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  • Syrian media say 5 drones shot down near Russian air base

    Syrian state media: 5 drones shot down in coastal Latakia province as they approached Russia's air base in the area

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  • Turkish currency stabilizes ahead of finance chief speech

    The Turkish currency has stabilized near record lows as investors look to a speech by the finance chief later in the day.

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  • Driver arrested after crashing into barrier at British Parliament

    Officers have not said if it's being investigated as a terror incident.

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  • Pedestrians injured in crash outside parliament in London

    London police say that a car has crashed into barriers outside the Houses of Parliament and that there are a number of injured

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  • German economy defies trade gloom with strong growth

    Official data show that the German economy grew by 0.5 percent in the second quarter compared with the previous three-month period, accelerating...

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  • Swedish PM voices anger after burning of dozens of cars

    Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven lashes out at those who set fire to dozens of cars in southwest Sweden, asking them 'what the heck are you...

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  • The Latest: No life-threatening injuries in London crash

    The Latest: London's Metropolitan Police say no one is in a life-threatening condition following a car crash outside the Houses of Parliament

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  • With gun salutes, Pakistan marks 71 years of independence

    Pakistan kicks off day of celebrations marking country's 71 years of statehood and independence

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  • Activist compares Beijing's rule in Hong Kong to colonialism

    A Hong Kong independence activist decried Beijing's rule as modern-day colonialism in a speech to a foreign journalists' association that defied the...

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  • London's Metropolitan police: no one is in a life-threatening condition after car crash outside Houses of Parliament

    London's Metropolitan police: no one is in a life-threatening condition after car crash outside Houses of Parliament

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  • Uganda opposition figure detained after his driver is slain

    An official says a prominent opposition figure has been detained following violent clashes Monday night that allegedly started when the president's...

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  • Indonesia woman irked by mosque noise on trial for blasphemy

    Indonesian prosecutors have sought an 18-month prison term for the woman.

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  • The Latest: Taliban storm Afghan army base, kill 17 troops

    The Latest: Afghan spokesman says Taliban have overrun a military base in country's north, killing 17 troops

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  • British Police: Car crashes into barriers outside Houses of Parliament; driver of car arrested at scene

    British Police: Car crashes into barriers outside Houses of Parliament; driver of car arrested at scene

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  • Defense Ministry spokesman says the Taliban have overrun a military base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers

    Defense Ministry spokesman says the Taliban have overrun a military base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers

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  • Death toll from Pakistan coal mine blast climbs to 13

    Pakistani official: Rescuers find bodies of 5 remaining miners missing after cave-in, bringing final death toll to 13

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  • Officials: Afghan forces push back Taliban from key city

    Fighting in Ghazni, which has killed about 100 members of the Afghan forces.

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  • Abbot's murder in desert monastery shocks Egypt's Christians

    Killing of a respected bishop in a desert monastery north of Cairo shocks Egyptians, shakes up Coptic Church

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  • South Korea bans driving BMWs under recall due to fires

    South Korea bans driving recalled BMWs that haven't received safety checks following fires the German automaker has blamed on a faulty exhaust gas...

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  • Beijing: Anti-China forces are criticizing Uighur crackdown

    China is blaming "anti-China forces" for the growing criticism of Beijing's policies in a far western region where large groups of ethnic Uighurs are...

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  • Australia archbishop gets house detention for abuse cover-up

    The most senior Roman Catholic cleric convicted of covering up child sex abuse has been ordered by an Australian court to serve his 1-year sentence in...

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  • Maduro: Gas prices to spike in Venezuela to fight smugglers

    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says some of the world's cheapest gasoline that his country's drivers enjoy will soon be sold at world market...

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  • Clues but no answers in one of Syria war's biggest mysteries

    Fate of missing activist Razan Zaitouneh is among longest-running mysteries of Syria's civil war

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  • Wyoming officials oppose returning war-trophy church bells

    Elected officials from Wyoming oppose plans to return church bells seized as war trophies from the Philippines over a century ago

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  • Seattle airplane theft prompts review of security measures

    The spectacular theft of a 76-seat plane from the Seattle airport by a ground crew employee is prompting an industrywide review of how to thwart such...

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  • Malaysia PM on China, Rohingya, Singapore, graft and sea row

    Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad commented on lopsided China-backed projects, treatment of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, the South China Sea...

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  • Malaysia eyes more than 10-fold hike in Singapore water deal

    Malaysia's prime minister seeking to hike the price of water sold to the neighboring country of Singapore by more than 10 times as his country...

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  • Now with power to long rule China, Xi beset by challenges

    Just months ago, president cleared the way for himself to rule in perpetuity.

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  • Ex-Gitmo detainee now selling sweets in Uruguay capital

    One of the men formerly held at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison camp has opened a sweets stand in the Uruguayan capital

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  • Ontario allowing pot sales in private retail stores April 1

    Canada's most populous province says it will allow the sale of cannabis in private retail stores next April and the online sale of pot this fall

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  • US wheat from Pacific Northwest heading to war-torn Yemen

    Seven ships loaded with wheat grown in the Pacific Northwest of the United States are sailing for Yemen, where a stalemated three-year civil war has...

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  • Uzbek man gets 20 more years for trying to kill warden

    An Uzbek refugee serving 25 years in prison for plotting to helping a foreign terrorist group has been sentenced to another 20 years for trying to...

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  • Argentina's Fernandez denies charges in corruption case

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is denying any wrongdoing following recent accusations that she was responsible for a corruption scheme...

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  • US soldier in Afghanistan dies from roadside blast

    The Army Green Beret is the fifth U.S. casualty in Afghanistan this year.

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  • Why Turkey's currency is plunging and what it means

    A look at why Turkey's currency is tumbling and what it means for the country and the rest of the world.

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  • Man charged in Flint airport stabbing wants trial moved

    A man accused of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport wants his trial moved to Detroit

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  • UK Labour leader under fire over Palestinian wreath-laying

    British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, facing allegations of enabling anti-Semitism, has acknowledged he was present at a wreath-laying to...

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  • FEMA says it didn't treat Puerto Ricans differently

    FEMA says it didn't handle housing vouchers for displaced residents of Puerto Rico any differently from those of displaced Texas and Florida residents...

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  • Northeast governors, eastern Canada premiers meet in Vermont

    A group of northeastern governors and premiers from eastern Canada are meeting in Vermont, where they are discussing a variety of joint issues, amid a...

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  • Israel detains prominent Jewish-American critic at airport

    A prominent Jewish-American commentator who has been critical of Israel's policies says he was detained by Israeli airport authorities and...

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  • China to UN panel: No arbitrary detention in Uighur region

    China is insisting that there is no "arbitrary detention" and there are no "re-education centers" in the Xinjiang region after a U.N. human rights...

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  • UAE responds to AP report on deals with al-Qaida in Yemen

    The United Arab Emirates says it is actively fighting al-Qaida's branch in Yemen after an Associated Press report outlined how Emirati forces cut...

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  • EU seeks safe harbor for ship carrying 141 rescued migrants

    The European Commission says it is contact with a number of member states to identify a country willing to take 141 migrants picked up by a rescue...

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  • Israeli teen admits to desecrating WWII death camp in Poland

    A police spokesman in eastern Poland says an Israeli teen has admitted to dropping his pants at the former Nazi German death camp of Majdanek and is...

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  • Key Afghan city turned into 'ghost town' by deadly battles

    Afghanistan's defense minister and witnesses say hundreds of people have fled four days of fierce fighting between Afghan forces and the Taliban in...

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  • The Latest: UN: More than 130 killed in Syria in recent days

    The United Nations says at least 134 people, including many children, were killed over the weekend in northern Syria

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  • Israel protests to Romania after tourists beaten by police

    Israel's embassy has protested an incident involving four Israeli tourists who were dragged out of a taxi and beaten during a recent protest that...

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  • Minister in Poland calls LGBT march a 'parade of sodomites'

    Poland's right-wing defense minister has used the term "sodomites" to describe the recent LGBT rights march while giving an interview on a...

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  • Syria vows to help refugees return, wants sanctions lifted

    Syrian government officials have vowed to ensure the safe return of refugees and are urging Western countries to encourage the process by lifting...

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