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BRUSSELS – European Union lawmakers are demanding the immediate release from jail of a Saudi blogger sentenced to be flogged 50 times a week over several months for insulting Islam. The parliamentarians condemned Raif Badawi’s flogging as a “cruel and shocking act.” Thursday’s resolution was passed by 460 votes to …

SANAA, Yemen – Supporters of Yemen’s former President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi have seized radio and television buildings in the southern city of Aden after they accused security forces of working for Shiite rebels who control the capital. Security officials say one soldier and two Hadi supporters were killed in …

BUCHAREST, Romania – Romania’s president has named a political ally as head of the country’s intelligence service. President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday named Eduard Hellvig, a European Parliament lawmaker, to the position after the previous chief resigned criticizing the country’s top court for rejecting security laws that allowed the government …