmark election. Nearly 6,000 men and around 980 women are running as candidates for local municipal council seats. More than 130,000 …

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) – Burundi’s political violence escalated Saturday as 28 people were found shot dead in three neighborhoods in the capital, a day after the government said an unidentified group carried out coordinated attacks on three military installations. A climate of fear has engulfed the capital, Bujumbura, after the …

NEW DELHI (AP) – Two cities. Two very polluted cities. And two very different ways of dealing with twin public health crises. When Beijing’s air was forecast to reach hazardous levels for three straight days earlier in December, the government issued a smog red alert. The result: Half the city’s …