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September 24, 2016

South Sudan rebel chief urges armed resistance to Juba govt

A top South Sudanese opposition leader called Saturday for armed resistance to the government in Juba — a stance that ...

September 24, 2016

Turkish Cypriot leaders hope meeting leads to agreement

Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci says he expects a meeting Sunday with his Greek Cypriot counterpart and U.N.

September 24, 2016

The Latest: Philippines defends crackdown on illegal drugs

The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local): 4:10 p.m. Philippines Secretary for Foreign ...

September 24, 2016

Gabon opposition candidate decries high court ruling

Opposition candidate Jean Ping vowed to not back down from his pursuit of the presidency hours after the constitutional court ...

September 24, 2016

Estonia again fails to elect new president; will try again

Estonia's presidential election has been delayed yet again, as special electoral body failed to pick a new head of state, ...

September 24, 2016

Thousands march in latest anti-govt protest in Poland

Waving Polish and European Union flags, thousands of Poles marched Saturday in downtown Warsaw in the latest protest against ...

September 24, 2016

Man detained at German airport for alleged IS membership

The federal prosecutor's office says a 22-year-old German man has been detained at Duesseldorf airport upon his return from ...

September 24, 2016

Burundi: Thousands protest UN report citing rights abuses

Thousands of people have staged a protest in the Burundian capital over a United Nations report that accuses the government ...

September 24, 2016

Italian navy ship docks in Iran

An Italian navy ship docked in the southern Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Saturday in the first official visit by a Western ...

September 24, 2016

Austrian leader: EU's outer borders must be better protected

Austria's chancellor vowed Saturday to better protect the European Union's outer borders to curb illegal migration, as he ...

September 24, 2016

Holocaust survivor Max Mannheimer dies in Germany at age 96

Holocaust survivor Max Mannheimer, who dedicated his life in post-war Germany to fighting anti-Semitism, has died. He was 96.

September 24, 2016

Finns say 'Enough is enough' during anti-Nazi demonstrations

Tens of thousands of people are demonstrating across Finland under the slogan "Enough is enough" following the death of a man ...

September 24, 2016

The Latest: Government forces gain ground near Aleppo

The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 1:15 p.m. Syrian opposition activists say Syrian government forces ...

September 24, 2016

Syrian troops advance in Aleppo amid war's heaviest bombing

Syrian troops captured a rebel-held area on the edge of Aleppo on Saturday, tightening their siege on opposition-held ...

September 24, 2016

French leader vows to shut down 'unacceptable' Calais camp

French President Francois Hollande on Saturday confirmed plans to close the squalid Calais migrant camp known as "the ...

September 24, 2016

War crimes tribunal for IS detainees lacks support

War crimes investigators collecting evidence of the Islamic State group's elaborate operation to kidnap thousands of women ...

September 24, 2016

Iraq: Triple suicide attack north of Baghdad kills 11 troops

A triple suicide bombing against a security check point north of Baghdad on Saturday killed at least 11 members of the ...

September 24, 2016

Savior or disaster? UK's Labour divided on Corbyn victory

Soft-spoken socialist Jeremy Corbyn is the antithesis of Donald Trump. But the British politician — resoundingly re-elected ...

September 24, 2016

Moody's downgrades Turkey's credit rating to 'junk' status

Moody's has downgraded Turkey's credit rating to "junk" status, a further blow to an economy shaken by terrorist attacks, a ...