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Catalan leaders face growing pressure over independence threat

The leader of Spain's Catalonia region is due to address members of the regional parliament Tuesday, while the government in Madrid worries Catalan representatives will vote for a unilateral declaration of...

Police: Militants attack checkpoint in Somalia’s Puntland, five dead

BOSASO, SOMALIA — Islamist militants attacked a checkpoint in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, killing at least five people in the early hours of Monday, police said. The fighters from the al Shabaab...

Turkey-Syria forces exchange fire with jihadists in Idlib

BEIRUT — Turkish forces exchanged fire with Tahrir al-Sham, a Syrian jihadist alliance, near Kafr Lusin on the border between Turkey and Syria’s Idlib province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...

Kim promotes sister to politburo, says nuclear weapons a deterrent

  SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his nuclear weapons are a “powerful deterrent” that guarantee North Korea’s sovereignty, state media reported Sunday, hours after U.S. President...

Dazzling basketball great Connie Hawkins dies at 75

PHOENIX — Connie Hawkins, basketball's dazzling New York playground legend who soared and swooped his way to the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 75. His death was announced Saturday by...

Australians surrender 51,000 guns In nationwide amnesty

SYDNEY — Australians have handed in 51,000 weapons during the first national gun amnesty in more than 20 years. Authorities in Australia believe the three-month gun amnesty that ran through Sept. 30...

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