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Boko Haram returns most abducted Dapchi girls

ABUJA, NIGERIA — A month after abducting 110 schoolgirls from a northeast Nigerian boarding school, Boko Haram militants freed almost all of them Wednesday — bringing relief to many families, but...

Israel admits to 2007 strike on suspected Syrian nuclear site

The Israeli military admitted Wednesday it was responsible for a 2007 airstrike that destroyed a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor. Israel said the facility in the Deir al-Zour region was close to becoming...

Afghan suicide bomber kills at least 26 in Kabul

ISLAMABAD — Afghan officials say a suicide bomb went off Wednesday in Kabul, killing at least 26 people and wounding many more. A big crowd of Shi'ite Muslims had gathered in the...

US-Russia tensions not felt in space

Despite tensions, sanctions and recriminations between the United States and Russia, two American astronauts will join a Russian cosmonaut blasting off Wednesday from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station. Even when things...

Trump congratulates Putin, two plan to meet in ‘not-too-distant future’

WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election during a phone call on Tuesday and the two leaders agreed to hold talks soon. “We will probably...

Austin police: 1 of 3 packages not bomb, not linked to string of bombings

An incendiary device, not a bomb, was responsible for injuring a worker at a charity store, police in Austin, Texas, said Tuesday, and that the incident was not connected to a...

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