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  • Swedish broadcaster: Satirical China sketch 'misunderstood'

    Sweden's public broadcaster is "sorry" for a satirical show that "may have been an insult."

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  • Pope: Priestly abuse scandals driving Catholic faithful away

    Pope Francis has acknowledged that priestly sex abuse scandals are outraging the Catholic faithful and driving them away, and says the church must...

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  • Iraqi activist shot dead in tense southern city of Basra

    A police official says masked gunmen have shot dead a human rights activist and mother of four outside a supermarket in the southern city of Basra

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  • Argentina's central bank chief resigns amid IMF negotiations

    Argentina says its central bank chief has resigned amid negotiations with the International Monetary Fund

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  • Merkel's party ousts close ally of chancellor from top post

    A close longtime ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel has been ousted as head of her conservative bloc's parliamentary group, a surprise defeat that dealt...

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  • Syrian official vows that government will retake Idlib

    A Syrian official says the government will retake the rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib, either by force or through peaceful means

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  • Police find buried bodies of murdered Briton and Thai wife

    Police in northern Thailand say they have discovered the buried bodies of a missing British expatriate and his Thai wife, and have arrested the...

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  • Automaker BMW issues profit warning on trade, pricing

    German luxury automaker BMW says its profits and sales will fall short of its forecasts this year because of fears over international trade conflicts...

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  • Sweden's center-left PM loses confidence vote

    Sweden's prime minister has lost a vote of confidence in parliament, meaning he will have to step down though not immediately.

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  • British officials checking reports of whale in River Thames

    British officials are checking out reports that a whale is swimming in the River Thames

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  • US puts sanctions on Venezuela first lady, other officials

    The Trump administration has slapped financial sanctions on four members of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's inner circle, including his wife and...

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  • German court upholds Kuwait Airways' refusal of Israeli man

    A German appeals court has upheld a ruling that Kuwait's national airline did not have to transport an Israeli because of Kuwait's boycott of Israel

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  • Ryanair cancels 190 flights on Friday amid cabin crew strike

    Budget airline Ryanair has cancelled 190 flights scheduled for Friday because of strikes by cabin crew in Spain, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Italy and...

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  • Argentine central bank chief resigns amid negotiations with IMF

    Argentine central bank chief resigns amid negotiations with IMF

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    US Treasury slaps sanctions on Venezuelan president's wife, inner circle, as US steps up pressure on Maduro

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  • The Latest: Portugal to take 10 migrants from rescue ship

    Portugal's government says it is taking in 10 of the 58 migrants aboard a rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, as part of a deal with France and...

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  • Controversial performance artist attacked in Italy

    Marina Abramovic was meeting fans at the opening of a retrospective exhibition of her work when another artist smashed a framed portrait over her...

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  • Portugal detains military police in weapons theft case

    Portugal's attorney general's office says it has arrested military police investigators and members of the country's paramilitary National Republican...

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  • Suspect arrested in US diplomat's death in Africa

    Officials have not released details on the death.

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  • German bishops apologize for thousands of sex abuse cases

    A top German bishop apologized for thousands of sexual abuse cases that took place inside the Catholic Church during the last decades _ according to a...

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  • Watchdog accuses Yemen rebels of taking hostages, torture

    The report also documented 16 cases in which Houthi rebels took hostages.

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  • Bahrain prosecutors charge 169 over alleged militant ring

    Bahrain prosecutors say they've launched mass prosecution of 169 defendants suspected of being part of militant group

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  • Iran video threatens missile strikes on UAE, Saudi Arabia

    The threat comes after an attack on a parade in Iran killed 25.

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  • Swiss shipper in touch with pirates who took 12 crew hostage

    Swiss shipping company in touch with pirates who took 12 crew hostage off Nigeria

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  • Austrian leader defends press freedom after email leak

    Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz insisted Tuesday that any attempt to restrict press freedom was "unacceptable."

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  • Thai court finds 9 Muslim men guilty in Bangkok bomb plot

    A Thai court has convicted nine young Muslim men from southern Thailand of planning to set off a car bomb in the capital, in a case in which many of...

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  • Lebanon's parliament approves Arms Trade Treaty

    Lebanon's parliament has approved the international Arms Trade Treaty angering legislators of the militant Hezbollah group some of whom walked out of...

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  • Wildfire fueled by strong winds forces evacuation in Croatia

    A fire whipped by strong winds has forced dozens of people to evacuate parts of a southern Croatian peninsula as the army joined efforts to fight the...

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  • Wildfire in Tuscan countryside forces 700 to flee homes

    A suspected arson fire in the countryside near Pisa has forced 700 people to flee their homes and destroyed at least 600 hectares (nearly 1,500 acres)

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  • German Catholics release report on church sex abuse

    The German Bishops Conference has presented a report on sexual abuse inside the Catholic Church in Germany saying 3,677 people were abused by clergy...

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  • Macron's presidency hurt by ex-aide flaunting gun in photo

    A French investigative site has published photos of a former security aide of President Emmanuel Macron posing with a gun in a photo with a waitress

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  • Philippine president's fiercest critic arrested, posts bail

    President Rodrigo Duterte's fiercest critic in Congress has been arrested after the president revoked his 2011 amnesty for a failed coup attempt and...

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  • Archaeologists discover 'massive' ancient building in Egypt

    The building is likely part of the residential block.

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  • UK's Labour opposition says it will reject May's Brexit deal

    Britain's main opposition Labour Party says it will reject Prime Minister Theresa May's proposed Brexit deal with the European Union when it comes to...

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  • Turkish court rejects compensation for Die Welt journalist

    A Turkish court has rejected German-Turkish journalist Deniz Yucel's request for compensation for his year-long imprisonment in Turkey

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  • China demands US cancel arms sale to Taiwan

    China has demanded the U.S. cancel a $330 million sale of military equipment to Taiwan, warning of "severe damage" to bilateral relations and...

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  • World trade body's chief urges nations to avert trade war

    The head of the World Trade Organization says the whole international community has a responsibility to avert a full global trade war in which there...

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  • Kabul mural honors AFP photographer slain in IS bombing

    Shah Marai was killed in April in a suicide bombing in Kabul.

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  • Novartis plans to cut 2,100 jobs in Switzerland, Britain

    Novartis says it's cutting some 2,100 jobs in Switzerland and Britain over the several years as the Swiss pharmaceuticals giant tweaks its corporate...

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  • The Latest: WTO says it will try to minimize any Brexit pain

    The head of the World Trade Organization says the trade body will try to minimize disruption caused by Britain's exit from the European Union.

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  • The Latest: Pope acknowledges scandals driving people away

    Pope Francis has acknowledged that the sex abuse scandals rocking the Catholic Church are driving people away and said the church must change its ways...

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  • Prince William visits Africa ahead of UK wildlife conference

    Prince William visits Africa ahead of UK conference on illegal wildlife trade

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  • Pope acknowledges sex abuse scandals driving people away, says it must change to keep young faithful

    Pope acknowledges sex abuse scandals driving people away, says it must change to keep young faithful

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  • Greece: 400 asylum-seekers moved out of crowded island camp

    About 400 asylum-seekers who had been held in the severely overcrowded Moria migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos have arrived in Greece's main...

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  • Rescued Indian and Irish sailors reach remote island

    Australian officials say an Indian and an Irish sailor rescued from damaged sailboats in the remote southern Indian Ocean have set foot on land when...

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  • Deported Mexican mother of 4 citizens back to pursue asylum

    The Mexican mother of four US citizens who was deported despite claims of threats by a Mexican drug cartel has returned to the United States.

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  • China official says talks impossible with 'US holding knife'

    The US and China have imposed a series of tit-for-tat trade tariffs.

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  • World Bank report warns Gaza Strip economy is in 'free fall'

    World Bank warns Gaza economy in 'free fall,' calls for urgent action by Israel, international community

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  • Trump and Macron: Realism replaces unlikely bromance

    French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. President Donald Trump aren't as chummy as they used to be

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