ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s president says Armenians pressing Turkey to recognize the century-old massacres of Armenians as genocide are not looking for the truth but to score points against his country. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday Armenians had rejected numerous Turkish calls for joint research to document precisely what happened. …
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CAIRO – An Egyptian security official says a shark killed a German citizen on Egypt’s Red Sea Coast. The official says the 52-year old man’s body had been moved to a local hospital after the attack Saturday and that officials were conducting an investigation. He says the shark bit off …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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