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  • The Latest: Voting hours extended in Maldives election

    Authorities in the Maldives say voting hours have been extended to accommodate high voter turnout in the country's presidential election

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  • Iran's president blames US after attack on military parade

    Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says an unnamed U.S.-allied country in the Persian Gulf was behind an attack on a military parade that killed 25...

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  • AP Explains: Why elections hold key for Maldives' future

    AP Explains: Why elections hold key for Maldives' future

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  • Burials begin as deaths from capsized ferry rise to 224

    Burials begin in Tanzania as death toll rises to 224 after ferry capsized on Lake Victoria, says state broadcaster

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  • Police: Maoist rebels fatally shoot Indian lawmaker

    Police say Maoist insurgents have fatally shot a state lawmaker visiting a rural village in southern India

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  • Iran-backed militias accused of reign of fear in Iraqi Basra

    Activists in Iraq's oil capital of Basra say the city's powerful Iranian-backed Shiite militias used violence, threats to silence protests against...

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  • The Latest: Iran's Guard vows 'revenge' over parade attack

    Iran's Revolutionary Guard says that those behind an attack on a military parade will face "deadly and unforgiving revenge in the near future."

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  • Marchers demand better protection for British wildlife

    Marchers demand better protection for British wildlife at the People's Walk for Wildlife in Hyde Park

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  • Spain rescues over 440 migrants from Mediterranean Sea

    Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved over 400 migrants attempting the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea

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  • Russia blames Israel for downing of plane by Syrian forces

    The Russian Defense Ministry has again blamed Israel for the downing of a Russian plane by Syrian government forces and says Israel appears...

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  • Pope warns Lithuanians to guard against anti-Semitism

    Pope Francis warned Sunday against the rebirth of the "pernicious" anti-Semitic attitudes that fueled the Holocaust as he marked the annual...

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  • The Latest: Pope warns Lithuanians about anti-Semitism

    Pope Francis is warning against a rebirth of the "pernicious" anti-Semitic sentiments that fueled the Holocaust as he marked the annual remembrance...

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  • Iran executes 9 men convicted of rape

    Iranian media say nine men convicted of raping a woman have been hanged

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  • German government seeks to end standoff over spy chief

    Leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition are trying to resolve a standoff over the future of the country's domestic...

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  • Israel gives West Bank village Oct. 1 demolition deadline

    It claims the encampment of Khan al-Ahmar was illegally built.

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• Sep 23

  • American victims want Palestinian leader barred from UN meet

    A group of American victims of Palestinian violence are asking President Donald Trump to bar Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas from entering the United...

    Sep 23

• Sep 23

  • Maldives election begins amid opposition cry of unfairness

    Voting has started in the Maldives in a presidential election that is widely seen as a referendum on the island nation's young democracy

    Sep 23

• Sep 23

  • Indonesia presidential contenders vow peaceful campaign

    Campaigning for Indonesia's presidential election officially began Sunday with the two contenders releasing white birds and vowing a peaceful race as...

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• Sep 22

  • 'Tribe' of good Samaritans offer hot food, showers after tornado blacks out Ottawa

    "I just thought to myself, 'How can I help?'"

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• Sep 22

  • China summons US envoys over sanctions linked to Russia deal

    China has summoned the U.S. ambassador to deliver a strong protest against economic sanctions lodged over the purchase of Russian fighter jets and...

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• Sep 22

  • Hundreds mark Hurricane Maria anniversary near Trump resort

    Activists marking the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria's devastation of Puerto Ricostage a rally and caravan focused on President Donald...

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• Sep 22

  • The Latest: UN chief offers condolences over attack in Iran

    United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is offering condolences to Iranians affected by an attack on a military parade that killed 25 people...

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  • Mexico releases images of clothing found in mass grave

    174 human skulls were found in mass grave in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Militants attack Iran military parade, killing at least 25

    Militants disguised as soldiers opened fire on an annual Iranian military parade in the country's oil-rich southwest, killing at least 25 people and...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Maria's death toll climbed long after rain stopped

    After Hurricane Maria, hundreds of Puerto Ricans with treatable ailments like bedsores and kidney problems died agonizing deaths after going without...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Chinese navy hospital ship docks in Venezuela amid crisis

    A Chinese navy hospital ship docked near Venezuela's capital as the OPEC nation's deepening economic crisis garners the attention of the U.S. and...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Canada's capital reeling after tornado hammers communities

    A powerful tornado that carved a path through parts of Canada's capital snapped trees, tossed cars and obliterated dozens of homes leaving what the...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Tanzania death toll 209 as survivor found in capsized ferry

    An engineer was found near the engine of the upturned vessel.

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Ex-health minister tapped to lead Austrian opposition

    Austria's main opposition party is set to make a former health minister, Pamela Rendi-Wagner, its new leader after ex-Chancellor Christian Kern...

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  • Danny DeVito receives lifetime achievement award in Spain

    Actor Danny DeVito has been honored with a lifetime achievement award at Spain's most prestigious film festival in the northern coastal city of San...

    Sep 22

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  • Bannon dubs the far-right Europe's "new elite" patriots

    Steve Bannon says the far-right is the "new elite" as he pushes for a transnational European political movement

    Sep 22

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  • The Latest: Video shows rescued Tanzania ferry survivor

    The engineer was found near the engine of the vessel.

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • The Latest: Official: Campaign office raided in bribery case

    An opposition party spokesman in the Maldives says police obtained a warrant to search the main campaign office of the party's presidential...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Maldives police raid opposition office on eve of election

    Police in the Maldives have raided the main campaign office of the opposition presidential candidate on the eve of an election that is seen as a...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Egypt court upholds corruption conviction of Mubarak, sons

    Egypt's highest appeals court has rejected a motion by former president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to overturn their conviction on corruption...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Vatican, China make breakthrough deal on bishop appointments

    The Vatican and China have announced a breakthrough "provisional agreement" about the appointment of bishops, an issue that for decades has caused...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • 7 Pakistani soldiers, 9 militants killed in shootout

    Pakistan's military says security forces acting on intelligence have raided militant hideouts, triggering a shootout that left seven soldiers and nine...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • The Latest: Pope quips "I am the devil" next to John Paul

    Pope Francis has acknowledged that his reputation pales a bit compared to St. John Paul II _ at least as far as Poles are concerned

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Pope battered by abuse scandal gets warm welcome in Baltics

    Pope Francis urged Lithuanians to use their experience enduring decades of Soviet and Nazi occupation to be a model of tolerance in an intolerant...

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • US airstrike kills 18 al-Shabab after US attacked in Somalia

    The airstrike occurred after US and local forces came under attack in Somalia.

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Maldives police say they have raided the main campaign office of opposition presidential candidate on eve of election

    Maldives police say they have raided the main campaign office of opposition presidential candidate on eve of election

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Parents face tougher rules to get immigrant children back

    The number of migrant kids in government custody has soared to record levels.

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Child drowns after boat with Syrians capsizes off Lebanon

    All other passengers were rescued off the Lebanese coast.

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Thousands rally across Russia against raising pension age

    Thousands have rallied across Russia to protest the government's plan to raise the eligibility age for retirement pensions by five years

    Sep 22

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  • UK foreign secretary urges EU to step back from 'abyss'

    Britain's foreign secretary has urged European Union leaders to "step back from the abyss" and seek a compromise over Brexit

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Tanzanian official says survivor found in capsized ferry 2 days after deadly disaster on Lake Victoria

    Tanzanian official says survivor found in capsized ferry 2 days after deadly disaster on Lake Victoria

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• Sep 22

  • Libya's latest militia-on-militia fighting leaves 10 dead

    Libyan authorities say the latest bout of fighting between rival militias in the capital Tripoli has left 10 people dead

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Death toll in Tanzania ferry disaster rises to 167, official says, as coffins arrive at scene

    Death toll in Tanzania ferry disaster rises to 167, official says, as coffins arrive at scene

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • Vatican announces deal with China on bishop appointments, says it hopes for greater bilateral collaboration

    Vatican announces deal with China on bishop appointments, says it hopes for greater bilateral collaboration

    Sep 22

• Sep 22

  • India calls off foreign ministers' meeting with Pakistan

    India has called off a planned meeting between its foreign minister and her Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly...

    Sep 22