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  • George Soros foundation sues Hungary on laws targeting NGOs

    The Open Society Foundations, created by billionaire George Soros, says it has filed applications before the European Court of Human Rights and...

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  • Moldovan court suspends president in political standoff

    Moldova's Constitutional Court temporarily strips the country's pro-Moscow president of his duties for his refusal to endorse new ministers in a...

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  • 5 suspected rebels, India soldier killed in Kashmir fighting

    The Indian army says five suspected militants and a soldier have been killed in fighting near the highly militarized de facto frontier that divides...

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  • Iran's politics go topsy-turvy, 40 years after revolution

    Iran's politics go topsy-turvy, 40 years after Islamic Revolution, with more criticism bubbling up to the surface

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  • Putin's most prominent critic leaves jail, then arrested again on his way out

    Alexey Navalny was arrested on charges of organizing unauthorized protests.

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  • EU takes action against UK over customs duties

    The European Union is taking further legal steps against Britain over its alleged failure to effectively prevent customs duties fraud, which is...

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  • Calm opposition leader wins Maldives presidency amid storm

    Calm opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih wins Maldives presidency amid storm

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  • Tanzania investigates ferry disaster which killed 227

    Tanzania's government has launched an inquest into the cause of the ferry disaster, in which 227 people died when a boat capsized in Lake Victoria...

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  • Russia says will send newer S-300 missile systems to Syria

    The move follows the downing of a Russian plane over Syria last week.

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  • Man at center of Nobel sex scandal remanded pending verdict

    The man at the center of a sex abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize was remanded in...

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  • 400-year-old shipwreck found off Portugal coast

    Archaeologists said the wreck was the most important underwater find in decades.

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  • Thai military gov't head interested in staying in politics

    The head of Thailand's military government has declared he is "interested" in participating in politics, in a new indication he may seek to remain in...

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  • Gaza refugee agency staff on strike over cutbacks, firings

    Gaza employees on UN Palestinian refugee agency on strike to protest pay cuts and dismissals

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  • German convicted on war crime charge over IS stint in Syria

    The man identified only as Abdelkarim E. B. was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

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  • As Venezuelans go hungry, Trump targets food corruption

    U.S. Treasury officials in June distributed a list of suspected companies that they believe senior Venezuelan officials have used across the globe to...

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  • Iran: US wish to halt Iran's crude exports won't come true

    Iran's oil minister acknowledged South Korea had stopped buying from Tehran.

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  • Iran holds funerals for victims of terror attack in Ahvaz

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

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  • EU takes Poland to its top court over judicial reform

    The European Union has decided to take Poland to the bloc's top court over disagreements on the overhaul of the Polish judicial system and also as the...

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  • Indonesian teenager rescued after drifting 7 weeks at sea

    The floating wooden fish trap he was employed to mind slipped its moorings.

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  • Germany continues evicting protesters from forest

    Authorities in western Germany say they are continuing the eviction of protesters from a threatened forest after a temporary stop last week due to the...

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  • UK's Labour opposition says it might back new Brexit vote

    The vote would not include an option to remain in the EU.

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  • 3 Saudi human rights activists awarded "Alternative Nobel"

    The three activists who won are currently in jail in Saudi Arabia.

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  • Merkel: German government must give up internal squabbles

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it's time for her coalition government to stop getting bogged down in internal disputes after its leaders reached...

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  • Mandela: A life of soaring symbolism, now harnessed by UN

    The U.N. is harnessing the soaring symbolism of Nelson Mandela, whose South African journey from anti-apartheid leader to prisoner to president to...

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  • Russian news agencies quote Defense Minister as saying that Russia will send modern missile defense systems to Syria.

    Russian news agencies quote Defense Minister as saying that Russia will send modern missile defense systems to Syria.

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  • French boat rescues injured Indian sailor from yacht

    Indian authorities say a French ship has rescued an Indian sailor who was injured in the remote southern Indian Ocean during a round-the-world solo...

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  • Pope praises Latvians for keeping faith during occupation

    Pope Francis has praised Latvians for resisting Soviet and Nazi occupation and persevering in their Christian faith, telling them: "You fought the...

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  • Maldives' president concedes loss to opposition candidate

    Maldives strongman President Yameen Abdul Gayoom has conceded he lost Sunday's election to his challenger, longtime lawmaker Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, in...

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  • Man arrested with small Taser at Buckingham Palace set free

    British police have released a man who was detained by security staff at Buckingham Palace on suspicion of carrying a Taser

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  • German business confidence holds up amid trade worries

    Business confidence in Europe's largest economy fell only slightly in September despite worries about trade disputes that could harm growth

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  • In a first, Hong Kong bans pro-independence political party

    Hong Kong takes an unprecedented step against separatist voices by banning a pro-independence political party on national security grounds

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  • The Latest: Maldives' president concedes election loss

    The Maldives' strongman President Yameen Abdul Gayoom has conceded he lost Sunday's election to his challenger

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  • Truck collides with school bus in Poland, killing 2 people

    The accident occurred Monday morning in Tyrowo, in northern Poland.

    Sep 24

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  • Maldives' president concedes opposition won Sunday's election and says on state TV, "I know I have to step down now."

    Maldives' president concedes opposition won Sunday's election and says on state TV, "I know I have to step down now."

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  • Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained again

    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been detained just after being released from jail

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  • Russian national held in Norway after European conference

    The man was arrested during a conference on strengthening European cooperation.

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  • As Venezuelans go hungry, Trump targets food corruption

    U.S. Treasury officials in June distributed a list of suspected companies that they believe senior Venezuelan officials have used across the globe to...

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  • Maldives Election Commission says provisional results show opposition's Ibrahim Mohamed Solih winning presidential vote

    Maldives Election Commission says provisional results show opposition's Ibrahim Mohamed Solih winning presidential vote

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  • As Venezuelans go hungry, Trump targets food corruption

    U.S. Treasury officials in June distributed a list of suspected companies that they believe senior Venezuelan officials have used across the globe to...

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• Sep 23

  • Out of Cambodian jail, filmmaker strolls on beach back home

    Australian filmmaker James Ricketson took a stroll on a Sydney beach at dawn as he recuperates from more than a year in a Cambodian prison

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  • Hong Kong takes unprecedented step by banning a pro-independence political party on national security grounds

    Hong Kong takes unprecedented step by banning a pro-independence political party on national security grounds

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  • Vietnam to hold state funeral for President Tran Dai Quang

    Vietnam will hold a state funeral and national mourning this week for President Tran Dai Quang who died last week of a rare viral illness at age 61

    Sep 23

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  • Maldives' opposition presidential candidate claims victory

    Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has declared victory in the Maldives' contentious presidential election widely seen as a referendum on the...

    Sep 23

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  • Pilot blamed for Australian plane crash that killed Texans

    Investigators say the pilot was at fault in the crash of a light plane into an Australian mall last year that killed him and his 4 American passengers

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  • The Latest: US congratulates Maldives, notes opposition win

    The U.S. State Department has congratulated the Maldives' on its peaceful democratic election

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  • Iran fears plot by US and its Gulf allies as pressure grows

    Iran sees gathering threats from abroad after attack on military parade kills at least 25

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  • The Latest: Boy wounded in Iran parade attack has died

    Iran's president is accusing an unnamed ally of the U.S. of aiding the militants who attacked a military parade in southwestern Iran

    Sep 23

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  • Teenager killed in Nicaragua as protest tensions flare again

    Armed men wearing hoods have clashed with anti-government protesters in Nicaragua's capital, and police say a teenager was killed and five people were...

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  • Guatemalan human rights activist shot to death, 21st in 2018

    Authorities in Guatemala say another indigenous rights activist has been killed in the Central American nation

    Sep 23

• Sep 23

  • Children's remains found in Mexican mass graves

    Mexican authorities have found remains of children in a mass grave in Veracruz.

    Sep 23