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  • Nicaragua's Ortega agrees to talk as deadly protests rage on

    Nicaragua's president has agreed to talks with business leaders over controversial social security reforms that sparked four days of protests and...

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  • China auto show highlights industry's electric ambitions

    Global automakers are showcasing their efforts to create electric cars for China's fast-growing but crowded market at their industry's biggest show of...

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  • World's oldest person dies in Japan at age of 117

    Another Japanese woman, Chiyo Yoshida, is now the world's oldest person.

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  • Road to North Korean denuclearization is littered with failure

    A look at previous nuclear negotiations with North Korea.

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  • 17 killed as 2 dragon boats capsize in southern China

    The fire department says the death toll from two boats that capsized in southern China has risen to 17

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  • Fire department says death toll in capsize of two dragon boats during practice run in southern China has risen to 17.

    Fire department says death toll in capsize of two dragon boats during practice run in southern China has risen to 17.

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  • An official says world's oldest person dies in Japan at age of 117

    An official says world's oldest person dies in Japan at age of 117

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• Apr 21

  • Mexico, EU reach deal to update trade agreement

    Mexico says it has reached a deal with the European Union to update their trade agreement, including the elimination of tariffs on a number of...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Armenia protests: 70 arrested, including 2 suspected bombers

    Armenian authorities say more than 70 people have been arrested, including two people suspected of building bombs, as large protests against the new...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • 4 Palestinians killed, including teen boy and disabled man, in Gaza protests

    Friday marked the fourth straight week of demonstrations.

    Apr 21

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  • State media: Saudi security forces respond to small drone

    Saudi state media is reporting that security forces responded to a small drone flying over a neighborhood in the kingdom's capital after online videos...

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  • Cuba's Diaz-Canel receives Maduro in first act as president

    Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has received his Venezuelan counterpart.

    Apr 21

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  • Priest shot dead in Mexico marks 2nd clerical murder in week

    Authorities say priest has been killed in the west-central state of Jalisco.

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Hungary: Anti-government rally focuses on media freedom

    Tens of thousands of protesters in Hungary are taking part in a rally focusing on the media policies of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Holocaust survivor warns Polish leaders over Nazi groups

    Holocaust survivor says Poland's leaders tolerate far-right groups with Nazi-inspired ideologies

    Apr 21

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  • Turkish opposition leader says Erdogan will lose at polls

    The leader of Turkey's main opposition party is confident his party will win the upcoming snap elections and oust the powerful Turkish president,...

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  • Israel's Lieberman blames Hamas over Gaza deaths

    Israel's defense minister says Hamas rulers are the "only culprits" in Gaza bloodshed, as demands grow for investigating the Israeli military's use of...

    Apr 21

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  • Spain: March demands closer prisons for Basque militants

    Several thousand protesters have marched in northern Spain to demand that imprisoned members of the militant Basque group ETA be moved to prisons...

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• Apr 21

  • Iran's president slams morality police's tactics with women

    Iran's state TV is reporting that the country's president has criticized the morality police's use of violence against women failing to observe the...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • French nun known as allied troops 'White Angel' dies at 103

    French authorities say a 103-year-old nun known as the "White Angel" who helped allied soldiers during a failed 1942 raid in the Normandy region has...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Chemical weapons inspectors collect samples from Syria site

    Global chemical weapons watchdog says it has collected samples from Douma, Syria, two weeks after suspected chemical weapons attack.

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Red Cross says shooting in Yemen kills staffer

    The International Committee of the Red Cross says a staff member has been killed in a shooting in Yemen

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Hamas vows revenge for key member killed in Malaysia

    Hamas militant group says a man gunned down in Malaysia was one of its members and accuses Israel of killing him

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Russia reports 10 terror suspects killed in Caucasus region

    Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee says nine insurgents in the Caucasus region who allegedly were planning acts of terrorism during public...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • India approves death penalty for rape of young children

    India's government has moved to prescribe the death penalty for people convicted of raping girls under the age of 12 to combat an increase in crimes...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Rohingya refugees rescued after drifting at sea for 9 days

    A Rohingya Muslim man among the group of 76 rescued off Indonesia in a wooden boat says they were at sea for nearly nine days after leaving Myanmar,...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • The Latest: OPCW team visits Douma to probe chemical attack

    The global chemical weapons watchdog says a team of inspectors has visited the Syrian town of Douma to collect samples for an investigation into an...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Chemical weapons watchdog confirms that inspectors have visited Douma to investigate alleged April 7 chemical attack

    Chemical weapons watchdog confirms that inspectors have visited Douma to investigate alleged April 7 chemical attack

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • UN officials in Sweden for talks on North Korea, Syria

    The U.N. secretary-general and Security Council officials are meeting in Sweden to discuss a range of international topics with the developments on...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • The Latest: Hamas mourns slain engineer 'commander'

    The Hamas militant wing is suggesting that a Palestinian engineer and lecturer shot dead in Malaysia was one of its commanders

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Pakistan: Traders call for reopening of Afghan border

    Pakistani traders have demanded the reopening of an Afghan border point closed last week after a deadly clash between the two sides

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • 5 killed, multiple missing after boat accident in China

    Chinese state broadcaster CCTV says five people have died and others are missing after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, causing 60 people...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Myanmar evicts kin of officer who told of reporters' setup

    Myanmar police have evicted the family of a police officer who had testified that he and others were ordered to entrap two Reuters reporters facing...

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• Apr 21

  • Russian Foreign Ministry says chemical weapons inspectors have left for Syria's Douma

    Russian Foreign Ministry says chemical weapons inspectors have left for Syria's Douma

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • The Latest: US ambassador to UN hails NKorea nuke suspension

    The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has welcomed North Korea's announcement that it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests, and...

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Smyths Toys to take over Toys R Us stores in Germany

    Ireland-based Smyths Toys has reached a deal to take over more than 90 Toys R Us stores in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • New South African church celebrates drinking alcohol

    Lively new South African church celebrates alcohol; 'We drink for deliverance'

    Apr 21

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  • The Latest: Minister says Malaysia probing Palestinian death

    Malaysia's deputy prime minister says the government is looking into the possibility of the involvement of "foreign agents" in the killing of...

    Apr 21

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  • Afghan official says Taliban kill 6 at police checkpoint

    Afghan official says at least 6 local police killed as Taliban fighters attacked and overran their checkpoint in northern Sari Pul province

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Earth Day 2018: Everything you need to know

    This year's Earth Day falls on Sunday, April 22.

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • N. Korea, setting stage for talks, halts nuclear, ICBM tests

    North Korea suspends nuclear and long-range missile tests ahead of summits, Trump responds with tweet of "big progress"

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Malaysian police say Palestinian gunned down in Kuala Lumpur

    Malaysian police say a Palestinian man was fatally shot by two assailants on a motorbike as he was heading to a mosque for dawn prayers

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • North Korea suspends nuclear program ahead of much-anticipated talks

    North Korea will put its program on hold prior to talks between Trump and Kim.

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • Son of Stroessner-era figure expected to win Paraguay vote

    Paraguayans are widely expected to elect conservative candidate Mario Abdo Benitez as president in Sunday's election

    Apr 21

• Apr 21

  • 6 countries suspend membership in UNASUR regional bloc

    A South American bloc created a decade ago to counter U.S. influence in the region has temporarily lost half its members after six countries suspended...

    Apr 21

• Apr 20

  • 2 more killed in Nicaragua social security protests: reports

    Two university student protesters have been killed in Nicaragua in clashes over a social security reform pushed by President Daniel Ortega's...

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • Indonesian fishermen rescue Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar

    Indonesian fishermen have rescued 76 Rohingya Muslims stranded off the coast of Aceh in the latest attempt by members of the persecuted ethnic group...

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • Myanmar policeman testifies arrested reporters were set up

    A Myanmar police officer has testified that he and several colleagues were ordered to entrap two reporters for the Reuters news agency, dealing a...

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • Timeline of events leading to N. Korea nuke test suspension

    Timeline of events leading to N. Korea nuke test suspension

    Apr 20

• Apr 20

  • Israeli fire in new Gaza border protest kills 4 Palestinians

    Israeli army fire kills 4 Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, health officials say, as thousands join fourth weekly protests on Gaza border

    Apr 20