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QUETTA, Pakistan – Pakistani police say gunmen opened fire on a police convoy, killing two officers and a woman passer-by in the southwestern city of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province. Abdur Razzaq Cheema, the Quetta police chief, says police fired back and killed one of the attackers in Monday’s …

LONDON – One of Britain’s biggest unions has backed left-wing contender Jeremy Corbyn to lead Britain’s opposition Labour Party, and a major bookmaker has made the former outsider odds-on favorite to win the contest. General secretary Dave Prentis of Unison, which represents more than 1 million public-sector workers, said the …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romanian authorities have charged Russian oil producer Lukoil with complicity in money laundering worth 1.77 billion euros ($1.95 billion). Prosecutors at the Court of Appeal in Ploiesti, where Lukoil’s refinery is based, on Monday charged Romanian and Russian company managers for allegedly misusing the company’s credit and …

BERLIN – The U.N.’s top human rights official has expressed alarm at the death sentence imposed on an alternative health practitioner in Iran. The U.N. human rights office says Mohammad Ali Taheri was sentenced to death Saturday after being found guilty of “corruption on Earth.” Zeid Raad al-Hussein, the U.N. …

MANAMA, Bahrain – Bahrain’s government has suspended the publication of the independent newspaper Al-Wasat. The official Bahrain News Agency said in a brief statement issued Thursday night that the suspension is “due to its violation of the law and repeated dissemination of information that affects national unity and the Kingdom’s …

SRINAGAR, India – Officials say two suspected rebels and an army soldier have been killed in two gunbattles near the Line of Control separating the Indian and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir. Top police officer Garib Das says two militants were killed in fighting with soldiers after they entered Indian Kashmir …

YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Cameroon’s military has freed about 70 people, including children, held illegally in the north for periods ranging from eight months to four years. Abakar Ahamat, the governor of the Adamawa region, said Tuesday that the owner of the camp, Mallam Danlatti, was detained after the release of …

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Cambodia’s prime minister has demanded the arrest of an opposition senator, accusing him of treason for comments posted on Facebook criticizing a border agreement with neighboring Vietnam. Hun Sen called for the arrest of Hong Sok Hour in a speech Thursday in Phnom Penh. The opposition …

HANOI, Vietnam – Vietnam allowed its currency to weaken by 1 percent Wednesday following the devaluation of the Chinese yuan and with an eye to a possible U.S interest rate hike. The central bank-set reference rate weakened to 21,890 dong to the U.S. dollar and the trading band at which …

BAGHDAD – A top provincial official in Iraq’s Anbar province says up to 50 soldiers have been killed by Islamic State militants in two separate ambushes in the turbulent region west of Baghdad. Sabah Al-Karhout, president of the Anbar Provincial Council, told The Associated Press on Saturday that the ambushes …