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  • Africa slowly turning to cremations, though long taboo

    Africa slowly turning to cremations, though long taboo; 'We don't have space' for burials

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  • The Latest: 'No going back' for women's rights in Ireland

    Ireland's Minister for Children and Youth Affairs says she is grateful and emotional over with the apparent decision of voters to repeal the...

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  • North Korea's Kim Jong Un and South Korean leader meet about potential US summit

    The meeting comes hours after Trump tweeted that a summit could still happen.l

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  • Chinese official: Destroy terrorism 'breeding ground'

    China's top anti-terrorism official has called for closer international cooperation to "destroy the breeding ground of terrorism."

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  • Burkina Faso resumes ties with China after Taiwan break

    The West African Nation of Burkina Faso has formally resumed diplomatic ties with China after breaking off relations with Taiwan, which now has just...

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  • US warns Syrian government not to advance on south

    The United States warned it would take "firm and appropriate measures" to protect a cease-fire in southern Syria if President Bashar Assad's forces...

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  • World War I battle of Belleau Wood was turning point for US

    The World War I battle of Belleau Wood pitted untested U.S. forces against the more-experienced Germans and became a defining moment in the conflict

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  • North Korea's Kim meets with South's Moon for 2nd time

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have met for the second time in a month to discuss peace commitments they...

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  • Albania opposition rallies to demand government resignation

    Thousands of Albanian opposition supporters have held an anti-government protest calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama they accuse of...

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  • The Latest: Oman airport to open Sunday after storm closure

    Oman's Salalah International Airport will reopen on Sunday after weathering Cyclone Mekunu

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  • Pakistan's army summons former spy chief over book

    Pakistan's army has summoned a former spy chief over a book he co-authored with his former Indian counterpart

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  • Spanish rescuers help 94 migrants crossing Mediterranean

    Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved 94 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from African to European shores

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  • The Latest: North and South Korean leaders meet again

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have met for the second time in a month to discuss peace commitments they...

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  • Seoul: North and South Korean leaders meet again at border village to discuss U.S.-North Korean summit

    Seoul: North and South Korean leaders meet again at border village to discuss U.S.-North Korean summit

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  • Ireland: Anti-abortion group calls vote result 'a tragedy'

    Official counting is set to begin in Ireland's historic abortion rights referendum, with two exit polls predicting an overwhelming victory for those...

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  • Struggling in parliament, German far right takes to streets

    A German far-right party that swept into parliament last year on a wave of anti-migrant sentiment is staging a march Sunday through the heart of...

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  • Spain: Police arrest 66-year-old suspected bank robber

    Spanish police say they have arrested a 66-year-old man suspected of robbing nine different banks in Spain in the past month

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  • Ethiopia releasing British national detained in 2014

    Ethiopia releasing British national detained in 2014 under infamous anti-terror law

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  • Powerful cyclone lashes Oman, Yemen; 1 dead, 40 missing

    Cyclone Mekunu has blown into the Arabian Peninsula, drenching arid Oman and Yemen with rain and cutting off power lines

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  • Cameroon sentences Anglophone activists on terror charges

    Cameroon military tribunal sentences Anglophone activists on terror, other charges

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  • EU budget chief warns new Italian government on debt

    The European Union's budget commissioner says he hopes Italy's prospective new government will master a "big learning curve" and is cautioning that...

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  • Turks feel pinch from currency slide ahead of polls

    Many in Turkey are feeling the pinch as the Turkish lira lost more than 20 percent of its value against the dollar since the start of the year.

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  • Canceled summit raises stakes for China over North Korea

    President Donald Trump's withdrawal from his planned summit with North Korea raises the stakes for China to show that it can steer the North toward...

    May 26

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  • Declassified US cables link Uribe to Colombia drug cartels

    Newly declassified State Department cables show that when Alvaro Uribe was making his rise to Colombia's presidency in the 1990s, U.S. officials were...

    May 26

• May 26

  • India military says 4 militants killed near Kashmir frontier

    The Indian military says soldiers have killed at least four suspected militants in a gunbattle after they crossed into the Indian-controlled part of...

    May 26

• May 25

  • Colombia re-arrests Pablo Escobar's hitman for extortion

    Colombian police have re-arrested a former hit man for the late drug lord Pablo Escobar as part of an investigation into extortion

    May 25

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  • 2 N. Korean diplomats behind US summit back-and-forth

    2 North Korean diplomats whose anti-US rhetoric led Trump to cancel summit with Kim Jong Un

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  • Canadian investor backs away from Alaska mine project

    A Canadian company, courted as a potential partner in a copper-and-gold mine near a major salmon fishery in Alaska, has backed away from the project

    May 25

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  • The Latest: Mine official downplays impact of failed deal

    Developers of a proposed copper-and-gold mine near a world-class salmon fishery in Alaska are downplaying the impact after a deal with a potential...

    May 25

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  • Brazil president says striking truckers could be removed

    Brazilian President Michel Temer has threatened the use of force if striking truckers don't end their standoff and get off the roads

    May 25

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  • Exit polls suggest Irish voters have repealed abortion ban

    Ireland referendum could lift strict ban on abortion after emotional debate

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  • Canadian police seek 2 after bomb wounds 15 at restaurant

    Canadian police are hunting for two people after an explosion caused by a homemade bomb ripped through an Indian restaurant at a mall in the Toronto...

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  • Marine who died in WWII buried in Massachusetts

    A decorated U.S. Marine killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II has finally been laid to rest in his home state of Massachusetts

    May 25

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  • Medical group says many migrants killed in Libya escape

    Doctors Without Borders says over 100 migrants and refugees held captive by human traffickers were shot at while escaping from a clandestine prison in...

    May 25

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  • The Latest: Exit polls project Irish repealing abortion ban

    A second exit poll conducted by a major Irish television station also suggests a strong win for the "yes" forces seeking a repeal of a constitutional...

    May 25

• May 25

  • Ireland overwhelmingly votes to repeal abortion ban, exit polls project

    The results followed a contentious and emotional campaign.

    May 25

• May 25

  • 2 major exit polls project that Irish voters have decided to repeal strict ban on abortions

    2 major exit polls project that Irish voters have decided to repeal strict ban on abortions

    May 25

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  • Macron tries to woo Putin during state visit

    Macron was in St Petersburg for the second day of the visit

    May 25

• May 25

  • Guatemalan family demands justice in Border Patrol shooting

    The family of a Guatemalan immigrant fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas this week is demanding justice for the 19-year-old woman

    May 25

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  • Rights advocates: Venezuela releases 20 political prisoners

    Human rights advocates in Venezuela say the government has freed 20 activists who opponents of the socialist administration considered political...

    May 25

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  • Like Trump, Italian populist parties leverage social media

    The populist parties in line to form Italy's next government have taken a page from Donald Trump's playbook: Go straight to voters and influencers...

    May 25

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  • Senate foreign relations chairman meets Maduro in Venezuela

    The Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee is meeting with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro two days after the embattled socialist leader...

    May 25

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  • Venezuela's ex-oil czar sees economic collapse accelerating

    Venezuela's former oil czar said crude production in the OPEC nation will continue to plummet in the aftermath of President Nicolas Maduro's...

    May 25

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  • Argentines stage protest against decision to seek IMF help

    Thousands of Argentines swarmed into the capital's downtown Friday to protest the government seeking financial help from the International Monetary...

    May 25

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  • Human rights body calls on Nicaragua to protect students

    The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is urging Nicaraguan authorities to protect 13 university students who have been outspoken in leading...

    May 25

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  • Peru seeks extradition of ex-president in Odebrecht case

    Peru says it's formally asking U.S. officials to send former President Alejandro Toledo home to be tried in a massive corruption scheme

    May 25

• May 25

  • Colombia's presidential election spawns fear, division

    Colombian voters head to the polls Sunday in a presidential election that has once again polarized the nation

    May 25

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  • Putin: We're held hostage to political strife around Trump

    Putin: 'We are hostages to this internal strife in the United States' around Trump

    May 25

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  • How a Norwegian sound festival puts experimental music at the forefront

    The Only Connect Festival of Sound highlights arts funding in Norway

    May 25

• May 25

  • 2 members of secretive sect plead guilty to fraud charges

    A father and son who belong to a secretive evangelical church in North Carolina have pleaded guilty to charges in an unemployment benefits scheme that...

    May 25