JERUSALEM – A senior Palestinian official says security cooperation with Israel may soon come to an end. The security ties are aimed at containing violence and are one of the last remaining areas of cooperation between Israel and the Palestinians after years of failed peace efforts. The re-election of Israeli …
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KIEV, Ukraine – An associate of Ukraine’s deposed president says the former leader’s son has died in an accident in which a vehicle plunged through the ice on Lake Baikal in Russia. Nestor Shufrych, a deputy in Ukraine’s parliament, said Sunday in a statement on Facebook that the 33-year-old Viktor …
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BUCHAREST, Romania – A bid to lift the immunity of a senator from the ruling party who prosecutors say is suspected of corruption has fallen short in a parliamentary vote. Senators voted 79-67 Wednesday in favor of lifting the immunity of Dan Sova, a former transportation minister, falling short of …
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LIMA, Peru – Authorities say 21 people were killed and 38 seriously injured when a bus veered off the road and plunged into a ravine in Peru’s southeastern Andes Mountains. It is the second deadly road accident in Peru in a week. Last Monday, 38 people died and 84 were …
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ISLAMABAD – The Pakistani police say a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in the city of Rawalpindi, next to the capital of Islamabad, killing five people. Police officer Raja Abdul Rasheed says the Friday evening explosion targeted the mosque affiliated with Shiite Muslims. The minority sect has …
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LONDON – Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has defended his government’s decision to give Irish Republican Army fugitives written assurances that they would not be arrested, and denied keeping the deal secret. Blair spent two hours answering questions Tuesday from an all-party British parliamentary committee investigating his agreement with …
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PARIS – President Francois Hollande says France is “waging war” against terrorism and will not back down from international military operations against Islamic extremists despite recent deadly attacks. Hollande said “it is not a war against religion, it’s a war against hate.” He spoke to leading diplomats Friday as French …
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HELSINKI – Norwegian police have ordered house arrest for an Iraqi-born cleric who is to be released this weekend after serving time for making death threats against politicians and fellow immigrants. The Oslo Police District said Tuesday that Najmaddin Faraj Ahmad, also known as Mullah Krekar, will be held at …
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SEOUL, South Korea – Ten people were feared dead after a Chinese fishing boat sank in international waters near the South Korean resort island of Jeju, officials said Friday. Three survivors rescued by crew members of another nearby Chinese fishing boat told officials that their boat collided with a cargo …
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UNITED NATIONS – Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations says his country soon will ask the world body’s member states to formally recognize Russia as a sponsor of terrorism. Yuriy Sergeyev told reporters on Friday that Ukraine will submit a draft resolution to the U.N. General Assembly that echoes the …
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