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  • New UN Syria envoy sees opportunity in constitution process

    The new U.N. envoy for Syria says he sees the long-delayed formation of a committee to draft a new constitution for Syria "as a potential door-opener...

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  • UN and Syrian Red Crescent deliver aid to isolated camp

    The U.N. and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent have delivered badly-needed humanitarian assistance to more than 40,000 displaced people in a tent...

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  • 66 killed in Nigerian state before presidential election

    Authorities in Nigeria's Kaduna state are reporting at least 66 deaths after a wave of violence just before the country's presidential election

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  • Bombshell book alleges a Vatican gay subculture, hypocrisy

    A gay French writer has lifted the lid on what he calls one of the world's largest gay communities _ the Vatican

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  • Push on last IS enclave blunted by discovery of civilians

    A commander with the Kurdish-led force fighting the Islamic State group in Syria says a final push on the last enclave held by the militants in...

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  • Authorities in Nigeria's Kaduna state say at least 66 have been killed just before the country's presidential election

    Authorities in Nigeria's Kaduna state say at least 66 have been killed just before the country's presidential election

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  • France sends ambassador back to Italy following spat

    France has sent its ambassador back to Italy on Friday following the biggest diplomatic dispute between the two countries since World War II

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  • US military aircraft to deliver more aid to Venezuela border

    The Trump administration is sending another large shipment of humanitarian aid to the Venezuelan border in Colombia, for the first time using U.S....

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  • Westminster dogs, Northern Lights and the Year of the Pig: World in Photos

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

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  • US: Time to expand the international coalition against IS

    Top Pentagon official foresees growing international coalition fighting ISIS.

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  • Women recall the 'hell' of Soviet war in Afghanistan

    An estimated 20,000 Soviet women served in Afghanistan during its decade-long war

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  • In Nigeria, election spectacle at odds with rampant poverty

    In Nigeria vote, the spectacle of campaign expenditure is at odds with the rampant poverty afflicting many

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  • The Latest: Trump might extend March 2 trade deadline

    U.S. President Donald Trump says there's a "possibility" he will extend a March 2 deadline in trade talks with China if both sides are close to a deal

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  • Haiti to unveil economic measures to quell violent protests

    Haitians say they will keep protesting until President Jovenel Moise resigns despite his announcement of upcoming economic measures to quell more than...

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  • North Macedonia probes cause of bus crash that killed 14

    Ten victims from a bus crash that killed 14 in North Macedonia have been buried in the western city of Gostivar, as authorities are still trying to...

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  • Spain launches new push to exhume dictator Franco's remains

    Spanish authorities are giving descendants of late Gen. Francisco Franco a 15-day deadline to decide a new burial place before the former dictator's...

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  • The Latest: US announces sanctions against Maduro officials

    The Trump administration has sanctioned Venezuela's oil chief and key intelligence officials under President Nicolas Maduro, tightening pressure on...

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  • Netanyahu misquoted on Holocaust in Poland, his office says

    The Israeli government says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was misquoted by a newspaper on the extremely sensitive issue of Polish behavior during...

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  • Thai party challenging army rule holds first Bangkok rally

    The political party seen as the main challenger to military-dominated government in Thailand has held its first rally in the capital, as campaigning...

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  • World Jewish Congress concerned about neo-Nazism in Europe

    The World Jewish Congress is voicing concern about the rise of far-right activities across Europe attempting to promote anti-Semitism, hatred,...

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  • Leaked State Department email: US military aircraft to start delivering 250 tons of humanitarian aid to Venezuela border

    Leaked State Department email: US military aircraft to start delivering 250 tons of humanitarian aid to Venezuela border

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  • Veteran US investment manager detained in Moscow

    Michael Calvey was detained alongside two other fund managers.

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  • India warns of 'crushing response' to Kashmir suicide attack

    India's prime minister is warning of a "crushing response" to the suicide bombing of a paramilitary convoy in Indian-controlled Kashmir, an attack...

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  • Israeli leader's trip to Poland beset by string of missteps

    A two-day security conference in Warsaw was supposed to be a crowning achievement for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but it instead turned...

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  • US vice president Pence makes his 1st visit to Auschwitz

    German forces murdered 1.1 million people, most of them Jews, there.

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  • Polar bear cub gets her first checkup

    Berlin Zoo's adorable 11-week-old polar bear cub gets her first checkup by veterinarians, who say she's "a perky, strong girl."

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  • Top Vatican priest in Paris facing 'sexual aggression' probe

    The probe relates to an alleged incident inside the French capital's town hall.

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  • French Le Pen boasts far-right power crowd for EU elections

    Where once she felt isolated, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen feels she's now part of a crowd, populist parties on the rise around Europe that...

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  • Brexit 'prepper' stockpiling supplies in case of a doomsday 'no-deal'

    Graham Hughes, a travel writer based in northeast England, began stockpiling last summer as politicians seemed further and further from finding a...

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  • Spain's Socialist leader calls early elections for April 28

    Spaniards are having to go to the polls for the third in less than four years.

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  • Pompeo visits Iceland as US-EU rift on Iran grows

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up a five-nation tour of Europe on Friday in Iceland after a scathing attack from the Trump administration...

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  • The Latest: Defense chief: UK steadfast on European security

    France's Europe minister is urging Britain to "hurry up" and decide whether it's leaving the European Union with or without a deal

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  • China, US announce more trade talks next week

    China, US announce more talks on technology dispute next week after American envoy says negotiations 'made headway'

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  • Person in Paris metro burned after serious 'liquid' attack

    Police say an inquiry is underway and that the perpetrator is at large.

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  • Myanmar sentences 2 to death in killing of Suu Kyi aide

    A court in Myanmar has sentenced two men to death for the killing of a prominent Muslim lawyer who was a close adviser to the country's leader, Aung...

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  • European car sales slide in January

    The European carmakers' association says new passenger car sales in the region dropped by 4.6 percent in January, weighed down by big declines in...

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  • Italian police nab mobster from clan tied to German massacre

    Italian police say they have nabbed a fugitive, kingpin cocaine dealer from a feuding crime clan linked to a 2007 trattoria massacre in Germany

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  • German security conference starting amid Iran deal friction

    Iran's foreign minister says that, even if Tehran decided to negotiate with the United States, he wouldn't trust that President Donald Trump would...

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  • Chinese in Spain stage protest over blocked bank accounts

    Hundreds of Chinese have protested outside a Spanish bank's premises in Madrid, claiming they are being unfairly denied access to their accounts while...

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  • Sexual violence rampant in South Sudan's Unity area, says UN

    Brutal sexual violence committed with "pervasive impunity" and a level of "premeditation" persists in South Sudan's northern region, the United...

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  • Egypt official: Home-made bomb explodes near mosque, 3 hurt

    Egyptian security official: Home-made bomb explodes near mosque in Cairo district of Giza, wounding 3 people

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  • Indonesia land-burning fines unpaid years after fires

    Indonesian plantation companies fined for burning huge areas of land since 2009 have failed to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties meant...

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  • Sweden FM says she's upset by ambassador to China case

    Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom says she is "very upset" over meetings arranged by the country's ambassador to China between the daughter of...

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  • Hackers flock to hunt for cracks in Swiss e-voting system

    Swiss authorities are trumpeting the fact that more than 2,000 would-be hackers from around the world have taken up an invitation to try to find holes...

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  • Across the Pond: Unrest in Haiti, climate strike, royal Valentine's Day

    U.S. pulls non-emergency personnel from Haiti, Princes Harry and William spend Valentine's day solo and more.

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  • In Hebron, Palestinians patrol in place of foreign monitors

    Palestinian activists try to fill void in tense West Bank city after Israel expelled international observers

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  • Ex-telecom execs acquitted of paying bribes in Uzbekistan

    A Sweden court has acquitted three former executives of telecoms company Telia of corruption charges involving contracts in Uzbekistan, citing lack of...

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  • Israeli leader stranded in Poland after plane mishap

    A tractor pulling it out on the runway apparently tugged it too strongly.

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  • AP Explains: Polarized by Catalonia, Spain heads to election

    AP Explains how Spain is heading to its third general election in less than four years due to the increasingly fragmented political landscape and...

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  • Cyprus' religious leaders urge church's restoration

    The Christian and Muslim religious leaders of ethnically split Cyprus are urging for the speedy rebuilding of a 15th century church inside a United...

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