KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has axed his deputy in a Cabinet reshuffle and sacked the attorney general, who heads a task force investigating allegations that Najib received some $700 million in government money. Najib is under increasing pressure over leaked confidential documents that allegedly show …
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ATHENS, Greece – Several opinion polls released over the weekend, 3 weeks ahead of Greece’s snap election, show a tight race and no overall majority in a Parliament even more fractured than the previous one. A total of six opinion polls were released Saturday and Sunday. All show the left-wing …
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TORONTO – Police in Toronto say they have identified the builders of a mysterious tunnel and say there was no criminal intent. Police said in a statement Monday that two men told investigators they built the tunnel for “personal reasons.” Police investigators verified their account and are satisfied there was …
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BEIRUT – Activists and Iranian media are reporting that the commander of a Shiite Afghan faction has been killed in a battle against Syrian rebels. The Iranian conservative news website, rajanews.com, says Ali Reza Tavasoli, who led the Fatimiyoun Brigade, was killed Saturday south of the Syrian capital, Damascus. It …
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – The tattoo on her left arm has become unreadable but the habit of reading it aloud in Polish remains strong, seven decades after it first scarred her skin. Greta Wienfeld Ferusic had to yell A9233, in Polish, for 10 months during the morning lineups at the Nazi-run …
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KUWAIT CITY – A Kuwaiti defense lawyer says an appeals court has upheld a ruling against a Twitter user and ordered him jailed for five years over comments he posted online deemed insulting to the ruler of the Gulf nation. Attorney Fahad al-Harbi said Thursday that the court determined that …
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – South Sudan’s warring factions have signed another peace deal to end hostilities. The government and rebels have previously signed at least three peace deals which were broken quickly. Seyoum Mesfin, a mediator, says leaders of the regional bloc overseeing the talks will take severe action against …
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ISTANBUL – Turkish Airlines’ CEO says that pilots may not be as prone to destructive behavior like that of the Germanwings pilot believed to have intentionally crashed a flight last month — if only they get married. At an event Thursday, Temel Kotil told new Turkish Airlines pilots that the …
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ROME – The Italian government on Thursday deplored the death of an Italian aid worker in a U.S. airstrike, calling it a “fatal error” by the Americans. Italian Premier Matteo Renzi expressed his “profound pain” over Giovanni Lo Porto’s death and offered Italy’s condolences to Lo Porto’s family and that …
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PARIS – The Paris prosecutor’s office says 11 people have been detained in relation to last year’s dramatic ambush of a Saudi prince’s diplomatic convoy. Spokeswoman Agnes Thibault-Lecuivre confirmed that 11 people were in custody on Monday but declined to release other details. The armed robbers ambushed the Mercedes in …
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