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SINGAPORE – Singapore on Thursday sentenced two German men to three strokes of the cane and nine months in prison after they were found guilty of vandalizing a public train carriage. The attorney-general’s office identified the two men as 22-year-old Andreas Von Knorre and 21-year-old Elton Hinz. They entered a …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official IRNA news agency says that Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has been summoned before parliament to explain his recent public stroll with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. The IRNA report on Sunday says that 21 parliamentarians have demanded that Zarif explain his 15-minute walk through …

The Malaysian governmentformally declared the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 to be an accident Thursday, saying that it believed all 239 people on board had died. Malaysia civil aviation chief Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said Thursday that the search for the jet “remains a priority.” The announcement was made in …