ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s foreign ministry says Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will meet with his Indian counterpart on the sidelines of a summit in Russia. It’s a rare meeting for top officials from the rival countries. Ministry spokesman Qazi Khalilullah said Thursday that Sharif will meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says at least eight people, including civilians and soldiers, were killed when a vehicle packed with explosives was remotely detonated in the country’s south. Omar Zwak, spokesman for the governor of Helmand province, says five civilians, two soldiers and a policeman were killed in …
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NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cyprus’ defense minister says the country is setting up a satellite earth station that will anchor a search-and-rescue control center covering Europe’s southeastern edge. Christoforos Fokaides told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that the earth station will be Europe’s third such facility, complementing ones in …
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TOKYO – The wife of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto has made her first public appeal for her husband’s life. Rinko Jogo also revealed that she has exchanged several emails with his captors, and in the past 20 hours received one which appeared to be their final demand. “I fear that …
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JOHANNESBURG – Fearful immigrants in South Africa who fled their homes because of threats and deadly attacks by South Africans said Sunday they were targeted in some cases by longtime neighbors and people who warned they would assault anyone carrying a foreign passport. The immigrants spoke in interviews with The …
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IQALUIT, Canada – Secretary of State John Kerry is backing Saudi Arabian airstrikes against Houthi rebels as long as the rebels persist in attacking Yemeni government forces. Kerry is crediting the Saudis with making an important shift from a full-scale air campaign to hitting targets only when militants present a …
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PARIS – The French Defense Ministry says troops from France and Niger killed three armed combattants and detained three others who tried to force their way through a checkpoint near the Libyan border. The ministry said Monday that the clash happened Thursday in the Salvador pass region near Manama, Niger, …
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A German cardinal in the Catholic Church remarked that Pope Benedict would never have approved Pope Francis’ recent edict allowing priests to bless people in same-sex relationships. Cardinal Gerhard Mueller made the comment to Reuters while attending an event marking the one-year anniversary of Pope Benedict’s death on Sunday. “It …
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NAIROBI, Kenya – A Kenyan government official says it has a goal of getting 100,000 Somali refugees to voluntarily go back home by the end of the year. Government officials have blamed refugee camps in Kenya for the rise in extremism in the country. Following an extremist attack on a …
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SYDNEY – Freestyle swimmer Brittany Elmslie has withdrawn from the Australian team for the world championships after undergoing surgery to a remove a benign growth in her breast three weeks ago. Swimming Australia said in a statement Sunday that Elmslie was expected to compete in the 4×100 and 4×200 freestyle …
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