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  • Libya's rival military commander seeks support in Greece

    The commander of anti-government forces in war-torn Libya is visiting Athens ahead of a weekend summit on Libya in Berlin, in a bid to counter...

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  • Poland's Senate rejects allowing politicians to fire judges

    Poland's senators have rejected a much-criticized bill that would give politicians the right to fire or fine judges

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  • Iran's top leader strikes defiant tone amid month of turmoil

    Iran's supreme leader has lashed out at Western countries as he led Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time in eight years

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  • Locust outbreak, most serious in 25 years, hits East Africa

    The most serious outbreak of locusts in 25 years is spreading across East Africa and threatening food security in some of the world’s most vulnerable...

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  • Officials: Iraq's top cleric discharged from hospital

    Medical officials say Iran's most revered Shiite cleric has been discharged from a hospital after undergoing a risky surgery for a fractured bone

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  • EU border chief says migrant entries from Turkey on the rise

    The head of the European Union's border agency says the number of migrants entering Europe from Turkey jumped sharply last year

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  • Car-bomb attack in northern Syria kills 3 Turkish soldiers

    Turkey's Defense Ministry says a car bomb in a Turkish-controlled area in northern Syria has killed three Turkish soldiers

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  • 'Days of God': A look at Iran's mounting crises

    Iran's supreme leader says his nation is living through “days of God

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  • Oops! Radio reporter calls wrong Robert Shapiro on air

    BBC radio presenter Evan Davis was left in an embarrassing situation while introducing a segment on a proposal to allow cameras to record sentencing...

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  • South Korea to decide fate of 1st transgender soldier

    In the first such case in South Korea, military officials will determine next week whether to discharge a solider who recently undertook gender...

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  • Robbers drive through store front and steal jewelry

    The dramatic robbery took place on October 25 of last year.

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  • Protests against citizenship law continue unabated in India

    Hundreds of demonstrators have perched themselves on the steps of an iconic mosque in the Indian capital to protest against a new citizenship law that...

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  • Zimbabwe gripped by drama of vice president's nasty divorce

    Black magic, drug addiction, attempted murder and wrestling over luxury cars and overseas properties

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  • Russia's foreign minister slams 'aggressive' US policies

    Russia's foreign policy chief has blamed what he described as “aggressive” U.S. policies for growing global tensions

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  • Ugly anti-Semitic remnant at center of court battle

    A court in eastern Germany will consider next week a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a...

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  • Chinese president heads to Myanmar for crucial state visit

    China's President Xi Jinping was given a lavish welcome to Myanmar as he arrived Friday for a state visit meant to deepen bilateral relations at a...

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  • China presents 20 panda cubs for the new year

    20 giant panda cubs made their new year debut in China's Wolong Giant Panda Research Base.

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  • German population up to 83.2 million but growth slows

    Official figures show that Germany's population rose to 83.2 million last year, but its growth was the slowest for seven years

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  • SoftBank to invest $40 billion for new Indonesia capital

    An Indonesian official says SoftBank is offering to invest $30 billion to $40 billion in the development of a new Indonesian capital on Borneo island

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  • UK psychiatric group cites social media dangers to the young

    There is a move in Britain to force tech giants like Facebook and Twitter to turn over data about the possible dangers their social media products...

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  • Sales of flowers, pork push Dutch farm exports to new record

    The Netherlands' statistics office says that Dutch agriculture exports rose 4.6% in 2019 to a new record of 94.5 billion euros, or about $105 billion

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  • China population now over 1.4 billion as birthrate falls

    China's population has crept past 1.4 billion last year for the first time, even as the birthrate continues to fall

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  • Germany gives investigators more tools against child porn

    The German parliament has approved legislation that will allow investigators to use computer-generated child pornography to gain access to suspect...

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  • French chef Bocuse restaurant loses 3rd star after 55 years

    The restaurant of French chef Paul Bocuse, who died two years ago, has lost one of its Michelin stars

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  • Fiat Chrysler in talks with Foxconn to develop electric cars

    Fiat Chrysler is in talks with the Chinese company Foxconn to develop and manufacture battery electric vehicles

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  • South Sudan rivals agree to meet unity government deadline

    A special envoy says South Sudan’s rival leaders have agreed to form a coalition government by the February deadline

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  • Iran's top leader says Western countries are too weak to 'bring Iranians to their knees'

    Iran's top leader says Western countries are too weak to 'bring Iranians to their knees'

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  • Iran's leader says President Donald Trump is a 'clown' who pretends to support Iranians but will betray them

    Iran's leader says President Donald Trump is a 'clown' who pretends to support Iranians but will betray them

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  • Iran's supreme leader says in Friday prayers sermon that Iran's attack on US bases was 'blow to America's image'

    Iran's supreme leader says in Friday prayers sermon that Iran's attack on US bases was 'blow to America's image'

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  • Pakistani court hands down 55-year sentences to 86 Islamists

    A Pakistani court has sentenced 86 members of a radical Islamist party to 55-year prison terms each for taking part in violent rallies in 2018 over...

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  • AP PHOTOS: Editor selections from Latin America, Caribbean

    AP PHOTOS: Cuban festival celebrates jazz for 35th year, Venezuelan's opposing forces wrestle over control of congress, more Central Americans launch...

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  • Cuban president says concessions to US would lead nowhere

    Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says he does not believe the Trump administration would drop sanctions on the island in exchange for concessions...

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  • Bangladesh says once-submerged island ready for Rohingya

    Bangladesh says it has finished building flood-protection embankments, houses, cyclone shelters, hospitals and schools on a once-swampy island in the...

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  • Guatemala officials disperse migrants, but some keep trying

    United States officials are crediting tough measures taken over the past year and cooperation from regional governments for sharply reducing the...

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  • Australia raises with Iran imprisoned Australian academic

    Australia’s foreign minister has raised with her Iranian counterpart the fate of an imprisoned Australian-British academic who has gone on  hunger...

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  • It's a boy for 1st Japan Cabinet member on paternity leave

    Japan's environment minister has become father to a boy and is going ahead with his planned paternity leave _ still a rarity in Japan where men are...

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  • US service members injured in Iran bombing despite prior claims

    Eleven military members were transported for treatment.

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  • AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia

    Images from the Asia-Pacific region this week show a family fleeing the eruption of Taal volcano in the northern Philippines, Bangladeshis on a train...

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  • China's 2019 economic growth weakens amid trade war

    China’s economic growth sank to a new multi-decade low in 2019 as Beijing fought a tariff war with Washington, but forecasters said an interim...

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  • 5.3 earthquake shakes southern Mexico, causes some damage

    A 5.3 magnitude earthquake has shaken southern Mexico, causing some damage in part of the southern state of Oaxaca

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  • Philippine volcano life-threatening despite `seeming lull'

    A Philippine official says an erupting  volcano remains life-threatening despite weaker emissions of steam and ash and fewer tremors

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  • Mexican soldiers kill 11 attackers near Texas border

    State authorities in northern Mexico say soldiers have killed 11 attackers near the Mexico-Texas border

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  • China's 2019 economic growth weakens to 6.1%, a new multi-decade low, amid trade war with Washington

    China's 2019 economic growth weakens to 6.1%, a new multi-decade low, amid trade war with Washington

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  • Guatemala: Ex-economy minister sought on graft charges

    A Guatemalan former economy minister has been declared a fugitive from justice a day after he appeared in court to face corruption allegations

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  • Guatemala sweeps up migrant group, returns them to border

    Police in Guatemala accompanied by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have swept up most of a group of some 300 migrants and bused them...

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  • China must 'face reality' of Taiwan's independence: Taiwanese president

    Tsai Ing-wen won reelection in a landslide on Jan. 11.

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  • Guatemala breaks off diplomatic relations with Venezuela

    Guatemala's new president says his government is breaking off diplomatic relations with Venezuela

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  • US attorney general talks drugs, guns at Mexico meeting

    U.S. States Attorney General William Barr has discussed a range of security-related topics with Mexican officials

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  • Lebanese protesters decry security forces' use of violence

    Lebanese protesters are decrying security forces' use of violence during rallies over the past two days — including attacks on journalists and the...

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