LAHORE, Pakistan – A Pakistani police officer says authorities have killed four militants, arrested two and seized a large cache of weapons that were meant to be used in an upcoming attack. Senior police officer Shahzad Sultan says a militant exploded a suicide vest during the raid Monday on a …
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BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials say a series of attacks in Baghdad and in two towns near the capital has killed at least eight people. Police officials say the deadliest among Tuesday’s attacks was in the town of Mahmudiyah, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) south of Baghdad. They say a bombing …
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BEIJING – The European Union’s ambassador to Beijing says top officials from the organization are unlikely to attend a Chinese military parade marking the anniversary of the end of World War II in Asia, amid uneasiness about such displays of armed might in the tense region. Hans Dietmar Schweisgut said …
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MADRID – Spanish police have arrested three suspects who allegedly committed 26 burglaries in the southern city of Malaga after posing as telephone engineers to study their targets. Police said in a statement Sunday that the detainees allegedly disguised themselves and paid unannounced visits to determine where alarm systems, security …
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MADRID – Spanish police have arrested a woman suspected of recruiting pre-teen girls and teenagers of both sexes to send to areas controlled by the Islamic State group in Syria. An Interior Ministry statement said the woman, a Spaniard, was arrested Tuesday in the city of Arrecife on the Canary …
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BANGKOK – Thailand’s national police chief said investigators were in possession of crucial DNA evidence in the murder trial of two Burmese migrants accused of killing a pair of British tourists. Media reports Thursday said the evidence had been lost or destroyed, but national police chief Gen. Somyot Poompanmoung denied …
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rican officials and advisers are holding the first of what they say are several meetings with creditors to explain why they believe it is necessary to restructure the U.S. territory’s public debt. Monday’s live-streamed meeting with investors comes roughly two weeks after Gov. Alejandro …
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BEIJING – A timeline of government measures aiming at curbing a slide in share prices after China’s main market index peaked June 12 and fell sharply in the following weeks: June 18: Regulators order Chinese brokerages to limit short selling, which the state press later blames for the slide in …
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HONG KONG – Students at Hong Kong’s most prestigious university say its academic freedom is under attack in what they maintain is the politically motivated stalling of the appointment of an administrator who supported last year’s pro-democracy protests. In their most confrontational demonstration on campus, about 100 students of the …
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TRIPOLI, Libya – Libyan officials say a rival jihadi group has driven an Islamic State affiliate from most of its eastern stronghold of Darna in fighting that killed 39 militants on both sides. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to brief reporters, said Thursday …
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