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Kenya gov't turns off TV stations airing opposition event

NAIROBI, Kenya –  Kenya's press is reporting that the government has switched off three TV stations after they aired live broadcasts of an event where the opposition is trying to "swear in" its leader Raila Odinga as an alternative president…

Kenya gov't turns off TV stations airing opposition event

NAIROBI, Kenya –  Kenya's press is reporting that the government has switched off three TV stations after they aired live broadcasts of an event where the opposition is trying to "swear in" its leader Raila Odinga as an alternative president…

Spain PM urges Catalonia to opt for "clean candidate"

MADRID –  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is urging the Catalan parliament not to press ahead with the candidacy of fugitive leader Carles Puigdemont for regional president and instead to opt for a lawmaker free of legal proceedings. Speaking Tuesday…

Spain PM urges Catalonia to opt for "clean candidate"

MADRID –  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is urging the Catalan parliament not to press ahead with the candidacy of fugitive leader Carles Puigdemont for regional president and instead to opt for a lawmaker free of legal proceedings. Speaking Tuesday…

Swedes charge Uzbek man with terrorism in truck attack

STOCKHOLM –  Swedish prosecutors have charged an Uzbek man who rammed a stolen truck into a crowd in downtown Stockholm in April, killing five and injuring 14, with terrorism and other offenses. Rakhmat Akilov is the only suspect and has…

Swedes charge Uzbek man with terrorism in truck attack

STOCKHOLM –  Swedish prosecutors have charged an Uzbek man who rammed a stolen truck into a crowd in downtown Stockholm in April, killing five and injuring 14, with terrorism and other offenses. Rakhmat Akilov is the only suspect and has…

The Latest: Islamic militants kill 12 troops in south Yemen

SANAA, Yemen –  The Latest on the situation in Yemen (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Yemeni tribesmen say suspected Islamic militants have attacked a checkpoint in southern Yemen, killing at least 12 soldiers. The tribesmen say Tuesday's attack started with…

The Latest: Islamic militants kill 12 troops in south Yemen

SANAA, Yemen –  The Latest on the situation in Yemen (all times local): 12:10 p.m. Yemeni tribesmen say suspected Islamic militants have attacked a checkpoint in southern Yemen, killing at least 12 soldiers. The tribesmen say Tuesday's attack started with…

Lawyer: Expel 'dirty dancing' foreigners in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia –  The lawyer for 10 Westerners arrested in Cambodia for allegedly posting photos on social media showing themselves engaged in sexually suggestive dancing says they may have offended local standards of morality, but should be expelled from…

Kenya awaits opposition leader's 'swearing in'

NAIROBI, Kenya –  Streets are quiet in the central business district of Kenya's capital ahead of the opposition's plan to "swear in" its leader, Raila Odinga, as an alternative president despite the attorney general's warning that such an act challenging…

63M women, girls missing due to India's preference for boys

NEW DELHI –  India's government says more than 63 million women and girls are statistically "missing" by being deprived of food, health care and schooling due to cultural preference for boys. Officials also said Indian families have more than 21…

Indian Muslim cleric says women watching soccer un-Islamic

LUCKNOW, India –  A senior cleric at an influential Islamic seminary in northern India has issued a religious decree saying that Muslim women should not watch men playing soccer. Mufti Athar Kasmi said over the weekend that watching men "playing…

Israel gradually reopens embassy in Jordan after end of spat

JERUSALEM –  Israel says it is reopening its embassy in Jordan after the two countries put a monthslong diplomatic spat behind them. Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said on Tuesday that there will be a "gradual reopening" of the embassy…

Hamas: Top official in Gaza dies after mysterious shooting

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip –  Hamas says one of its senior officials has died, three weeks after accidentally shooting himself while cleaning his weapon in Gaza. Spokesman Hazem Qassem said on Tuesday that Imad al-Alami had been unconscious since the…

Yemen PM to flee, separatists seize Aden presidential palace

SANAA, Yemen –  Yemeni security officials say the country's prime minister is preparing to flee after separatists seized the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden in fierce battles overnight. The officials say fighters loyal to the so-called…

Pakistani official says rescued French climber returns home

ISLAMABAD –  A Pakistani official says a French climber who was rescued from a Himalayan peak amid bad weather has returned home. A senior official in the Pakistan Alpine Federation Karrar Haidri says Elisabeth Revol left Islamabad before dawn Tuesday.…

Significant ash falls near erupting Philippine volcano

LEGAZPI, Philippines –  A significant amount of ash has fallen on towns near the Philippines' most active volcano after energetic eruptions of lava from the crater. Mount Mayon in northeastern Albay province has been erupting more than two weeks, and…

UN says progress possible on Greece-Macedonia name dispute

UNITED NATIONS –  The United Nations says progress can be made to resolve a 25-year-old dispute between Greece and Macedonia over the latter nation's name if there is "the right spirit of compromise by the leadership and by the peoples…