MADRID – Spanish police say they have sent a team of experts to the French island of Corsica to retrieve a Picasso painting owned by a Spanish banker. Authorities in Spain say the 1906 painting — “Head of a Young Woman” — is a national treasure and could not be …
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SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni security and medical officials say mortar rounds fired by Shiite Houthi rebels have killed six civilians in the central city of Taiz, the country’s third largest. The security officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief reporters, say Thursday’s shelling came …
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VIENNA – The Austrian prosecutor’s office is investigating an Islamic extremist on suspicion of murder after a video was posted showing him shooting a kneeling man to death in Syria. The video surfaced last week. Prosecutors’ spokeswoman Nina Bussek said Friday her office considers it genuine. Mohamed Mahmoud, the suspect, …
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LISBON, Portugal – Portuguese authorities say Mile Mrksic, a former Serb army officer sentenced by a U.N. tribunal to 20 years in prison for his part in the 1991 torture and killings of nearly 200 Croatians during the Balkan wars, has died. He was 68. The Portuguese Prison Services Directorate, …
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KINGSTON, Jamaica – A former governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands and an ex-finance director in the U.S. Caribbean territory have been arrested on embezzlement charges. Acting Attorney General Claude Walker on Tuesday announced the arrests of former Gov. John DeJongh and Julito Francis, once a director of the islands’ …
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JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities have denied a request by a top Hamas leader to allow his three sisters in Israel to visit the Gaza Strip for his son’s wedding. The Israeli defense body COGAT said on Thursday that Ismail Haniyeh’s request was denied because of “Israeli humanitarian cases” in Gaza. …
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – A Burkina Faso court says 22 candidates have been officially registered to run in the October elections. The High Court announced the candidate list on Saturday and said it will publish the final official candidate list by Aug. 29. Transitional authorities have ruled Burkina Faso since …
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DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria’s state-run news agency says an artillery shell hit a petrol station in the central city of Homs, killing at least five people. SANA says more than 30 others were wounded in the attack in the Inshaat neighborhood Wednesday as a fuel truck was delivering a shipment. …
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian activists are putting more pressure on embattled Prime Minister Najib Razak to resign with major street rallies this weekend following allegations of suspicious money transfers into his accounts. Najib who has been fighting for political survival after leaked documents in July showed he received some …
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KATHMANDU, Nepal – Hundreds of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transvestites paraded through Nepal’s capital to demand that rights for sexual minorities be included in the country’s new constitution that is being finalized. The colorful rally in downtown Kathmandu — an annual affair — drew about 500 participants. The activists say …
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