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WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s defense minister says Poland will help train Ukrainian military instructors in Ukraine, in a NATO response to Kiev’s request for military assistance. Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said Polish military instructors will train their Ukrainian counterparts in bases near the Ukrainian cities of Lviv and Kiev. The …

BERLIN – The U.N.’s human rights chief says his office has received reports that Boko Haram fighters fleeing advancing military forces murdered women and girls they had taken as “wives,” along with other captives. Zeid Raad al-Hussein told a special session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva Wednesday …

JERUSALEM – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has rejected an Israeli transfer of millions of dollars in tax revenue. Abbas said he ordered the money returned Sunday because “they deducted one third” to pay for the utility bills it owes Israel. Palestinians are believed to owe millions of dollars for use …