GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Palestinian officials say dozens of people were injured when a bomb exploded at a training base used by the Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules the territory. Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said “dozens of people were injured, several of them seriously,” without providing precise …
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish government sources say Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt is likely to call parliamentary elections on Wednesday. The prime minister’s office says she is expected to “make the announcement” during a news conference scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. (0900 GMT). The Social-Democratic Party-led government’s four-year term ends …
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GUATEMALA CITY – Authorities in Guatemala have raided properties linked to former Vice President Roxana Baldetti, who resigned amid a customs corruption scandal that implicated her former private secretary. Guatemala’s Public Ministry says prosecutors and members of a U.N. commission formed to investigate criminal networks have searched at least 14 …
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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said the Biden administration needs to be tougher on Iran, and that a “massive retaliation” is needed to end attacks on U.S. assets. “Since Joe Biden took office, Iran has attacked American positions in the Middle East I think now over 150 times,” Cotton told “Fox …
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A Turkish lawmaker, who suffered a heart attack on the floor of parliament immediately after he gave a speech saying Israel would “not be able to escape the wrath of God” for its war in Gaza, has died. Hasan Bitmez, 53, a member of parliament from the Islamist Saadet Partisi, …
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As part of a crackdown under a China-imposed national security law, Hong Kong police have offered million-dollar bounties for information leading to the arrest of five overseas-based activists, including one American citizen. Back in July, Hong Kong’s chief executive, John Lee, announced that eight pro-democracy activists living in the United …
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ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s Finance Ministry says it wants to grant a chunk of a recently-privatized Athens coastal plot earmarked for luxury development to be used as a municipal waste management facility. Deputy Finance Minister Nadia Valavani said Wednesday it was “necessary” to hand the 1.2-hectare (3-acre) area to municipalities …
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BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian authorities are offering $40,000 for help finding the kidnapped daughter of a high-profile security official. The 11-year-old girl was kidnapped Thursday afternoon in the northern city of Cucuta, on the border with Venezuela. Her father, Diego Mora, is the director of Colombia’s National Protection Unit, which …
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PODGORICA, Montenegro – Doctors in Montenegro say one sailor has died and three more had to be hospitalized after an accident on a Greek ferry near the country’s Adriatic coast. Doctors at the general hospital in the coastal town of Meljine say one of the sailors remains in life-threatening condition …
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NEW DELHI – The Indian army says it attacked insurgent groups along its border with Myanmar days after the rebels killed 18 Indian soldiers in an ambush in the insurgency wracked remote northeast. Major. Gen. Ranbir Singh, a top army officer, says the army was in communication with Myanmar authorities …
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