ATHENS, Greece – A magnitude-5.2 earthquake has rattled Greece’s capital overnight but it is not immediately clear whether the event caused any damage or injuries. The Geodynamic Institute in Athens said the quake occurred at 4:09 a.m. (0109 GMT) Tuesday in the Gulf of Northern Evia, about 80 kilometers (50 …
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MADRID – Lawmakers in Spain’s lower house of Parliament are expected to give final approval to a law setting up a path toward citizenship for descendants of Jews forced to flee the country five centuries ago during the Inquisition. There is widespread support for the bill allowing Sephardic Jews to …
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LONDON – Flags flew at half-staff around Ireland and the country’s parliament suspended normal business Wednesday as the nation mourned six students killed when a balcony collapsed during a party in Berkeley, California. Prime Minister Enda Kenny offered a message of sympathy and books of condolences were opened at University …
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DAKAR, Senegal – Human rights activists say that Cameroonian authorities have been holding 84 children in detention after they raised a series of schools accused of supporting Boko Haram. Amnesty International said Friday that some of the children are as young as 5 years old, and have been held for …
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Prosecutors have reopened their case against former Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to present new evidence gleaned from a mass grave discovered in Bosnia in 2013. More than 400 bodies have been recovered from the grave in Tomasica …
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CANBERRA, Australia – Reports that an Australian, notorious for holding up the severed heads of Syrian victims, has been killed fighting in Iraq have raised the potential for his young family to be repatriated from the Middle East, Australia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday. Australian intelligence agencies were attempting to …
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UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council is urging all parties in conflict-wracked Yemen to attend future peace talks and facilitate the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid to the impoverished nation where the risk of famine is growing. A press statement approved by all 15 council members Thursday endorses Secretary-General …
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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands – Prosecutors involved in the international investigation into the downing last year of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 say they do not yet have specific suspects for possible prosecution. Fred Westerbeke, the Dutch prosecutor leading the investigation, said Tuesday the international team has a number of “persons of interest” …
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BERLIN – A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served in Auschwitz testified Wednesday he helped the death camp function in his role sorting cash and valuables seized from Jews after they arrived in cattle-cars. Oskar Groening told the Lueneburg state court in a statement read by his attorney that it …
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RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian Authority forces arrested 100 Hamas members in the West Bank in the biggest raid of its kind in years. It was the biggest mass arrest in one night since 2007 when Palestinians split after the Islamic militant group Hamas violently ousted forces loyal to President …
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