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  • Pakistan detains 8 Chinese over possession of firearms

    Police in Pakistan say they have detained eight Chinese nationals who tried to enter a power plant with weapons in the eastern Punjab province

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  • Blast in northern Syria kills at least 36; cause unclear

    Syrian opposition activists say an explosion in the rebel-held north has killed at least 36 people and wounded many others

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  • US ambassador urges UK to back Trump on Iran nuke deal

    The U.S. ambassador in London is urging Britain to back President Donald Trump in pulling out of the Iran nuclear agreement, saying a united front is...

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  • The Latest: Death toll from Syria blast climbs to 36

    Syrian opposition activists say a mysterious blast in the country's north has killed at least 36 people, including children

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  • Syrian opposition activists say explosion in rebel-held north kills 36, including children; cause of blast unknown

    Syrian opposition activists say explosion in rebel-held north kills 36, including children; cause of blast unknown

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  • Chinese tourist killed in hippo attack in Kenya

    Kenya's wildlife authority says a Chinese tourist died after he was attacked by a hippo as he was taking pictures on the shores of Lake Naivasha in...

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  • China expels German student who researched rights lawyers

    China has expelled a German university studying on a scholarship after he conducted research on human rights lawyers detained in a 2015 crackdown

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  • 4 Jordanian troops, 3 suspected militants dead in clash

    Jordanian official: Bodies of 3 suspected militants pulled from rubble after shootout that killed 4 troops

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  • Libyan coast guard rescues 60 Europe-bound migrants

    Libya's coast guard says it has rescued 60 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, off the Mediterranean coast

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  • Afghan forces battle Taliban in key city for third day

    Afghan official: Security forces are battling the Taliban for the third straight day in the city of Ghazni

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  • Malians vote in presidential runoff amid security concerns

    Malians are voting in a second round presidential election between incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and opposition leader Soumaila Cisse.

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  • Egypt hands Muslim Brotherhood leader another life sentence

    An Egyptian court has sentenced five people, including the head of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, to life in prison on violence-related charges

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  • Steve Bannon weighs in on UK burqa debate, Boris Johnson

    Republican strategist Steve Bannon has weighed into Britain's burqa debate, defending former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's comments that women who...

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  • Manchester police say 10 people hospitalized after shooting

    Police in Manchester say 10 people have been hospitalized as the result of a shooting after a Caribbean carnival in the city

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  • Israel PM defends contentious law in face of Arab protest

    Israeli PM defends government's decision to pass contentious law defining Israel as a Jewish state despite Arab protests

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  • The Latest: Death toll for Jordan troops in clash rises to 4

    The Latest: Jordanian official says number of troops killed in raid of suspected militant hideout has risen to 4

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  • Suspected jihadis kill 6 in east Burkina Faso

    Burkina Faso State TV reports that five gendarmes and one civilian have been killed between the rural communes of Boungou and Ougarou in the nation's...

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  • Egypt: Security forces kill 12 Islamic militants in Sinai

    Egypt's official news agency: Security forces kill at least 12 Islamic militants in shootout in northern Sinai

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  • Road accident kills 5 members of Pakistani security forces

    Pakistani police: Collision between bus, truck kills 5 members of security forces dead, 12 injured

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  • Russian nationalists hope for return of a czar

    They are convinced Russia should be ruled by an autocratic monarch.

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  • Taliban's political stature rises with talks in Uzbekistan

    Taliban, Uzbek officials: Taliban delegation traveled from Qatar for talks with senior officials in Uzbekistan

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  • Boy only survivor of light plane crash in east Indonesia

    Rescuers in Indonesia say a 12-year-old boy is the only survivor from the crash of a light commercial plane in a mountainous region of the easternmost...

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  • Tens of thousands rally for removal of US base off Okinawa

    Tens of thousands of protesters have gathered in Okinawa vowing to stop a planned U.S military base relocation on the southern Japanese island

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  • Family: Nobel Prize-winning writer V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

    Family: Nobel Prize-winning writer V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

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  • 3 Jordan policemen killed in storming of militants' hideout

    Three members of Jordan's security forces killed as they storm a hideout of suspected militants that had been rigged with explosives

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  • Thousands attend Arab-led rally against Israeli bill

    Members of Israel's Arab minority lead a mass protest in central Tel Aviv.

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  • Canadian police charge suspect in shooting that left 4 dead

    Canadian police have charged a man for the deaths of two police officers and two civilians in a shooting that struck a nerve in a country that has...

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  • Romanians protest govt corruption for 2nd straight day

    Tens of thousands of Romanians are staging another anti-government protest a day after a previous demonstration turned violent

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  • The Latest: Jordan official says 3 police killed in raid

    Jordan's government spokeswoman says the number of police officers killed in the storming of a suspected militants' hideout has risen to three

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  • Jordan government says number of policemen killed in storming of suspected militants' hideout has risen to 3

    Jordan government says number of policemen killed in storming of suspected militants' hideout has risen to 3

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  • Iran's top leader approves special corruption courts

    Judiciary made request to set up special courts to punish corrupt officials.

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  • Egypt prosecutors order ex-monk detained over abbot death

    Egyptian prosecutors ordered a recently defrocked monk detained for four days.

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  • Iran: China's state-owned energy CNPC takes over French TO

    Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting that China's state-owned petroleum corporation has taken a majority share of the country's South Pars...

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  • Pope to youth: Dream, don't let fear make you pessimistic

    Pope Francis has told a huge rally of Italian Catholic youths to pursue their dreams despite their elders' discouragement

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  • British charity says heat wave put flamingoes in the mood

    British conservation charity says record-breaking temperatures encouraged a rare flock of Andean flamingoes to lay eggs for the first time since 2003

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  • Tunisian fundamentalists protest report on sexual equality

    Thousands of Muslim fundamentalists protested Saturday in front of the nation's parliament to decry proposals in a government report on gender...

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  • Leaders of Germany, Spain pledge united front on migration

    The leaders of Germany and Spain are bolstered a shared approach to immigration into the European Union amid growing populist opposition to taking in...

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  • Pakistan military officers to get training in Russia

    Pakistani military officers will receive training in military institutes of the Russian Federation under a recent agreement signed by Pakistan and...

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  • After 90 days of hunger strike, jailed filmmaker, activist says: 'The end is near'

    Johnny Depp and Stephen King have called for Oleg Sentsov to be released.

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  • French judge charges 2 German officials in campsite flood

    A French judge handed preliminary charges Saturday to two Germans whose group ran an unauthorized campsite in southern France that was destroyed by...

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  • 7 killed in rebel attack amid Congo's latest Ebola outbreak

    7 killed in rebel attack amid Congo's latest deadly Ebola outbreak; population sent fleeing

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  • Taliban cling to pockets of Afghan city after assault

    Afghan forces are battling the Taliban in parts of Ghazni a day after the insurgents launched a multi-pronged assault on the eastern city

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  • Egypt officials say bombing attempt near church thwarted

    Egypt's official news agency says a man wearing an explosives belt attempted to attack a Coptic Christian church north of Cairo but failed to enter...

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  • Gunmen kill 3 police, suicide bomber wounds 6 in Pakistan

    Officials say gunmen have killed three police in an overnight attack in northern Pakistan, and a suicide bomber wounded three Chinese engineers and...

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  • Toll from Greek seaside resort wildfire rises to 94

    The death toll from the July 23 fire at the seaside resort of Mati, near Athens, has risen to 94 after a 57-year-old woman in intensive care died of...

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  • Light plane with 9 people aboard reported missing in Papua

    A light aircraft with nine people on board has been reportedly missing in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua

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  • Extremist threat could deter voters in Mali's second round

    'The jihadists took them': Extremist threat could deter voters in Mali's second round

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  • Japan checking report of Japanese man held in North Korea

    Japan says it is looking into reports of a Japanese citizen taken into custody this month in North Korea

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  • Police investigate blast at defense plant that kills 1

    Police in southwestern England are investigating an explosion at a defense plant that killed one person and left another in critical condition

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  • Iran says 10 militants killed in Kurdish area near Iraq

    Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard says it has killed 10 militants in a Kurdish region near the border with Iraq

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