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  • Landmark abortion vote in Ireland may change constitution

    An abortion debate that has inflamed passions in Ireland for decades will come down to a single question on Friday: yes or no

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  • Italy brings Pakistani woman back after forced abortion

    Italy's foreign minister has proudly announced the return to Italy of a young Pakistani woman who was taken by her family to Pakistan to have an...

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  • Japan's prime minister heads to Russia for talks with Putin

    Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is heading to Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin, in hopes of making progress on joint economic projects...

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  • Greek court clears way for Turkish servicemen to get asylum

    Greece's supreme court has cleared the way for the granting of asylum to eight Turkish servicemen who fled their country hours after an abortive...

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  • Burkina Faso breaks ties with Taiwan in fresh blow to island

    Burkina Faso has broken diplomatic ties with Taiwan in the latest blow to the self-ruled island that Beijing has been trying to isolate on the global...

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  • Spanish ruling party convicted in major corruption case

    Spain's National Court has issued hefty prison sentences for politicians and businesspeople involved in a kickbacks-for-contracts scheme that helped...

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  • Train derailment kills 2, injures 20 in northern Italy

    The passenger train derailed at around 11:30 p.m. local time Wednesday.

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  • Afghan official: Taliban kill 3 troops in northern province

    Afghan official: Taliban attack military outpost in northern Faryab province, killing 3 soldiers

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  • Investigators: Russian military missile downed Flight MH17

    An international team of investigators say that detailed analysis of video images has established that the Buk missile that brought down Malaysia...

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  • North Korea demolishes nuke test site with series of blasts

    North Korea has carried out what it says is the demolition of its nuclear test site in the presence of foreign journalists

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  • Pakistan assembly passes bill to give equal rights to tribes

    Pakistan's lower house of parliament adopts bill to give equal rights to 5 million people living in country's tribal areas

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  • Thai court grants bail to detained pro-democracy activists

    A court in Thailand granted bail to 15 pro-democracy activists arrested earlier this week after several thousand police were deployed to halt their...

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  • London couple convicted of murdering nanny, burning her body

    A couple have been found guilty of murdering their French nanny and burning her body on a bonfire in their London backyard

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  • Crash survivors returning to US after jet skids off runway in Honduras

    Four EZCORP employees are among six on board who survived the crash.

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  • Lebanese president begins consultations to name new premier

    Lebanese president starts consultations with lawmakers on naming new premier, incumbent PM Hariri likely to keep post

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  • North Korea says it dismantled nuclear test site: Reports

    North Korea claims it dismantled its nuclear test site.

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  • Protests worldwide against US idea of auto import tariffs

    China, Japan and the European Union are condemning the Trump administration's decision to consider tariffs on imports of vehicles and automotive parts...

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  • China calls US withdrawal of drills invite 'unconstructive'

    China's Defense Ministry is criticizing Washington's withdrawal of an invitation for it to participate in a multinational naval exercise the U.S. is...

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  • Saudi releases 70-year-old in sweep on women's activists

    Rights groups: Saudi authorities release 70-year-old activist but 9 others remain detained

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  • Report: Airstrikes on Syria pro-government positions kill 12

    Syria monitoring group says at least 12 pro-government, foreign fighters killed in airstrikes in country's east

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  • Migrants block northern Greek highway in 2nd day of protests

    Some 250 asylum-seekers have blocked a busy northern Greek highway, in a second day of protests against overcrowding and poor conditions in the camp...

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  • AP PHOTOS: Then and now: France's World War I battle-scape

    AP PHOTOS: Then and now: France's World War I battle-scape

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  • Australian sentenced to death in Malaysia drugs case

    Australian woman accused of drug trafficking in Malaysia has been sentenced to death after an appeals court overturned a lower court's acquittal

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  • North Korea carries out what it says is the demolition of its nuclear test site in the presence of foreign journalists

    North Korea carries out what it says is the demolition of its nuclear test site in the presence of foreign journalists

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  • CEO, board members quit Russian metals giant amid sanctions

    Russia's aluminum maker Rusal says its CEO and seven board members have quit, a move that comes as the company is struggling to survive under the...

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  • EU imposes sales conditions on Gazprom in Eastern Europe

    The European Union is imposing a series of obligations on Russian energy giant Gazprom to improve the flow of gas at competitive prices in eastern...

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  • Malaysia's ex-leader questioned again in corruption scandal

    Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was quizzed for more than six hours by anti-graft investigators looking into alleged theft and money...

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  • Kremlin doubts ex-spy's daughter's statement on poisoning

    The Kremlin says it doubts that Yulia Skripal has issued a statement of her own free will after her recovery from poisoning that Britain blames on...

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  • Spain raids Catalan public offices amid probe into aid money

    Authorities in Spain say police are raiding several public and private offices across Catalonia in an operation against the alleged misappropriation...

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  • Deutsche Bank to slash thousands of jobs to control costs

    Germany's struggling Deutsche Bank says it's slashing thousands of jobs as it reshapes its stocks trading business and tries to limit costs

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  • Cyclone Mekunu pounds Yemen island on its path to Oman

    Yemeni island of Socotra pounded by Cyclone Mekunu, on a path to strike Oman this weekend

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  • Investigators: Missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 was from Russian military

    Investigators: Missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine in 2014 was from Russian military

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  • China says no reason found for US staffer's sonic condition

    China says it has not yet found any explanation for a U.S. government employee's report of abnormal sensations of sound and pressure while working in...

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  • UK retail sales bounce back strongly from snow impact

    Official figures show that retail sales bounced back strongly in April after a weather hit the previous month

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  • Israel defense chief plans 2,500 new West Bank settler homes

    Israeli minister says he'll seek approval next week to fast-track construction of 2,500 new West Bank settlement homes

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  • Australia to hold 5 by-elections due to citizenship crisis

    Australian will hold an unprecedented five by-elections on the same day in July due to a political crisis over a 117-year-old constitutional ban on...

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  • Sweden adopts law that says non-consensual sex is rape

    Sweden has adopted a law requiring people to get explicit consent before sexual contact. Otherwise it will be considered as rape.

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  • Turkish trial against Australian IS suspect postponed

    A Turkish court has postponed an extradition case against an Australian Islamic State suspect pending the result of a Turkish terror-related...

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  • New Zealand minister's wings clipped for phone call on plane

    New Zealand's transport minister will no longer oversee aviation safety after he broke the rules by making a cellphone call while on a plane

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  • 'Ice Runner': Running across the world's deepest lake in Russia

    Alicja Barahona, a 64-year-old ultramarathoner, tackles a unique kind of race.

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  • 'Ice Runner': Running across the world's deepest lake

    At the Baikal Ice Marathon, follow long-distance runner Alijca Barahona as she tests her limits at the end of the earth.

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  • North Korea slams Pence as summit with Trump grows shakier

    Claiming its ready for either talks or a nuclear showdown, North Korea fires off another verbal salvo at Washington ahead of Trump summit

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  • Train derailment kills 2, injures 20 in northern Italy

    The passenger train derailed at around 11:30 p.m. local time Wednesday.

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  • Macron and Putin to discuss Iran nuclear deal, Syria

    French President Emmanuel Macron is now reaching out to Russian President Vladimir Putin

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  • Pakistani mob demolishes mosque belonging to minority sect

    Sunni extremists demolish mosque belonging to Pakistan's minority Ahmadi sect in eastern city of Sialkot

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  • Korean Air heiress questioned over Filipino housekeepers

    A Korean Air heiress whose tantrum over nuts delayed a flight four years ago is being investigated by South Korean immigration officials over...

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  • Merkel in China stresses dialogue on human rights, tech

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday stressed the importance of dialogue with China during a visit to Beijing that comes amid shared concerns...

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  • Train plows into truck stopped on tracks in Italy; 2 dead

    Authorities in northern Italy say a train plowed into a big-rig truck stopped on the tracks, killing at least two people and injuring 18

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  • Indonesia ride app Go-Jek to add 4 Southeast Asian nations

    Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek says it will expand into Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore and the Philippines in the next few months, vying with rival...

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  • Cardinal: Nicaragua talks at impasse, suspended indefinitely

    Talks between President Daniel Ortega's administration and opposition and civic groups on resolving weeks of deadly unrest broke down Wednesday after...

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