JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister says he has accepted House of Representatives leader John Boehner’s invitation to address the U.S. Congress. Boehner invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint meeting of Congress in February and push for new sanctions against Iran. Netanyahu said he would come in …
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MOSCOW – Independent Crimean television station ATR has been raided by armed security officials, who told employees they were looking for archival footage of an anti-Russia protest last year. In an emotional video posted on YouTube, deputy director Liliya Budzhurova said that armed officials from Russia’s Investigative Committee and Center …
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MINSK, Belarus – New cracks have emerged in a Russia-led economic alliance, with the president of Belarus warning that his nation may opt out of it. Alexander Lukashenko also sternly warned Moscow Thursday that his nation of 10 million will never be part of the “Russian world,” a term coined …
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STOCKHOLM – A Syrian former rebel fighter who fled to Sweden has been charged with war crimes for abusing a captured member of President Bashar Assad’s forces. Swedish prosecutors said Monday it’s the first time they have filed war crimes charges in connection with the Syrian conflict. They said the …
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MILAN – Ford Motor Co. is increasing its production by 40 percent at its plant in Valencia, Spain to 400,000 vehicles this year, amid continued signs of growth in the European car market. Ford said in a statement Wednesday that a new state-of-the-art body shop, part of total investments of …
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NIAMEY, Niger – Fighters from Boko Haram, Nigeria’s Islamic militant group, attacked a town across the border in Niger overnight for the third time in several days, residents said Monday. The renewed violence comes as legislators in Niger prepare to vote on a plan to send troops to a regional …
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KRAKOW, Poland – A Polish toddler found unconscious in freezing temperatures in November has left the hospital after months of treatment that saved his life and restored limb functions. At a news conference at the hospital on Thursday, Adam — aged 2 years 6 months — walked by himself and …
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EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian security officials say they have found a 1.5-mile smuggling tunnel leading into the Gaza Strip, the longest such passageway discovered in their crackdown on cross-border smuggling. They say the tunnel was operated by the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, which …
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The official Saudi Press Agency says military chiefs from 26 nations involved in the U.S.-led coalition battling the Islamic State group are meeting in the capital Riyadh. The press agency says the meeting, which began Wednesday, is a chance for military leaders to exchange views about …
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JOHANNESBURG – A South African mining company says 18 miners are missing after a fire broke out underground. The Harmony Gold Mining Company said in a statement on Sunday that 486 miners were trapped when a fire started 2,300 meters (about 7,545 feet) below the surface. Harmony Gold spokeswoman Charmane …
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