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  • The Latest: Syria condemns 'terrorist' attack in Iran

    Syria's Foreign Ministry has condemned the "terrorist" attack on a military parade in Iran's southwest that killed 24 people and wounded dozens

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  • Pope begins Baltics pilgrimage with plea for tolerance

    Pope Francis urged Lithuanians to use their experience enduring decades of Soviet and Nazi occupation to be a model of tolerance in an intolerant...

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  • Maldivian authorities assure free vote amid fears of rigging

    Opposition supporters in the Maldives are demanding that officials ensure a free and fair presidential election, as the country prepares to vote in an...

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  • Child drowns after boat with Syrians capsizes off Lebanon

    All other passengers were rescued off the Lebanese coast.

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  • The Latest: Lithuanian leader thanks visiting pope

    Lithuania's president has expressed gratitude to Pope Francis for paying tribute to Holocaust victims in the Baltic nation

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  • Gunmen attack Iran military parade, killing at least 24

    Gunmen disguised as soldiers attack a military parade in southwestern Iran, killing at least 24 people and wounding 53

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  • Survivor found inside capsized Tanzania ferry; toll hits 167

    An engineer was found near the engine of the upturned vessel.

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  • Thousands rally across Russia against raising pension age

    Thousands have rallied across Russia to protest the government's plan to raise the eligibility age for retirement pensions by five years

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  • UK foreign secretary urges EU to step back from 'abyss'

    Britain's foreign secretary has urged European Union leaders to "step back from the abyss" and seek a compromise over Brexit

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  • Vatican announces deal with China on bishop appointments

    The Vatican has announced a breakthrough "provisional agreement" with China on the appointment of bishops, an issue that for decades has caused...

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  • Lone survivor found in Tanzania capsized ferry

    The engineer was found near the engine of the vessel.

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  • Tanzanian official says survivor found in capsized ferry 2 days after deadly disaster on Lake Victoria

    Tanzanian official says survivor found in capsized ferry 2 days after deadly disaster on Lake Victoria

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  • Libya's latest militia-on-militia fighting leaves 10 dead

    Libyan authorities say the latest bout of fighting between rival militias in the capital Tripoli has left 10 people dead

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  • Death toll in Tanzania ferry disaster rises to 167, official says, as coffins arrive at scene

    Death toll in Tanzania ferry disaster rises to 167, official says, as coffins arrive at scene

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  • Ex-health minister tapped to lead Austrian opposition

    Austria's main opposition party is set to make a former health minister, Pamela Rendi-Wagner, its new leader after ex-Chancellor Christian Kern...

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  • Vatican announces deal with China on bishop appointments, says it hopes for greater bilateral collaboration

    Vatican announces deal with China on bishop appointments, says it hopes for greater bilateral collaboration

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  • India calls off foreign ministers' meeting with Pakistan

    India has called off a planned meeting between its foreign minister and her Pakistani counterpart on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly...

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  • Iran state-run IRNA news agency says 24 dead, 53 wounded in military parade attack

    Iran state-run IRNA news agency says 24 dead, 53 wounded in military parade attack

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  • Iran's foreign minister warns regional powers, 'US masters' that Iran will respond 'swiftly and decisively' to attack

    Iran's foreign minister warns regional powers, 'US masters' that Iran will respond 'swiftly and decisively' to attack

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  • Iran's foreign minister on Twitter says gunmen who attacked military parade were armed, recruited by 'a foreign regime'

    Iran's foreign minister on Twitter says gunmen who attacked military parade were armed, recruited by 'a foreign regime'

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  • Semi-official Tasnim news agency says at least 8 Revolutionary Guard members killed in attack on Iranian military parade

    Semi-official Tasnim news agency says at least 8 Revolutionary Guard members killed in attack on Iranian military parade

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  • Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says 20 wounded in attack on military parade in Ahvaz

    Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says 20 wounded in attack on military parade in Ahvaz

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  • Iranian state television says gunmen open fire on military parade in Ahvaz, causing casualties

    Iranian state television says gunmen open fire on military parade in Ahvaz, causing casualties

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  • Roadside bombing kills 8 children in northern Afghanistan

    An Afghan official says at least eight children have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in northern Faryab province

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  • Mexican officials declare flooding emergency in 3 states

    Federal officials in Mexico have declared emergencies in three northern states as heavy rains from a tropical depression cause flooding that killed at...

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  • Pardoned Australian filmmaker to be deported from Cambodia

    A Cambodian official says an Australian filmmaker is awaiting deportation after receiving a royal pardon following his conviction on spying charges...

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  • Newspaper in southern Mexico says reporter shot to death

    A newspaper in southern Mexico says one of its reporters was shot to death as he left his home to work on a story

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  • Researchers say they're closing in on Captain Cook's ship

    Researchers are exploring whether a shipwreck off the coast of Rhode Island could be the vessel that 18th-century explorer Capt. James Cook used to...

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  • Myanmar refugees evacuated from squalid Omaha apartments

    About 500 refugees have been relocated from a Nebraska apartment complex after units were deemed unlivable

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  • Gunmen kill man, wound 2 inside Acapulco beach restaurant

    Mexican officials say gunmen in a car targeted a man at a restaurant on one of Acapulco's most popular beaches, killing the customer and wounding two...

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  • Guatemalan migrants, Arizona residents among 8 dead in crash

    Authorities say Arizona residents and immigrants in the U.S. illegally from Guatemala were among the eight people killed in a head-on crash

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  • Cyprus protests Turkish warship's arrest of fishing boat

    Cyprus is trying to secure the release of five fishermen who were taken into custody by a Turkish warship as they were fishing off the island's...

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  • China treats Uighur kids as 'orphans' after parents seized

    In China's far west, authorities are distancing Muslim children from their families by putting them in dozens of orphanages and boarding schools

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  • Brazil arrests man linked to Hezbollah on crimes in Paraguay

    Brazilian police have arrested a fugitive who is alleged by U.S. authorities to be Hezbollah's financier and who has repeatedly been accused of...

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  • Officials prepare to relocate wolves to Isle Royale park

    Officials are preparing to relocate six to eight gray wolves from the mainland to Isle Royale National Park

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  • Pennsylvania dioceses consider victims' compensation fund

    Pennsylvania's Roman Catholic dioceses say they are willing to set up a victims' compensation fund as they face the prospect that state lawmakers will...

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  • ABC News across the globe

    A rare look at life in North Korea.

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  • China distances children from families to subdue Muslim west

    In China's far west, authorities are distancing Muslim children from their families by putting them in dozens of orphanages and boarding schools

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  • Rising oil prices haven't hurt the US economy so far

    An old bogeyman, higher oil prices, may still be scary but doesn't have the same power to hurt the US economy

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  • Tanzania leader orders arrests as ferry death toll over 130

    Tanzania's president orders arrests as death toll from capsized ferry over 130 and rising

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  • Colombia honors 14 sniffer dogs at emotional retirement

    Fourteen sniffer dogs have been awarded with honorary medals in Colombia as they were retired from service by the Chief Prosecutor's Office, in a...

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  • Romania ruling party endorses embattled party chief

    Romania's ruling Social Democratic Party endorsed its party chairman, recently convicted of abuse of power

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  • Military leaders from more than 100 countries meet

    Senior military representatives from more than 100 countries have met in Rhode Island to talk about ways to cooperate and address shared challenges

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  • Germans angry over spy chief's promotion after comments

    A center-left party in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government wants to revisit a deal that saw the country's embattled domestic intelligence...

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  • Spat over taxes splits leading candidate, adviser in Brazil

    The economist seen as guarantor of Brazil's leading presidential candidate has cancelled two campaign events amid a disagreement with his boss

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  • Mormons to stay outdoors after split with Boy Scouts

    The Mormon church says a new youth program it will roll out in 2020 when it cuts ties with Boy Scouts of America will still include outdoor and...

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  • Chinese minister inaugurates embassy in Dominican Republic

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has inaugurated his country's embassy in the Dominican Republic almost five months after the two nations established...

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  • Parents of Wisconsin teen who died in Rome come for trial

    The parents of a 19-year-old Wisconsin student whose body was found in the Tiber have come to Rome for a homeless man's manslaughter trial

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  • The Latest: Arizona crash driver had smuggling record

    Court records show the driver and passenger of an SUV involved in a deadly head-on crash that left them and four Guatemalan men dead had been...

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  • Father of Russian held in US says jail conditions improved

    The father of a Russian woman jailed in the U.S. on charges that she tried to infiltrate U.S. political organizations as a covert Russian agent says...

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