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3 charged in southern France extremist attack
PARIS (AP) — Three people have been charged in France over an Islamic extremist’s shooting rampage and supermarket hostage-taking earlier this year. French regional media reported that the three are suspected of providing help to…
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Rights groups warn Ethiopia against return to repression
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Rights groups are calling on Ethiopia’s reformist new leader to stop using repressive tactics once favored by the previous leadership, in their most outspoken criticism since Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed…
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Cyprus takes in 29 Syrian migrants departing from Lebanon
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cypriot police say most of the 29 Syrian migrants who have arrived to the Mediterranean island after setting sail from Lebanon told authorities they have relatives living on Cyprus. Police said…
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Turkish ruling party official says Turkey “will never allow a cover-up” in case of killed Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish ruling party official says Turkey “will never allow a cover-up” in case of killed Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi.
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Thousands of pro-independence demonstrators rally in Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Thousands of pro-independence demonstrators gathered in Taiwan’s capital on Saturday to express their disapproval with China’s stance toward their island. China cut off contact with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s government shortly…
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South Africa highway crash kills at least 27, including kids
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government says at least 27 people, including small children, have been killed in a multi-vehicle accident in Limpopo province. The statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office says a minibus, truck…
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Africa’s youngest billionaire free 9 days after abduction
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — The man described as Africa’s youngest billionaire said Saturday he is free more than a week after his abduction from a luxury hotel in Tanzania’s commercial capital, while police…
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Migrant caravan clashes with Mexican police, waits on bridge at Guatemalan-Mexican border
Honduran migrants in a massive caravan surged across a bridge leading to Mexico on Friday before they were halted in a chaotic confrontation with a phalanx of Mexican police in riot gear.
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A look at Afghanistan’s parliamentary elections
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan is holding parliamentary elections on Saturday despite deep security concerns and ongoing fighting in as many as 20 out of the country’s 34 provinces. An official from the Interior Ministry…
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Photos of the week: Oct. 13-20
Here are photos from stories that happened last week. Scroll through to see if you’ve missed any.
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Europe, Japan send spacecraft on 7-year journey to Mercury
TOKYO (AP) — European and Japanese space agencies said an Ariane 5 rocket successfully lifted a spacecraft carrying two probes into orbit Saturday for a joint mission to Mercury, the closest planet to the sun.…
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Russian woman charged in first 2018 election meddling case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. accused a Russian woman on Friday of helping oversee the finances of a sweeping, secretive effort to sway American public opinion through social media in the first federal case alleging…
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Silenced forever: Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi is dead
BEIRUT (AP) — Two days after Jamal Khashoggi vanished into the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, The Washington Post published a column featuring his byline and the headline “A missing voice.” The space below it was…
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Today in History
Today in History Today is Saturday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2018. There are 72 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 20, 1973, in the so-called “Saturday Night Massacre,”…
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Today in History
Today in History Today is Saturday, Oct. 20, the 293rd day of 2018. There are 72 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 20, 1973, in the so-called “Saturday Night Massacre,”…
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