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By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday fired a short-range ballistic missile toward waters off its…

By JOHN HANNA and TOM DAVIES Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Conservative Republicans who want to thwart socially and environmentally…

By RENATA BRITO and JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press SURIA, Spain (AP) — Three Spanish geologists have died in a tunnel collapse deep…

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says inflation in the country has hit a new high this year, with the steepest price rises for basic foods. Official figures…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police say they are investigating officers after violence at a women’s march in the capital, Islamabad. Hundreds…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — A senior legal adviser says UEFA rules on homegrown players are partially incompatible with…

By TRISNADI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — An Indonesian court has jailed a soccer club organizer and its chief of…

By EILEEN NG Associated PRess PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been arrested and will be brought to…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — He’d paid about $80 for his ticket. He wore a Japan cap above a blue Los Angeles Angels jersey.…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong national security police have arrested a veteran labor activist who is also the wife of…

By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Young people in France are protesting against the government’s push to raise the retirement age.…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say a Taliban-appointed provincial governor and two others have been killed by a bomb. Mohammad Asif Waziri, the Taliban…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and Japan say their leaders will meet next week in Japan. Their…

By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s parliament members are lining up to elect a new president, the third since…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister has been airlifted to the country’s main…

By EDNA TARIGAN and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia (AP) — Orange-red ground has been broken in the jungle of East…

By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s ruling party says it will withdraw a bill that opponents warned would…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Friday ahead of an update on United States…

By STEPHEN GROVES and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Norfolk Southern’s CEO is apologizing to Congress and pledging millions of…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Chaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of pages of documents in a recent lawsuit show that Fox…

By JUAN A. LOZANO and MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas has executed an inmate for the drug-related killings of four…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine vegan whose custom license plate contains the word “tofu” is one of the motorists…

By ODED BALILTY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police say a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a crowded street in central Tel…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell suffered a concussion after a…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — When he looked to the future, Grayson Hart always saw a college degree. He was a good…

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — The Australian prime minister is starting his four-day visit to India by inaugurating a cricket test match in the western…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has approved a resolution renewing an arms embargo and other…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers have recovered more bodies buried under tons of mud following a landslide that crashed onto a hilly…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Six men sit alongside Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the ruling Communist Party’s…

PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has been questioned by anti-graft officials over alleged corruption in…

By HANNA ARHIROVA and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A barrage of more than 80 Russian missiles and a smaller number of…

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal court in New York has authorized the seizure of a $25 million Boeing 737 owned by a Russian energy company, citing U.S.…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The pro-business track record of the man poised to become China’s top economic official will…