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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Watchdog accuses Yemen rebels of taking hostages, torture

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

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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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  • Pope acknowledges abuse scandals outrage, drive people away

    Pope Francis acknowledged the sex abuse scandals rocking the Catholic Church have "outraged" the faithful and are driving them away and said the...

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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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  • 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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  • 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: Migrant rescue ship heads toward France

    A rescue vessel carrying 58 migrants pulled from the Mediterranean north of Libya is heading toward France and an uncertain welcome.

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • NTSB expected to determine cause of Air Canada close call

    A US safety board meets to determine why an off-course Air Canada jet flew over four other jetliners in San Francisco

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  • Vietnam jails activist for anti-government posts on Facebook

    A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an activist to 27 months in prison for Facebook posts that judges say insulted the ruling Communist Party...

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  • Mexican gov't agency says 1968 massacre was a 'state crime'

    For the first time, a Mexican government body has acknowledged that the massacre of student protesters at the capital's Plaza of the Three Cultures on...

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  • Dallas police officer who shot neighbor fired by department

    Dallas police say a white officer who fatally shooting her black neighbor inside his own apartment has been fired

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  • Mandela's widow urges world: put egos aside and end violence

    Nelson Mandela's widow challenged world leaders celebrating his life on Monday to put their egos and partisan politics aside and honor his legacy by...

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  • The Latest: Dallas officer's attorney says firing unfair

    The attorney for a white Dallas police officer charged in the fatal shooting of her black neighbor in the man's own apartment says his client's firing...

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  • The Latest: 5 powers agree on plan to assist Iran's exports

    Five world powers have agreed with Iran to establish a financial facility in the European Union to facilitate payments for Iran's exports, including...

    Sep 24

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  • Polish globe-trotter blunders into Indonesia-Papua conflict

    To Indonesia's government, the 39-year-old factory worker and globe-trotting Polish traveler is a danger to the state, a man who plotted with gunmen...

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  • Trump administration declines to label Rohingya slaughter 'genocide' in new report

    A new report says Myanmar's violence against the Rohingha isn't "genocide."

    Sep 24

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  • Venezuelan official to crash UN meeting on migrant crisis

    Venezuela's foreign minister says he is ready to crash a meeting at the United Nations called to help surrounding countries struggling to deal with...

    Sep 24

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  • Venezuela says diplomats may be tied to assassination try

    Venezuela says diplomats from three Latin American may have been involved in an attempt to assassinate President Nicolas Maduro

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  • AP Interview: Brazil's Temer denies graft, defends legacy

    AP Interview: Brazilian President Michel Temer defends his legacy and says corruption cases against him were aimed at derailing his attempts to reform...

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  • Teen rescued after 49 days adrift at sea on a floating fish trap

    The floating fish trap, called a rompong, is not a boat and had no steering.

    Sep 24

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  • Admired abroad, New Zealand leader faces hurdles at home

    New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is visiting New York this week for the U.N. General Assembly and has announced a number of high-profile...

    Sep 24

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  • American diplomat found dead in Madagascar

    An American diplomat in Madagascar was found dead in their home late Friday night, the State Department confirmed on Monday. U.S. and Malagasy...

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  • Mexico: Alleged lookout nabbed in murder of Chiapas reporter

    Authorities in southern Mexico say they have made an arrest in the shooting death of a journalist for the newspaper Heraldo de Chiapas

    Sep 24

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  • Wails, vows of revenge at Iran funeral after parade attack

    Mourning their dead, Iranians hold funerals for victims of attack on military parade in Ahvaz

    Sep 24