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  • Egypt officials: Car bomb kills officer, wounds 4 in Sinai

    Egyptian officials say car bomb has targeted security forces in northern Sinai, killing officer

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  • The Latest: Afghan forces free 149 people taken by Taliban

    The Latest: Afghan officials say security forces free 149 people taken by Taliban; 21 hostages still with insurgents

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  • Verdict scheduled for next week in Myanmar reporters' trial

    A judge in Myanmar says he will deliver a verdict next Monday in the trial of two Reuters journalists that is a key test of media freedom in the...

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  • Shots fired at gate of US Embassy in Turkey, but no one hurt

    Four to five rounds were fired at a booth from a moving car.

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  • South Koreans enter North to reunite with kin split by war

    South Koreans separated from loved ones in the North are crossing the border.

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  • Escort says oligarch now has tapes on Russia interference

    A model and escort from Belarus who claimed to have information linking Russian interference to the election of President Donald Trump says she no...

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  • Afghan officials: Government forces free 149 people abducted by Taliban hours earlier; insurgents still hold 21 hostages

    Afghan officials: Government forces free 149 people abducted by Taliban hours earlier; insurgents still hold 21 hostages

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  • Italy asks EU to find countries for 177 migrants

    Italy is asking the EU to find countries willing to take 177 migrants who have been aboard an Italian coast guard ship for days following another...

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  • India military base open to commercial flights in flood zone

    Military bases in a flood-ravaged state in southern India were opening to commercial flights to help speed in relief and fly out residents

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  • AP Explains: The history of Korean family reunions

    AP Explains: Things to know about reunions of war-split Korean families

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  • Israeli journalist and peace activist Uri Avnery dies at 94

    Uri Avnery, trailblazing Israeli journalist, peace activist who openly advocate for Palestinian state, dead at 94

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  • Bolton tells Netanyahu that Iran nuclear deal was 'wretched'

    The Israeli leader branded the U.S. decision to drop out of the deal 'historic'

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  • Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat for hajj's pinnacle

    Muslim pilgrims in Saudi Arabia gather in valley at Mount Arafat for day of prayer marking pinnacle of the hajj

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  • Australian prime minister abandons greenhouse gas target

    Prime Minister Turnbull hoped to head off a revolt by conservative lawmakers.

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  • Pakistan's 21-member Cabinet is sworn in

    Pakistan's 21-member Cabinet of Prime Minister Imran Khan is sworn in

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  • Afghan officials: Taliban take at least 100 people hostage

    Afghan officials: Taliban take more than 100 people, including women and children, hostage in ambush in north

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  • German journalist in court case cleared to leave Turkey

    A Turkish court has ruled that German journalist Mesale Tolu can leave the country, eight months after being released from prison pending the outcome...

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  • Police in Barcelona shoot knife attacker

    Police say the man "intended to attack police officers".

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  • New Zealand politicians plan pay freeze as workers strike

    New Zealand's lawmakers are planning to take a pay freeze at a time that teachers, nurses and other public workers have been going on strike for more...

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  • Thailand's Queen Sirikit, 86, admitted to hospital with flu

    Thailand's Queen Sirikit is being treated in a hospital for the flu

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  • As US pushes Tehran, Iran recalls American-backed 1953 coup

    As US pushes Tehran by pulling out of nuclear deal, Iran recalls American-backed 1953 coup

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  • Malaysia hopes China will sympathize with its fiscal woes

    Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he hopes China will sympathize with his country's fiscal problems as he meets with Chinese leaders...

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  • Quake swarm jolts Indonesian islands, killing at least 12

    Multiple strong earthquakes cut power across the Indonesian island of Lombok, toppled buildings and killed at least 12 people as the tourist hotspot...

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  • Afghan officials: Taliban take more than 100 people, including women and children, hostage in ambush in north

    Afghan officials: Taliban take more than 100 people, including women and children, hostage in ambush in north

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  • Poland's president visits Australian capital and Parliament

    Poland's president has flown to the Australian capital on a visit that focuses on security and trade

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  • Despite deadly explosions, Mexican fireworks capital endures

    On the northern outskirts of Mexico's capital, the city of Tultepec is famous as a cradle of fireworks production for the country and also infamous...

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  • Venezuelans nervously await dramatic economic reforms

    Venezuelans are bracing for dramatic economic measures the government has announced, including a more-than 3,000 percent hike in the minimum wage

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  • A group of South Koreans has traveled to border ahead of reunions with relatives in North after being separated by war

    A group of South Koreans has traveled to border ahead of reunions with relatives in North after being separated by war

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  • New premier Imran Khan pledges to restore Pakistan's economy

    Prime Minister Imran Khan says in his first televised speech in office that Pakistan is in the worst economic condition it has seen and he will adopt...

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  • Afghan president calls for Eid cease-fire, Taliban to reply

    Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has announced a conditional cease-fire with Taliban insurgents for the duration of the Eid al-Adha holiday

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  • Mexican poppy producing state pushes to decriminalize opium

    Legislators in the violence-torn Mexican state of Guerrero vote to legalize production of opium for pharmaceutical use in a move they hope will reduce...

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  • Brazil to send troops to town bordering Venezuela

    The Brazilian government says it plans to send troops to the border town of Pacaraima after residents there attacked Venezuelan migrants

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  • Italy bridge designer warned in 1979 of risk of corrosion

    The Italian engineer who designed the Genoa bridge that collapsed and killed 43 people warned four decades ago that it would require constant...

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  • Romanian minister: Hundreds involved in riot police attack

    Romania's interior minister says hundreds of protesters attacked riot police during an anti-corruption demonstration that left 450 people injured

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  • Sentence doubled for Israeli policeman who shot Palestinian

    Israel's Supreme Court has doubled the prison sentence of a former border policeman who was convicted of unjustly shooting a stone-throwing...

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  • Venezuelans jittery ahead of sudden economic reforms

    Venezuelans are bracing for dramatic economic measures the government has announced, including a more-than 3,000 percent hike in the minimum wage

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  • Bolton meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem to discuss Iran

    National Security Adviser John Bolton met with Israel's prime minister during a visit to Jerusalem

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  • Palestinians sort through 8 years of mail held by Israel

    Palestinian postal workers in the West Bank are sifting through eight years' worth of undelivered mail held by Israel

    Aug 19

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  • Iraq's top court ratifies manual recount of May ballots

    Iraq's top court ratifies results of manual ballot recount, paving the way for new house to meet, government to be formed

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  • Iran appoints former F-14 Tomcat pilot as air force chief

    Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting that the country's top leader has appointed a new chief for its air force

    Aug 19

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  • Irish archbishop urges pope to speak frankly about abuse

    The archbishop of Dublin says he hopes Pope Francis will speak frankly about the "darkness" of priestly sex abuse during his upcoming visit to...

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  • Indonesia's Lombok island jolted by multiple quakes

    Strong earthquakes have jolted the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, causing power blackouts, landslides and damaging buildings, as the island...

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  • 2 monks referred to trial over abbot's killing in Egypt

    Egypt's state-run news agency says prosecutors have referred two monks to trial on charges of killing an abbot in a monastery north of Cairo last...

    Aug 19

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  • The Latest: Another strong quake jolts Indonesia's Lombok

    Another strong earthquake has struck near the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok

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  • Cyprus extradites Egyptian hijacker who dropped legal fight

    Cyprus police say an Egyptian man who three years ago hijacked a domestic EgyptAir flight and ordered it to land on the Mediterranean island has been...

    Aug 19

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  • Italy threatens to return migrants to Libya in new standoff

    Italy's firebrand interior minister is threatening to return to Libya 177 migrants who have been aboard an Italian coast guard ship for days following...

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  • U.S. Geological Survey says magnitude 6.9 quake hits near Indonesia's Lombok island at depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles)

    U.S. Geological Survey says magnitude 6.9 quake hits near Indonesia's Lombok island at depth of 20 kilometers (12 miles)

    Aug 19

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  • Iran detains outspoken lawyer calling for free elections

    Report: Iran detains outspoken lawyer demanding free elections

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  • Drought reveals remains of German 'Atlantis' in lake

    A sustained drought in Germany has revealed the ruins of a village abandoned when a large reservoir was created more than 100 years ago

    Aug 19

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  • Afghan president Ghani announces conditional ceasefire with Taliban for Eid al-Adha holiday; Taliban yet to respond

    Afghan president Ghani announces conditional ceasefire with Taliban for Eid al-Adha holiday; Taliban yet to respond

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