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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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  • 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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  • 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

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  • German police review handling of far-right protests

    Police in the German city of Dortmund say they will examine whether they were tough enough in handling a pair of far-right demonstrations during which...

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  • India mob attacks police after Maoist rebels kill lawmaker

    Police say supporters of a lawmaker slain by Maoist insurgents in southern India have attacked two police stations in anger over the killing, setting...

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  • Watch billions of tons of ice collapse at once: Climate change impact on Greenland

    A Reuters photographer went to Greenland and what he saw will blow your mind.

    Sep 23

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  • Art exhibition highlights human side of European migration

    Palermo, Sicily plays host to a powerful exhibition called Manifesta 12.

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  • Egypt court sentences 65 people over 2013 violence

    An Egyptian court has sentenced 64 people to varying prison terms and one man to death over violence in 2013 when the military overthrew the elected...

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  • Macedonia's president says he won't vote in referendum

    Macedonia's president says he won't vote in a Sept. 30 referendum on whether to change the Balkan country's name to 'North Macedonia'

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  • Gunmen kill 4 pro-government militiamen in Pakistan

    A Pakistani official says gunmen have attacked the base camp of a pro-government militia, killing four of its members

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  • AP Explains: Why elections hold key for Maldives' future

    AP Explains: Why elections hold key for Maldives' future

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  • Iran-backed militias accused of reign of fear in Iraqi Basra

    Activists in Iraq's oil capital of Basra say the city's powerful Iranian-backed Shiite militias used violence, threats to silence protests against...

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  • Marchers demand better protection for British wildlife

    Marchers demand better protection for British wildlife at the People's Walk for Wildlife in Hyde Park

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  • Iran executes 9 men convicted of rape

    Iranian media say nine men convicted of raping a woman have been hanged

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  • Israel gives West Bank village Oct. 1 demolition deadline

    It claims the encampment of Khan al-Ahmar was illegally built.

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  • American victims want Palestinian leader barred from UN meet

    A group of American victims of Palestinian violence are asking President Donald Trump to bar Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas from entering the United...

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  • Indonesia presidential contenders vow peaceful campaign

    Campaigning for Indonesia's presidential election officially began Sunday with the two contenders releasing white birds and vowing a peaceful race as...

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  • 'Tribe' of good Samaritans offer hot food, showers after tornado blacks out Ottawa

    "I just thought to myself, 'How can I help?'"

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  • China summons US envoys over sanctions linked to Russia deal

    China has summoned the U.S. ambassador to deliver a strong protest against economic sanctions lodged over the purchase of Russian fighter jets and...

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