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DAKAR, Senegal – Officials say 30 more people have been found dead after they attempted to cross the Sahara desert in Niger. The victims were believed to be headed to Libya, where many migrants then attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Local authorities say the victims probably died …

BERLIN – Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing Germany’s European Union partners to share the burden of hosting a surge of asylum-seekers, arguing that solidarity should be a “matter of course.” The bloc’s 28 members are at odds over an EU plan to divide up refugees arriving largely in Italy and …

The United States will reconsider its controversial policy of deploying drones against militants taking refuge in Pakistan, according to its ambassador in Islamabad. Cameron Munter revealed that America intends to review using unmanned aerial vehicles in the wake of an angry public and political backlash over high civilian casualties suffered …

SKOPJE, Macedonia – The leaders of Macedonia’s main political parties have resumed meeting in country’s capital of Skopje for the first time since negotiations aimed ending a major political crisis collapsed in Brussels last week. The political crisis, one of the deepest Macedonia has faced since gaining independence from Yugoslavia …

BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials say attacks in Baghdad and elsewhere in the country have killed at least eight people. A police officer says gunmen in two SUVs opened fire, killing two policemen and a civilian who were traveling in a civilian car in Baghdad’s eastern Baladiyat neighborhood. He says that …

BEIRUT – The leader of al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria has praised the chief of the terror network’s branch in Yemen who was killed earlier this month in a U.S. drone attack. The Syrian known as Abu Muhammed al-Golani, who heads the Nusra Front, says that followers of Nasir al-Wahishi “will …

UNITED NATIONS – Human Rights Watch says in a new report that airstrikes carried out by the Saudi-led coalition on Saada city in northern Yemen killed dozens of civilians in an apparent violation of the laws of war. The city is controlled by Shiite rebels. The rights group said Tuesday …

VALLETTA, Malta – The internationally recognized prime minister of Libya says he is “aspiring” to sign a peace agreement with representatives of the Islamist-led Tripoli government in Morocco on Thursday. Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni made the comments during a brief visit to Malta on Wednesday. He said there were people …

BERLIN – Germany’s foreign minister says he’s hoping that new allegations of U.S. eavesdropping on senior German government officials’ telephones can be clarified “as quickly as possible.” Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters in Berlin on Friday that Germany needs to continue to work closely with the United States on many international …

VIENNA – The Iran nuclear talks have once again been extended — this time until Friday. But instead of just counting the time of the marathon talks in days, the U.S. delegation has found new ways of measuring. Its list, presented Tuesday: Trips to Vienna in 2014 — 11. Trips …