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  • Report: Iran prisoner who died in hospital was a terrorist

    Iranian semi-official ISNA news agency is reporting that a detained activist who died last week was a member of terrorist group planning attacks

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  • Georgia's 1st woman president is inaugurated amid protests

    The first woman president of Georgia has been sworn into office amid continued protests from opposition figures who allege her election was tainted

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  • 42 people injured in Japan restaurant explosion

    Japanese police say 42 people have been injured in an explosion at a restaurant in northern Japan

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  • 1 dead, 44 injured in Switzerland bus crash

    Zurich police say a tour bus on its way to Germany has crashed in Switzerland, killing one person and injuring 44 others

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  • Kremlin candidate wins in repeated vote in Russia's Far East

    Russians living in the far eastern region of Primorsky Krai elected a Kremlin-backed candidate for governor after a previous election was thrown out...

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  • Police, anti-migration protesters clash at EU headquarters

    Police have used tear gas and water cannons on demonstrators who assembled around the European Union's headquarters in Brussels to protest the...

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  • 5 stories that captured the world’s attention in 2018

    From a cave rescue to a royal wedding, 2018 was packed with momentous events.

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  • Turkey expects 'concrete steps' from US on cleric's return

    Turkey's foreign minister is expressing impatience with the United States for not extraditing a cleric whom the Turkish government alleges...

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  • Kosovo president: Decision to form army 'irreversible'

    Kosovo's president says the decision to transform the country's security force into an army is "irreversible" but assures neighboring Serbia it...

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  • Japanese police say more than 40 people injured in an explosion at a restaurant in northern Japan

    Japanese police say more than 40 people injured in an explosion at a restaurant in northern Japan

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  • Kids at a Vatican charity give Pope Francis a birthday cake

    Children who receive help at a Vatican pediatric dispensary have given Pope Francis a cake on the eve of his 82nd birthday

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  • Croatia denies abusing migrants at Bosnian border

    Croatian authorities are denying a report by an international watchdog group that the country's police are illegally and sometimes violently pushing...

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  • Bomb kills 8 in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed forces

    Syrian activists say a bomb blast in a northern town held by Turkish-backed opposition forces has killed at least eight people

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  • Moscow police arrest least 5 protesters near security office

    A human rights activist says Moscow police have arrested at least five protesters at an unsanctioned rally outside the headquarters of the Federal...

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  • North Korea marks 7th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death

    North Koreans are marking the anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Il seven years ago with visits to statues and vows of loyalty to his son,...

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  • Sri Lanka's president reinstates prime minister he sacked

    Sri Lanka's president has reappointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister, nearly two months after firing him and setting off a long political...

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  • New Ukrainian Orthodox leader gives 1st liturgy, urges unity

    New Ukrainian Orthodox leader urges peace and unity in first liturgy

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  • Prosecutor: Bavarian stabbing suspect has long arrest record

    Bavarian authorities say the 38-year-old German man arrested in connection with stabbing three women in Nuremberg last week has a long criminal...

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  • 2 killed in attack in Rwanda, near border with Burundi

    At least two Rwandan civilians were killed and eight injured when attackers set fire to three passenger vehicles in the southern Nyamagabe district,...

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  • Lebanese take to the streets to protest political stalemate

    Hundreds of Lebanese have taken to the streets to protest against a political stalemate that has prevented the formation of a new government seven...

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  • Pope hopes new UN global pact sparks compassion for migrants

    Pope Francis is expressing hope that the new, U.N. global pact for safe, orderly migration, spurs solidarity toward migrants

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  • Strong quake rocks Indonesia's Papua; no injuries, damage

    A strong earthquake has struck Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage

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  • Bus crash in snowy Serbia kills 3, injures 32

    Serbian police say a bus has skidded and overturned in wintry weather killing three people and injuring 32

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  • Remove or keep a statue? South Africa debates painful legacy

    South African tussle over statue of 19th century white leader echoes similar US debate on Confederacy monuments

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  • Israeli military finds 4th Hezbollah tunnel from Lebanon

    The Israeli military says it has exposed a fourth Hezbollah attack tunnel dug from Lebanon

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  • North Korea marks 7th anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death

    North Koreans are marking the anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Il seven years ago with visits to statues and vows of loyalty to his son,...

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  • Strike, lockdown shut Kashmir amid anger over killings

    A security clampdown and a strike sponsored by separatists fighting against Indian rule has shut most of Indian-administered Kashmir a day after...

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  • AP Interview: Catalan separatists on hunger strike speak out

    AP Interview: Jailed Catalan separatist politicians on hunger strike for the past two weeks say their upcoming trial will be a platform to foster...

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  • Pakistan summons Iran envoy over militant attack near border

    Pakistan has lodged a protest with Iran over the killing of six paramilitary troops who were ambushed by militants while patrolling the border

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  • Sri Lankan president has reinstated Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister after nearly 2 months of political impasse

    Sri Lankan president has reinstated Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister after nearly 2 months of political impasse

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  • Pakistan army chief confirms death sentence for 15 militants

    Pakistan's army chief has approved death sentences for 15 people convicted by military courts of involvement in attacks that killed 32 security forces...

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  • Exodus from Venezuela leaves families divided across borders

    When Emili Espinoza was finally able to make a video call to the 3-year-old son she hadn't seen since fleeing Venezuela months before, the little boy...

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• Dec 15

  • Father of Strasbourg attacker said his son backed IS group

    The attacker was later killed in a confrontation with three police officers.

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  • Girl who died fled intensely poor Guatemalan village

    She had only received her first pair of shoes several weeks ago.

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  • Lawyer argues scholar kidnapping case belongs in state court

    Man charged with kidnapping and killing a Chinese University of Illinois scholar

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  • Troops kill 7 civilians as protest turns bloody in Kashmir

    Police in Kashmir say Indian forces who were exchanging fire with insurgents have fatally shot at least seven civilians when large crowds descended on...

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  • Mexico aims to boost crude output by 45 percent before 2025

    President Lopez Obrador details plans to "rescue" the national oil industry.

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  • Brazil's gay couples exchange vows in collective ceremony

    About forty gay couples have gotten married in downtown Sao Paulo.

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  • Thousands brave snow to rally against Serbian leader Vucic

    Outpouring of discontent with the autocratic rule of President Aleksandar Vucic.

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  • Genoa mayor says new bridge to be built by Christmas 2019

    Genoa mayor says new bridge to be built by Christmas 2019 to replace the one that collapsed

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  • German police arrest male suspect in Nuremberg stabbings

    German police say they have a man in custody.

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  • Ukraine Orthodox leaders approve break with Russian church

    Ukrainian Orthodox leaders on Saturday approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate and elected a leader to head...

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  • 'Yellow vest' protests in France draw fewer demonstrators, less violence

    The "yellow vest" movement first protested in France five weeks ago.

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  • Maldives police question ex-strongman after accounts frozen

    Police in the Maldives say they have questioned the country's defeated former strongman president over complaints of alleged illegal financial...

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  • The Latest: Ukraine Orthodox OKs break with Russian church

    Ukrainian Orthodox leaders say they have approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate and elected a leader to head...

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  • Ukrainian Orthodox leaders have approved the creation of a unified Church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate

    Ukrainian Orthodox leaders have approved the creation of a unified Church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate

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  • Zimbabwe's ruling party OKs president as its 2023 candidate

    Zimbabwe ruling party OKs president as its 2023 candidate, just months after disputed election

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  • Australia recognizes west Jerusalem as Israel's capital

    Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says his government has decided to formally recognize west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, but won't move its...

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  • South Sudan marks 5 years of vicious civil war

    The world's youngest nation is home to the largest refugee crisis in Africa.

    Dec 15

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  • US Official: 'End days' nearing for Islamic State in Syria

    A U.S. military official says fighting against the Islamic State group in its last enclave in eastern Syria "is going very well."

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