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BAGHDAD – Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi says the military will begin arresting and prosecuting anyone who loots abandoned properties in the newly-recaptured city of Tikrit. Saddam Hussein’s hometown was recaptured by Iraqi forces Wednesday, ending a nearly 10-month occupation by the Islamic State militant group. Most of the city’s …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A federal audit has found that some Puerto Ricans living in the U.S. territory have received disability benefits in part because they could not speak English. The Office of the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration said in a report issued this month that …

SAO PAULO – Police have arrested three former congressmen suspected of involvement in a corruption scheme at Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras. They are the first politicians to be arrested in the scandal. Brazil’s federal police said the three former lawmakers and four other suspects were taken into custody on …