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  • Banks in Lebanon stay closed as employees go on strike

    Lebanon's banking association says banks will stay closed due to strike by employees, as country's financial crisis worsens

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  • Germany's Lufthansa, union agree to arbitration in dispute

    Germany's largest airline, Lufthansa, says it has agreed to enter arbitration with a union representing cabin crew workers, averting the possibility...

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  • Israel kills Islamic Jihad leader, setting off fierce clash

    Israeli strike in Gaza kills Islamic Jihad commander; Syria says Israeli strike in Damascus targets another commander

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  • AP Photos: Portraits of Hong Kong's masked protesters

    AP Photos: Curious about the young Hong Kong protesters behind the masks, Associated Press photographer Felipe Dana set out to take portraits of them

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  • The Latest: Jordan condemns Israeli targeted killing in Gaza

    The Latest: Jordan's foreign ministry condemns Israeli strike in Gaza that killed a top militant commander

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  • Polish parliament meets for 1st time since election

    Poland's president laid out his vision of a tolerant Poland rooted in its Christian traditions and appealed Tuesday for an end to political conflict...

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  • Tear gas and fires: Hong Kong protests from morning to night

    Protesters in Hong Kong are battling police on multiple fronts as the 5-month-old anti-government movement takes an increasingly violent turn

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  • AP Explains: A look at the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza

    AP Explains: A look at the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza following Israel's targeted killing the militant group's top commander there, which has set...

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  • Poor air quality closes schools in Iran's capital

    Dangerously poor air quality has forced Iran's government to close all primary schools in the capital, Tehran, a city home to 10 million people

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  • Legal opinion: EU lawmakers should decide on Catalan leader

    A legal adviser at the EU's highest court says it should fall to the European Parliament, and not to Spain, to decide whether a jailed Catalan leader...

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  • French police detain 18, clear protesters at Spanish border

    French police clear protesters blocking border crossing with Spain

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  • Evo Morales flees crisis-torn Bolivia after deadly clashes

    Rise and fall of Evo Morales: Bolivia's first indigenous president flees his crisis-torn country after deadly clashes over electoral election ending...

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  • Hungary: Former swim boss denies role in rival's 1998 murder

    The former head of Hungary's swimming federation has denied any role in the 1998 killing of a rival media mogul

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  • Czechs to sign deal to buy 12 US military by year's end

    The Czech defense minister says the government is planning to sign a deal with the U.S. government by year's end to purchase 12 military helicopters

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  • Moldova's government falls after losing no-confidence vote

    Moldova's government coalition between a pro-European group and a Russian-backed party has fallen after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament

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  • Court says EU states must label Israeli settlement products

    The European Union's top court says that EU countries must identify produce made in Israeli settlements on its labels, a ruling that was welcomed by...

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  • Denmark starts border checks at crossings to Sweden

    Danish police have begun to carry out border checks at its crossings with Sweden after a series of shootings crimes and explosions around Copenhagen...

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  • Danish court jails repatriated Islamic State fighter

    A foreign fighter from Denmark has been jailed in pre-trial custody for 27 days, a day after the man was deported from Turkey, which has begun to send...

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  • Socialists, left-wing party reach coalition deal in Spain

    The leaders of Spain's Socialist party and the left-wing United We Can party say they have reached a preliminary agreement toward forming a coalition...

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  • Turkey tries to shed light on White Helmets founder's death

    Turkish officials are performing an autopsy and other procedures, trying to understand how a former British officer who helped found the White Helmets...

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  • Uganda charges 67 people after raid of LGBT-friendly bar

    Uganda charges 67 people with 'common nuisance' after raid of LGBT-friendly bar in the capital

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  • Zimbabwe plans to move 600 elephants after hundreds starve to death in drought

    "The figures keep rising," a Zimbabwe wildlife official told ABC News.

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  • 3 fatally shot as long Thai legal dispute turns violent

    Three people have been fatally shot in a courtroom in eastern Thailand when a long-running legal feud turned violent

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  • The Latest: Complications as Bolivia leader heads for Mexico

    The effort to bring Bolivian President Evo Morales to exile in Mexico is proving to be complicated

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  • Belarus' leader visits Austria, pushes for closer EU ties

    Belarus' authoritarian leader says his nation is hoping for better ties with the European Union

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  • Clinton criticizes UK for blocking Russian influence report

    Hillary Clinton says she's "dumbfounded" the U.K. government has failed to release a report on Russian influence in British politics as the country...

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  • Greek government drops plan to criminalize blasphemy

    Greece's conservative government says it will withdraw an article in a criminal code reform bill under which blasphemy would be punishable by two...

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  • Tourists, Venetians slosh through flooded lagoon city

    Tourists and Venetians have donned high boots and taken to raised walkways to slosh their way through high water in the lagoon city

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  • 22 Algerians convicted for waving Berber flag at protests

    An Algerian court has sentenced 22 young protesters to a year in prison for waving Berber flags at pro-democracy demonstrations that have shaken the...

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  • Pakistan to remove ailing ex-PM from no-fly list

    Pakistan says its ailing ex-prime minister will be allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment

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  • 3 new candidates for European Commission clear 1st hurdle

    The three new proposed candidates for the European Commission from France, Hungary and Romania have cleared a first hurdle in their nomination process...

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  • Afghan president: 3 Taliban released for held US, Australian

    Afghan president says 3 Taliban figures released in effort to get insurgents to free US, Australian prisoner

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  • Cyprus' Church to return money if donor's passport revoked

    Cyprus' Orthodox Christian Church says it's ready to give back a fugitive Malaysian financier's 310,000-euro ($342,000) donation if a probe finds that...

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  • 4 charged over pay for Volkswagen employee council members

    German prosecutors say they have charged four current and former personnel managers at Volkswagen over the payment of allegedly excessive salaries and...

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  • German intelligence agencies open new spy school in Berlin

    Germany's intelligence agencies are inaugurating a joint spy school in the heart of Berlin, a city that was dubbed the 'capital of spies' during the...

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  • Kazakhstan offers to host Russia-Ukraine meeting

    The former leader of Kazakhstan says he has offered to host a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian presidents on settling the conflict in eastern...

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  • Germany: 3 Islamists detained over suspected attack plot

    Authorities in Germany detained three alleged supporters of the Islamic State group Tuesday on suspicion of preparing a deadly attack against...

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  • World stocks rise as investors await US-China trade moves

    World stock markets are up as investors await news on progress in negotiations on the trade dispute between China and the United States

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  • WFP chief vows more 'aggressive' action on sexual harassment

    After survey on rape, sexual harassment allegations of female staffers, World Food Program vows to go after abusers

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  • After boost from Perry, supporters got huge Ukraine gas deal

    Ukraine awarded a potentially huge oil and gas contract to two political supporters of Energy Secretary Rick Perry just weeks after he recommended one...

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  • France hosts world leaders to address global challenges

    French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting an international peace forum to discuss solutions to ease the world's tensions, including fighting...

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  • The Latest: EU asks UK to name commissioner even temporarily

    Even though the British government desperately wants to leave the EU, the bloc itself desperately wants a new U.K. Commissioner on its executive team,...

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  • Firefighters save man’s house from wildfires - then apologize for drinking his milk

    The apology note the firemen left has been shared thousands of times.

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  • Rainsy: EU trade move to bolster bid for Cambodian democracy

    Cambodia's exiled opposition leader says the European Union's consideration of lifting trade privileges will add momentum to efforts to restore...

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  • US troops at Syria base say they'll keep pressure on IS

    US commander in Syria: American troops redeploying to bases, including in new locations, to keep up pressure on IS

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  • Turkey to tell Trump to keep to promises on Kurdish fighters

    Turkey's president says Syrian Kurdish fighters have failed to vacate areas along the Turkish border despite agreements with Russia and the United...

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  • World Bank cuts back project in China's restive Xinjiang

    The World Bank is cutting back a $50 million project that supported vocational colleges in China's restive Xinjiang

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  • Winds fan ferocious fires in Australia's most populous state

    Ferocious wildfires are burning at emergency-level intensity across Australia's most populous state and into Sydney suburbs as authorities warned most...

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  • Afghan official: 16 die as minivan plunges into ravine

    Afghan official: 16 die, including women and children, as minivan skids off road, plunging into ravine in the north

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  • Rights group file Syria torture case in Norway

    A human rights group says it has asked Norwegian prosecutors to open a criminal investigation against senior Syrian officials over allegations of...

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