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  • Gibraltar rejects US pressure to hold Iranian oil tanker

    Authorities in Gibraltar say they are rejecting the United States' renewed request that the British overseas territory not release an Iranian...

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  • Migrants jump off rescue boat to try to reach Italian island

    Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini is telling a Spanish humanitarian rescue boat with 107 migrants to go to Spain, not Italy

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  • Jordan summons Israeli envoy over holy site clashes

    Jordan has summoned Israel's ambassador to protest "Israeli violations" at a Jerusalem holy site sacred to Muslims and Jews

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  • The Latest: Organizers say 1.7 million at Hong Kong rally

    Organizers say at least 1.7 million people turned out for the latest pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong

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  • Islamic State claims bombing at Kabul wedding that killed 63

    Islamic State claims Kabul wedding attack that killed at least 63 people as Afghans question prospect of peace

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  • Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians near Gaza fence

    Gaza Health Ministry: Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians, severely wound 4th near heavily guarded perimeter fence

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  • Feminist icon Steinem blasts Israel PM over travel ban

    Feminist icon Gloria Steinem has called Israel's prime minister a 'bully' and says she won't visit as long as he remains the country's leader

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  • Controlled avalanche in New Zealand

    Snow tumbled down the side of Mount Ruapehu in a mesmerizing avalanche.

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  • Top Iran diplomat suggests 90-year-old Kuwait ruler is ill

    Iran's Zarif says he's praying for 'speedy recovery' of Kuwait's emir; no official word on 90-year-old ruler being ill

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  • Massive turnout at march in latest Hong Kong protest

    Spokesman called U.S. support "gross interference in China's internal affairs."

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  • The Latest: Migrant aid group refuses to sail to Spain

    A spokeswoman for Spanish humanitarian group Open Arms has told The Associated Press that the organization is not willing to sail to Spain's southern...

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  • Restrictions continue in Kashmir despite security ease

    Restrictions have continued in much of Indian-administered Kashmir, despite India's government saying it's gradually restoring phone lines and easing...

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  • Greek Orthodox bishop convicted of hate speech resigns

    The Metropolitan Amvrosios of Kalavryta, a fiery conservative Greek Orthodox bishop known for criticizing, often in intemperate terms, those who he...

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  • British journalist says he was victim of planned assault

    A well-known left-wing British journalist says he was pushed to the ground and kicked in the head in what he described as a "blatant premeditated...

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  • Russian opposition figure re-arrested upon jail release

    A prominent Russian opposition figure has been detained by police immediately after leaving a jail where he had served two sentences connected to...

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  • Gibraltar authorities are rejecting a renewed US request that the UK territory not release an Iranian oil tanker

    Gibraltar authorities are rejecting a renewed US request that the UK territory not release an Iranian oil tanker

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  • A look at deadliest attacks in Afghanistan in recent years

    A look at some of the deadliest attacks in recent years in Afghanistan as Taliban-US peace deal nears

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  • Major players shaping troubled Afghanistan's future

    From US and Taliban to Islamic State group, a look at major players shaping troubled Afghanistan's future

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  • Syrian troops close to western outskirts of rebel-held town

    Syrian media, war monitor: Government forces gain more ground in northwest, almost reaching major rebel-held town

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  • The Latest: IS says it carried out attack on Kabul wedding

    The Latest: Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan claims responsibility for Kabul wedding blast that killed 63

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  • Explosion at wedding celebration kills 63, injures 182

    The Taliban condemned the bombing and denied any involvement.

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  • The Islamic State group's affiliate in Afghanistan claims responsibility for Kabul wedding blast that killed at least 63

    The Islamic State group's affiliate in Afghanistan claims responsibility for Kabul wedding blast that killed at least 63

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  • Libya's coast guard intercepts 57 Europe-bound migrants

    Libya's coast guard says it intercepted 57 Europe-bound migrants off country's Mediterranean coast

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  • UN blasts Libyan force's strikes on airport west of Tripoli

    UN mission condemns airstrikes by self-styled Libyan force on militia-controlled airport west of Tripoli

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  • Mexico City assesses monument damage after anti-rape march

    Workers built a wooden wall around Mexico City's Angel of Independence monument.

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  • 3 dead in soccer riot as opposing fans attack team bus

    The game was supposed to be between Motagua and Olimpia.

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  • Police: Mudslide in Pakistani-administered Kashmir kills 7

    Pakistani police: Mudslide in Pakistani-administered Kashmir kills 7 members of single family

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  • Bodies found at site of China rockslide with 17 missing

    Teams have begun recovering bodies at a railway repair site in southwestern China where 17 workers were buried by rocks

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  • An Afghan official says at least 63 people have died when suicide bomber detonated explosives in packed wedding hall

    An Afghan official says at least 63 people have died when suicide bomber detonated explosives in packed wedding hall

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  • Top Chinese, North Korean generals meet in Beijing

    Top military leaders from North Korea and China have recommitted themselves to strengthened exchanges between their armed forces during a meeting in...

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  • The Latest: Witness says children killed in Kabul blast

    The Latest: Witness says children killed in blast at wedding party in Afghan capital

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  • Argentina's treasury minister resigns, senior official says

    A senior official in Argentina's presidential office says the country's treasury minister has resigned and will be replaced by the economy minister of...

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  • Dozens dead or hurt in wedding party blast in Afghan capital

    There was no immediate information on the cause of the blast.

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  • Italy's Salvini agrees to let 27 minors off migrant ship

    Italy's hard-line interior minister has buckled under pressure and agreed to let 27 unaccompanied minors leave a migrant ship after two weeks at sea,...

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  • Sudanese protesters sign final power-sharing deal with army

    Sudan's pro-democracy movement and ruling military council signed a final power-sharing agreement at a ceremony in the capital, Khartoum, after weeks...

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  • Afghan official says dozens killed or wounded in blast inside wedding hall in capital, Kabul

    Afghan official says dozens killed or wounded in blast inside wedding hall in capital, Kabul

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  • Pakistan officials say roadside bomb kills 2 soldiers

    Pakistani intelligence officials say a roadside bomb attack has killed two army soldiers in the country's northwest

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  • Afghan official confirms explosion at wedding hall in capital Kabul, with casualties feared

    Afghan official confirms explosion at wedding hall in capital Kabul, with casualties feared

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  • Military: 3 rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel

    Israeli aerial defense batteries intercepted two of the missiles Saturday.

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  • Major fire breaks out in New Delhi hospital; no casualties

    Authorities evacuate a major government-run hospital in the Indian capital after a fire breaks out

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  • 2 die in knife attack at German train station

    Police say a man and a woman were fatally stabbed at a crowded train station.

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  • Yemen rebel drone attack targets remote Saudi oil field

    Drones launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels attacked a massive oil and gas field deep inside of Saudi Arabia's sprawling desert, causing what the kingdom...

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  • Indian authorities begin easing clampdown in Kashmir

    Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have begun restoring landline phone services after a nearly two-week unprecedented security crackdown and...

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  • Suspects use grinders in break-in attempt

    Australian Capital Territory Police called the "brazen" heist "largely futile" because the parking payment machines the suspects were trying to break...

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  • Airstrikes on Syrian rebel stronghold kill family of 7

    Syrian activists say government and Russian airstrikes have pounded the southern edge of a rebel stronghold in the country's northwest, killing at...

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  • The Latest: HK riot police deployed to chase down protesters

    Hong Kong riot police have been deployed to chase down a group of pro-democracy protesters they say were assembling illegally after the end of a...

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  • Small plane makes emergency highway landing in Croatia

    A small plane has made an emergency landing on a main highway in Croatia, surprising drivers but causing no injuries

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  • Iranian tanker to leave Gibraltar soon despite US pressure

    The shipping agent for an Iranian supertanker caught in a diplomatic standoff says the vessel is ready to depart Gibraltar in "24 to 48 hours,"...

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  • EU Commission chief to have emergency gallbladder operation

    European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has had to cut short his summer holiday and be rushed to his home nation of Luxembourg where he will...

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