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Pakistan asks UN to help defuse tensions with India
Pakistan's foreign minister appeals to UN for help in de-escalating tension with India over Kashmir attack40s ago![Pakistani Kashmiris rally to express solidarity with Indian Kashmiris on the occasion of the Saudi Crown Prince's visit to Pakistan, in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistani Kashmir, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. They have rallied to denounce the recent killin]()
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Memorial speaks to North Korea's ties to summit host Vietnam
Memorial to North Korean pilots who fought alongside communist forces in Vietnam War speaks to the fraternal relationship the countries share as Hanoi...9m ago![In this Feb. 16, 2019, photo, war veteran Duong Van Dau walks in between a row of headstones at a memorial for North Korean fallen pilots in Bac Giang province, Vietnam. The fourteen headstones of the pilots who died while fighting American bombers a]()
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Australian Anglican set to be defrocked over abuse inaction
An assistant bishop is set to become the most senior Anglican in Australia to be defrocked after a church committee found he took no action when he...11m ago
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China, Iran meet amid efforts to preserve nuclear deal
The foreign ministers of China and Iran are meeting amid efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran11m ago![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi shake hands during their meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (How Hwee Young/Pool Photo via AP)]()
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Jailed Citgo executives in limbo amid Venezuela turmoil
Six executives from the Houston-based Citgo oil company, five of them Americans, have spent 15 months jailed in Venezuela on what their families say...1h ago![This photo combo shows Citgo executive Tomeu Vadell at his home in Lake Charles, Louisiana in July 2015, left, and three and a half years later while in confinement in a Venezuelan jail in January 2019. Vadell’s family says he’s lost more than 60 pou]()
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Lord Mayor of London: Brexit a 'short-term' issue
London Lord Mayor Peter Estlin is touting the city's attractiveness for business even with the looming threat of Britain leaving the European Union...2h ago![Peter Estlin]()
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The Latest: Aid group says 62 die fleeing IS fighting
The International Rescue Committee says more than 60 people have died in recent weeks after making their way out of the last area controlled by the...3h ago![A Humvee drives in a village recently retaken from Islamic State militants by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near Baghouz, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny]()
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Haitians seek water, food as businesses reopen after protest
Businesses and government offices are slowly reopening across Haiti after more than a week of violent demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of...3h ago![Demonstrators drag the body of a fellow protester toward police, as a form of protest after police shot into the crowd in which he died, during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moise near the presidential palace]()
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Mexico to close infamous island penal colony, region's last
Mexico will close its infamous Isla Marias prison, the last island penal colony in a hemisphere once dotted with remote island jails like the one...Feb 18![FILE - In this May 12, 2005 file photo, inmates line up on the pier after arriving at the Islas Marias federal prison island, located 90 miles south of Mazatlan, Mexico. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019 that he will]()
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Vietnam memorial to North Korea pilots marks bygone alliance
14 headstones in a rice field are an enduring symbol of the friendship of Vietnam and North Korea, communist nations that both fought bruising...Feb 18![In this Feb. 16, 2019, photo, war veteran Duong Van Dau walks in between a row of headstones at a memorial for North Korean fallen pilots in Bac Giang province, Vietnam. The fourteen headstones of the pilots who died while fighting American bombers a]()
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Honduran lawmaker loses seat for defamation conviction
A Honduran lawmaker has been stripped of her seat in Congress after being convicted last month of defaming and slandering a local bankerFeb 18
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Cheap and green: Pyongyang upgrades its mass transit system
Pyongyang is upgrading its overcrowded mass transit system with new subway cars, trams and buses in a campaign meant to show leader Kim Jong Un is...Feb 18![In this Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019 photo, people ride on a tram in Pyongyang, North Korea. Pyongyang is upgrading its overcrowded mass transit system with brand new subway cars, trams and buses in a campaign meant to show leader Kim Jong Un is raising the]()
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Tensions rising after Kashmir attack as gunbattle kills 9
Tensions escalate in disputed Kashmir and in Hindu-majority India after last week's deadly suicide bombing; 9 killed in Kashmir gunbattleFeb 18![Members of various Indian Hindu organizations light candles as they pay tribute to the Indian soldiers killed in Thursday's attack on a paramilitary convoy in Kashmir, in Jammu, India, Sunday, Feb.17, 2019. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)]()
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Young mother begs to return to US, says marrying ISIS fighters was 'a big mistake'
Hoda Muthana said in a letter that she'd been a "naive," "arrogant" young woman.Feb 18![PHOTO: Hoda Muthana is pictured with her 18-month-old son. She left Alabama four years at the age of 19 to marry an ISIS fighter. Now, she wants to return to the U.S.]()
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Nicaragua: Hefty prison terms for farm leaders in protests
A Nicaraguan judge has given lengthy prison terms to three farmers' leaders who participated in protests against President Daniel Ortega's governmentFeb 18![FILE - In this May 20, 2018 file photo, a pro-government billboard featuring Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and his wife, first lady and Vice President Rosario Murillo is destroyed by protesters, near a]()
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Trudeau's top adviser resigns while denying wrongdoing
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top adviser has resigned while denying allegations that he pressured the former attorney general to avoid...Feb 18![Justin Trudeau, Gerald Butts]()
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Suicide bomber kills 2 police by famed Cairo tourist market
Egypt's Interior Ministry says a suicide bomber killed two police officers and wounded three more while he was being pursued near Cairo's famed Khan...Feb 18
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Brazil president fires key aide linked to corruption scandal
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has officially dismissed his key aide in charge of dealings with congress, days after a newspaper linked him to a...Feb 18![FILE - In this Oct.18, 2018 file photo, Gustavo Bebianno Rocha, then-president of the Social Liberal Party, speaks to journalists in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After days of uncertainty, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro officially fired Bebianno as his]()
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1 month after Mexico pipeline fire, toll stands at 130 dead
Mexican officials say that one month after a fiery explosion at an illegally tapped gasoline pipeline, the death toll stands at 130Feb 18
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Israeli leaders' Nazi comments derail European summit
Poland has pulled out of a summit in Jerusalem, triggering the collapse of the entire meeting, after the acting Israeli foreign minister said that...Feb 18![United States Vice President Mike Pence, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from left, stand on a podium at a conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb]()
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UN hoping for immediate pullout of forces from Yemen ports
The United Nations says it hopes Yemen's warring parties will immediately carry out an agreement to pull their forces out of the key port of Hodeida...Feb 18
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UK authorities pluck migrants from dinghy in English Channel
British border officials have picked up dozens of people from a small boat in the English ChannelFeb 18
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Besieged ISIS militants refuse to surrender, ask for an exit
More than 300 militants surrounded in a tiny area are trying to agree an exit.Feb 18![A Humvee drives in a village recently retaken from Islamic State militants by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near Baghouz, Syria, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Islamic State militants are preventing more than 1,000 civilians from leaving a tiny]()
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Nigeria's president tells security forces to be 'ruthless'
Nigeria's leader tells security forces to be 'ruthless' against anyone trying to disrupt voteFeb 18![Muhammadu Buhari, Atiku Abubakar]()
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EU warns of reduced imports if Trump puts tariffs on cars
The European Union warned U.S. President Donald Trump Monday that the bloc will step back from a commitment to buy more American soybeans and liquid...Feb 18![FILE - In this March 8, 2018 file photo photo Volkswagen cars are pictured during a final quality control at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. Germany's economic growth has stagnated in the last three months of the year. (AP Photo/Michael S]()
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The Venice Carnival, Nigerian elections, anniversary of Libya's revolution
Here's a look at the top photos from around the globe.Feb 18![VIDEO: The Venice Carnival, Nigerian elections, anniversary of Libya's revolution]()
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Rubio visits Colombia, addresses Venezuelan military
The senator spoke out against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.Feb 18![PHOTO: Senator Marco Rubio leaves after visiting the Colombia-Venezuela border at the Simon Bolivar International Bridge on the outskirts of Cucuta, Colombia, Feb. 17, 2019.]()
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Pope Francis lifts suspension on Nicaraguan priest, poet
Pope Francis has lifted the suspension imposed in 1983 on Nicaraguan priest and poet Ernesto CardenalFeb 18![Ernesto Cardenal]()
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7 lawmakers quit UK Labour Party over Brexit, anti-Semitism
The lawmakers cited the Labour Party's Brexit policy and anti-Semitism.Feb 18![Luciana Berger speaks during a press conference to announce the new political party, The Independent Group, in London, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Seven British Members of Parliament say they are quitting the main opposition Labour Party over its approach]()
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Former Maldives president arrested over money laundering
A Maldives court has ordered the arrest and detention of former Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom for alleged money launderingFeb 18![Yameen Abdul Gayoom]()
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Vatican: US prelate accused of abuse not at high court
The Vatican says a Holy See lawyer who appeared on a list of American priests credibly accused of sexual abuse isn't currently at the church's supreme...Feb 18
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Female track star Caster Semenya in court to challenge landmark gender ruling
The case has been described as "unusual" and "unprecedented."Feb 18![PHOTO: South Africa's runner Caster Semenya, current 800-meter Olympic gold medalist and world champion, arrives for the first day of her hearing at the international Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Feb. 18, 2019.]()
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UK-based man charged with inciting attack in Germany
A man living in northeast England has been charged under Britain's terrorism laws with attempting to incite a car, knife and bomb attack in GermanyFeb 18
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North Macedonia police report breaking up firearms ring
Police in North Macedonia have arrested nine people suspected of belonging to a crime ring that converted flare guns into lethal weapons and sold them...Feb 18
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Dutch company fined for exporting turbine parts to Iran
A Dutch company has been convicted of illegally exporting to Iran gas turbine parts that could be used in the manufacture of weaponsFeb 18
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Bus hits dump truck in Bolivia; at least 24 reported dead
Bolivian police say a bus has crashed head-on with a dump truck, killing at least 24 people and injuring 12 moreFeb 18![In this photo released by the Bolivian Police of Oruro, firefighters work to rescue passengers after a bus crashed head-on with a dump truck, on the outskirts of Machamarca, Bolivia, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. The Monday morning accident occurred in a de]()
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Firefighters make daring rescue
Firefighters in Budapest scaled down a nearly 33-foot pit to retrieve a cat that had fallen down and was unable to climb back out.Feb 18![VIDEO: Firefighters in Budapest scaled down a nearly 33-foot pit to retrieve a cat that had fallen down and was unable to climb back out.]()
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Israeli police arrest 5 Palestinians at flashpoint holy site
Israeli police say they have arrested five Palestinians for allegedly "causing a disturbance" at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy siteFeb 18![Israeli police arrests a Palestinian in front of the Dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem, Monday, Feb. 18, 2019. Israeli police officers have arrested several Palestinians for]()
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Brazil's #metoo moment: Spiritual guru accused of sex abuse
Hundreds of women have accused Brazilian spiritual healer Joao Teixeira de Faria of sexual abuse, turning him into the first major Brazilian figure to...Feb 18![In this Jan. 4, 2019 photo, a woman places her hands in prayer on a wooden triangle, between framed images of spiritual healer Joao Teixeira de Faria and Jesus Christ, inside the Casa de Dom Inacio, in Abadiania, Brazil. Hundreds of women have accuse]()
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Opposition lawmakers plan to leave Albania's parliament
Albania's center-right opposition party says its 33 lawmakers plan to resign from parliament over alleged corruption and inefficiency of the country's...Feb 18
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'Mount Everest is at risk of being loved to death': OPINION
Adrian Ballinger has summited Everest eight times.Feb 18![PHOTO: Mountaineer Adrian Ballinger at Mount Everest.]()
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ISIS' last stand in Syria
ABC News' James Longman is on the front lines of the fight against ISIS.Feb 18![VIDEO: ISIS' last stand in Syria]()
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Nigeria's female candidates seek victory despite harassment
'Of course I'm going to win:' Nigeria's female candidates pursue victory despite harassmentFeb 18![In this photo taken Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, Zainab Sulaiman Umar, 26, a candidate for the State House of Assembly in Kumbotso constituency, Kano state, speaks to the Associated Press at an activists office in Kano, northern Nigeria. Umar is among doze]()
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Yemeni combatants agree on first stage of Hodeida pullback
Yemen's government and the Houthi rebels have agreed on the first stage of a mutual pullout of forces from the port city of Hodeida, a key entry point...Feb 18![Martin Griffiths, Peter Maurer]()
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The Latest: Israel-Central Europe summit canceled
The acting Israeli foreign minister said that Poles collaborated with the Nazis.Feb 18![United States Vice President Mike Pence, Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from left, stand on a podium at a conference on Peace and Security in the Middle East in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, Feb]()
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Mount Everest base camp now closed to tourists
Tourists now must stop about a mile before base camp without a permit.Feb 18![PHOTO: An undated stock photo of Mount Everest.]()
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Greece: 4 bodies recovered from car swept into river
Greek authorities say rescue crews have recovered the bodies of four people who were swept away in their car by a swollen river on the southern island...Feb 18
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Saudi official fires back after Iran blames attack on Riyadh
A senior Saudi diplomat has fired back after Iran initially blamed the kingdom for an attack last week that killed 27 members of Iran's elite...Feb 18![In this photo released by the Press Information Department, visiting Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, center, reviews guard of honour during a welcoming ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2019. Saudi Arabia's powerful C]()
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ISIS' last stand in Syria
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