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  • Sri Lanka to hold presidential poll on Nov. 16

    State media say Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Nov. 16

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  • Outrage at slaying of witness's lawyer in Dutch gang trial

    A lawyer who represented a key witness in a major Dutch organized crime trial has been gunned down in Amsterdam, sparking calls for a tougher...

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  • Lebanon PM closes TV channel run by his family over funding

    Lebanon's prime minister says he temporarily closing a TV network owned by his family, following a years-long financial struggle

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  • Israel's Arabs poised to gain new voice after tight election

    A strong showing by Israel's Arab parties could place the marginalized community closer to the center of power than ever before

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  • Egypt says police kill 9 suspected militants in Cairo

    Egypt's Interior Ministry says police have killed nine suspected members of a militant group with links to the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood in two...

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  • Bermuda gets ready for pass by Category 3 Hurricane Humberto

    Bermuda's government has called up troops and urged people on the British Atlantic island to make final preparations for an expected close brush with...

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  • Fire at school outside Liberia's capital kills at least 27

    Fire at Quranic school outside Liberian capital kills at least 27, many thought to be children

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  • The Latest: Energy watchdog: No plans to use backup oil

    The International Energy Agency says oil markets remain well supplied and that it's not yet considered releasing emergency stocks of crude to offset...

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  • Iran tells US retaliation looms if targeted for Saudi attack

    Iran warns US that retaliation looms 'immediately' if it is targeted over Saudi oil installation attack

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  • Hong Kong cancels China national day fireworks amid protests

    Hong Kong has called off an annual fireworks display marking China's National Day as pro-democracy protests show no sign of ending

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  • Thai leader dodges opposition questions over flawed oath

    Thailand's prime minister has come under fire in parliamentary debate for having omitted a key phrase when taking his oath of office in July, but...

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  • Bosnian police find 34 migrants in van near Serbia border

    Police in Bosnia say officers found 34 migrants in a van near the country's border with Serbia

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  • Liberian police say a fire at a Quranic school outside the capital kills at least 27 people

    Liberian police say a fire at a Quranic school outside the capital kills at least 27 people

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  • Germany extends anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq by 1 year

    Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet has approved extending Germany's military participation in an international coalition against the Islamic State...

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  • UK blocks aerospace takeover by US investor over security

    The British government is intervening in the takeover of a U.K. aerospace company by a U.S. private equity firm to assess whether it affects national...

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  • Congo's army says it kills militia leader wanted by the ICC

    Congolese army says it kills militia leader wanted by the International Criminal Court

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  • Stocks mixed ahead of Fed, oil dips on Saudi output recovery

    Global stocks are little changed as investors look to a U.S. Federal Reserve decision on a possible interest rate cut

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  • Suspect in Danish Tax Agency explosion arrested at airport

    Police in Denmark say they have arrested a 23-year-old man as a suspect in an explosion that damaged the headquarters of the Danish Tax Agency and...

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  • Cries in the night: Life in the limbo of a Mexican shelter

    In the cobbled-together community of El Buen Pastor _ The Good Pastor _ 130 or so migrants from around the world locked into a shelter every evening...

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  • Indonesia sending back 547 containers of waste from West

    Indonesia is sending 547 containers of waste back to Western nations after finding they were contaminated with used plastic and hazardous materials

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  • Cash-starved Air India putting crews on low-fat diet

    Cash-starved Air India is putting its crew on a diet, changing inflight menu to special low-fat meals

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  • Netanyahu faces uphill battle after repeat election

    Israel's two main political parties are deadlocked after national elections, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an uphill battle to keep...

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  • Russian priests spray holy water from plane to stop 'alcohol use,' 'fornication'

    On Sept. 11, Sobriety Day, an unofficial Russian holiday, the priests carried 70 liters (about 18 gallons) of holy water onto the aircraft.

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  • Israeli police: Knife-wielding Palestinian woman shot dead

    Israeli police say security guards at a checkpoint near Jerusalem shot and killed a Palestinian woman after she pulled out a knife at the crossing

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  • Gamble pays off for Lieberman, who becomes Israeli kingmaker

    Lieberman's gamble pays off, as veteran politician becomes kingmaker of Israeli election

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  • Spain: 2 die in crash of small military training plane

    Spain's air force says that a student pilot and her instructor have both died when their plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea

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  • Suicide bomb targets government office in east Afghanistan

    An Afghan official says that a suicide attack has taken place a government building in eastern Afghanistan

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  • Hiker drags himself through Australia woods with broken leg

    A hiker says he crawled for two days through rugged Australian woodland with a broken leg and arm after falling six meters (20 feet) down a waterfall...

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  • Surfer avoids shark after alert from drone operator

    A surfer in Australia returned to shore after being alerted to the presence of a large shark by a drone operator.

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  • Futuristic water taxi takes to the River Seine

    Water taxi takes to Paris' River Seine for tests, with inventors hoping that it will revolutionize transport in crowded cities.

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  • National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Jerry forms in Atlantic, the season's 10th named storm

    National Hurricane Center: Tropical Storm Jerry forms in Atlantic, the season's 10th named storm

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  • Moscow court rules to release anti-government protester

    A Moscow court has ruled to release a jailed protester facing years in prison for assaulting police following a public campaign in support of...

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  • Boon for UK households as inflation falls to near 3-year low

    Official figures show that inflation in Britain fell to a near three-year low in August, further easing pressure on the Bank of England to raise...

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  • Thai officials deny swine fever outbreak after culling news

    Thailand's government has denied rumors of an outbreak of African swine fever that spread after media reports of the culling of pigs in the country's...

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  • Dutchman's body found, raises Spain's storm death toll to 7

    Spanish police find body of missing Dutchman, raises storm death toll to seven

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  • Oil price drops further on hope for recovery of Saudi output

    The price of oil is falling back further after the Saudi government said half of production that was knocked out by an attack over the weekend had...

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  • State-run news agency says Iran sends warning to US that any action against Tehran 'will face an immediate answer'

    State-run news agency says Iran sends warning to US that any action against Tehran 'will face an immediate answer'

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  • Sudan's new PM arrives in Egypt to meet with el-Sissi

    Sudan's newly appointed prime minister has arrived in Egypt, in the first leg of his tour that will take him to France before heading to the UN...

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  • State-run news agency says Iran's president, foreign minister may not go to UN meeting as no US visas issued for them

    State-run news agency says Iran's president, foreign minister may not go to UN meeting as no US visas issued for them

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  • 3 dead as speedboat trying to set record crashes off Venice

    The crash on Tuesday night also badly injured a fourth person aboard.

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  • Filipino coast guard men convicted in Taiwan fisherman death

    A Philippine court has found eight Filipino coast guard personnel guilty of conspiring to shoot and kill a Taiwanese fisherman in a 2013 incident at...

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  • UK envoy tips trade deal with Australia months after Brexit

    Britain's top trade envoy says she expects to strike a free trade deal with Australia within months of leaving the European Union

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  • Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Saudi Arabia should see attack on oil facilities as a warning to end its Yemen war

    Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says Saudi Arabia should see attack on oil facilities as a warning to end its Yemen war

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  • South Korea confirms 2nd case of African swine fever

    South Korea has confirmed a second case of African swine fever near its border with North Korea, raising concerns that the outbreak could spread and...

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  • Nepal's sexual minorities say progress in rights has stalled

    Nepal seized the lead in equal rights for sexual minorities in South Asia with a new constitution that forbids all discrimination based on sexual...

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  • Netanyahu, rightist allies appear to fall short of majority

    Partial results in Israel's national election indicate that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fallen fell short of securing a parliamentary...

    Sep 18

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  • Chinese-born Australian lawmaker fights election challenge

    Lawyers for the first Chinese-born lawmaker to be appointed to Australia's Parliament and for a senior government minister have appeared in a court to...

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  • Saudi Arabia says it is joining U.S.-led coalition to secure Mideast waterways after attacks on oil facilities

    Saudi Arabia says it is joining U.S.-led coalition to secure Mideast waterways after attacks on oil facilities

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  • Survivors on Bahamas island mark time as officials lay plans

    A new community of survivors is emerging on Abaco island nearly three weeks after Hurricane Dorian blasted through the northern Bahamas, killing at...

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  • Bermuda braces for approach of Category 3 Hurricane Humberto

    Hurricane Humberto has grown into a strong Category 3 storm, and officials on Bermuda have ordered early closings of schools, public transportation...

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