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The U.S. Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday after a marathon session. President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic.

Iraq's top Shiite cleric affirmed on Saturday that religious authorities have a role in protecting Iraq's Christians. Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior clerics in Shiite Islam, was speaking at a meeting with Pope Francis in Iraq's holy city of Najaf.

Candles lit up a solemn gathering in Yangon Saturday as mourners gathered to remember victims of a crackdown by Myanmar security forces. As they sang and prayed, a projector showed photographs of anti-coup protesters killed on a large screen.

Thousands of farmers blocked a highway near New Delhi on Saturday to mark 100 days of protests against controversial agricultural laws. The farmers burned effigies and chanted slogans against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.