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  • Spanish court gears for high-stakes trial of separatists

    Former Catalan officials are accused of rebellion and sedition.

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  • EU urges Kosovo to drop tariffs as political tensions mount

    The European Union's top diplomat is calling on Kosovo to lift tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina as tensions rise between the former...

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  • Santa Claus rappels down building to deliver gifts

    Santa chose to rappel down a high-rise building instead of a chimney while carrying a sack of presents to deliver to kids patiently waiting in a...

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  • Putin: Russia has enough missiles without violating treaty

    President Vladimir Putin rejects U.S. claim that Russia has developed a new cruise missile in violation of a nuclear treaty, arguing that Russia has...

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  • The Latest: Man convicted over 'anti-migrant' weapons

    A German court has convicted a man of unauthorized dealing in firearms over the sale in 2016 of weapons that he advertised as being usable to "shoot...

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  • Gingerbread house baking competition in Sweden

    A 21-year-old baker who made a six-sided house with marzipan elves and icing railings took home the prize out of 153 participants.

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  • Media freedom group records increase in journalists killed

    Media freedom group Reporters Without Borders says it has recorded an increase in the number of journalists killed and imprisoned worldwide this year

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  • Vatican committee: Church credibility at risk over sex abuse

    Organizers of a Vatican summit on sex abuse prevention issued the warning.

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  • Iraqi parliament confirms 3 new ministers, 5 seats unfilled

    Iraq's parliament confirms three ministers to Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi's government, leaves other key posts, including ministers of Defense and...

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  • Fighting in Yemeni city dies down as cease-fire takes hold

    Officials say the key port city of Hodeida is calm, hours after a cease-fire.

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  • Mexico doubles minimum wage in northern border zones

    Mexico's new government is increasing minimum wages across the country by 16 percent and doubling the minimum wage in a narrow stretch of territory...

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  • South Africa eatery ad spoofs colonialism; regulators miffed

    A South African restaurant chain has been ordered to withdraw a television commercial deemed to have trivialized the brutal history of colonial rule...

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  • Dutch student, 16, shot dead in school's bicycle shed

    Police say a 16-year-old girl has been gunned down in her school's bicycle shed, in a rare fatal shooting at a Dutch school

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  • Cameroon military says it killed 7 suspected separatists

    Cameroon's military says it has killed seven suspected English-speaking separatists in Bamenda in the North West region

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  • Norway allows cleric to face court in Italy

    Norway's justice minister says an Iraqi-born cleric suspected of enticing recruits to fight in Iraq and Syria, has been given travel documents...

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  • UK Defense Secretary says some 3,500 service personnel on standby for any no-deal Brexit disruption

    UK Defense Secretary says some 3,500 service personnel on standby for any no-deal Brexit disruption

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  • Dutch Supreme Court upholds weapon smuggling conviction

    The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld the war crimes conviction of a timber dealer who was found guilty of selling arms to former Liberian leader Charles...

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  • Huawei calls on US, others to show proof of security risk

    Huawei chairman challenges United States and other governments to provide evidence for claims the Chinese tech giant is a security risk

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  • UK Cabinet to consider 'no-deal' Brexit preparations

    The government will consider spending billions to cushion the economic impact.

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  • The Latest: UK Cabinet backs more 'no-deal' Brexit planning

    The British government has decided to ramp up preparations for a "no-deal" Brexit, saying it must be ready for the possibility of that default option.

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  • Dutch court upholds ban on branch of Bandidos biker club

    An appeals court has upheld a ban on a Dutch arm of the Bandidos motorcycle club, agreeing with a lower court's conclusion that the biker gang forms a...

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  • EU officials, firms meet African leaders to talk investment

    European officials and companies are meeting in Vienna with African leaders for talks on increasing investment in the continent

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  • Saudi king extends allowances as living costs rise

    Saudi Arabia's King Salman has extended monthly allowances for government employees, military personnel, pensioners, social security recipients and...

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  • 'Ross from Friends' lookalike on the run once again after skipping court date

    An arrest warrant was issued after the suspect failed to attend a court hearing.

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  • Russian cargo ship runs aground off southwest England

    A Russian cargo ship with 18 crew members on board has run aground off the coast of Falmouth, Cornwall, in southwest Britain, following bad weather

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  • Sri Lankan lawmakers question Rajapaksa's parliamentary seat

    Members of Sri Lanka's Parliament have questioned whether Mahinda Rajapaksa, who recently quit as prime minister, can hold his seat after earlier...

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  • 9 migrants trying to reach UK rescued in English Channel

    French officials say that nine migrants, including a woman and child, have been rescued off the coast of Dunkirk after two distress calls from their...

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  • AP PHOTOS: 2018 a year of discord in Europe

    AP PHOTOS: 2018 a year of discord in Europe as Brexit looms, French streets erupt

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  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel to receive Fulbright prize

    The Washington-based Fulbright Association says its 2018 prize for international understanding will go to German Chancellor Angela Merkel

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  • Lithuania to buy floating liquefied gas terminal

    Lithuanian lawmakers have voted to buy a floating liquefied natural gas terminal that has been providing gas to the Baltic nation as it tries to...

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  • British Airways to resume flights to Pakistan in June

    British Airways to resume flights to Pakistan in June, suspended after deadly 2008 Marriott bombing

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  • Organizers of Vatican summit on sex abuse prevention warn credibility of church in jeopardy, urge listening to victims

    Organizers of Vatican summit on sex abuse prevention warn credibility of church in jeopardy, urge listening to victims

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  • Terror charges issued in France's Christmas market attack

    A man suspected of supplying the gun that was used in the shooting attack that killed five people near a Christmas market in Strasbourg was handed...

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  • Clouds grow over German economy after stocks hit bear market

    Worries are growing about the strength of the German economy, Europe's largest, as business confidence slides and stock market enters bear market.

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  • Warrant issued for arrest of 'Schwimmer lookalike' suspect

    A British judge has issued an arrest warrant for an alleged shoplifter whose striking resemblance to David Schwimmer made international headlines,...

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  • Pope shakes up Vatican communications operations

    Pope Francis is shaking up the Vatican's communications operations, replacing the longtime editor of the Holy See newspaper and naming a prominent...

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  • Scary stat: 90.5 percent of plastic is not recycled

    Britain's Royal Statistical Society dubbed the fact its statistic of the year.

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  • Thai police say sunken ship failed to meet design standards

    Police in Thailand say their investigations found that a boat that sank in rough weather in July, killing 47 Chinese tourists, failed to meet...

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  • Indonesian defendant suffers setback in Kim murder trial

    An Indonesian woman due to begin her defense next month in her trial for the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half brother suffered a...

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  • Pope to politicians: Unacceptable to blame migrants for evil

    Pope Francis says political speeches that blame migrants for all evils and deprive the poor of hope are "unacceptable."

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  • Japan to spend more on defense, refit first aircraft carrier

    Japan plans its first aircraft carrier and big increases in defense spending and weapons capability, according to defense guidelines that cite the...

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  • AP PHOTOS: Muslims worry about fate of relatives in China

    AP PHOTOS: Muslims worry about fate of relatives in China

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  • German high court throws out far-right complaint on migrants

    Germany's highest court has thrown out complaints from the far-right Alternative for Germany party claiming Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2015 decision...

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  • Kremlin denies roiling US politics through social media

    U.S. agencies have said Russia used social media to influence U.S. politics.

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  • French interior minister to meet police union reps

    France's interior minister is to meet with representatives of police unions, following complaints about working conditions and calls for a work...

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  • Putin decries prosecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

    Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to looking into what has been widely viewed as the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia

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  • Asylum seekers stake claims on patch of US soil at border

    21 Hondurans are camped between the official line between the U.S. and Mexico.

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  • China will 'never seek hegemony,' Xi says in reform speech

    Xi's speech comes amid global concerns persist over the country's growing clout.

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  • 3 South Korean teens presumed dead, 7 unconscious at motel

    South Korean fire department officials say three teenagers were presumed dead and seven others were being treated for injuries after they were found...

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  • German authorities raid mosque in Berlin in terrorism probe

    The imam is suspected of raising money to support an Islamic fighter in Syria.

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