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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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SEOUL, South Korea – After more than 40 hours of talks, North and South Korea pulled back from the brink Tuesday with an accord that allows both sides to save face and, for the moment, avert the bloodshed they’ve been threatening each other with for weeks. In a carefully crafted, …
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MADRID – A Spanish woman is fuming after football club Barcelona made her pay 54 euros ($60) for a match ticket for her 10-month-old baby even though the seat wouldn’t be used. In a letter to El Periodico newspaper this week, Roso Castellsagues related how she and friends bought six …
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MADRID – The mayor of a village in northwestern Spain denies his town council destroyed a heritage-protected Stone Age monument to replace it with a picnic table. A dispute erupted after an environmental protection group reported to the region’s Environment and Planning office the destruction of a historically important, 6,000-year-old …
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BUCHAREST, Romania – Romanian anti-corruption prosecutors have detained a prosecutor and a senior tax official on suspicion they took bribes from a businessman to resolve a court case in his favor. Prosecutors said Tuesday that Alina Bica, the former chief prosecutor for the agency investigating organized crime and terrorism, received …
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