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Turkey: Illegal construction a focus as collapse deaths rise
ISTANBUL (AP) — As emergency teams worked around the clock in search of any more survivors trapped in the rubble of an eight-story apartment building in Istanbul, its collapse put the spotlight on illegal construction…
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US ambassador says Cameroon relations good despite aid cut
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The United States has cut some military aid to Cameroon over human rights concerns but the countries’ relations remain excellent, the U.S. ambassador asserted Thursday, while the central African nation’s government…
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In preliminary findings, UN human rights expert faults Saudi Arabia for undermining probe of Khashoggi killing
GENEVA (AP) — In preliminary findings, UN human rights expert faults Saudi Arabia for undermining probe of Khashoggi killing.
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Saudi study: Millennial jihadis educated, not outcasts
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A study by a Saudi research center is challenging the notion that jihadi fighters are necessarily disenfranchised and lacking opportunity, with its lead researcher saying Thursday that a new…
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Report: Iran inaugurates medium-range ballistic missile
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news outlet says the elite Revolutionary Guard has inaugurated a surface-to-surface ballistic missile it claims has a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) range. The Thursday report by the semi-official Fars news agency,…
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Greek lawmakers to vote on Macedonia name deal’s last hurdle
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek parliament committee is debating whether to sign off on Macedonia joining NATO, the final hurdle to be cleared before its northern neighbor can formally be renamed North Macedonia. The…
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Rome airport temporarily closed by discovery of WWII bombs
ROME (AP) — Rome’s Ciampino airport has been temporarily closed after three World War II-era German bombs were discovered during maintenance work. Italy’s Defense Ministry says army experts are working on safely removing the bombs,…
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Estonia extradites to US man suspected of heroin trafficking
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia has extradited to the United States a man suspected of trafficking hundreds of kilograms of heroin to the New York area and using the profits to fund the Taliban. The Baltic…
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Swiss close case against son of Equatorial Guinea leader
BERLIN (AP) — Swiss prosecutors say they have closed an investigation involving the son of the president of Equatorial Guinea and two other people. Geneva prosecutors opened the probe on suspicions of money laundering and…
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The Latest: Turkey building collapse death toll rises to 10
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Latest on the apartment building collapse in Istanbul (all times local): 7:40 p.m. Turkish officials have raised the death toll from the collapse of an eight-story apartment building in Istanbul to…
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Juliette Binoche: Let justice do its work in Weinstein case
BERLIN (AP) — Actress Juliette Binoche is urging people to “let justice do what it needs to do” in the case of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, and says it shouldn’t be forgotten that he was…
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Turkish officials raise death toll in Istanbul building collapse to 10
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials raise death toll in Istanbul building collapse to 10.
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Ex-hostages say suspect in Belgian shooting was their jailer
BRUSSELS (AP) — Two journalists who were taken hostage in Syria testified Thursday that a 33-year-old man who is now on trial for the fatal shootings of four people at a Jewish museum in Belgium…
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Portuguese gov’t aims to force striking nurses back to work
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s Socialist government is trying to force striking public health service nurses back to work by enacting a rarely used measure. Health Minister Marta Temido announced Thursday that the government has…
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Congo’s new president on first trip to African countries
BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) — Congo’s new President Felix Tshisekedi has landed in Brazzaville, the capital of neighboring Republic of the Congo, to start his first international trip since being elected president in late…
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