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  • South Africa's Ramaphosa starts crackdown on corruption

    South African President-elect Cyril Ramaphosa is showing signs of cracking down on corruption Wednesday as the country's new parliament voted him to...

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  • Japan urges traditional order for Japanese names

    Japan's Foreign Ministry wants the world to begin using the country's traditional order for Japanese names, with family names first

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  • Syria insurgents recapture village from government forces

    Syrian activists and rebels say opposition fighters have recaptured a village on the edge of their stronghold in northwestern Syria

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  • Remains of Holocaust victims laid to rest in Belarus

    Remains of more than 1,000 Holocaust victims have been laid to rest in a Belarusian city after a mass grave was discovered on a building site

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  • French-Spanish nun killed in Central African Republic

    77-year-old French-Spanish nun killed in Central African Republic; pope leads prayers for her

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  • Suicide car bomb kills 6 in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu

    Islamic extremists exploded a suicide car bomb and killed at least nine people, including Somalia's former foreign minister, near the presidential...

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  • German government OKs plan to shoot protected wolves

    The German government wants to make it easier to shoot wolves if they kill sheep or other livestock

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  • Daimler CEO Zetsche hands off to successor amid tech change

    Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche is handing off to his successor after 13 years at the helm as the company faces difficult challenges including the...

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  • Austria: Interim ministers sworn in after video scandal

    Austria's president has sworn in new, technocratic ministers to replace politicians from the far-right Freedom Party who left the government amid a...

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  • Theresa May under pressure to resign over new Brexit plan

    The Brexit plan includes a chance for lawmakers to vote on a second referendum.

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  • Thai court affirms defamation judgment against UK activist

    An appeals court in Thailand has upheld a 10 million baht ($313,000) judgment against a British activist who was sued by a fruit canning company whose...

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  • German far right cancels election party after venue threats

    The far-right Alternative for Germany party is canceling a planned election-night party in Berlin after staff at the venue received threats from...

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  • Afghan official: Taliban bombs kill 2 police, 2 civilians

    Afghan officials say a confrontation with the Taliban in the country's eastern Ghazni province has left two members of the security forces and two...

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  • Police raids homes of alleged Iraqi crime gang in Germany

    Police in western Germany have raided premises linked to an Iraqi gang suspected of involvement in human trafficking, drug dealing, illegal arms trade...

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  • British Steel collapses, threatening thousands of jobs

    British officials say British Steel has been ordered into compulsory liquidation after talks with the government failed to secure a bailout

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  • Islamabad police official suspended following girl's killing

    Pakistan suspends a police chief in Islamabad over rape, killing of 10-year-old girl whose case stirred outrage

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  • Opposition starts campaign for Istanbul mayor in re-run

    The opposition's candidate for Istanbul mayor has launched his campaign for the June 23 re-run elections, promising to win again after Turkey's...

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  • Egypt refers 6 death sentences to religious authority

    An Egyptian court has referred the case of six alleged Muslim Brotherhood members convicted of terrorism to the Grand Mufti, Egypt's top religious...

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  • Editor looks to top court acquittal over Erdogan 'insult'

    Turkish Cypriot newspaper editor believes supreme court in ethnically split Cyprus' breakaway north will deliver not guilty verdict if prosecutors...

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  • Germany grants asylum to 2 Hong Kong pro-democracy activists

    Germany has granted asylum to two Hong Kong activists, in a sign of growing concern about how China deals with dissent in the territory

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  • UN rights expert slams UK welfare spending cuts

    A U.N. human rights expert has sharpened his criticism of cuts to social support in Britain, describing recent changes as window-dressing and calling...

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  • Humpback whales pop up out of water to greet watchers

    Humpback whales delight watchers as they pop up out of the water to greet them right next to their boat.

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  • 'Her time is up': Pressure grows on May to resign as new Brexit plan comes under fire

    The Brexit plan includes a chance for lawmakers to vote on a second referendum.

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  • Iranian lawmaker says his country doesn't want war with US

    Reformist lawmaker in Tehran says Iran won't enter war with US, either directly or through proxy forces

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  • Ukraine's parliament rebels against president's decree

    Party leaders at Ukraine's parliament have rebelled against the new president's decision to disband parliament and ignored his call to amend the...

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  • Duterte's allies dominate Senate race, shut out opposition

    Final Philippine election results show Duterte's allies won a majority in the Senate race and the opposition was shut out, heralding a stronger grip...

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  • 6 die in Indonesia riots; Widodo says he won't allow unrest

    Indonesian President Joko Widodo says authorities have the volatile situation in the country's capital under control after six people died Wednesday...

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  • Duterte moves to forcibly send garbage back to Canada

    The Philippine president's spokesman says the exasperated leader has moved to have truckloads of garbage that Filipino officials say were illegally...

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  • Post-election riots in Indonesia leave 6 dead, hundreds injured

    At least six people have died and 200 injured as riots in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta turned violent on Tuesday night.

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  • EU police agency says operation smashed organized crime ring

    The European Union's police agency says that an international law enforcement operation has smashed an organized crime gang involved in drug and...

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  • Germany deports teenage Afghan convicted in assaults

    Germany deports teenage Afghan convicted in series of assaults that led to outcry

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  • Poland's Kaczynski says Le Pen's party 'linked to Moscow'

    Poland's ruling party leader says Marine Le Pen's party in France is 'obviously linked to Moscow'

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  • Libya's Hifter meets French leader Macron amid fighting

    Libyan commander whose forces are battling to take Tripoli is in Paris for meetings with Macron

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  • Across the Pond: Theresa May offers new Brexit deal

    Plus, a Sherpa guide breaks his own record for most Everest summits, and a DNA test makes one man a millionaire overnight.

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  • No time to chicken out: Hungary's opposition gets creative

    Given just five minutes to present their European Parliament election campaigns on Hungary's state media, opposition parties have been using their...

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  • Tourist bus overturns in Tuscany, killing 1

    A double-deck bus carrying 60 tourists from eastern Europe overturned on a Tuscan highway Wednesday, killing one passenger and injuring more than...

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  • Thai police summon activists to hear sedition charges

    Thirteen Thai political activists have appeared at a Bangkok police station to answer a summons on sedition charges that critics say are part of a...

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  • Are 'Game of Thrones' and 'Avengers' latest victims of the US-China trade war?

    The series finale of "Game of Thrones" still hasn't aired in China.

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  • Post-election riots in Indonesia leave 6 dead, hundreds injured

    Authorities are suppressing some access to social media to quell unrest.

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  • Big question for EU vote: How well will the far-right do?

    The European Parliament elections have never been so hotly anticipated or contested, with many predicting that this year's ballot will mark a...

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  • Germany charges woman over IS ties, suicide belt

    Prosecutors say they have filed charges against a German woman accused of belonging to the Islamic State group and attempting to sell a suicide belt...

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  • North Korea calls Biden 'fool of low IQ' over Kim criticism

    North Korea has labeled Joe Biden a "fool of low IQ" and an "imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being" after the Democratic presidential...

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  • Netanyahu's pre-indictment hearing postponed till October

    Israel's attorney general postpones scheduled pre-indictment hearing for Prime Minister Netanyahu until October

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  • The Latest: Widodo says he won't tolerate security threats

    Indonesia's President Joko Widodo says authorities have the volatile situation in the capital Jakarta under control following riots by supporters of...

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  • UK inflation back above official target as energy costs rise

    Official figures show that inflation in Britain rose in April above the Bank of England's target rate following an uptick in energy prices and...

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  • Indonesian president says government won't tolerate threats to security, authorities have situation under control

    Indonesian president says government won't tolerate threats to security, authorities have situation under control

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  • Bulgaria, Greece start work on gas pipeline from Azerbaijan

    Bulgaria and Greece are launching the construction of a pipeline to transport Azeri gas to Bulgaria to ease its almost total dependence on Russian gas...

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  • Earthquake shakes northern Netherlands, no injuries reported

    A magnitude 3.4 earthquake has shaken the northern Dutch province of Groningen, the latest in a series of tremors blamed on decades of gas extraction...

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  • Taiwan navy holds drill amid China tensions

    Taiwan's navy has held a major annual live-firing exercise off the island's east coast in an area increasingly threatened by Chinese ships and planes

    May 22

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  • Pope urges China's Catholics to unify after bishop deal

    Pope urges China's Catholics to unify following landmark bishop deal

    May 22