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  • South Korea denies refugee status to Yemenis

    South Korea has denied refugee status for nearly 400 asylum seekers from war-torn Yemen months after their arrival on the island of Jeju sparked an...

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  • US Navy research vessel docks in Taiwan amid China tensions

    A U.S. Navy research vessel has docked in Taiwan amid tensions with China over trade and arms sales

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  • 3 Myanmar journalists in court over story gov't calls false

    Three detained journalists have appeared in a Myanmar court to face charges filed against them by the Yangon regional government, which says the story...

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  • Fighting in Kashmir city leaves 3 combatants, civilian dead

    Anti-India protests and clashes have erupted in the main city of disputed Kashmir shortly after a gunbattle between militants and government forces...

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  • Indian temple set to allow entry to females who menstruate

    A temple in southern India that's one of the largest Hindu pilgrimage centers in the world is set to open its doors to females of menstruating age...

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  • Suspects in missing journalist case tied to the Saudi royal family

    The Saudi royal family may be ready to admit responsibility for Jamal Khashoggi's death, sources said. ABC News' Molly Hunter reports.

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  • Newly published files confirm plan to move Assange to Russia

    Ecuadorean government documents have laid bare an unorthodox attempt to extricate Assange from his embassy hideaway in London by naming him as a...

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  • South Korean leader in Rome, praises pope's peace message

    South Korean leader praises pope's message of peace, dialogue ahead of audience

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  • Key allies quit Duterte Cabinet to run in midterm elections

    Close allies of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte have resigned from his Cabinet to run in elections next year that will test his popularity and...

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  • The Latest: Pompeo meets with Turkish president, FM

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met Turkey's president and foreign minister over the disappearance and alleged slaying of Saudi writer Jamal...

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  • Thai monk sentenced for raping 13-year-old he impregnated

    A court in Thailand has sentenced a former Buddhist monk known for his jet-set lifestyle to 16 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl who he...

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  • Gaza rocket hits home in Israel, military strikes back

    The Israeli military says a rocket fired from Gaza made a direct hit on a home in southern Israel; military strikes Hamas targets in Gaza

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  • Weeping relatives receive bodies of South Korean climbers

    Relatives wept in grief as the bodies of five South Korean mountain climbers arrived home from Nepal where they died in a storm last week

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  • Federal prosecutor takes over Cologne hostage taker case

    Germany's federal prosecutor's office, which handles terrorism and national security cases in Germany, says it's taking over the investigation into a...

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  • New Zealand political leader taped speaking inappropriately

    New Zealand's opposition leader has been secretly recorded using an obscenity to attack a colleague and making other questionable remarks as turmoil...

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  • EU leaders gather for 'moment of truth' Brexit summit

    British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to urge EU leaders to give ground.

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  • Taliban warn teachers, students to avoid Afghan polls

    In recent years the Taliban have carried out near-daily attacks.

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  • Afghanistan: German helicopters shot at, nobody injured

    German news agency dpa says German transport helicopters in Afghanistan have been shot but that nobody was injured.

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  • US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lands in Turkey to discuss disappearance, alleged slaying of Saudi writer

    US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lands in Turkey to discuss disappearance, alleged slaying of Saudi writer

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  • Water pollution in Iraq threatens Mandaean religious rites

    Iraq's soaring water pollution is threatening the religious rites of its tight-knit Mandaean community, already devastated by 15 years of war that has...

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  • Pakistan executes man convicted of killing 8 children

    A man convicted of killing eight children was executed at a Pakistani prison early Wednesday after the country's top court rejected a request for his...

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  • The Latest: 3 combatants dead in fighting in Kashmir city

    Police say at least two suspected rebels and a counterinsurgency police official have been killed in a gunbattle in the main city of disputed Kashmir

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  • Migrant caravan marches on in Guatemala amid Trump's threats

    A caravan of some 2,000 migrants hoping to reach the United States marched deeper into Guatemala as President Donald Trump threatened to cut off aid...

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  • Rocket from Gaza makes direct hit on residential home in southern Israel, no casualties

    Rocket from Gaza makes direct hit on residential home in southern Israel, no casualties

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  • Former Tropical Storm Tara dissipates in Pacific off Mexico

    Tropical Storm Tara weakened to a depression and then dissipated after drenching Mexico's central Pacific coast while moving just offshore

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  • Canada now world's largest legal marijuana marketplace

    And they're off: Canada starts legal marijuana sales and becomes world's largest national pot marketplace

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  • Australia shifts on refusal to send refugees to New Zealand

    Australia's prime minister signals he could accept New Zealand's longstanding offer to resettle 150 refugees exiled to Pacific islands as long as they...

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  • Retail marijuana sales begin in Canada, now largest country with legal national pot marketplace

    Retail marijuana sales begin in Canada, now largest country with legal national pot marketplace

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  • Trump warns of aid cut over migrant caravan now in Guatemala

    U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to cut aid to three Central American nations if they let people travel to the U.S. illegally, reacting to a...

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  • Canada to pardon pot possession as it legalizes marijuana

    The Canadian government is ready to pardon those with a pot possession record of 30 grams or less after Canada becomes the second and largest country...

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  • The Latest: Trump expands aid threat over migrant caravan

    U.S. President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter again to warn Central American countries they could lose aid if they don't stop migrants heading to...

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  • China says interning Muslims brings them into 'modern' world

    China characterized its mass internment of Muslims as bringing into the "modern, civilized" world a destitute people who are easily led astray, a...

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  • Brazil's Temer charged with corruption, money laundering

    Brazil's federal police are recommending in a new case that President Michel Temer be put on trial for corruption, money laundering and criminal...

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  • Turkish official: Police found evidence of Khashoggi slaying

    A high-level Turkish official says police who searched the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul found evidence that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed...

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  • The Latest: Canada to pardon some in pot possession cases

    A senior Canadian official says the government will pardon those with a pot possession record of 30 grams or less

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  • Canadian official says government to pardon those with a pot possession record of 30 grams or less

    Canadian official says government to pardon those with a pot possession record of 30 grams or less

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  • 2 die in fighter jet crash in Ukraine, US pilot "involved"

    Ukraine's military says a Ukrainian fighter jet crashed during a joint exercise with U.S. and other NATO air forces, killing both pilots

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  • Brazil presidential candidates exchange insults on Twitter

    The far-right front-runner and his left-leaning challenger in Brazil's presidential race have engaged in a heated exchange of tweets less than two...

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  • UN anti-graft body in Guatemala says visas denied, revoked

    A U.N. commission investigating corruption in Guatemala says President Jimmy Morales' government has denied or revoked visas for about a dozen of its...

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  • Brazil's federal police bring new corruption charges against President Michel Temer

    Brazil's federal police bring new corruption charges against President Michel Temer

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  • The Latest: G-7 nations express concern over Khashoggi case

    Foreign ministers from the G-7 group of industrialized nations say they are very troubled by the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and...

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  • Cuban diplomats disrupt UN meeting called by US on prisoners

    About 20 Cuban diplomats and supporters have disrupted a U.N. meeting called by the United States to spotlight the island nation's political...

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  • Confessed killer of Mexican women ordered held for trial

    A Mexican man and his female companion have been ordered held in prison pending trial in the killing of a woman, though the man has confessed to...

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  • Chaldean cardinal says promised US aid for Iraq hasn't come

    Iraq's Chaldean Catholic cardinal says promised US aid hasn't materialized

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  • US tops revised competiveness ranking for 1st time since '08

    Organizers of the annual Davos conference say the U.S. is atop their list of the world's most competitive economies for the first time in a decade,...

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  • Canadian crewmember killed in ship accident at seaway dock

    Authorities say a Canadian man working on a freighter has died after he fell off a dock on the St. Lawrence Seaway in northern New York

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  • What US aid is on the line to Honduras

    What US aid is on the line to Honduras

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  • Mothers searching for the disappeared get Notre Dame Award

    The University of Notre Dame has presented its 2018 Notre Dame Award to a group of Mexican mothers who have led a tireless, years-long search for...

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  • Spain pressured to free imprisoned Catalan activists

    Politicians and human rights groups in Spain's Catalonia region have urged the Spanish government to release imprisoned separatists, including two...

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  • Canada is ready to open the door wide to legal marijuana

    Canada is about to become the second and largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace.

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