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  • The Latest: Ukraine hails choice for president of Interpol

    The spokeswoman for the Russian interior ministry says that the Russian candidate for Interpol president who lost the election will continue to work...

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  • US carrier in Hong Kong after bombers fly over S. China Sea

    A U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in Hong Kong, days after a pair of B-52 bombers flew over the disputed South China Sea

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  • German police conduct anti-terror drill at Cologne airport

    German police have conducted a large-scale anti-terror drill at Cologne-Bonn airport, in the west of the country, amid ongoing concerns about the...

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  • Baby dies in Bali after US woman allegedly threw it from car

    The woman allegedly threw her 2-month-old daughter from a moving car.

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  • Kyodo: Nissan's Ghosn to be detained for another 10 days

    Kyodo: Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn will be detained for another 10 days, after arrest on suspicion of falsifying income reports by millions of...

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  • Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen

    An international aid group says an estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of Yemen's civil war...

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  • South Korean named Interpol president in blow to Russia

    He beat a veteran of Russia's security services strongly opposed by the U.S.

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  • Migrants forced off ship after refusing to return to Libya

    An international rights group says Libyan authorities have forcibly removed dozens of migrants who had barricaded themselves in a container ship in...

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  • American believed killed by isolated tribe on Indian island

    Police say an American is believed to have been killed by an isolated Indian tribe known to fire at outsiders with bows and arrows

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  • Interpol elects South Korea's Kim Jong Yang as its president in blow to Russian efforts at naming one of their own

    Interpol elects South Korea's Kim Jong Yang as its president in blow to Russian efforts at naming one of their own

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  • Seoul says it will close Japan-funded sex slavery foundation

    South Korea says it will dissolve a foundation funded by Japan to compensate South Korean women who were forced to work in Japan's World War II...

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  • Iraqi town fearful as battle against IS rages next door

    Life in the Iraqi town of al-Qaim has been put on hold as just across the border in Syria, fighting rages against one of the last major enclaves of...

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  • Taliban deny involvement in Kabul bombing that killed 50

    The Taliban have denied involvement in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital that killed at least 50 people

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  • Kenya police: Italian national kidnapped by gunmen

    Kenya's police chief says gunmen have kidnapped an Italian volunteer along Kenya's coast

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  • Cracks show in China's vision for model ethnic unity village

    While thousands of Uighur Muslims across China's Xinjiang region are forced into re-education camps, Beijing's vision for ethnic unity is taking shape...

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  • Israel steps up boycott fight after Airbnb settlement ban

    Israel is threatening vacation rental company Airbnb with high taxes and legal repercussions over its decision to remove listings from Jewish West...

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  • Kenya police say gunmen have kidnapped an Italian national and wounded five Kenyans near the coastal town of Malindi

    Kenya police say gunmen have kidnapped an Italian national and wounded five Kenyans near the coastal town of Malindi

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  • Renault keeps Ghosn as CEO despite arrest in Japan

    France's Renault keeps CEO Carlos Ghosn on despite his arrest in Japan on allegations that he misused assets of partner Nissan Motor Co. and...

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  • Suicide bomber targets clerics in Afghan capital, 50 killed

    A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Islamic scholars in the Afghan capital, killing at least 50 people as Muslims marked the birthday of the...

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  • Bangladesh frees photographer facing charges of propaganda

    Photographer released from jail 3 months after being arrested on charges of spreading false information about a street protest and propaganda against...

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  • Despite UN call for Yemen truce, new clashes around key port

    Yemeni officials, witnesses: Fighting flares up again between Saudi-led coalition, Shiite rebels around port of Hodeida

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  • Caravan migrants weigh options after court blocks Trump ban

    Officials in the Mexican border city of Tijuana say they've arrested 34 members of the caravan of Central American migrants for minor offenses and...

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  • Possible Russian president of Interpol raises alarm in West

    A financier and Kremlin critic warn that electing a top Russian police official to be president of Interpol would undermine the international law...

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  • Puerto Rico seeks more funds, help from Congress post-Maria

    Puerto Rico's governor is imploring U.S. Congress to increase federal funding and approve several measures to help the island recover from Hurricane...

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  • Macedonia's fugitive ex-PM says granted asylum in Hungary

    Macedonia's fugitive former prime minister says he has been granted political asylum in Hungary, a week after he fled his country to avoid serving a...

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  • Man accused of faking own death for money nabbed in Moldova

    A man accused of faking his own death to collect a $2 million life insurance policy has been arrested in Moldova and returned to Minnesota to face...

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  • French banker on trial over arms scandals in Greece absconds

    Greek authorities are searching for a French banker who they say escaped from house arrest while on trial in Athens for alleged involvement in...

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  • Missing teacher found shot to death on dirt road, Mexican officials say

    Patrick Braxton-Andrew, 34, never returned to his hotel after taking a walk on.

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  • UN environment chief under fire for travel expenses resigns

    U.N. environment chief Erik Solheim has resigned following widespread allegations of excessive expenses on official global travel

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  • Haiti hit with more violence amid third day of protests

    Haiti is facing a third day of protests and more violence as anger grows over allegations of government corruption

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  • At least 50 killed in bombing of Afghan religious celebration: Officials

    A large explosion occurred at a wedding hall in the capital, authorities said.

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  • Romanian diplomat who fought anti-Semitism dies

    Romania's government said Tuesday that diplomat Mihnea Constantinescu, praised internationally for his efforts to combat anti-Semitism, has died

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  • Iraq says airstrikes kill 40 Islamic State fighters in Syria

    The Iraqi military says it has killed 40 Islamic State militants in airstrikes in Syria

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  • Israel steps up boycott fight after Airbnb settlement ban

    Israel is threatening vacation rental company Airbnb with high taxes and legal repercussions over its decision to remove listings from Jewish West...

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  • The Latest: US opposes Russian nominee to head Interpol

    The White House says the U.S. is opposing the Russian nominee to lead the international police organization Interpol, citing Russian "abuses."

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  • Judge says families 'shattered,' wants Iraqi detainees freed

    A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to release about 100 Iraqi nationals who are under deportation orders but have been in custody for...

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  • Amnesty says Saudi activists beaten, tortured in detention

    Amnesty International says several activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, including a number of women, have been beaten and tortured during...

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  • At least 43 killed in bombing of Afghan religious celebration: Officials

    A large explosion targeting a religious gathering in Afghanistan's capital has killed at least 43 people and injured at least 83 others, the country's...

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  • Smoke rises, sirens wail at Gaza's deadly recurring protests

    Gaza's weekly protests have become a grim and violent ritual, with thousands of Palestinians gathering at the frontier every week and dozens killed...

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  • European zoos to send critically endangered rhinos to Rwanda

    Wildlife parks from three European countries are joining forces to send critically endangered eastern black rhinos back to their natural habitat in...

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  • Pope to meet with young inmates, AIDS patients in Panama

    The Vatican is confirming Pope Francis will travel to Panama in January for the Catholic Church's big youth rally, and says he'll also spend time...

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  • Scientists work to save wild Puerto Rican parrot after Maria

    Biologists are trying to save the last of the endangered Puerto Rican parrots after more than half the population of the bright green birds with...

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  • Poland latest country to withdraw from global migration pact

    The Polish government says that it will not support a global compact seeking international cooperation on migration, citing national sovereignty as it...

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  • The Latest: 2 men stabbed, robbed in Greek migrant camp

    Greek authorities say two migrants required hospital treatment after being robbed by other residents in an overcrowded camp in the north of the...

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  • Russian challenge to chemical weapons watchdog rejected

    The global chemical weapons watchdog's initiative to apportion blame for poison gas and nerve agent attacks has survived two institutional challenges...

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  • North Korea detonates DMZ guard posts at southern border

    The detonations were part an agreement to limit military presence in the DMZ.

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  • Tutu awards prize to US school shooting survivors

    A group of young Americans who campaigned against gun violence after surviving a deadly shooting at their Florida school have received a prize from...

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  • British diplomat raises detainee's case during Iran visit

    Britain's top diplomat has raised the case of a British-Iranian woman who has been detained in Iran for more than two years during his visit to the...

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