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    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has met with a Chinese vice premier in a bid to strengthen relations in the face of criticism from the West...

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    AP Photos: Deadly fire in historic district of Bangladesh's capital; tensions in India after Kashmir suicide attack; looking ahead to US-NKorea...

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  • From Syria, IS slips into Iraq to fight another day

    Islamic State fighters facing defeat in Syria slip across border into Iraq, destabilizing its fragile security

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  • India seeks to control rivers into Pakistan as punishment

    India says it is building dams to stop its share of water from flowing into Pakistan-controlled Kashmir as it seeks to punish its longtime rival for...

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  • Cellphone internet access bringing changes fast to Cuba

    In the 2 1/2 months since Cuba gave its citizens internet access via cellphones, fast-moving changes are subtle but palpable as Cubans challenge...

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    Japan's Emperor Akihito, who will abdicate the throne in April, is seen as being open to new ideas and keenly aware of his duties

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    Worry about US-South Korea grows ahead of second Trump-Kim summit

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  • Battle of the bands: Venezuela power struggle turns to music

    Venezuela's power struggle is set to convert into a battle of the bands Friday when musicians demanding Nicolas Maduro allow in humanitarian aid and...

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  • Amid loss of leaders, unknown militant rises in Philippines

    Philippine and US officials say a little-known militant has been named leader of the Islamic State group in the southern Philippines

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  • Australian who drove into crowd, killed 6, sentenced to life

    A man who drove a stolen car into lunchtime crowds and killed six people was sentenced to life imprisonment in what the judge described as one of...

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  • The Latest: US envoy Elliott Abrams is heading to Colombia

    A U.S. envoy is heading to Colombia as part of a mission to send food and other emergency supplies to neighboring Venezuela amid a deepening political...

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  • Brigade of volunteers vow to bring aid to Venezuela's needy

    President Nicolas Maduro deploys missiles and infantryman to the border bracing for what he claims is a U.S. coup plot disguised as humanitarian aid,...

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  • Nicaragua's Ortega says he will restart talks with opponents

    Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega says he will restart talks with his opponents, seven months after the last round of dialogue broke down and the...

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  • Deadly Bangladesh fire shows lapses in development

    A fire that killed at least 67 people in the oldest part of Bangladesh's capital shows the lapses in public safety that still plague the South Asian...

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  • Trump-Kim summit host Vietnam is model for economic growth

    Vietnam, site of next week's 2nd summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is a model for transforming into an export...

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  • AP Photos: Historic Bangladesh district razed by deadly fire

    AP Photos: Charred buildings are all that remain of sections of a centuries-old shopping district in Bangladesh's capital, where a late-night fire...

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  • Mexican Senate approves quasi-military National Guard

    Mexico's Senate has unanimously approved a more civilian-oriented version of the militarized National Guard that the government wants to use to combat...

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  • Kenya court set to rule on whether to scrap anti-gay laws

    Kenyan court to rule whether to scrap laws criminalizing same sex relations, could be important step for gays

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  • UN: Central African Republic peace deal may be turning point

    The U.N. envoy for Central African Republic says the peace agreement signed this month by the government and 14 rebel groups "could be a turning...

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  • Pope Francis calls for 'concrete and effective measures' at historic sex abuse summit

    More than 190 bishops and cardinals are in Rome to address clerical sex abuse.

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  • Venezuela's Maduro closes Brazil border to block aid entry

    Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the vast border with Brazil to be closed, just days before opposition leaders plan to bring in...

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  • Document: Man accused of attacking officer asked to be shot

    Authorities say an Islamic State follower charged with terrorism had asked a sheriff's sergeant in metro Phoenix to shoot him after he threw rocks at...

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  • World's largest bee photographed after vanishing for decades

    The last time Megachile pluto was seen was in 1981.

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  • Thanks in a tank: WWII gunner, now 95, gets a nostalgic ride

    Heroic World War II tank gunner Clarence Smoyer has been surprised with a ride through the streets of Boston in a Sherman tank

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  • 'Extinct' Galapagos tortoise found after 113 years

    The Fernandina Tortoise has been rediscovered on a remote island in the Galapagos after a 113-year absence.

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  • El Chapo attorney 'greatly concerned' after juror says panel ignored judge's orders

    A juror said at least five members of the panel ignored judge's explicit orders.

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  • Italy: Teacher's 'experiment' with black pupil arouses anger

    An elementary school teacher in central Italy who told his students a black classmate was "ugly" has drawn attention from the country's education...

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  • Pope opens sex abuse summit amid outcry from survivors

    The Pope said that Catholics wanted action and not just condemnation of abuse.

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  • Top rivals join forces in challenge to Israel's Netanyahu

    Israel's primary centrist challengers to Prime Minister Netanyahu announce they are joining forces ahead of April vote

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  • A global look at the Catholic Church's sex abuse problem

    Pope Francis' high-stakes sex abuse prevention summit calls attention to the crisis as a global problem

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  • Maine governor adds boost to major power line project

    Central Maine Power's package of incentives has won Democratic Gov. Janet Mills' support for a 145-mile transmission line to supply Canadian...

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  • Albanian opposition holds anti-govt rally, demands new vote

    Albanian opposition supporters have surrounded the parliament building and are demanding that the government resign, claiming it's corrupt and has...

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  • More than 150 IS militants handed over to Iraq from Syria

    Iraq has said it will take back ISIS members and their families.

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  • Verdict pending for Swiss veteran who joined anti-IS militia

    A Swiss military official says a verdict is expected Friday in the trial of a former sergeant accused of jeopardizing Switzerland's standing as a...

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  • German parliament approves compromise in abortion dispute

    Germany's parliament has approved legislation to loosen, but not scrap, a ban on doctors "advertising" abortions

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  • Abuse victims: Italian law helps bishops dodge investigation

    Advocates for victims of pedophile priests are pushing for Italy to revise laws that help bishops dodge accountability

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  • Pope, bishops address sexual abuse crisis at summit

    Pope Francis said at a sex abuse prevention summit in Vatican City to "listen to the cry of the young people who want justice."

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  • US gov't to place 200 tons of humanitarian aid near Venezuelan-Colombian border

    Nicolas Maduro says he will not allow U.S. aid to enter the country.

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  • Withdrawal of 1,000 Burundian soldiers from Somalia begins

    An official in Burundi says the withdrawal of 1,000 Burundian soldiers from the African Union regional force in Somalia has begun

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  • AP interview: Moldova president says country needs Russia

    Moldova's president says the former Soviet republic needs good relations with Russia, amid uncertainty about the future of the European Union

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  • Germany: Far right rebuked over 'natural selection' comment

    The deputy speaker of Germany's parliament has rebuked members of a far-right party for suggesting that women aren't fit to be lawmakers

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  • Poland ruling party allegedly financed politics from charity

    Poland's opposition lawmakers are demanding explanations from the ruling party about reports that its regional chapter used donations for the Red...

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  • Yosemite's 'firefall,' NYC snow, Oscar's red carpet: World in Photos

    Here's a look at the top photos from around the globe.

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  • Slovaks mark anniversary of slayings of journalist, fiancee

    Tens of thousands are rallying across Slovakia to mark one year since the slayings of an investigative reporter and his fiancee that shocked the...

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  • Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro orders border with Brazil closed amid political turmoil

    Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro orders border with Brazil closed amid political turmoil

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  • The Latest: Officials try to verify French IS member's death

    Two officials say they are trying to verify reports that Fabian Clain, a Frenchman who is one of Europe's most-wanted members of Islamic State group,...

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  • US embassy urges Russia to allow visit to jailed US investor

    Fund manager Michael Calvey was detained in Russia last week.

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  • Fire guts oldest part of Bangladeshi capital, killing dozens

    A devastating fire has raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old district in Bangladesh's capital, killing dozens

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