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  • Assad's forces make advances, further securing Aleppo region

    State media reported significant advances against rebel held enclaves.

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  • French health minister to run for Paris mayor to end scandal

    The party of French President Emmanuel Macron has chosen the government's high-profile health minister to run as a late entry in next month's race for...

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  • Hungary's Orban warns about climate crisis, slow EU growth

    Country faces continuing population decline and “sinister menaces," he says.

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  • Palestinian PM: Trump's Mideast plan 'will be buried'

    The Palestinian prime minister lashed out Sunday at U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to end the Mideast conflict, saying it would be “buried...

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  • Denmark arrests 27 people on suspected cocaine smuggling

    Danish police say they have arrested 27 people for suspected drug smuggling after having found some 100 kilograms of cocaine at a Bahamas-registered...

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  • North Macedonia parliament dissolved ahead of early election

    North Macedonia’s parliament was dissolved on Sunday, ahead of an early election

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  • Iran's president: Trump doesn't want war ahead of 2020 vote

    War would harm Trump's 2020 reelection bid, Iran president says.

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  • Software glitches force Dominican Republic to suspend vote

    Problems with electronic voting systems have forced the Dominican Republic to suspend municipal elections across the country

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  • Wales bears the brunt as Storm Dennis hammers Britain

    Storm Dennis roared across Britain, lashing towns and cities with high winds.

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  • It's a day for dogs as Brazil ramps up for Carnival

    Brazil is ramping up toward the world's most famous Carnival celebrations and already the dogs have had their day

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  • Costa Rica seizes 5 tons of cocaine headed for Netherlands

    Costa Rican officials say they have seized more than 5 tons of cocaine, the largest such haul in the Central American country's history

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  • Antarctic high temp records will take months to verify: UN

    The U.N. weather agency said Sunday that record high temperatures reportedly measured in Antarctica will take months to verify

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  • Ivanka Trump lauds Saudi, UAE on women's rights reforms

    Ivanka Trump has praised Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and a handful of other Mideast countries for embarking on “significant reforms” to...

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  • Young Ugandan who featured in a Disney chess film dies at 15

    A Ugandan student who played a memorable role in a 2016 Disney film about a local chess prodigy has died at the age of 15

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  • Americans in Japan to trade one quarantine for another

    A group of Americans are cutting short a 14-day quarantine on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in the port of Yokohama, near Tokyo, to be whisked back...

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  • No handshakes: Viral outbreak spooks Asian places of worship

    Temporary restrictions and dwindling crowds in places of worship across Asia have underscored the extent of the scare over a viral outbreak that has...

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  • Egypt’s top prosecutor denies activist was tortured

    Egypt’s chief prosecutor is denying allegations that the police tortured a human rights activist and vocal critic of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi

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  • Gantz vows to form government without Netanyahu

    Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz is vowing he will form a government that will include neither the indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor...

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  • Powers renew pledge to uphold Libya arms embargo

    Foreign ministers and other top officials are gathering in Germany.

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  • Latin American country could make history this week with abortion ruling

    The current ruling in the country allows for abortion in only three instances.

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  • Israeli army: Hamas hackers tried to 'seduce' soldiers

    The Israeli military says it it has thwarted an attempt by the Hamas militant group to hack soldiers' phones by posing as young, attractive women on...

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  • Suspected far-right extremist on Germany's radar for months

    German media reported Sunday that the main suspect detained last week in police raids on alleged far-right extremists had been on the radar of German...

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  • Rockets strike near US Embassy in Baghdad; no injuries

    U.S. and Iraqi officials say at least four rockets hit near the sprawling U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and a Iraqi base hosting American troops inside the...

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  • UN official says airstrikes kill over 30 civilians in Yemen

    The U.N. humanitarian chief for Yemen says strikes killed more than 30 civilians in a Yemeni mountainous northern province

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• Feb 15

  • For third day, mainland China reports fall in new virus cases to 2,009; total deaths rise by 142 to 1,665

    For third day, mainland China reports fall in new virus cases to 2,009; total deaths rise by 142 to 1,665

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  • Bolsonaro stresses Christian morals amid Rio's pre-Carnival

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has addressed tens of thousands of evangelicals on a beach in Rio de Janeiro, telling them that he is working to...

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  • UK faces another fierce storm; 2 found dead in rough seas

    Rescuers have pulled two bodies from rough seas off the coast of southeast England as Britain endures a second straight weekend of stormy weather

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  • Turkey, Russia to discuss grave situation in Syria's Idlib

    Turkey's foreign minister says a Turkish delegation will hold talks in Russia on Monday on the situation in Syria's Idlib province amid mounting fears...

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  • Kin seek information on missing kids after orphanage fire

    Relatives of 15 children killed in a fire at an orphanage are continuing to show up outside the burned-out compound seeking news about their missing...

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  • N Macedonia minister who stood by nation's old name removed

    North Macedonia’s parliament has voted to dismiss a government minister who appeared at news conferences in front of a backdrop bearing the country’s...

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  • N Macedonia minister who stood by nation's old name removed

    North Macedonia’s parliament has voted to dismiss a government minister who appeared at news conferences in front of a backdrop bearing the country’s...

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  • Warren Buffett's son helps Colombia kick cocaine curse

    The eldest son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett is spending $200 million to help Colombia kick its cocaine curse

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  • Man behind videos that felled Paris mayor contender arrested

    He claimed responsibility for posting sex videos that brought down a candidate.

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  • Denouncing US, Venezuelan troops, militias stage drills

    Armed forces, militias took the streets in cities, beaches and border regions.

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  • Egypt upholds detention of student critical of el-Sissi

    A defense lawyer says an Egyptian court has rejected the appeal of an activist and vocal critic of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi for release from...

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  • Israeli military says 2 rockets fired from Gaza

    The Israeli military says two rockets have been fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip

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  • Israeli military says 2 rockets fired from Gaza

    The Israeli military says two rockets have been fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip

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  • Esper says Taliban deal is promising but not without risk

    U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper says a truce agreement between the United States and the Taliban that could lead to the withdrawal of American...

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  • Canada, others nations push Iran on downed airliner probe

    Diplomats from nations that lost citizens when Iran shot down a Ukrainian airliner are pushing Iran’s foreign minister for more cooperation on the...

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  • Egypt sentences ex-minister's brother for artifact smuggling

    An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced the brother of a former finance minister to 30 years in prison after his conviction in two separate cases of...

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  • US to fly home Americans stuck on quarantined ship in Japan

    The U.S. says Americans aboard a quarantined ship will be flown back home on a chartered flight Sunday, but that they will face another two-week...

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  • Iran: Trump wrong if he thinks Tehran regime will collapse

    Iran's foreign minister says U.S. President Donald Trump is receiving bad advice if he believes an American "maximum pressure" campaign will cause the...

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  • Ivanka Trump in Abu Dhabi ahead of women's conference

    Ivanka Trump, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, has arrived in the United Arab Emirates

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  • Thousands protest state vote that shook up German politics

    Several thousand people have rallied in eastern Germany to protest the ousting of a popular state governor by lawmakers from a far-right and two...

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  • FAA allows US civilian flights to resume over Persian Gulf

    The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says American civilian flights can resume operations over much of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman region

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  • US defense chief slams China as rising threat to world order

    U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper is portraying China as a growing threat to world order

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  • Lawmaker questions China's offer to build UK high speed rail

    A prominent British lawmaker has warned that allowing China's state-run rail construction company to build a high-speed rail line linking London with...

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  • Ukraine's president vows to end war, invites Trump to Kyiv

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he hopes to end the separatist conflict in his country's east by the end of his term in 2024

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  • Afghans mark Soviet withdrawal as US negotiates its own exit

    Afghanistan is marking the 31st anniversary of the Soviet Union's last soldier leaving the country

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  • France's Macron urges better long-term relations with Russia

    French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe needs to strive for better relations with Russia in the long term

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