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UNITED NATIONS – A new United Nations report says the world’s number of asylum claims is at its highest in 22 years, with fleeing Syrians and Iraqis leading the way. The report by the U.N. refugee agency released Thursday estimates that applications for asylum in industrialized countries reached 866,000 last …

LONDON – Audio tapes in which the man identified as “Jihadi John” complains about scrutiny from British intelligence services have been broadcast in Britain. The tapes contained a man identified as Mohammed Emwazi describing to the Muslim advocacy group CAGE his encounters with British agents in 2009. They were played …

SKOPJE, Macedonia – An opposition politician in Macedonia who ran in the presidential election last year has filed a lawsuit against the government, claiming he was the victim of a major illegal wiretapping operation. Stevo Pendarovski, and four officials from his Social Democratic and allied left-wing parties, filed lawsuits Thursday, …