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  • Sporadic clashes with remaining IS militants in Syria

    Some 300 IS militants have been under siege for more than a week.

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  • Saudi crown prince hails China relations at talks with Xi

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman hails relations with China as trouble-free, during talks with President Xi Jinping in Beijing aimed at...

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  • Powerful 7.5-magnitude quake hits eastern Ecuador

    There were no immediate reports of casualties.

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  • Swede gets 4.5 years for royal jewels heist

    A 22-year-old Swede has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison after he was convicted of stealing royal funeral artifacts said to be worth...

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  • Pakistan re-imposes ban on US-wanted suspect's charities

    Pakistan re-imposes ban on charities run by US-wanted suspect behind 2008 Mumbai terror attacks

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  • UN body expresses concern over executions in Egypt

    15 people were executed this month, including nine suspected Islamists.

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  • Russian court extends detention for alleged American spy

    Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine, was detained at the end of December.

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  • China's new policy against gender bias meets fans, sceptics

    Female workers are skeptical that such measures can be enforced.

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  • Family of IS teen appeals to UK to help bring her child home

    The family of a UK teenager who ran away to join the Islamic State group is begging the government to help bring her newborn son to Britain.

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  • Chinese-Australian billionaire wins media defamation suit

    Judge rules Chinese-Australian billionaire Chau Chak Wing was defamed by a media report that insinuated he bribed a former United Nations general...

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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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  • In Nigeria, Boko Haram violence disenfranchises many voters

    In Nigeria, Islamic extremist violence disenfranchise thousands of potential voters, including widows who survived attacks

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  • USGS: A 7.5 preliminary magnitude earthquake has hit the Ecuador-Peru border region near Montalvo, Ecuador

    USGS: A 7.5 preliminary magnitude earthquake has hit the Ecuador-Peru border region near Montalvo, Ecuador

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  • Kenya court postpones ruling on anti-gay laws to May 24

    Disappointment as Kenyan court postpones decision on abolishing anti-gay laws

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  • Shares in Kraft Heinz to plunge on news of US probe, loss

    Shares in Kraft Heinz are expected to plunge when markets open Friday after the consumer goods company said it was being investigated by U.S....

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  • Vatican summit on sex abuse focuses calls for accountability

    Cardinals attending Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse have called for a new culture of accountability in the Catholic Church to...

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  • Fly-past honors WWII airmen who died saving UK children

    10 WWII U.S. airmen sacrificed themselves to save children in a park.

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  • South Sudan's hunger is growing, despite 5 months of peace

    Five months into South Sudan's fragile peace, 1.5 million people are on the brink of starvation and half the population, more than six million people,...

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  • Filipino rebel commanders become officials under peace deal

    Some of the fiercest Muslim rebel commanders in the southern Philippines are in Manila to be sworn in as administrators of a new Muslim autonomy...

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  • French national faces Myanmar court on drone flying charge

    A French national has appeared in court in Myanmar after being arrested two weeks ago for allegedly flying a drone close to the country's vast...

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  • Ireland publishes no-deal Brexit bill it hopes it won't need

    The Irish government has published legislation designed to ease the damage if Britain leaves the European Union without a deal _ but says it hopes the...

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  • German business confidence drops for 6th straight month

    A closely watched survey shows that business confidence in Germany has fallen for the sixth consecutive month as worries mount about the outlook for...

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  • Russian opens money laundering probe involving Moldova

    The Russian Interior Ministry says that it has launched a money laundering probe involving the influential leader of Moldova's Democratic Party, just...

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  • India top court orders an end to assaults against Kashmiris

    India's top court has ordered state authorities to stop threats, assaults and social boycotts of thousands of Kashmiri students and others following...

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  • Labour lawmaker quits party in latest jolt to UK politics

    A 12th British lawmaker this week has quit one of the country's main political parties, as fallout from Brexit continues to splinter U.K. politics

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  • Police investigating negligence in deadly Bangladesh fire

    Bangladesh police say they are seeking up to a dozen suspects in connection with a fire in the oldest part of the capital that killed at least 67...

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  • Rights group urges Libyan forces to lift siege on civilians

    Human Rights Watch urges Libyan strongman's self-styled army to lift siege of civilians trapped in eastern city

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  • Africa's largest democracy finally goes to vote, a week late

    Africa's largest democracy finally goes to vote, a week late; 'the right to demand better'

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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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  • French bishops agree to compensation for sex abuse victims

    France's bishops agree 'in principle' to award financial compensation to victims sexual abuse by priests

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  • Closing nuclear facility on table as US-NKorea summit nears

    The future of a key North Korean nuclear facility is on the table as leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump prepare to meet in Vietnam next...

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  • Australia says coal holdups at China ports are not a ban

    Australia's trade minister says delays in handling of coal shipments at Chinese port are not a ban

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  • Nigeria leader says many feared 'the worst' after vote delay

    Nigeria's leader says many feared 'the worst' after election delay; vote now on Saturday

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  • AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

    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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  • 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 Akihito seen as devoted to duties, open to new ideas

    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-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit

    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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  • AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean

    AP PHOTOS: Venezuelan families claim police targeting government foes in killings, soccer tournament draws thousands in Brazil's Amazon, Mexicans find...

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• Feb 21

  • 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

    Feb 21

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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...

    Feb 21

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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...

    Feb 21

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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

    Feb 21

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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...

    Feb 21