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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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  • Germany's Merkel: gov't must give up internal disputes

    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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  • Man arrested at Buckingham Palace set free; no firearm found

    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • French boat to rescue injured Indian sailor from yacht

    Australian authorities say a French ship is expected to soon rescue an Indian sailor who was injured in the remote southern Indian Ocean during a...

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

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

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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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  • 3 Saudi human rights activists awarded "Alternative Nobel"

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

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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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  • Pope praises Latvia's Christian roots in enduring occupation

    Pope Francis has traveled to the Baltic nation of Latvia to recognize its suffering under Soviet and Nazi occupation and to encourage the Christian...

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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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  • Iran's politicians under pressure, 40 years after revolution

    With nuclear deal threatened, Iran's politicians increasingly under pressure, 40 years after Islamic Revolution

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  • Maldives' provisional elections results show opposition win

    The Maldives Election Commission says provisional results show opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih winning presidential election

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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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  • 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

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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...

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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

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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

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  • Children's remains found in Mexican mass graves

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

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  • The Latest: German coalition reaches deal on spy chief

    Germany's interior minister says leaders of the governing coalition have reached a deal to resolve a dispute over the future of the country's domestic...

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  • Gaza officials say Palestinian killed in overnight protest

    Gaza's Health Ministry says a Palestinian has been killed and 20 injured by Israeli gunfire in east Gaza

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  • Spain saves some 440 migrants; new crackdown on rescue boat

    Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved over 400 migrants attempting the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea

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  • German government reaches deal to solve spy chief dispute

    Leaders of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition have reached a deal to resolve a standoff over the future of the country's domestic...

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  • Maldives' opposition presidential candidate has declared victory in contentious election

    Maldives' opposition presidential candidate has declared victory in contentious election

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  • Chicago archbishop removes priest who burned rainbow banner

    The archbishop of Chicago has removed a priest as head of a North Side church.

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  • Iran's president blames US after attack on military parade

    Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says an unnamed U.S.-allied country in the Persian Gulf was behind an attack on a military parade that killed 25...

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  • Burials begin as deaths from capsized ferry rise to 224

    On Saturday rescuers found a survivor two days after the tragedy.

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  • 3 Greek journalists set free after minister's complaint

    Three Greek journalists who had been detained overnight Saturday following a complained filed against them by the country's defense minister have been...

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  • German interior minister says leaders of governing coalition have reached deal to resolve dispute over spy chief

    German interior minister says leaders of governing coalition have reached deal to resolve dispute over spy chief

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  • The Latest: Panama pulls migrant rescue boat's registration

    Macedonian police say they have detained 120 migrants, in two separate cases, who illegally entered Macedonia from Greece as the number of illegal...

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  • Pope warns Lithuanians against rebirth of anti-Semitism

    Pope Francis warned Sunday against the rebirth of the "pernicious" anti-Semitic attitudes that fueled the Holocaust as he marked the annual...

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  • Russia blames Israel for downing of plane by Syrian forces

    The Russian Defense Ministry has again blamed Israel for the downing of a Russian plane by Syrian government forces and says Israel appears...

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  • AP Interview: UNESCO chief says schools must fight extremism

    The head of the U.N. education agency says schools are ground zero in the fight against anti-Semitism and extremist violence

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  • Tackling climate change to be key talking point at UN summit

    Rising global temperatures, superstorms and a year-end deadline to firm up the Paris climate deal makes combating climate change a key issue at this...

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  • The Latest: Pope visits ex-KGB headquarters in Lithuania

    Pope Francis warns Lithuanians not to forget the suffering of past generations and stay alert to future threats as he visited a museum dedicated to...

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  • Russian opposition candidate on track to win regional vote

    Partial results in a regional election in Russia's Far East show an opposition candidate has beaten the incumbent governor by a wide margin

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  • 2 militant groups reject demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib

    Two insurgent groups have rejected a deal reached this month between Russia and Turkey to establish a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib region with...

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  • The Latest: Pope visits ex-KGB headquarters in Lithuania

    Pope Francis has warned Lithuanians not to forget the suffering of past generations and stay alert to future threats as he visited a museum dedicated...

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  • Hamas says indirect cease-fire talks with Israel halted

    Gaza's Hamas rulers say indirect ceasefire talks with Israel have stopped

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  • Tunisia floods kill at least 4, cause major damage

    Severe floods have struck northeastern Tunisia, killing at least four people and damaging homes, bridges, roads and fields

    Sep 23