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  • The Latest: Iran says Saudis release tanker after 2 ½ months

    Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency is reporting that Saudi Arabia has released an Iranian oil tanker after two and a half months

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  • Barring of Moscow council candidates draws 12,000 to protest

    About 12,000 people have turned out to protest the Moscow election commission's decision to reject several opposition figures as candidates in the...

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  • Suspect in shooting of Turkish diplomat arrested

    Kurdish security officials say they have arrested the lead suspect in the shooting of a Turkish diplomat in Iraq's semi-autonomous region

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  • Iraqi forces launch anti-IS operation north of Baghdad

    Iraq's military says its troops are partnering with security agencies and paramilitary forces to clear remnants of the Islamic State group, targeting...

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  • Funeral service held for 86 Muslims killed by Serbs

    Several thousand people have attended a mass funeral service in northwestern Bosnia for 86 Muslims who were slain by the Serbs in one of the worst...

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  • Iran says its seizure of British ship a 'reciprocal' move

    Iran's seizure of a British oil tanker was a response to Britain's role in impounding an Iranian supertanker first, senior officials said Saturday

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  • Vatican college space holds bones of dozens, expert says

    A genetics expert retained by the family of an Italian girl who went missing in 1983 said a cavernous underground space near a Vatican cemetery holds...

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  • Hong Kong police find large cache of explosives ahead of weekend protests: Reports

    A powerful explosive as well as knives and petrol bombs were found on the scene.

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  • Sheila Dikshit, Delhi's longest-serving chief minister, dies

    Veteran Indian politician Sheila Dikshit, New Delhi's longest-serving chief minister, has died after a prolonged illness

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  • Hifter calls on youth to help with battle for Tripoli

    Commander of self-styled Libyan National Army has called on young people in Tripoli to joint its offensive to capture the capital from the U.N.-backed...

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  • Polish city's first LGBT pride parade disrupted

    Police in eastern Poland say they detained a number of people who verbally abused and tried to block participants in the first LGBT pride parade held...

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  • Snake catcher nabs eastern brown snake in Queensland

    The hectic experience was all caught on camera as snake catcher Stuart McKenzie finally made the capture.

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  • Monsoon flooding death toll climbs to 164 in South Asia

    The death toll in monsoon flooding in South Asia has climbed past 160 as millions of people and animals continue to face the brunt in three countries

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  • Germany marks 75th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler

    Germany is marking the 75th anniversary of the most famous plot to kill Adolf Hitler, paying tribute to those who were executed for trying, but...

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  • Women, children among 10 dead in airstrikes in Afghanistan

    Afghan officials say at least 10 civilians have been killed in separate airstrikes by Afghan security forces in western Badghis province

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  • Iran tanker seizure linked to earlier act by UK marines

    Iran's tanker seizure seems closely linked to British action against Iranian supertanker on July 4

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  • Pakistan's northwest tribal areas hold 1st local polls

    Pakistan's northwestern tribal areas are holding their first-ever provincial elections, in a region along the Afghan border that was once a stronghold...

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  • Hong Kong police seize explosives ahead of weekend protests

    Police in Hong Kong have raided a homemade-explosives manufacturing lab ahead of another weekend of protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese city

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  • Ahead of vote, Ukrainian museum shows 'election trash'

    A Darth Vader costume, playground equipment, pastries and boxes of food all are part of an exhibit at Ukraine's National History Museum displaying the...

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  • Turkey steps up drilling activities around Cyprus

    Turkey's vice president says his country is stepping up a search for hydrocarbons off ethnically split Cyprus with the dispatching of a survey vessel...

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  • Serbia's president says Kosovo PM's resignation is a 'trick'

    Serbia's president has described as a "political trick" the decision by Kosovo's prime minister to step down over a call for questioning by a...

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  • Milan magistrate Borrelli, led '90s kickback probes, dies

    Francesco Saverio Borrelli, the Milan prosecutor who led the '90s corruption probes which toppled Italy's political class, has died, at 89.

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  • Spain's Socialists 'convinced' new government deal is near

    The No. 2 for Spain's Socialist Party says she is optimistic that caretaker Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez will be able to strike a last-minute deal...

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  • Explosion at gas factory in central China kills at least 12

    Authorities say the death toll has risen to 12 in a gas plant explosion in central China

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  • Iran seizes British, Liberian oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

    The British tanker was seized while in international waters, its owner said.

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  • Hackers gain access to London police's Twitter account, request release of rapper

    The account was accessed Friday night and the posts later deleted.

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• Jul 19

  • Besieged Puerto Rico governor goes quiet amid protests

    In the Spanish colonial fortress that serves as his official residence, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is under siege

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  • Japan vows action if S. Korea hurts companies in trade row

    Japan's foreign minister says Tokyo will take "necessary measures" against South Korea if interests of Japanese companies are harmed in an escalating...

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  • Taiwan says it will treat Hong Kong asylum seekers humanely

    Taiwan's president says she will follow "humanitarian principles" in dealing with asylum seekers from Hong Kong, which has been roiled by...

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  • Hand signals and Post-its: The Hong Kong protester playbook

    Hong Kong's youth are no rookies when it comes to protests.

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  • Large group of supporters greets Taiwan president in Denver

    Taiwan's president was greeted by a large group of supporters and a handful of pro-China protesters as she entered a downtown Denver hotel before...

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  • US judge denies bail for ex-Peruvian president Toledo

    A U.S. judge has denied bail for former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo after prosecutors argued he was a flight risk and pointed out officials...

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  • Former South African president abandons graft testimony

    Jacob Zuma said the commission was treating him unfairly.

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  • Thieves stage armed robbery at Mexico's ex-first lady's home

    A gang of at least seven gunmen burst into the Mexico City home of former first lady Angelica Rivera and forced employees to hand over valuables

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  • Mexico tree plan in El Salvador aims to stem migration

    Mexico is bringing to El Salvador a tree-planting program that aims to support rural residents and ease economic pressures driving thousands of people...

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  • Former West Virginia bishop disciplined by pope

    The Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia says Pope Francis has issued disciplinary action against its former bishop

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  • Iran says it has seized British oil tanker

    U.S. Central Command says the U.S. has intensified air patrols over the Strait of Hormuz in response to the Iranian seizure of a British tanker

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  • El Salvador files graft charges against ex-justice minister

    Prosecutors in El Salvador are accusing an ex-minister of justice and public security of illicit enrichment and seeking restitution of over $1 million...

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  • Venezuelan teen blinded by police fire still wants to study

    A Venezuelan teenager who lost his eyesight when he was hit by police buckshot during a protest says he wants to continue studying

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  • Canadian police investigating 'suspicious' deaths of couple on side of remote highway

    A witness said she'd seen them alive and their van appeared to have broken down.

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  • Guatemala's highest court blocks proposed amnesty law

    Guatemala's highest court has ruled against a legislative proposal to grant amnesty for human rights abuses during the country's 1960-1996 civil war

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  • Brazil's state oil company denies fuel to 2 Iranian ships

    Brazil's state oil company has refused to supply two Iranian ships anchored in the southern port of Paraná because they belong to a company sanctioned...

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  • Correction: El Salvador-Massacre story

    Correction: El Salvador-Massacre story

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  • Court deals major blow to hydropower transmission line

    The New Hampshire Supreme Court dealt a possibly fatal blow Friday to plans for a hydropower transmission line that has raised concerns among...

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  • British foreign secretary says a second vessel has been seized by Iranian authorities in the Strait of Hormuz.

    British foreign secretary says a second vessel has been seized by Iranian authorities in the Strait of Hormuz.

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  • Greek minister says Turkey's drilling tests EU's credibility

    Greece's new defense minister says Turkey's illegal gas drilling off Cyprus is testing the European Union's credibility as a guardian of its members'...

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  • Iran says it seized British oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz

    Iran said Friday it seized a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the latest escalation in a strategic waterway that has become a flashpoint in...

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  • Lebanese losing faith as politicians fumble over economy

    As Lebanese crisis deepens, so does public distrust in political class, widely seen as corrupt, steeped in rivalries

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  • Lebanon lawmakers ratify austerity budget to address a slump

    Lebanese lawmakers ratify a controversial austerity budget that aims to save an indebted economy following a raucous voting day that saw protesters...

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