U.S. envoy to meet N.K. counterpart in Pyongyang on Wednesday

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WASHINGTON –The U.S. envoy for North Korea will travel to Pyongyang on Wednesday for talks with his North Korean counterpart on this month's planned summit between Donald Trump and Kim...

Somali security forces kill 40 militants in southern region

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MOGADISHU–Somali National Intelligence Service Agency (NISA) said Tuesday that it had killed 40 al-Shabab fighters in the country's southern region.  Security forces launched a wide-scale operation in Farsoley...

Two bodies were discovered in Australia's flood-region

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TOWNSVILLE, Australia–Two bodies were discovered in Australia's flood-ravaged northeast on Tuesday as continuing heavy rain prompted authorities to warn of further flash flooding in the hours ahead.  Prime...

7 killed in Paris building fire

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PARIS– Seven people were killed and another one seriously injured on Monday in a building fire in a Paris neighborhood, according to local fire service.  The fire service...

Pentagon to send 3,750 more troops to U.S.-Mexico border

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WASHINGTON– The Pentagon announced Sunday that it is deploying 3,750 more active-duty troops to the U.S.-Mexico border for three months to support border agents.  The deployment will raise...

President Nicolás Maduro has said he cannot rule out the possibility of civil war

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CARACAS– Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has said he cannot rule out the possibility of civil war as pressure mounts on him to stand down.  In a TV interview,...

Death toll in Cuba tornado rises to six

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HAVANA– The number of people killed in the powerful tornado that ripped through part of Havana last week has risen to six, authorities said Sunday.  Public Health Minister...

Gang-weary Salvadorans elect Nayib Bukele as new president

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SAN SALVADOR– Salvadorans on Sunday elected Nayib Bukele, the popular former mayor of San Salvador, as the Central American country's new president -- a result that ends the near 30-year...

Maduro proposes early parliamentary elections as possible solution to Venezuelan crisis

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CARACAS– Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Saturday proposed holding early elections for the National Assembly as a possible solution to the country's political crisis.  Maduro said before thousands of...

7 militants including Taliban key commander killed in S. Afghanistan

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LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan–At least seven militants including a Taliban key commander have been killed and five others injured in the southern Helmand province, an army statement said on Sunday.  ...

Sudan PM says calls of protests over economic conditions "legitimate"

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KHARTOUM– Sudan's Prime Minister Mutazz Musa on Saturday described the calls of protests over the economic conditions as "legitimate."  "Voice must be heard and respected despite presence of...

Venezuela's opposition to up pressure on Maduro with new rally

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CARACAS–Venezuela's US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido prepared Friday to crank up the pressure on embattled President Nicolas Maduro with a massive weekend protest to push for early elections as Washington...

Trump is latest to give State of Union at time of turmoil

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WASHINGTON– President Donald Trump is the latest chief executive to deliver a State of the Union address at a time of turmoil.  But others may have had it...

6.5-magnitude quake shakes Guatemala, Mexico

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GUATEMALA CITY –A 6.5-magnitude earthquake shook Mexico and Guatemala on Friday, leaving three people injured and causing infrastructure damage, authorities said.  The quake struck near the Mexico-Guatemala border,...

Death toll at 52 after migrant boats sink off Djibouti

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OBOCK, Djibouti–The death toll from the sinking of two boats carrying migrants to Yemen from Djibouti rose to 52 on Thursday, the UN migration agency said, appealing to regional leaders...