MOSCOW – An unmanned Russian cargo ship has docked successfully at the International Space Station, where it was anxiously awaited by the U.S.-Russian crew after the successive failures of two previous supply missions. The Progress M-28M ship, which is carrying 2.5 metric tons of fuel, oxygen, water, food and other …
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A Qatari company says one of its oil drilling rigs will need several months of repairs and maintenance after an accident off the Gulf nation’s coast. Gulf International Services said in a statement Tuesday that the accident happened Sunday in the offshore al-Shaheen oil and …
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Police say a senior Protestant militant has been slain with a samurai sword in his Belfast home, and an acquaintance drinking with him has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Residents of the Belvoir neighborhood in south Belfast say 47-year-old Colin “Bap” Lindsay was killed and …
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NEW DELHI – India’s top court extended an Italian marine’s medical leave Monday for another six months, allowing him to stay in Italy and continue receiving medical treatment before he and a fellow marine are formally charged in the fatal shooting of two Indian fishermen in 2012. Italy recently moved …
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BERLIN – Prosecutors in Germany have indicted a 92-year-old former Auschwitz guard on charges of accessory to murder. German news agency dpa reported Wednesday the man has been indicted before a juvenile court in Hanau, near Frankfurt, because he was between 19 and 20 years old at the time of …
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BERLIN – Germany’s Foreign Ministry says a senior official has called the U.S. ambassador to press for Washington to clear up allegations that the country’s foreign minister was a target of eavesdropping. Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said that Stephan Steinlein, a deputy foreign minister, spoke with Ambassador John B. Emerson …
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IRBIL, Iraq – U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says a U.S. airstrike has killed a senior Al-Qaida operational commander in eastern Afghanistan. He said in a statement Friday that the airstrike killed Abu Khalil Al-Sudani on July 11. Carter called Al-Sudani a senior shura member and head of Al-Qaida suicide …
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MADRID – A wildfire racing through forested hills in northeastern Spain has forced the evacuation of several hundred people. The blaze broke out Sunday afternoon in dry woodland and was being fanned by steady winds. Within hours the fire had charred around 450 hectares (1,100 acres). Firefighters said some 400 …
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ATHENS, Greece – Emissaries from Greece’s international creditors are holding a second day of preparatory talks with Greek officials, ahead of higher-level negotiations later this week on the country’s new multi-billion euro lifeline. The aim is to thrash out the terms of the deal — worth about 85 billion euros …
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BAGHDAD – Iraq’s Council of Ministers has declared a four-day mandatory holiday beginning Thursday as temperatures are set to soar above 50 degrees Celsius (123 degrees Fahrenheit). The statement, delivered on state-run Iraqiyya TV, is the second heat advisory issued by the Iraqi government this month. High summer temperatures are …
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