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Turkey lawmakers to vote on sending troops to Libya: Erdogan
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Turkey lawmakers to vote on sending troops to Libya: Erdogan

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president said Thursday that the U.N.-supported government in Libya has asked Ankara to send troops…
Relief group says 216,000 have fled homes in northwest Syria
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Relief group says 216,000 have fled homes in northwest Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — More than 200,000 men, women and children fled their homes in northwest Syria in buses, trucks and…
Israeli lawmaker aims to oust Netanyahu in Likud primary
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Israeli lawmaker aims to oust Netanyahu in Likud primary

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s governing Likud party was holding primaries on Thursday, in the first serious internal challenge to Israeli…
Iran-backed bloc names Basra governor for post of Iraqi PM
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Iran-backed bloc names Basra governor for post of Iraqi PM

BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iranian-backed bloc in Iraq’s parliament proposed Wednesday the governor of oil-rich southern Basra province as the…
Syrian army captures village, missile kills 8 civilians
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Syrian army captures village, missile kills 8 civilians

BEIRUT (AP) — A missile struck a school building in northwestern Syria on Tuesday morning, killing eight civilians, opposition activists…
Syrian troops push toward Turkish observation post in Idlib
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Syrian troops push toward Turkish observation post in Idlib

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces pushed deeper in their offensive on the last remaining rebel stronghold in the country’s…
Syria says possible drone attacks hit 3 oil, gas facilities
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Syria says possible drone attacks hit 3 oil, gas facilities

BEIRUT (AP) — Near-simultaneous attacks believed to have been carried out by drones hit three government-run oil and gas installations…
Turkish parliament OKs controversial Libya military deal
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Turkish parliament OKs controversial Libya military deal

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s parliament approved a security and military deal with Libya’s UN-supported government Saturday on the heels of…
Trump rails against delay in moving impeachment to Senate
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Trump rails against delay in moving impeachment to Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump railed behind closed doors about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to delay sending articles of…
French telecom company Orange convicted over suicides
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French telecom company Orange convicted over suicides

French phone and Internet provider Orange was found guilty Friday of a string of employee suicides and its former CEO…
Vatican tribunal now overwhelmed by clergy abuse cases
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Vatican tribunal now overwhelmed by clergy abuse cases

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican office responsible for processing clergy sex abuse complaints has seen a record 1,000 cases…
Iran’s Rouhani in Japan to meet PM amid nuke impasse
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Iran’s Rouhani in Japan to meet PM amid nuke impasse

TOKYO (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting Tokyo to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday…
Libyan force attacking Tripoli gives militias 3-day deadline
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Libyan force attacking Tripoli gives militias 3-day deadline

CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan force fighting to capture the country’s capital from the U.N.-supported government based in Tripoli on…
Iraq protests take toll on economy, vulnerable suffer most
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Iraq protests take toll on economy, vulnerable suffer most

BAGHDAD (AP) — With wisps of smoke still rising from the remnants of another night of violence, the workers came…
Hezbollah-backed professor to form new government in Lebanon
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Hezbollah-backed professor to form new government in Lebanon

BEIRUT (AP) — A former education minister backed by the militant Hezbollah group and its allies was selected on Thursday…
Queen lays out Johnson’s Brexit plans at Parliament opening
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Queen lays out Johnson’s Brexit plans at Parliament opening

LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson signaled an end to Britain’s era of Brexit deadlock Thursday, announcing a packed…
Lebanese professor likely candidate for PM post
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Lebanese professor likely candidate for PM post

BEIRUT (AP) — A university professor and former minister received the backing of the Hezbollah group and its allies Thursday,…
Palestinians protest in support of prisoner on hunger strike
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Palestinians protest in support of prisoner on hunger strike

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Dozens of Palestinians protested outside an Israeli military court in the occupied West Bank on…
Year on, Amnesty urges Sudan deliver on protesters’ demands
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Year on, Amnesty urges Sudan deliver on protesters’ demands

CAIRO (AP) — Amnesty International on Thursday urged Sudan’s new transitional government to deliver on popular demands for sweeping change…
Israel has advanced 22,000 housing units in West Bank: UN
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Israel has advanced 22,000 housing units in West Bank: UN

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Mideast envoy said on Wednesday that Israel advanced or approved plans for over 22,000…
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