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  • EU nations end summit without agreement on budget

    European Union nations have broken up a marathon summit without a deal and will have to reconvene for another budget meeting in the coming weeks

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  • To stop the novel coronavirus from spreading, 'we need to act quickly,' WHO says

    Officials are concerned about new COVID-19 cases with no clear link to China.

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  • Iran votes in parliament elections that favor conservatives

    Iranians are voting for a new parliament, with turnout seen as a key measure of support for Iran's leadership at the time of a sanctions-linked...

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  • Slovaks mark anniversary of slayings of journalist, fiancee

    Thousands of people have rallied in Bratislava and across Slovakia to mark the second anniversary of the slayings of an investigative reporter and his...

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  • European Union leaders fail to agree on new 7-year budget, look at another summit soon

    European Union leaders fail to agree on new 7-year budget, look at another summit soon

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  • Judge: High-profile corruption trial to stay in Puerto Rico

     A federal judge on Friday denied a request to move an upcoming corruption trial against former Puerto Rico Education Secretary Julia Keleher to the...

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  • Erdogan phones 2 European leaders, wants end to Idlib push

    Turkey's President has urged Russia to “restrain" the Syrian government and to halt a humanitarian crisis unfolding in northwest Syria

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  • Watchdog toughens global financial scrutiny of Iran

    An international agency that monitors terrorism financing has announced tough new financial scrutiny for Iran and added seven countries to a watch...

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  • Algeria on cusp of change as protest movement marks 1 year

    Algerian protesters filled the streets of the capital and other cities Friday to mark the first anniversary of their peaceful “smile revolution.”

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  • Cross-border love story captivates South Korea

    The cast of “Crash Landing on You” includes an actress and a writer who defected from North Korea.

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  • German shooter emptied magazine, calmly walked out: Survivor

    Piter Minnemann says he and his friends were eating when they heard shots fired outside the door of the snack bar in Hanau where they had gathered

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  • Thai court orders popular opposition party dissolved

    Thailand's Constitutional Court has ordered the popular opposition Future Forward Party dissolved, declaring that it violated election law by...

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  • New cases of coronavirus double in 24 hours in South Korea

    Majority of cases are linked to members of the religious sect Shincheonji.

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  • Moody's downgrades Lebanon's rating amid financial crisis

    Credit rating agency Moody's downgraded Lebanon's government issuer ratings Friday to Ca from Caa2 and changed the outlook to stable amid concerns the...

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  • Daytona crash, democratic debate, coronavirus; The Week in Photos

    A look at the week's top photos from around the globe.

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  • Mexico extradites son of Jalisco cartel to face US charges

    Mexico has extradited the son of the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel to face drug charges in the United States, leading to fears his gang...

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  • Iran reports 2 more deaths, 13 new cases of new coronavirus

    Iran has reported two more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China and says the fatalities were from among 13 new confirmed cases of the virus...

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  • Message draped on school bus targets Prince Andrew

    A yellow school bus with a banner depicting the face of Britain's Prince Andrew has driven past Buckingham Palace, urging him to testify in the...

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  • US: Taliban's 'reduction of violence' deal to start tonight

    U.S. and Afghan officials have announced a seven-day period of reduced violence as part of a countdown to the signing of a peace agreement between the...

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  • Spain to severely restrict advertising for on-line betting

    Spain’s government has announced plans to restrict advertising for on-line betting houses on the Internet, television, and during sporting events

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  • Bulgaria commits to joining euro despite delay

    Bulgaria’s prime minister says his country will adopt the euro despite a brief delay to the accession process

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  • Outbreak, economic ills dim luster of Japan's Olympic year

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should be basking in the limelight this year in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics

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  • 7 charged in Vietnam in deaths of 39 migrants in England

    Police in Vietnam have charged seven people in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found in a refrigerated trailer...

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  • Hysteria over coronavirus sparks violent protests in Ukraine

    Protesters smashed the windows of buses carrying people evacuated from China

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• Feb 21

  • Mom of bullied boy hopes viral video will raise awareness of dwarfism

    Quaden Bayles, who has dwarfism, received an outpouring of support worldwide after his mother shared an emotional clip of him on social media.

    Feb 21

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  • Grief, anger and calls for action after shooting in Germany

    Hundreds of grieving people are flocking to Friday prayers in the mosques of the German town of Hanau, two days after a racially motivated shooting

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  • Thai college student arrested for tweeting about monarchy

    A legal aid group in Thailand says police have arrested a 20-year-old college student for allegedly posting messages on Twitter considered derogatory...

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  • French admiral: Warplanes mostly gathering info on IS group

    The commander of a French aircraft carrier strike group says the Islamic State group remains active in Syria and Iraq despite no longer having a...

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  • Germany indicts Iraqi man over death of Yazidi slave girl

    The Iraqi husband of a German woman who is being tried on charges that the couple allowed a 5-year-old Yazidi girl they kept as a slave in Iraq to die...

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  • Israel says cruise passenger flown home from Japan has virus

    Israeli health officials say one of the 11 Israelis who were flown home after being quarantined on a cruise ship in Japan has tested positive for the...

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  • IS supporter pleads guilty to St. Paul's Cathedral bomb plot

    A British woman who supported the Islamic State group has pleaded guilty to plotting to bomb St. Paul's Cathedral in London

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  • Pompeo meets with Oman's new ruler amid US pressure on Iran

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting with the new ruler of Oman, a Gulf Arab country that has close ties with both Washington and Tehran and...

    Feb 21

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  • Greece: Police officers implicated in major passport scam

    Authorities in Greece say six police officers and 27 other people are under investigation in a major passport fraud case that included issuing Greek...

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  • India’s controversial citizenship law explained

    A new citizenship law in India threatens the country's sizable Muslim population, according to critics.

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  • Outpouring of worldwide support for bullied Australian boy

    A video of a 9-year-old Australian boy telling his mother that he wants to die after being bullied at school for his dwarfism has gone viral on social...

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  • Albania police crack down on illegal betting shops

    Albanian police say they have cracked down on people operating betting shops, more than a year after they were banned

    Feb 21

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  • German court says Tesla can fell trees at site of new plant

    A German court has ruled that clearing of trees from the site of Tesla Inc.'s first electric car factory in Europe can go ahead, days after it issued...

    Feb 21

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  • US official: 7-day 'reduction of violence' promised by Taliban starts tonight; US-Taliban deal to be signed Feb. 29

    US official: 7-day 'reduction of violence' promised by Taliban starts tonight; US-Taliban deal to be signed Feb. 29

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  • Lesotho's PM fails to show in court to face murder charge

    Lesotho’s prime minister has failed to show up in court to be charged with murder in the killing of his estranged wife

    Feb 21

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  • Eurozone economy picks up despite virus disruption

    A survey shows that business activity in the 19-country eurozone has picked up in February from a deep slump, particularly in Germany's big industrial...

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  • Iran reports 2 more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China, says they were from among 13 new confirmed cases

    Iran reports 2 more deaths from the new virus that emerged in China, says they were from among 13 new confirmed cases

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  • Controversial church at center of S Korean outbreak

    A church whose leader claims he is an angel of Jesus has become the biggest cluster of viral infections in South Korea

    Feb 21

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  • Thousands light up joints during Hindu festival in Nepal

    Hindu holy men were joined by devotees and the public at a revered temple in Kathmandu where they lit up marijuana cigarettes during an annual...

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  • Thai court finds popular opposition political party broke election law by taking loan, orders it dissolved

    Thai court finds popular opposition political party broke election law by taking loan, orders it dissolved

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  • 2 Germans killed in avalanche on Norway's Arctic Svalbard

    Two German nationals have died in an avalanche near a glacier on the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, north of Norway's mainland

    Feb 21

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  • Passenger train partly derails in Australia, killing 2

    Several cars on a passenger train derailed in southeastern Australia, killing two operators and injuring 12 other people

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  • A Week in Pictures, Asia

    A Week in Pictures, Asia

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  • IATA: Virus may slash $29 billion from airlines' revenue

    The International Air Transport Association says the outbreak of the new virus is threatening to erase $29 billion of this year's revenue for global...

    Feb 21

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  • A Week in Pictures - Latin America & Caribbean

    A Week in Pictures — Latin America & Caribbean

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• Feb 20

  • Iran's state TV says polls have opened for a new parliament as some 7,000 candidates run for the 290-seat house

    Iran's state TV says polls have opened for a new parliament as some 7,000 candidates run for the 290-seat house

    Feb 20