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TRIPOLI, Libya – The Islamic State group’s affiliate in Libya has claimed responsibility for a series of car bombings that killed 12 people in the country’s eastern city of Benghazi. The Islamic State affiliate claimed responsibility for the Tuesday bombings in a post on an Internet bulletin board site known …

KINSHASA, Congo – A rights group is calling on Congo’s government to release youth activists who were arrested more than two weeks ago in a raid that also briefly swept up an American diplomat. Security forces arrested several people at the end of a press conference on March 15 about …

BEIJING – Costa Rica’s foreign minister says he sees no conflict between the U.S.’s longstanding ties with Latin America and China’s growing presence in the region. China’s hosting this week of a forum with 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries highlighted what some see as a rivalry for influence in …

An Israeli newspaper has come under fire for reportedly running a front page photo of world leaders lined up in Paris for Sunday’s historic march – minus the women. At the beginning of the rally, around 40 world leaders dressed in black linked their arms in a show of solidarity …

BRUSSELS – The European Union’s executive says the tax deal Amazon signed with Luxembourg may be illegal. The EU opened an investigation into Amazon in October and on Friday gave a preliminary assessment of its concerns with the technology company’s dealings. Amazon registers its profits from across the EU at …

JERUSALEM – Israel is on high alert for possible attacks from the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah following an airstrike on Hezbollah fighters in Syria, Israeli defense officials said Tuesday. Israel has boosted deployment of its “Iron Dome” anti-missile aerial defense system along its northern frontier, which borders Lebanon and Syria, …

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Human rights activists are hailing a decision by El Salvador’s congress to pardon a young woman who was convicted of killing her child after she said she suffered a miscarriage. She was an 18-year-old domestic worker when she says she was raped. She says she …

BRUSSELS – Authorities in Belgium say three individuals that could have possible links to terror networks have been detained. A judicial official said Tuesday that authorities from western Kortijk were looking into the background of the three but refused to comment further. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of …

ATHENS, Greece – Greek stocks are leading a European market rally on indications that Greece’s new radical left government is advocating a more palatable version of its brash demand to have most of the country’s debt burden forgiven. The Athens stock exchange was up 7 percent in morning trading Tuesday, …

STOCKHOLM – Tempering expectations on a global climate deal in Paris this year, the U.N.’s top climate diplomat has warned against assuming the pact will “miraculously solve climate change.” As negotiators prepare for a new round of talks in Geneva next week, U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres said Thursday the …