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  • Russia to extend Western food ban for further 18 months

    The Russian prime minister has proposed to extend a ban on Western food imports for another 1 ½ years in response to the EU's decision to extend...

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  • Germany denies permission for Erdogan rally on G-20 visit

    Germany's foreign minister says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has asked permission to hold a rally to address Turks in Germany on the...

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  • UAE energy chief downplays gas shortfall from Qatar crisis

    The energy minister for the United Arab Emirates says his country has sufficient resources to ward off any energy shortfall stemming from Gulf...

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  • EU backs more support for Italy, struggling with migrants

    The European Union's foreign minister says EU backs Italy's stance that it can no longer handle the flood of migrants, but other countries must pitch...

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  • Syria, Russia accuse US of plotting 'provocation'

    Syria, ally Russia accuse Washington of preparing 'provocation' to blame Assad's government for using chemical weapons

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  • UK leader names chair of inquiry into London tower fire

    British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed a retired judge Thursday to chair a public inquiry into the devastating west London fire that killed at...

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  • The Latest: Germany to refuse Erdogan rally during G-20

    Germany's foreign minister says Berlin will tell Ankara that a rally by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he visits Germany for the Group of...

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  • Online hate speech may soon incur a hefty bill in Germany

    German lawmakers are poised to pass a bill designed to enforce the country's existing limits on free speech in social networks, but which critics say...

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  • In Mosul, Iraqi forces take landmark mosque blown up by IS

    Iraqi forces take Mosul's landmark al-Nuri Mosque compound, blown up last week by IS, commander says

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  • Rights groups accuse French bank of role in Rwanda genocide

    Three rights groups have filed a lawsuit accusing France's biggest bank of complicity in Rwanda's 1994 genocide, for allegedly helping Rwandan...

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  • German foreign minister: Germany will tell Turkey rally by Erdogan is 'not possible'

    German foreign minister: Germany will tell Turkey rally by Erdogan is 'not possible'

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  • Romania: man suspected of links to Paris attackers

    Prosecutors have detained a Romanian man they say is suspected of having links to a group involved in the Nov. 2105 Paris terror attacks

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  • UK government to rule on Murdoch takeover deal

    Britain's culture secretary will rule on whether to permit Twenty-First Century Fox to take full control of the Sky pay TV and broadband business

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  • Pakistan resort cable car lift plunges into ravine, kills 10

    Pakistani rescue official: Cable car lift at popular mountain resort plunges into ravine, killing 10

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  • China pledges continued assistance to Philippines

    China's foreign minister has told his Philippine counterpart that Beijing is ready to provide more aid to the Southeast Asian country as ties between...

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  • Russia wages war of words with Britain over navy pride

    Moscow has angrily lashed out at a dismissive comment about a Russian aircraft carrier made by Britain's defense secretary, arguing that its aging...

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  • Cambodian court upholds prison term for opposition senator

    A Cambodian appeals court has upheld a seven-year prison sentence given to an opposition senator for comments on his Facebook page criticizing a 1979...

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  • China's Xi in Hong Kong for anniversary as protests planned

    China's President Xi Jinping arrives in Hong Kong to mark two decades since China took control of the former British colony

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    British lawmakers are set to vote on whether to approve the Conservative government's plans for a Brexit-dominated parliamentary session, in a test of...

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  • The Latest: Pope appreciates Pell's honesty, finance work

    The Vatican spokesman says Pope Francis has appreciated Cardinal George Pell's honesty and commitment during his three years working to reform the...

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  • Cardinal takes leave from Vatican after sex assault charges

    Cardinal George Pell has taken a leave of absence as the Vatican's financial czar to face multiple criminal charges in his native Australia that...

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  • Rival sides dive deep on security in Cyprus peace talks

    The rival sides in talks to reunify ethnically divided Cyprus are delving deeper into how to implement new security arrangements on the east...

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  • Pakistani Shiites press on with sit-in against twin bombings

    Pakistani Shiites rally for 6th day in sit-in protest in tribal region against last week's bombings that killed 75

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  • Greece plotting return to markets with or without ECB

    Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos says his country will return to markets regardless of whether it receives support from the European Central...

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  • Widows of Nigerian activists launch civil case against Shell

    The widows of four activists executed 22 years ago in Nigeria are launching a civil action in the Netherlands against energy giant Shell, alleging...

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  • Amid crisis with Arab states, Qatar minister to visit Turkey

    Turkish state TV says Qatari defense minister to arrive for talks amid Gulf Arab states' feud with their Arab neighbor

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  • Striking garbage collectors protest in Athens

    Hundreds of garbage collectors are marching in central Athens demanding an end to short-term labor contracts, with their nearly two-week strike...

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  • Iraqi commander says his forces have taken Mosul's landmark al-Nuri Mosque compound, blown up last week by IS

    Iraqi commander says his forces have taken Mosul's landmark al-Nuri Mosque compound, blown up last week by IS

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  • Vietnam asks for prison time for prominent blogger

    Prosecutors have asked for a prison sentence for a prominent Vietnamese blogger accused of distorting government policies and defaming the Communist...

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  • Eurozone economic sentiment at near decade highs

    The European Union says economic sentiment across the 19-country eurozone has risen to near-decade highs as the region's recovery gathers steam across...

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  • H&M sales buoyed by further expansion, cost controls

    Swedish low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB says its second quarter sales increased by 10 percent to 59.5 billion kronor ($7 billion) mainly...

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  • Merkel before G20: Paris accord irreversible, not negotiable

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel says the European Union is "more determined than ever" to make the Paris accord against climate change a success...

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  • Israel's ex-PM Ehud Olmert granted early release from prison

    Israeli prisons parole board grants former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert early release from prison

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  • Key dates in Cardinal George Pell's life and church career

    Key dates in Cardinal George Pell's life and posts in the Catholic Church in Australia and at the Vatican

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  • Activists who probed Ivanka Trump supplier freed in China

    Chinese authorities have released on bail three activists who had been detained after investigating labor conditions at a factory that produced shoes...

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  • German prison to be evacuated after WWII bomb found nearby

    A prison in the southern German city of Regensburg will need to be evacuated after an unexploded World War II-era bomb was found during construction...

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  • NATO agrees to send more troop trainers to Afghanistan

    NATO's chief says allies have agreed to send more troops to Afghanistan, to help train and work alongside the country's security forces

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  • Danish shipping firm says bulk of terminals are operational

    Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, one of the global companies hardest hit by a malicious software that crippled computers internationally,...

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  • China defends prison care of ailing Nobel Peace laureate Liu

    China appears to be responding to criticism that authorities failed to provide sufficient medical care to Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, saying he...

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  • Germany's Merkel: talks on climate at G-20 summit won't be easy

    Germany's Merkel: talks on climate at G-20 summit won't be easy

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  • Germany's Merkel: hope for 'clear signal' from G-20 summit for free trade and against isolationism

    Germany's Merkel: hope for 'clear signal' from G-20 summit for free trade and against isolationism

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  • Germany's Merkel: EU more determined than ever to make Paris climate accord success following US exit

    Germany's Merkel: EU more determined than ever to make Paris climate accord success following US exit

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  • Israel parole board grants former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert early release on 27-month corruption sentence

    Israel parole board grants former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert early release on 27-month corruption sentence

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  • Vatican says finance reforms will continue in Cardinal George Pell's absence, expresses respect for Australian justice.

    Vatican says finance reforms will continue in Cardinal George Pell's absence, expresses respect for Australian justice.

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  • Cardinal George Pell takes leave, but doesn't resign as Vatican finance czar after being charged with sex assault.

    Cardinal George Pell takes leave, but doesn't resign as Vatican finance czar after being charged with sex assault.

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  • US quietly publishes once-expunged papers on 1953 Iran coup

    State Department documents on US-backed 1953 Iran coup offer glimpse at events that pushed country to Islamic Revolution

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  • Michigan to release consultant report on underwater pipeline

    Michigan officials are preparing to release a consultant's report outlining alternatives to twin oil pipelines that run beneath the waterway where...

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  • Australian police charge Vatican cardinal with sex offenses

    Australian police say they are charging a top Vatican cardinal with historical sexual assault offenses

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  • AP PHOTOS: After UK handover, Hong Kong in uneasy transition

    AP PHOTOS: Two decades since Beijing took control of Hong Kong, China's rising influence _ and Britain's waning profile _ are impossible to ignore

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  • 4 more die in Pakistani tanker fire, pushing toll to 173

    A Pakistani doctor says four more victims of last week's deadly oil tanker fire have died at a hospital, raising the overall death toll to 173

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