MOSCOW – Russia’s human rights commissioner says the Ukrainian servicewoman charged in the deaths of two Russian journalists is being sent to a detention facility in western Russia as her trial looms closer. Nadezhda Savchenko, a military pilot, allegedly was working as a spotter in eastern Ukraine and provided the …
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BEIRUT – Palestinian officials say a shooting in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon has killed two people and wounded three. Tuesday’s shooting in the Ein el-Hilweh camp comes three days after an official from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party — Talal Baladneh, who was also known as Talal …
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MILAN – Italian oil and gas company Eni says it lost 113 million euros ($124 million) in the second quarter due to a sharp decline in oil prices. Eni said Thursday that the loss compared with a net profit of 658 million euros in the same period last year. Eni …
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MOSCOW – Russia has tightened controls on imports of cut flowers from the Netherlands, a move that comes amid a strain in ties over the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine. National veterinary agency Rosselkhoznadzor said Tuesday checks have repeatedly found Dutch cut flowers infested with pests. Starting …
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UNITED NATIONS – A Security Council diplomat says the United States and Russia have reached agreement on a draft United Nations resolution aimed at identifying the perpetrators of chemical weapons attacks in Syria so they can be brought to justice. The diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because discussions were …
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MADRID – Spain’s Interior Ministry is defending its department head after a newspaper revealed he secretly met with Rodrigo Rato, the former International Monetary Fund chief suspected of fraud and money laundering. The ministry said in a statement Monday that Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz and Rato discussed “exclusively personal” …
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – Witnesses say a bomb blamed on Boko Haram Islamic extremists killed at least 24 people and wounded 60 at a village market in northeastern Nigeria. Tuesday’s bombing is the latest in a string of bombings and village raids that have killed hundreds in the space of weeks, …
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SAO PAULO – A Brazilian professional surfer has died after being shot outside his beach home by an off-duty police officer. Investigator Marcelo Arruda says Tuesday that Ricardo dos Santos, known as a daring tuberider who had won international surfing awards, died in a hospital in southern Brazil. Dos Santos, …
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KINSHASA, Congo – Congo’s government spokesman says 34 people have been charged with crimes including genocide, murder and rape in connection with ethnic violence in the country’s southeast. Lambert Mende said Saturday the suspects had been arrested and presented before a local court. The United Nations says hundreds have been …
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NEW DELHI – Talks between the top security advisers of neighbors and archrivals India and Pakistan have hit several roadblocks over the contentious Kashmir region before they’ve even started. Pakistan’s Sartaz Aziz is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi to meet India’s national security adviser Ajit Doval on Sunday. It …
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