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SUPPORTERS OF IRAN-BACKED IRAQI GROUP PROTEST US SANCTIONS

Hundreds of demonstrators supporting a powerful Iran-backed militia group in Iraq have poured into a central Baghdad plaza to protest...

TENS OF THOUSANDS ANTI-POPULIST SARDINES FILL ROMAN SQUARE

Tens of thousands of members of the Italian anti-populist Sardines movement have gathered in Rome for their first national rally

EU TO HOLD DONORS' MEETING FOR ALBANIA QUAKE RECONSTRUCTION

The European Commission says member states have agreed to hold a donors' conference in January to help Albania rebuild after an earthquake...

POLICE ARREST 7 SUSPECTED MILITANTS IN INDONESIA'S PAPUA

Police say they have arrested seven suspected Islamic militants in Indonesia's easternmost Papua province as authorities beef up security...

FIGHTING RAGES NEAR LIBYA'S CAPITAL IN PUSH BY EASTERN ARMY

Libyan officials say heavy fighting has raged around the capital Tripoli over the past 24 hours

SUPPORTERS OF EMBATTLED THAI OPPOSITION PARTY HOLD BIG RALLY

Several thousand supporters of a popular opposition party in Thailand that is under threat of dissolution have rallied in the nation's...

JOHNSON'S WIN MAY DELIVER BREXIT BUT COULD RISK UK'S BREAKUP

Boris Johnson's election victory may help him take Britain out of the European Union, but it could threaten the survival of the United...

REBEL ATTACK ON CONGOLESE CITY LEAVES 6 DEAD

A Congolese city at the center of the Ebola epidemic has again come under attack from rebels and at least six people are dead

BORIS JOHNSON HEADS NORTH TO CELEBRATE CRUSHING ELECTION WIN

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is heading to northern England to meet newly elected Conservative lawmakers

ALLEGED MILITANTS KILL POLICE OFFICER IN EASTERN INDONESIA

Alleged members of an Islamic militant group have shot a police officer to death in the latest assault targeting officials in the world's...

SUDAN COURT CONVICTS OMAR AL-BASHIR OF MONEY LAUNDERING, SENTENCES HIM TO 2 YEARS IN REHABILITATION FACILITY

HONG KONG POLICE MAKE 3 ARRESTS IN ANOTHER EXPLOSIVES CASE

Hong Kong police say they have arrested three men for testing homemade explosives they suspect were intended for use during protests

INSIDER ATTACK KILLS 9 AFGHAN MILITIA, OFFICIALS SAY

An Afghan official says at least one militia member has opened fire on his comrades, killing nine

EXPLOSION IN SOUTH NEPAL TOWN KILLS 3, INJURES ANOTHER 3

An explosion at a house in a southern Nepal town has killed three people including the owner, his son and a police officer who responded...

NORTH KOREA SAYS IT CONDUCTED ANOTHER ‘CRUCIAL TEST' AT ITS LONG-RANGE ROCKET FACILITY

CRIES OF ABUSE IN CATHOLIC CHURCH START TO BE HEARD IN JAPAN

Harumi Suzuki and Katsumi Takenaka are among a handful of people who have gone public as survivors of Catholic clergy sexual abuse...

GANG OF GUNMEN ON MOTORCYCLES KILL HEAD OF HONDURAN PRISON

A gang of gunmen on motorcycles killed the director of a prison in Honduras where a key witness against the president's brother was...

UN OFFICIAL: CHILEAN POLICE ABUSED PROTESTER'S HUMAN RIGHTS

The United Nation's chief human rights agency says Chile's security forces abused protesters taking the streets in recent months

BRAZIL'S WOMEN JOIN IN ANTHEM DENOUNCING SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Brazilian women have staged demonstrations in the capital and in Rio de Janeiro, singing a song protesting sexual violence that has...

US PACIFIC COMMANDER SAYS CHINA SEEKS TO INTIMIDATE REGION

The commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet says China's activities in territory it claims in the South China Sea are meant to coerce and...