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An antigovernment protester sits as a truck that was hijacked and used as a roadblock burns in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela on May 27.

U.S. lawmakers divided over a ban on Venezuelan oil amid fears of a Russian takeover

Cuban Americans favor a ban on Venezuelan oil imports, a far-reaching action that could further cripple an economy already mired in

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Israeli troops deploy across East Jerusalem and West Bank after violence over holy site

Palestinian leaders vow to cut off ties with Israeli government during this latest flare-up in the years-long dispute.

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Qatar emir breaks silence on Gulf feud, is open to dialogue

Sheikh Tamim said while the Saudi-led alliance has violated international law, the crisis has helped the emirate to identify shortcomings.

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Protests rise in Poland as courts are targeted

Ruling party pushes through measures that would, in the eyes of many, undermine the independence of the courts.

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How ISIS nearly stumbled on the ingredients for a 'dirty bomb'

Locked away on an ISIS-controlled Mosul college campus were two caches of cobalt-60, a metallic substance with lethally high levels of

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World briefs: Errant U.S. strike kills 16 Afghan officers

Plus: Taliban leader’s son; Russian safe zone; U.K. drone regulations

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Al-Qaida terror suspect brought to U.S. for trial

The suspect appeared in federal court in Philadelphia, charged with aiding the killing of a Swedish cartoonist who illustrated Prophet

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U.S. to prohibit Americans’ travel to North Korea

The ban will make U.S. passports invalid for travel to, through and in North Korea.

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Palestinians run from tear gas on Friday in Jerusalem.

3 Israelis, 3 Palestinians killed in violence surround holy site

An Israeli family was ambushed during a traditional meal; Palestinians clashed with police over new metal detectors at the Jerusalem shrine.

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World briefs: Mattis decides to withhold U.S. cash from Pakistani military fund

Plus: Deadly earthquake leaves two dead, Polish parliament to tighten control of judiciary, Australia seeks to extend commercial fishing.

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In this March 15, 2010, file photo, Ali Charaf Damache arrives at the courthouse in Waterford, Ireland. Damache, an al-Qaida suspect known as Black Flag who has been linked to a plot to kill Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, appeared in federal court in Philadelphia on Friday after he was brought from Spain to face terrorism charges.

Terror suspect in 'Jihad Jane' case extradited to Philly

The Algerian-born recruiters of Colleen LaRose was extradited to the United States from Spain.

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Exhumation of Salvador Dali's remains finds his mustache still intact

Forensic experts in Spain have removed hair, nails and two long bones from Salvador Dali's embalmed remains as part of a paternity case.

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In this Feb. 29, 2016 file photo, American student Otto Warmbier in Pyongyang, North Korea is presented to reporters before he was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. U.S. officials say the Trump administration will ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea following Mr. Wambier's death last month. He was released to the U.S. after falling into a coma in a North Korean prison and died at an Ohio hospital.

U.S. to ban Americans from traveling to N. Korea

Officials say the Trump administration will ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea following the death of a university student.

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World briefs: Burundi robotics team vanishes after competition

Plus: India elects new president; German-Turkish relations slump; and more.

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Forensic examiners leave the Teatre-Museu Dali following the exhumation of Salvador Dali's remains in Figueras on Thursday.

In surrealist twist, Salvador Dali exhumed in paternity lawsuit

The exhumation occurred in order to find genetic samples that could settle whether the eccentric artist fathered a girl decades ago.

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The EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, right, and British Secretary of State David Davis address the media after a week of negotiations at EU headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.

Britain, European Union tiptoeing forward in vital Brexit divorce talks

It became clear that one of the biggest stumbling blocks will be agreeing which court will have the final say in settling legal disputes.

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In a China win for Trump, U.S. can now ship rice for first time

Officials from China and the U.S. nations finalized a protocol to allow for the first-ever American shipments, the USDA said Thursday.

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In this 2016 file photo, then-ExxonMobil CEO and chairman Rex Tillerson gives a speech at the annual Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Exxon Mobil fined $2 million for Rex Tillerson-era breach of Russia sanctions

Treasury said Exxon violated sanctions when it signed contracts in 2014 with a Russian oil magnate. Exxon sued the U.S. to stop the fine.

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This file photo taken June 29 shows travelers waiting in line at the security checkpoint at Baltimore/Washington International Airport in Baltimore.

U.S. says ban on laptops in airplane cabins has been lifted

Federal officials say that large airports in the Middle East have taken other steps to increase security.

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Free Syrian Army fighters on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, during the early stages of the war against President Bashar Assad.

Syrian rebels feel betrayed by U.S. decision to end CIA support

The Trump administration has decided to end a covert weapons and training program for opposition fighters amid losses and extremism worries.

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This screen grab provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a website that has been seized as part of a law enforcement operation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration and European law enforcement agencies acting through Europol.

Cops wage psychological warfare against online drug bazaars on ‘dark Web’

In Washington, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions deemed the operation “the largest darknet marketplace takedown in history.”

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People try to move the cars from a flooded coastal road after an earthquake on the Greek island of Kos early Friday.

Strong earthquake damages buildings on Greek island; 2 killed, 120 hurt

The 6.5-magnitude quake rattled Turkey’s Aegean coast as well, but Kos was nearest to the epicenter and appeared to be the worst-hit.

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Demonstrators walk amid tear gas fired by National Guard members during clashes Thursday in the El Hatillo neighborhood on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela.

Venezuela strike erupts into violence leaving 2 dead

President Nicolas Maduro pledged to forge ahead with reshaping Venezuela’s government despite the protests.

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In this Thursday, April 6, 2017 file photo made in Israeli controlled Golan Heights, Israeli military medics assist wounded Syrians. The Israeli military is promoting a comprehensive aid program to Syrians harmed by their country's civil war. In a tour of the volatile frontier Wednesday, July 19, 2017, the military unveiled "Operation Good Neighbor," saying it has provided food, medicine, clothing and infrastructure over the past year.

Israeli aid gives an unexpected ‘glimmer of hope’ for Syrians

Operation Good Neighbor began in June 2016 along the Israeli-Syrian boundary on the Golan Heights.

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This file photo taken 2012 and released in 2015 by the Zimbabwe National Parks agency shows a much-loved Zimbabwean lion called "Cecil" who was killed by American dentist and trophy hunter Walter Palmer earlier in the month.

Cecil the lion’s son has ‘met the same fate’ — killed in a trophy hunt in Zimbabwe, reports say

Cecil’s death at the hands of an American trophy hunter triggered widespread outrage two summers ago.

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World briefs: Qatar working to resolve crisis with 4 Arab nations

Plus: Saudi Arabia releases woman in skirt; Israeli student's use of Auschwitz artifacts criticized; Indonesia bans Islamist group

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, listens to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a press conference held after the talks of Netanyahu with heads of government of the Visegrad Group or V4 countries in the Pesti Vigado building in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, July19, 2017. Netanyahu is staying on a four-day official visit in Hungary.

On hot mic, Israeli PM raps 'crazy' EU, admits Syria strikes

Mr. Netanyahu was meeting with leaders of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia at a regional summit.

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second form right, speaks in a meeting with his senior secretaries at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Monday.

Moon seeks 2020 deal for peace with nuclear-free North Korea

The South Korean president is looking to ease tensions over Kim Jong Un’s pursuit of a missile capable of striking the U.S. mainland.

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The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington

Supreme Court upholds refugee ban but says grandparents still OK

The Supreme Court says the Trump administration can strictly enforce its ban on refugees.

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Members of the Afghani all-girls robotics team make adjustments to the team robot in the practice area on Monday between 2017 FIRST Global Challenge competitions at DAR Constitution Hall, in Washington, D.C.

Afghan girls' robotics team wins limelight at competition

The Afghan girls were stars on an international stage, with cameras, lights and whispers trailing them from practice to competition.

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People in period costume display the new £10 note featuring Jane Austen, which marks the 200th anniversary of Austen's death, during the unveiling at Winchester Cathedral, England, on Tuesday.

Jane Austen features on new British 10-pound note

It features a portrait of the revered author and a “Pride and Prejudice” quote: “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!”

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Smoke and flames rise from a fire in the village of Podstrana, Croatia — near the Adriatic coastal town of Split — on Tuesday.

Wildfires roar across France, Croatia, Montenegro

Strong winds, dry weather and high temperatures: The fire season is in full swing across the Mediterranean.

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Andrew Gardner, Amnesty International's Turkey researcher, speaks to media Tuesday in front of Istanbul's courthouse.

Turkish court orders arrest of six human rights workers on terrorism charges

Rights advocates say the latest move demonstrates the Erdogan government’s growing intolerance of critical voices.

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In this 2014 file photo, a Saudi woman seen through a heart-shaped statue walks along an inlet of the Red Sea in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi woman in miniskirt video arrested after public outcry

In images that have gone viral since first emerging on Snapchat over the weekend, the woman is filmed walking around the desert region Najd.

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The Regensburg Cathedral in Germany, the home of a storied boys' choir, Feb. 3, 2016.

‘Culture of silence’ abetted abuse of at least 547 German choir boys, inquiry finds

Regensburg Domspatzen’s 1964-1994 music director was the Rev. Georg Ratzinger, whose brother Joseph Ratzinger reigned as Pope Benedict XVI.

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Callista Gingrich of Virginia, right, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on her nomination to become U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.

Callista Gingrich, Donald Trump’s pick for ambassador to the Vatican, gets a nomination hearing

While Newt Gingrich’s wife is well-liked in official Washington, her selection for the post did raise a few eyebrows.

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In this 2012 file photo, then-Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman speaks in Myrtle Beach, S.C., as he ends his campaign for president.

Donald Trump formally nominates former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman as U.S. ambassador to Russia

Mr. Huntsman, 56, served as ambassadors to Singapore and China. He had an up-and-down relationship with Mr. Trump during the 2016 campaign.

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A truck set ablaze by opposition activists blocking an avenue during a protest burns in Caracas on Tuesday.

Threat of U.S. oil sanctions on Venezuela sparks fears of economic ‘collapse’

The fears come as the White House confirmed it’s considering a range of political sanctions against the South American nation.

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For Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, a former Goldman Sachs banker and Hollywood producer, the coming months will be a test.

Donald Trump administration sanctions more Iranians, but nuclear deal stands for now

Iran’s foreign minister charged that the Trump administration’s attempt to reimpose sanctions on his country was a violation of the accord.

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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, second from left, and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, right, arrive at the State Department in Washington on Monday to meet with Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon.

Talks for U.S.’s return of Russian compounds failing, sparking anger from Moscow

Kremlin officials threatened to take “retaliatory measures” if the U.S. continued to “hinder” their government’s diplomatic mission.

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Shoppers near a display of soda at Ideal Market in New York, Nov. 22, 2016.

Diet drinks are associated with weight gain, new research suggests

Fewer calories means fewer pounds, right? According to an international group’s study, artificial sweeteners’ math doesn’t add up.

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Daimler to recall 3 million Mercedes-Benz cars in Europe to ease diesel doubts

The software update will not initially be available in the United States. The Justice Department and EPA would not comment.

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Front pages of two Australian newspapers Tuesday featuring photos and stories of the shooting death of Australia's Justine Damond, who was shot dead by a Minneapolis police officer Saturday.

Australians see woman’s shooting by Minneapolis police as ‘American nightmare’

News of meditation teacher Justine Damond’s baffling death has dominated the airwaves, newspapers and websites for days there.

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In this July 7 file photo, President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.

Trump had second conversation with Putin in Germany

National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton said the talk was casual and shouldn’t be called a “meeting” or even a “pull-aside.”

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In this 2014 file photo, rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko stands during a swearing-in ceremony in Donetsk, Ukraine.

Separatists proclaim a new state to replace all of Ukraine

But Russia, their chief backer, sought to play down the announcement, saying it was merely part of public discussion.

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David Davis, left, Britain’s Brexit minister, prepares to shake hands with Michel Barnier, right, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, prior to their meeting at the European Union Commission headquarter in Brussels on Monday.

Brexit talks begin in earnest with citizens’ rights in focus

Britain’s Brexit minister, David Davis, and chief EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier were still seemingly far apart on the topic.

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U.S., Russian officials meet as Kremlin accuses U.S. of ‘robbery’ over dachas

Moscow has stepped up its demand that the White House return two diplomatic compounds — in Maryland and New York — seized last year.

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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks in a conference on combating sand and dust storms in Tehran, Iran, on July 3.

U.S. says Iran complying with nuclear deal but defying its spirit

Officials said the Trump administration was working with U.S. allies to try to fix the deal’s flaws.

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President Donald Trump, accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence, gives a thumbs-up from the cabin of a Pierce firetruck during a "Made in America" product showcase featuring items created in each of the 50 U.S. states Monday at the White House in Washington.

Donald Trump wants new NAFTA deal to cut trade deficit with Mexico

“No longer are we going to allow other countries to break the rules, to steal our jobs and drain our wealth,” the president said.

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National Assembly first Vice President Freddy Guevara speaks to the press accompanied by fellow lawmakers in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday.

Venezuela opposition calls for nationwide strike; Donald Trump threatens ‘actions’

Opponents of Nicolas Maduro are increasing pressure on his government after over 7 million rejected a plan to rewrite the constitution.

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