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SYDNEY – A Japanese national was killed Monday after a shark tore off his legs while he was surfing off Australia’s east coast, not far from the area where another surfer was mauled by a shark a day earlier, officials said. The 41-year-old man was sitting on his board waiting …

MINSK, Belarus – Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says talks in Minsk did not include any agreement on autonomy for the rebel-held areas in eastern Ukraine. Russia-backed separatists have been fighting government forces since April. Their early demands of federalization culminated in a May referendum for independence. Poroshenko told reporters Thursday …

MOSCOW – Moscow police have detained anti-corruption campaigner and leading opposition figure Alexei Navalny as he and supporters were handing out leaflets in the subway. Navalny’s spokeswoman reported the detention of Navalny and one of his associates in a Twitter post. The Interfax news agency later cited police as confirming …

BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomber has killed six troops and Shiite militiamen in a flashpoint area north of Baghdad that has seen much fighting with Islamic State militants. Police officials say the bomber drove his explosive-laden car into a checkpoint jointly manned by the Shiite militia …

YANGON, Myanmar – Kokang ethnic rebels battling Myanmar’s government in the country’s north have denied a claim that they attacked a truck flying the Red Cross flag that was carrying refugees fleeing fighting in the area. Kokang spokesman Htun Myat Lin says the report by state media of Saturday’s attack …

MANILA, Philippines – Philippine troops backed by artillery and assault helicopters have clashed with about 300 Abu Sayyaf rebels in fighting that left two soldiers and five militants dead. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Harold Cabunoc says 16 other soldiers were wounded in the daylong fighting Wednesday in a jungle near …

MADRID – Police say they have arrested eight Spaniards suspected of fighting on the pro-Russian side in eastern Ukraine. A police statement said the eight were arrested Friday morning in six different parts of Spain. The statement said the eight were accused of several offenses but gave no details. The …

LONDON – A local politician in Britain says his son is one of nine Britons arrested in Turkey while allegedly trying to get to Syria. Shakil Ahmed, a Labour Party councilor in Rochdale, northwest England, said Thursday he had believed his university student son was in Birmingham, England. Ahmed said …

CAIRO – Moody’s Investor Service has upgraded Egypt’s credit rating, saying macroeconomic performance has improved and external vulnerabilities have been reduced. In a statement, it ranked Egypt at B3 on its scale — speculative and subject to high credit risk — with a stable outlook, an improvement from its previous …

PRISTINA, Kosovo – Kosovo police say they have increased security in the town of Mitrovica after five hooded assailants crossed from the ethnic Albanian southern part of town into the Serb northern part to a stab a Serb teenager. It was the first serious ethnically motivated incident in years. Deputy …