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Deadly suicide bombing hits near Afghan intelligence compound

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN — Afghanistan’s interior ministry says a suicide bombing Monday on a busy road in Kabul killed at least five civilians and wounded two others. The blast happened near a compound...

North Korea: Latest UN sanctions an ‘act of war’

BEIJING — North Korea’s foreign ministry is calling the latest United Nations sanctions an “act of war” and “tantamount to a complete economic blockade.” In a statement carried by the North Korean...

Move to abolish Kosovo war crimes court rattles US, other Western allies

WASHINGTON — The United States and other Western countries swiftly condemned a move in Kosovo to scrap a war crimes court, warning that if successful, it would hamper efforts for Euro-Atlantic...

Spanish PM rebuffs Catalan leaders’ demand for independence talks

BARCELONA, SPAIN — Spain’s prime minister has rejected demands for talks from Catalonia’s independence leaders, following regional elections in the semi-autonomous region Thursday which gave pro-secessionist parties a slim majority of...

Russia says about 10,000 IS militants now in Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD — Russia has estimated there are about 10,000 Islamic State militants in Afghanistan and their number is growing because fighters fleeing Syria and Iraq also are heading to the war-ravaged...

Ukraine grateful, Russia critical of US providing lethal weapons to Kyiv

Ukraine's president thanked the United States Saturday for its decision to provide lethal weapons to the country, while diplomats in Russia warned that the move would only cause more bloodshed. The angry...

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