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  • Suicide bomber targets clerics in Afghan capital, 50 killed

    A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Islamic scholars in the Afghan capital, killing at least 50 people as Muslims marked the birthday of the...

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  • Seoul will dissolve Japan-funded sexual slavery foundation

    South Korea says it will dissolve a foundation funded by Japan to compensate South Korean women who were forced to work in Japan's World War II...

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  • Bangladesh frees photographer facing charges of propaganda

    Photographer released from jail 3 months after being arrested on charges of spreading false information about a street protest and propaganda against...

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  • Despite UN call for Yemen truce, new clashes around key port

    Yemeni officials, witnesses: Fighting flares up again between Saudi-led coalition, Shiite rebels around port of Hodeida

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  • Caravan migrants weigh options after court blocks Trump ban

    Officials in the Mexican border city of Tijuana say they've arrested 34 members of the caravan of Central American migrants for minor offenses and...

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  • Possible Russian president of Interpol raises alarm in West

    A financier and Kremlin critic warn that electing a top Russian police official to be president of Interpol would undermine the international law...

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  • Puerto Rico seeks more funds, help from Congress post-Maria

    Puerto Rico's governor is imploring U.S. Congress to increase federal funding and approve several measures to help the island recover from Hurricane...

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  • Macedonia's fugitive ex-PM says granted asylum in Hungary

    Macedonia's fugitive former prime minister says he has been granted political asylum in Hungary, a week after he fled his country to avoid serving a...

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  • Man accused of faking own death for money nabbed in Moldova

    A man accused of faking his own death to collect a $2 million life insurance policy has been arrested in Moldova and returned to Minnesota to face...

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  • French banker on trial over arms scandals in Greece absconds

    Greek authorities are searching for a French banker who they say escaped from house arrest while on trial in Athens for alleged involvement in...

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  • Missing teacher found shot to death on dirt road, Mexican officials say

    Patrick Braxton-Andrew, 34, never returned to his hotel after taking a walk on.

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  • UN environment chief under fire for travel expenses resigns

    U.N. environment chief Erik Solheim has resigned following widespread allegations of excessive expenses on official global travel

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  • Haiti hit with more violence amid third day of protests

    Haiti is facing a third day of protests and more violence as anger grows over allegations of government corruption

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  • At least 50 killed in bombing of Afghan religious celebration: Officials

    A large explosion occurred at a wedding hall in the capital, authorities said.

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  • Romanian diplomat who fought anti-Semitism dies

    Romania's government said Tuesday that diplomat Mihnea Constantinescu, praised internationally for his efforts to combat anti-Semitism, has died

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  • Iraq says airstrikes kill 40 Islamic State fighters in Syria

    The Iraqi military says it has killed 40 Islamic State militants in airstrikes in Syria

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  • Israel steps up boycott fight after Airbnb settlement ban

    Israel is threatening vacation rental company Airbnb with high taxes and legal repercussions over its decision to remove listings from Jewish West...

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  • The Latest: US opposes Russian nominee to head Interpol

    The White House says the U.S. is opposing the Russian nominee to lead the international police organization Interpol, citing Russian "abuses."

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  • North Korea detonates DMZ guard posts at southern border

    North Korea blew up 10 of its front-line guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas on Tuesday in accordance with agreements made...

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  • Judge says families 'shattered,' wants Iraqi detainees freed

    A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to release about 100 Iraqi nationals who are under deportation orders but have been in custody for...

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  • Amnesty says Saudi activists beaten, tortured in detention

    Amnesty International says several activists imprisoned in Saudi Arabia, including a number of women, have been beaten and tortured during...

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  • At least 43 killed in bombing of Afghan religious celebration: Officials

    A large explosion targeting a religious gathering in Afghanistan's capital has killed at least 43 people and injured at least 83 others, the country's...

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  • Giraffe cub, migrants and a snowy meadow: World in Photos

    Here's a look at the top photos from around the globe.

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  • Smoke rises, sirens wail at Gaza's deadly recurring protests

    Gaza's weekly protests have become a grim and violent ritual, with thousands of Palestinians gathering at the frontier every week and dozens killed...

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  • European zoos to send critically endangered rhinos to Rwanda

    Wildlife parks from three European countries are joining forces to send critically endangered eastern black rhinos back to their natural habitat in...

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  • Pope to meet with young inmates, AIDS patients in Panama

    The Vatican is confirming Pope Francis will travel to Panama in January for the Catholic Church's big youth rally, and says he'll also spend time...

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  • Scientists work to save wild Puerto Rican parrot after Maria

    Biologists are trying to save the last of the endangered Puerto Rican parrots after more than half the population of the bright green birds with...

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  • Poland latest country to withdraw from global migration pact

    The Polish government says that it will not support a global compact seeking international cooperation on migration, citing national sovereignty as it...

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  • The Latest: 2 men stabbed, robbed in Greek migrant camp

    Greek authorities say two migrants required hospital treatment after being robbed by other residents in an overcrowded camp in the north of the...

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  • Russian challenge to chemical weapons watchdog rejected

    The global chemical weapons watchdog's initiative to apportion blame for poison gas and nerve agent attacks has survived two institutional challenges...

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  • North Korea detonates DMZ guard posts at southern border

    The detonations were part an agreement to limit military presence in the DMZ.

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  • Tutu awards prize to US school shooting survivors

    A group of young Americans who campaigned against gun violence after surviving a deadly shooting at their Florida school have received a prize from...

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  • British diplomat raises detainee's case during Iran visit

    Britain's top diplomat has raised the case of a British-Iranian woman who has been detained in Iran for more than two years during his visit to the...

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  • Italian officials: Migrant rescuers mishandled medical waste

    Italian prosecutors have ordered the seizure of a migrant rescue ship and accused the aid group Doctors Without Borders of illegally disposing of...

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  • Bosnia's 3-member presidency takes office after Oct. vote

    Bosnia's three-member presidency has been inaugurated after last month's election with nationalist politicians dominating the body designed to bridge...

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  • Croatia's indebted tycoon released after paying bail

    A Croatian court has released from jail the founder of a deeply indebted food and retail company after he deposited a one-million-euro bail ($1.1...

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  • Allies threaten to pull support from May in Brexit dispute

    Theresa May's allies are warning they could stop supporting her government.

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  • Banksy exhibit opens in Milan on heels of auction stunt

    The MUDEC museum in Milan is hosting the first exhibit of street-artist Banksy's works in an Italian public museum, just weeks after the artist...

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  • London's latest skyscraper is shaped like a giant tulip and is 1,000 feet tall

    The building will have the highest viewing platform in the city.

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  • Former gang member shot dead after book party

    Danish police say a former gang leader who repented and wrote a book about his experiences has been fatally shot by a lone gunman in dark clothes

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  • EU blocks aid to Moldova over democratic concerns

    The European Union will suspend $114 million of aid to Moldova due to democratic shortcomings and the slow pace of reforms in the former Soviet...

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  • Acquitted Christian woman wants to leave Pakistan for West

    A lawyer for Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy charges after eight years on death row in Pakistan, says she would like to...

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  • Rights group: Egypt tortures, disappears children

    An international rights group says Egypt has committed "shocking violations" against children, including torture and enforced disappearance

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  • Xi: Talks on pact to avoid sea clashes could end in 3 years

    Chinese President Xi Jinping says negotiations between Beijing and Southeast Asian nations on a nonaggression pact to prevent clashes in the disputed...

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  • Attacker shot after stabbing policeman in Brussels

    Belgium has been under heightened security since the 2016 attacks the killed 32.

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  • Supporters mark Franco's death amid efforts to dig him up

    Around 150 supporters of the late Gen. Francisco Franco have laid flowers and prayed by his tomb in the Valley of the Fallen complex to mark 43 years...

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  • Pakistan in final round of talks with IMF over bailout deal

    Islamabad is seeking an $8 billion bailout to aid Pakistan's economic woes.

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  • Former Nazi camp guard denies being aware of killings

    A former Nazi concentration camp guard on trial on hundreds of counts of being an accessory to murder says that although he served more than two years...

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  • The Latest: France, Japan support Renault-Nissan alliance

    The governments of France and Japan are offering their support for the Renault-Nissan alliance even as its longtime leader Carlos Ghosn faces possible...

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  • Prominent separatist leader killed in Indian Kashmir

    Assailants have killed a prominent separatist leader in Indian-controlled Kashmir, as anti-India protests and clashes followed a gunbattle that killed...

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