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  • UN court: Russia must free 3 detained Ukraine ships, sailors

    A U.N. maritime tribunal has ruled that Russia must release three Ukrainian naval vessels captured by Russia in November and release 24 detained...

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  • Thailand's parliament votes in pro-army house speaker

    A military-aligned candidate has won majority support to become Thailand's house speaker in the first working session of the country's new House of...

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  • Pope: Abortion is never OK, even when fetus is very ill

    Pope Francis says abortion can never be condoned, even when the fetus is gravely sick or malformed, and is urging doctors and priests to support...

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  • 'Huge' challenges as Ramaphosa takes oath in South Africa

    Challenges 'huge and real' as South Africa's Ramaphosa sworn in; corruption fight looms

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  • Nepal's record-setting Everest guide returns as a hero

    Family, friends and supporters have welcomed a veteran Sherpa guide upon his return to Nepal's capital days after his 24th climb of Mount Everest...

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  • The Latest: Italy rescues 54 migrants from Pakistan

    Italian authorities say they have taken 54 migrants from Pakistan to a migrant center after finding them aboard a sailboat off the coast of Calabria...

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  • Lithuania presidential hopefuls: tone down Russia rhetoric

    The two contestants in Lithuania's runoff election for a new president say they want to maintain the strict tone toward neighboring Russia, while...

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  • Police hunt suspect after explosion in French city of Lyon

    French police were hunting a suspect following an explosion that wounded 13 people in a busy pedestrian street Friday in the French city of Lyon

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  • US ambassador raises concerns during rare Tibet visit

    The U.S. ambassador to China urged Beijing to engage in substantive dialogue with exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama during a visit to the...

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  • Sudanese protesters call for strike amid divisions with army

    Sudan's protest leaders have set a date for next week's two-day general strike in a bid to press the ruling military council to transfer power to a...

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  • Health Secretary Hancock joins race to succeed UK's May

    The race to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May has not officially begun but the field of contenders is quickly growing

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  • UN maritime tribunal rules that Russia must release seized Ukrainian naval ships, free 24 detained sailors

    UN maritime tribunal rules that Russia must release seized Ukrainian naval ships, free 24 detained sailors

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  • Egypt frees ex-diplomat who called for referendum

    An Egyptian rights lawyer says a former diplomat who called for a referendum on Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi's government has been...

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  • Bolton says N. Korea missile tests violated UN resolutions

    U.S. national security adviser John Bolton has called a series of short-range missile tests by North Korea last month a violation of U.N. Security...

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  • Trump talks trade deal at meeting with business executives after arriving in Japan

    The president arrived for a visit in Tokyo on Saturday afternoon.

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  • Malta rescues 216 migrants from 2 boats in Mediterranean Sea

    Maltese authorities say they have rescued 216 migrants aboard two dinghies drifting in distress in the Mediterranean Sea near Malta

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  • Ramaphosa takes oath as South Africa's president

    Ramaphosa takes oath as South Africa's president; has vowed to fight corruption in 5-year term

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  • German official cautions on wearing Jewish skullcaps

    The German government's top official against anti-Semitism says he wouldn't advise Jews to wear skullcaps everywhere in the country

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  • 'Revolution' in Poland as nation confronts priestly abuse

    A documentary film with testimony by victims of clerical abuse is so harrowing that it has forced an unprecedented reckoning with the problem in one...

    May 25

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  • Heavy flooding in Afghanistan kills 24 people in 2 days

    Afghan government says at least 24 people have been killed and 11 others injured in the past 48 hours as new wave of heavy rains and flooding has...

    May 25

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  • The Latest: Slovak far-right could reach European Parliament

    A far-right party in Slovakia that openly admires the country's wartime Nazi puppet state could win seats in the European Parliament for the first...

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  • Trump arrives in Japan on state visit, will be first world leader to meet new Emperor Naruhito

    Trump arrives in Japan on state visit, will be first world leader to meet new Emperor Naruhito

    May 25

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  • Japan welcomes Trump with a charm campaign, golf and sumo

    Japan is ready to roll out the red carpet to welcome President Donald Trump on a state visit tailor-made to his whims and ego

    May 25

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  • Pakistan arrests 6 for collecting funds for militant groups

    Pakistani police say 6 people have been arrested for allegedly collecting funds for 2 outlawed militant organizations

    May 25

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  • 4 countries vote in high-stakes European Parliament election

    Voters in Slovakia, Malta, Latvia and the Czech Republic are casting ballots in European Parliament elections

    May 25

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  • AP Explains: Corruption trial against Argentina's Fernández

    AP Explains: Corruption trial against former Argentine President Cristina Fernández as she seeks to return to power

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  • Taiwan changing name of de-facto embassy in US

    Taiwan says it is changing the name of its de-facto embassy in the U.S. amid the strongest relations between the sides in decades

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  • Afghan police official says blast at Kabul mosque kills 2

    Afghan police official: Explosion at a mosque in eastern Kabul kills 2, including prayer leader

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  • Utah climber, 4 others die on Mount Everest

    Nepalese officials say American climber Don Cash, who fulfilled his dream of climbing the highest mountains on each of the seven continents, died of...

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  • India's ruling party takes 303 of 542 seats in election win

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met with leaders of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party after his thunderous victory in national...

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  • Mexican Navy helicopter with 5 aboard crashes near fires

    Navy helicopter crashes in Mexico amid forest fire effort

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  • Woman accused of Chile kidnaps asks for bail in Sydney court

    A lawyer for a woman wanted in Chile on kidnapping charges dating back to the country's 1973-1990 military dictatorship has denied in a Sydney court...

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  • Losing Indonesian candidate challenges election in court

    The defeated candidate in Indonesia's presidential election has filed a challenge against the result in the country's top court, just days after seven...

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  • Argentines want justice after police car chase leaves 4 dead

    Argentines are demanding justice after police officers apparently fired shots in a car chase that killed three teenagers and a young man

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  • Judge tells attacker to study Sikhs as part of sentence

    A civil rights group says a judge ordered an Oregon man to learn about the Sikh religion and submit a report to the court as part of his sentence for...

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• May 24

  • Official: 29 inmates killed in Venezuelan jail riot

    An official in Venezuela says a showdown between armed inmates and guards in an overcrowded cellblock of a jail left at least 29 prisoners dead

    May 24

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  • Terror probe after 'low force' blast in French city of Lyon

    A "low force" blast hit a busy pedestrian street Friday in the French city of Lyon, injuring seven people as it shattered the glass from a...

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  • Climate activists call for action in Latin America

    Climate change activists in Latin America rallied for action on global warming Friday, heeding a call by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg to hold...

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  • Army Corps approves $778M plan to block Asian carp advance

    The Army Corps of Engineers' commanding officer has endorsed a $778 million plan for upgrading a lock-and-dam complex near Chicago to prevent Asian...

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  • Trial of Navy SEAL accused of killing prisoner set for June

    Court martial of SEAL accused of killing an Islamic state prisoner scheduled to start June 10

    May 24

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  • Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric hold sit-ins against war

    Thousands of supporters of an Iraqi populist Shiite cleric held sit-ins around Iraq saying their country should not be a battlefield between the...

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  • May's relationship with EU was often rocky

    British Prime Minister Theresa May had a sometimes rocky relationship with European leaders during Brexit negotiations

    May 24

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  • Islamists in Sudan rally in support of Islamic rule

    Thousands of Islamists in Sudan long allied with ousted president Omar al-Bashir's regime are rallying to support military-backed Islamic rule in the...

    May 24

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  • Fire in tutoring center kills 19 students in western India

    Indian police say at least 19 teenage students were killed in a fire that broke out in a four-story building in the western city of Surat

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  • Maduro invites Huawei to set up 4G network in Venezuela

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is inviting China's Huawei to help set up a 4G network in Venezuela, prompting opposition leader Juan Guaidó to...

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  • China ramps up war of rhetoric in trade standoff with US

    China steps up war of words in tariff spat, accusing US of trying to 'colonize' global business

    May 24

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  • Stubborn, itchy wombat gets a good scratch

    A hiker found his path blocked by a particularly itchy wombat, trying to give itself a good scratch.

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  • AP Interview: Catalan separatist vows EU parliament fight

    The most prominent jailed leader of Catalonia's separatist movement is vowing to take his fight to the European Parliament after being suspended as a...

    May 24

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  • 3 more die on Mount Everest amid heavy crowding

    One more mountaineer is presumed dead on the mountain.

    May 24

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  • Iran's foreign minister in Pakistan amid tensions with US

    Iran's foreign minister, under fire at home, in Pakistan on critically timed visit amid tensions with US

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