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  • Pope Francis prays to mark start of Italy's holiday season

    Pope Francis says small gestures can improve a city's life, as he spoke at a religious ceremony to mark the official start of Rome's Christmas season

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  • Main Lebanon PM candidate withdraws from consideration

    A possible candidate for prime minister of Lebanon says he is withdrawing from consideration for the post, prolonging the country's political crisis

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  • Female minister, 34, tapped to become Finland's youngest PM

    A 34-year-old minister and lawmaker has been tapped to become Finland's youngest prime minister ever and its third female government head, replacing...

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  • 6 arrested after off-duty fireman is killed in Germany

    German authorities say six people have been arrested after an off-duty firefighter was killed in an altercation between two couples and a group of...

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  • Piero Terracina, Rome Jew who survived Nazi death camp, dies

    Piero Terracina, described as the last survivor among Roman Jews who were deported from the Italian capital to Nazi death camps during World War II,...

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  • Pope names Manila Cardinal Tagle to major Vatican post

    Pope Francis has named Manila Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle  to a major Vatican post, in a move that could boost the Asian prelate's chances of someday...

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  • Lebanese-born donor of Hitler items welcomed in Israel

    Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has welcomed a Lebanese-born Swiss real estate mogul who purchased Nazi memorabilia at a German auction and is...

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  • Saudi restaurants no longer need to segregate women and men

    Saudi Arabia takes another step to end decades of conservative restrictions.

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  • Kenya building collapse toll hits 10 but 2 survivors found

    Authorities in Kenya says two survivors have been found alive two days after a building collapsed in Nairobi, as the death toll rose to 10

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  • Iraqi state forces, militia man checkpoints after bloodshed

    Iraqi police officials say security forces have set up checkpoints alongside unarmed members of a militia group to protect anti-government protesters...

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  • NATO seminar canceled as US objects to anti-Trump speaker

    U.S. Embassy allegedly banned an American academic critical of President Trump.

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  • Iran says new budget bucks US oil embargo, uses Russian loan

    Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says his country will depend less on oil revenue next year, in a new budget that is designed to resist crippling U

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  • UK parties in final hunt for votes before Thursday election

    Britain's political parties have embarked on a final hunt for votes ahead of the country's general election, making last-ditch appeals to shore up...

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  • Indonesia arrests 5 suspected poachers of pregnant tigers

    Authorities seized four fetuses that had been preserved in a jar.

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  • N. Korea conducts 'important test' at once-dismantled site

    Korean news said the test was conducted at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground.

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• Dec 8

  • Protesters: Ukraine's leader must defend nation at summit

    Summit coming with Russia, Germany and France on ending war in eastern Ukraine.

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Ukraine, IMF reach $5.5 billion agreement

    Ukraine and the International Monetary Fund have reached agreement on a new $5

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Protesters in Belarus against deeper ties with Moscow

    Several hundred protesters have braved the repressive climate in Belarus to demonstrate against deepening ties with Russia

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Hong Kong protests mark 6-month mark with massive rally

    During a huge pro-democracy demonstration in Hong Kong, one woman protested by crawling on her hands and knees through the vast crowds, dragging...

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Devastating factory fire kills at least 43 in Indian capital

    Authorities say an electrical short circuit appears to have caused a devastating fire that killed at least 43 people in a crowded market area in...

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Egyptian officials say policeman, militant killed in Sinai

    Egyptian officials say a militant attack has killed a police conscript in the restive northern part of the Sinai Peninsula

    Dec 8

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  • Historical documents show Japan's role in WWII sex slaves

    Imperial Army asked the government to provide 1 sex slave for every 70 soldiers.

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • French strikes going strong on Day 4; government huddles

    France's prime minister is holding special meetings amid fears that nationwide strikes will get worse in the coming days

    Dec 8

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  • Israeli aircraft strike Hamas sites in Gaza after 3 rockets

    Israeli aircraft have bombed several militants’ sites in Gaza hours after three rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave toward southern Israel

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Ukraine faces new challenges in peace talks with Russia

    Ukraine's president sits down Monday for peace talks in Paris with Russian President Vladimir Putin in their first face-to-face meeting, and the...

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Germany: Merkel party criticizes ally's call for concessions

    The leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party says she would have liked a clear signal from its junior governing partner that it intends to...

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Major breakthrough not expected at 1st Russia, Ukraine summit in years

    Presidents Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy will meet in Paris on Monday.

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Body of slain doctor returns home to Japan from Afghanistan

    The body of a Japanese medical doctor slain in Afghanistan in a roadside shooting has returned home

    Dec 8

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  • German minister urges more action against Russia on killing

    Germany's defense minister is calling for the government to turn up the pressure on Russia over a killing in Berlin that prosecutors say appears to...

    Dec 8

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  • Protests subside, but economic aftershocks rattle Haitians

    Flaming barricades mostly gone from Haiti’s streets; protests have largely ended

    Dec 8

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  • Half-North Korean, half-Chinese kids struggle in South Korea

    Hundreds of children born to North Korean women and Chinese men have resettled in South Korea, but life is often tough

    Dec 8

• Dec 8

  • Students keep driving protests demanding change in Chile

    Although the headlines have faded, thousands of young people are still taking to the streets of Santiago and other Chilean cities daily to demand the...

    Dec 8

• Dec 7

  • Hong Kong protests cross half-year mark with rally

    Marchers are again expected to fill Hong Kong streets in a rally that will test the enduring appeal of the city's protest movement marking a half year...

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • A doctor at a government-run hospital says at least 34 people have died in a major fire in central New Delhi

    A doctor at a government-run hospital says at least 34 people have died in a major fire in central New Delhi

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • North Korea says it has carried out a ‘very important test’ at its long-range rocket launch site

    North Korea says it has carried out a ‘very important test’ at its long-range rocket launch site

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • 4 dead in shooting steps from Mexican presidential residence

    Mexican authorities say four people have been shot to death in the capital's historic center, just steps from an entrance to the official residence of...

    Dec 7

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  • Oman's sultan, 79, travels to Belgium for medical checks

    Oman's 79-year-old ruler will travel to Belgium for a medical checkup

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • French protest retirement changes, travel disruptions abound

    French police have fired tear gas on some rowdy protesters amid marches in Paris against the government's retirement reforms

    Dec 7

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  • Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for US-held scientist

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  • Protests erupt as Russia seeks closer ties with Belarus

    Russia and Belarus discussed how to further deepen ties between the two allies.

    Dec 7

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  • Frenchman found guilty in deadly kidnap attempts suicide

    A man apparently tried to poison himself in a French courtroom.

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Evo Morales' party choosing candidates for Bolivia elections

    New elections were called after the resignation, exile of the former president.

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Reddit bans accounts, suspects possible UK vote interference

    The prospect of Russian interference in Britain's election has become an issue again after the social media platform Reddit concluded that leaked...

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Indian woman who alleged gang rape dies after burn attack

    A 23-year-old Indian woman who alleged she was gang-raped has died from burn injuries sustained in an attack that took place while she was on her way...

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Evo Morales' party choosing candidates for Bolivia elections

    With its top leader absent, the party of Evo Morales is gathering in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba to start choosing its candidates for new...

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Police: Explosion in eastern Pakistan kills 1, wounds 4

    Pakistani police say an explosion near a religious congregation in the eastern city of Lahore has killed one and wounded four others

    Dec 7

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  • US opens first round of resurrected peace talks with Taliban

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  • Airstrikes in northwest Syria kill at least 18 people

    A Syrian war monitor and an opposition paramedic group say airstrikes on towns and villages in the last major rebel stronghold in the country's...

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Report: Some 14,000 to run for 290 seats in Iran parliament

    Iran’s IRNA news agency reports that nearly 14,000 people have registered to run

    Dec 7

• Dec 7

  • Lebanese women march in Beirut against sexual harassment

    The march started outside the American University of Beirut.

    Dec 7