PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Authorities say a man in Pakistan, angered by a rejected marriage proposal to his cousin, has killed 10 members of his extended family after years earlier killing four others over it. Police officer Shahid Khan says the attack happened early Sunday in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in …
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Ugandan authorities arrested a man who was once detained at Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of playing a role in the death of a local prosecutor last month who handled terror cases, police said Wednesday. Jamal Kiyemba was arrested with three others as they held a meeting in a Kampala, Uganda …
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ISLAMABAD – A senior government official in Pakistan says gunmen have attacked a dam construction site in southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least 20 workers and wounding three. Commissioner Pasand Khan Buledi of Makran division says a large group of gunmen attacked a labor camp near the dam construction site …
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Europe’s economic outlook is finally beginning to brighten a little. But don’t expect European Central Bank head Mario Draghi to sound all that excited when he takes the stage Wednesday for his next news conference. Draghi will sound a little cautious in order to discourage any thought …
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PODGORICA, Montenegro – Police in Montenegro say they have arrested 16 people suspected of smuggling into Serbia 138 Syrian migrants who were trying to flee their war-ravaged country and reach Western Europe Police said Friday they have broken a human smuggling chain from Albania to Serbia that passes Montenegro. Tens …
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WARSAW, Poland – The leader of a Polish bikers’ group says its members will greet and accompany a group of Russian bikers to ensure their ride through Poland is peaceful and safe. Some 30 Russian bikers, including a nationalist group loyal to President Vladimir Putin, plan to retrace the path …
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PARIS – The Paris prosecutor’s office says a formal terror investigation has been opened after the arrest this week of a computer science student who authorities say planned an attack on a church and is suspected in the shooting death of a woman. The 24-year-old student, an Algerian identified as …
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KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says South Sudan is supporting and hosting Sudanese rebels inside its territory, and has warned Juba to disarm them or face repercussions. In a speech to pro-government militias in South Darfur state quoted Tuesday by the official Sudanese Media Center, al-Bashir says that …
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BEIJING – Manufacturing in China barely grew in April, continuing sluggish recent performance in the world’s second biggest economy. Data compiled by the country’s National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed Friday that the manufacturing purchasing managers’ index came in at 50.1 in April, …
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BEIRUT – Syria’s state media is reporting that government forces are attacking Muslim militants on the outskirts of the northwestern town of Jisr al-Shughour. State TV said says government forces have closed all roads leading to the town, which was captured by Muslim militants late last month. The Britain-based Syrian …
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