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  • UAE sentences British academic to life in prison for spying

    Britain's Foreign Office says a U.K. academic jailed in the United Arab Emirates for six months on spying allegations has been sentenced to life in...

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  • Oil price plunge sends ripples through global economy

    Sharply lower oil prices are sending ripples through the global economy, lending more spending power to consumers shopping for Christmas gifts and...

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  • American believed killed by isolated tribe on Indian island

    Police say an American is believed to have been killed by an isolated Indian tribe known to fire at outsiders with bows and arrows

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  • Cameroon military frees 9 abducted children, teacher

    A Cameroon military official says the military has freed nine children and their teacher who had been kidnapped by gunmen Tuesday from a school in...

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  • AP Explains: Dispute between Seoul, Tokyo over WWII brothels

    AP Explains: The intensifying dispute between Seoul and Tokyo over World War II military brothels

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  • Aid group: 85,000 children may have died of hunger in Yemen

    An international aid group says an estimated 85,000 children under age 5 may have died of hunger and disease since the outbreak of Yemen's civil war

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  • Australian PM accuses Muslim leaders of denying threat

    Australia's prime minister has accused senior Muslim community leaders of "continuing down a path of denial" after they refused an invitation to a...

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  • EU signals possible legal action against Italy over budget

    A top EU official says Italy's draft budget for next year is in breach of the rulebook underpinning the euro and he is signaling the start of a legal...

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  • Merkel rebuffs German nationalists over migration pact

    Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected calls from nationalist lawmakers Wednesday for Germany to drop its support for a U.N.-backed agreement on migration

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  • Israeli Cabinet minister: Gaza leader's days are numbered

    A senior Israeli Cabinet minister is threatening to kill the Hamas leader.

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  • The Latest: Germany cautions against politicizing Interpol

    Germany is congratulating the newly elected president of Interpol and warning against politicizing the global police cooperation agency

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  • Top EU official Dombrovskis says Italy budget plan breaches euro rules, signals launch of legal procedure.

    Top EU official Dombrovskis says Italy budget plan breaches euro rules, signals launch of legal procedure.

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  • Spanish court rules union of sex workers illegal

    Spain's National Court has outlawed a union of sex workers, saying that recognition of the group amounted to making the exploitation of prostitutes...

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  • Top Israeli minister: Trump wasting his time with peace plan

    A top Israeli Cabinet minister says President Donald Trump is wasting his time trying to push for an Israeli-Palestinian peace plan

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  • Amnesty to expand probe of US-led campaign in Syria's Raqqa

    Amnesty is enlisting the help of online activists to expand its investigation.

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  • South Korean named Interpol president in blow to Russia

    He beat a veteran of Russia's security services strongly opposed by the U.S.

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  • Ikea to cut 7,500 jobs as customer behavior changes

    Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea says it is cutting 7,500 jobs worldwide, partly as a result of a new strategy to open shops in city centers to...

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  • Peacekeepers left more than 6,000 children in Liberia

    'Children they left behind': More than 6,000 Liberians fathered by peacekeepers come of age

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  • 4 Finns held in Malaysia for distributing religious material

    Malaysian police say four tourists from Finland have been arrested for distributing Christian materials at public places on a resort island

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  • Second death in French protests over fuel tax hikes

    A second person has died in France in the chaos sparked by nationwide protests against fuel tax hikes that prompted embattled French President...

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  • Disabled Iranian woman seeks new opportunities in the West

    A disabled Iranian woman who dreams of climbing to the top of the world's tallest towers with her arms is seeking her chance of opportunities in the...

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  • US carrier in Hong Kong after bombers fly over S. China Sea

    A U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in Hong Kong, days after a pair of B-52 bombers flew over the disputed South China Sea

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  • World economy has 'passed its peak' as trade wars weigh

    A global economic watchdog says the global economy faces growing risks

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  • Italian woman kidnapped by gunmen along Kenya's coast

    Kenya's police chief says gunmen have kidnapped an Italian volunteer along Kenya's coast

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  • The Latest: Merkel concerns by Gibraltar impasse on Brexit

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she hopes Spanish reservations about the status of Gibraltar after Britain leaves the European Union can be...

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  • Poland moves to reinstate retired judges to Supreme Court

    Poland's ruling party has submitted a draft law to parliament that would reinstate Supreme Court judges who were recently forced into early retirement

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  • Taliban deny involvement in Kabul bombing that killed 55

    The Taliban have denied involvement in a suicide bombing in the Afghan capital that killed at least 55 people

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  • The Latest: France confident Renault to carry on smoothly

    France's finance minister says Renault's new temporary leadership will ensure the carmaker functions efficiently after the arrest in Japan of its CEO,...

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  • Australian drug smuggler banned from Indonesia after release

    Renae Lawrence was arrested in 2005 for smuggling 8.3 kilos of Heroin into Bali.

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  • UK's May to meet EU chief Juncker as Brexit deadline looms

    The two sides have agreed a document sealing the terms of Britain's departure.

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  • Migrants forced off ship after refusing to return to Libya

    An international rights group says Libyan authorities have forcibly removed dozens of migrants who had barricaded themselves in a container ship in...

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  • Baby dies in Bali after US woman allegedly threw it from car

    The woman allegedly threw her 2-month-old daughter from a moving car.

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  • Report: Nissan's Ghosn to be detained for another 10 days

    Report: Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn will be detained for another 10 days, after arrest on suspicion of falsifying income reports by millions of...

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  • US says China hacking increasing ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

    The U.S. accused China of stepping up attempts to steal American technology.

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  • AP PHOTOS: Russians keep alive winter boots tradition

    AP PHOTOS: As freezing temperatures set in, Russians are rediscovering an old winter staple _ felt boots called valenki

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  • German police conduct anti-terror drill at Cologne airport

    German police have conducted a large-scale anti-terror drill at Cologne-Bonn airport, in the west of the country, amid ongoing concerns about the...

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  • Interpol elects South Korea's Kim Jong Yang as its president in blow to Russian efforts at naming one of their own

    Interpol elects South Korea's Kim Jong Yang as its president in blow to Russian efforts at naming one of their own

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  • Seoul says it will close Japan-funded sex slavery foundation

    South Korea says it will dissolve a foundation funded by Japan to compensate South Korean women who were forced to work in Japan's World War II...

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  • Iraqi town fearful as battle against IS rages next door

    Life in the Iraqi town of al-Qaim has been put on hold as just across the border in Syria, fighting rages against one of the last major enclaves of...

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  • Cracks show in China's vision for model ethnic unity village

    While thousands of Uighur Muslims across China's Xinjiang region are forced into re-education camps, Beijing's vision for ethnic unity is taking shape...

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  • Israel steps up boycott fight after Airbnb settlement ban

    Israel is threatening vacation rental company Airbnb with high taxes and legal repercussions over its decision to remove listings from Jewish West...

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  • Kenya police say gunmen have kidnapped an Italian national and wounded five Kenyans near the coastal town of Malindi

    Kenya police say gunmen have kidnapped an Italian national and wounded five Kenyans near the coastal town of Malindi

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  • Renault keeps Ghosn as CEO despite arrest in Japan

    France's Renault keeps CEO Carlos Ghosn on despite his arrest in Japan on allegations that he misused assets of partner Nissan Motor Co. and...

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  • Suicide bomber targets clerics in Afghan capital, 50 killed

    A suicide bomber targeted a gathering of Islamic scholars in the Afghan capital, killing at least 50 people as Muslims marked the birthday of the...

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  • Bangladesh frees photographer facing charges of propaganda

    Photographer released from jail 3 months after being arrested on charges of spreading false information about a street protest and propaganda against...

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  • Despite UN call for Yemen truce, new clashes around key port

    Yemeni officials, witnesses: Fighting flares up again between Saudi-led coalition, Shiite rebels around port of Hodeida

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  • Caravan migrants weigh options after court blocks Trump ban

    Officials in the Mexican border city of Tijuana say they've arrested 34 members of the caravan of Central American migrants for minor offenses and...

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  • Possible Russian president of Interpol raises alarm in West

    A financier and Kremlin critic warn that electing a top Russian police official to be president of Interpol would undermine the international law...

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  • Puerto Rico seeks more funds, help from Congress post-Maria

    Puerto Rico's governor is imploring U.S. Congress to increase federal funding and approve several measures to help the island recover from Hurricane...

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  • Macedonia's fugitive ex-PM says granted asylum in Hungary

    Macedonia's fugitive former prime minister says he has been granted political asylum in Hungary, a week after he fled his country to avoid serving a...

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