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  • The Latest: Germany recorded more asylum requests last month

    German authorities say they recorded an uptick in asylum requests in the first month of 2019

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  • Nigeria's opposition urges military to stay away from vote

    Nigeria's top opposition candidate is urging the military not to be involved in the upcoming presidential election, saying the army "has no role to...

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  • Israeli leader hosts east European PMs after summit scrapped

    A high-profile summit was cancelled over a rift with Poland.

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  • Pakistani PM says he's willing to talk but warns India

    Pakistan PM hopes 'sense' will prevail but warns India against any attacks following Kashmir bombing

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  • News headlines today: Feb. 18, 2019

    Catch up on the developing stories making headlines today.

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  • Ahead of election, tech could unite Europe's populist groups

    The offer by Italy's populist 5-Star Movement to share its web platform with France's "yellow vest" protesters could be a harbinger of what's to come...

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  • UN concerned about some 200 families trapped in ISIS enclave

    An officials said the extremists are actively preventing civilians from leaving.

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  • Longtime Chanel creative director Karl Lagerfeld dies

    Chanel's longtime creative director died in the French capital on Tuesday.

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  • Estonia: Danske Bank branch must close over alleged fraud

    Estonia's financial watchdog said Tuesday that the local branch of Danske Bank must close after the financial group admitted that massive amounts of...

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  • Iran says suicide bomber was a Pakistani national

    An Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander says the suicide bomber who carried out last week's deadly attack on the elite military force was a Pakistani...

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  • Religious orders apologize for sex abuse inaction, cover-ups

    Catholic religious orders from around the world are apologizing for having failed to respond when their priests raped children

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  • Brother of Iran's president goes on trial for corruption

    The trial has begun for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's brother and close confidante, who faces corruption allegations brought by hard-liners who...

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  • Iraqi man convicted in Sweden of war crimes

    A Swedish court has convicted a man who fought against the Islamic State group in Iraq of war crimes for posting macabre pictures and videos on...

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  • Honda to shut plant in Brexit-shaken Britain

    Honda to close car factory in England, a fresh blow to the British economy as it struggles with the uncertainty associated with leaving the European...

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  • Gatherings against Anti-Semitism to take place in France

    Answering a call from political parties, thousands of protesters are expected.

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  • China, Iran meet amid efforts to preserve nuclear deal

    The foreign ministers of China and Iran are meeting amid efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran

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  • Survey points to no rebound for slowing Germany economy

    An index of investor confidence in Germany has improved slightly but remains well below its long-term average amid ongoing signs of weakness in...

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  • Pakistan says India using UN court for 'political theater'

    Pakistan has accused India of sponsoring terrorism and of using the United Nations' highest court for "political theater" as it urged judges to...

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  • France express support for Georgia territorial integrity

    French President Emmanuel Macron expressed France's support for Georgia's territorial integrity, as the former Soviet Republic seeks closer ties with...

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  • Indonesian forest fires highlight president's campaign gaffe

    Indonesia's disaster agency says deliberately set fires are burning through peatlands in the province of Riau, just two days after President Joko...

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  • Memorial speaks to North Korea's ties to summit host Vietnam

    Memorial to North Korean pilots who fought alongside communist forces in Vietnam War speaks to the fraternal relationship the countries share as Hanoi...

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  • Austrian leader expects US to raise IS fighters during visit

    Austria's leader says he expects U.S. officials to bring up their desire for European countries to take back captured Islamic State group fighters...

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  • Suicide bomber kills 2 police by famed Cairo tourist market

    Egyptian official: Death toll in Cairo suicide bombing rises to 3 after police officer dies of wounds

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  • US airmen saved him in WWII, now this man wants them honored

    Tony Foulds says a WWII U.S. bomber crew saved his life.

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  • Germany's Merkel suggests rethink of EU competition policy

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe may need to rethink its competition rules if it wants to create companies that can play a significant role...

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  • Pope's sex abuse prevention summit explained

    Pope Francis is hosting a four-day summit on preventing clergy sexual abuse.

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  • Sweden to send inspector in detained Swedish publisher case

    Sweden to send an inspector to Beijing to "get a clearer picture of what happened" during meetings between the daughter of a Swedish publisher...

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  • German police arrest 2 Bosnian men with hand grenades in car

    German police say they are investigating two Bosnian men on suspicion of breaking arms control laws after discovering a stash of hand grenades in...

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  • EU gets heavy-duty on pollution: 1st standards for trucks

    The European Union has reached a tentative agreement on the first specific EU standards for trucks to get polluting CO2 levels down

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  • Ex-diplomat says North Korean leader won't give up nukes

    The comments come as the Trump prepares for a summit with Kim Jong-Un.

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  • Haitians seek water, food as businesses reopen after protest

    Businesses and government offices are slowly reopening across Haiti after more than a week of violent demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of...

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  • Young mother begs to return to US, says marrying ISIS fighters was 'a big mistake'

    Hoda Muthana said in a letter that she'd been a "naive," "arrogant" young woman.

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  • Cheap and green: Pyongyang upgrades its mass transit system

    Pyongyang is upgrading its overcrowded mass transit system with new subway cars, trams and buses in a campaign meant to show leader Kim Jong Un is...

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  • EU chief: UK voting in European election would be a 'joke'

    EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says he can't rule out that a delayed Brexit could mean the United Kingdom would participate in this...

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  • China's economy czar heading to Washington for trade talks

    Beijing says it hopes for "a mutually beneficial and win-win agreement.

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  • Australian Anglican set to be defrocked over abuse inaction

    An assistant bishop is set to become the most senior Anglican in Australia to be defrocked after a church committee found he took no action when he...

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  • Jailed Citgo executives in limbo amid Venezuela turmoil

    Six executives from the Houston-based Citgo oil company, five of them Americans, have spent 15 months jailed in Venezuela on what their families say...

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  • Lord Mayor of London: Brexit a 'short-term' issue

    London Lord Mayor Peter Estlin is touting the city's attractiveness for business even with the looming threat of Britain leaving the European Union...

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  • The Latest: Aid group says 62 die fleeing IS fighting

    The International Rescue Committee says more than 60 people have died in recent weeks after making their way out of the last area controlled by the...

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  • Mexico to close infamous island penal colony, region's last

    Mexico will close its infamous Isla Marias prison, the last island penal colony in a hemisphere once dotted with remote island jails like the one...

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  • Vietnam memorial to North Korea pilots marks bygone alliance

    14 headstones in a rice field are an enduring symbol of the friendship of Vietnam and North Korea, communist nations that both fought bruising...

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  • Honduran lawmaker loses seat for defamation conviction

    A Honduran lawmaker has been stripped of her seat in Congress after being convicted last month of defaming and slandering a local banker

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  • Tensions rising after Kashmir attack as gunbattle kills 9

    Tensions escalate in disputed Kashmir and in Hindu-majority India after last week's deadly suicide bombing; 9 killed in Kashmir gunbattle

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  • Nicaragua: Hefty prison terms for farm leaders in protests

    A Nicaraguan judge has given lengthy prison terms to three farmers' leaders who participated in protests against President Daniel Ortega's government

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  • Trudeau's top adviser resigns while denying wrongdoing

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top adviser has resigned while denying allegations that he pressured the former attorney general to avoid...

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  • Brazil president fires key aide linked to corruption scandal

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has officially dismissed his key aide in charge of dealings with congress, days after a newspaper linked him to a...

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  • 1 month after Mexico pipeline fire, toll stands at 130 dead

    Mexican officials say that one month after a fiery explosion at an illegally tapped gasoline pipeline, the death toll stands at 130

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  • Israeli leaders' Nazi comments derail European summit

    Poland has pulled out of a summit in Jerusalem, triggering the collapse of the entire meeting, after the acting Israeli foreign minister said that...

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  • UN hoping for immediate pullout of forces from Yemen ports

    The United Nations says it hopes Yemen's warring parties will immediately carry out an agreement to pull their forces out of the key port of Hodeida...

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  • UK authorities pluck migrants from dinghy in English Channel

    British border officials have picked up dozens of people from a small boat in the English Channel

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