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MOSCOW – A Moscow court has ordered the governor of the Russian Pacific Island of Sakhalin to be held in custody on charges of accepting a $5.6-million bribe. Gov. Alexander Khoroshavin was arrested Wednesday and flown to Moscow, where the Basmanny district court ordered him held pending the probe. Investigator …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council has approved a United States-drafted resolution that condemns the use of toxic chemicals such as chlorine in Syria without assigning blame, while threatening militarily enforced action in the case of further violations. All members of the 15-seat council approved the resolution except for …

BOGOTA, Colombia – Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has announced that he has ordered the military to suspend air attacks on camps of the country’s main rebel movement for one month. Colombian troops will continue ground patrols. Santos said during a televised address to his nation Tuesday that his order …