OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – A senior military official in Burkina Faso says a Romanian security officer has been kidnapped from a mining site in the north of the country. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media, said Saturday that the …
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LONDON – A Syria-born Muslim cleric has been shot dead in London. Police say a man in his late 40s was found in a car in the Wembley area Tuesday with gunshot wounds to his chest. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Police did not identify the man, but …
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UNITED NATIONS – A former U.S. ambassador to South Korea says he once suggested that Kim Jong Un be invited to the United States for an “orientation trip” when Kim’s father was still in charge of North Korea, but the idea was rejected — which he calls a mistake. Donald …
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OTTAWA, Ontario – Canada will send 200 military trainers to Ukraine, joining the U.S. and Britain in an effort to shore up the eastern European country’s battered forces. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defense Minister Jason Kenney announced the move Tuesday. The troops will join U.S. and British soldiers early …
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MOSCOW – About 300 US Army paratroopers have arrived in Ukraine for training exercises with national guard units, a move criticized by the Kremlin and eastern Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatist rebels. The troops, from the Italy-based 173rd Airborne Brigade, are to spend several weeks training a total of about 900 Ukrainian …
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RIO DE JANEIRO – A tornado battered a city in southern Brazil, killing two people, injuring 120 others and forcing more than 1,000 people from their homes, officials said Tuesday. The National Institute of Meteorology said a supercell storm produced the tornado that struck Xanxere city in the state of …
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ULAN BATOR, Mongolia – Police in Mongolia say a Canadian businessman has been found dead in his room at an upscale hotel in the capital Ulan Bator. Jim Doak, 59, was found dead Thursday morning by cleaning staff at the Blue Sky hotel. Canadian media reports identify him as the …
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BRUSSELS – All new vehicles in the European Union will have to be fitted as of 2018 with a system that automatically calls the emergency services in case of an accident. EU lawmakers on Tuesday decided to make the eCall system mandatory for all new cars and light-duty vehicles sold …
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MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities say two state police officers and six other people are dead following a gunfight in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero. State prosecutors spokesman Randy Suastegui says gunmen fired on state police who were responding to a reported kidnapping Thursday afternoon near Ometepec. Suastegui says …
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DAKAR, Senegal – Senegal is sending 2,100 troops to help back the military intervention led by Saudi Arabia that is underway in Yemen, becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to contribute soldiers to the effort, the country’s foreign minister said Monday. The decision to deploy soldiers was announced by Foreign …
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