SEOUL, South Korea – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Pyongyang this week for a possible meeting with leader Kim…
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Opposition decries confusing candidates in high-stakes Venezuela congressional elections
MARACAY, Venezuela – The ballot for congressional elections in which Venezuela’s ruling socialists face their stiffest challenge in 16 years…
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UNITED NATIONS – Britain says U.N. Security Council members support a request to send hundreds more peacekeepers to Central African…
Read MoreTurkey abandons missile deal negotiations in China, considers building own ‘national’ system
ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s state-run news agency says Turkey has ended negotiations with China on building a missile defense system.…
Read MoreJewish man attacked in Milan says assailant was motivated by anti-Semitism
MILAN – A Jewish man attacked with a knife by a lone assailant in Milan says the attack was motivated…
Read MorePutin, Indonesia’s Widodo, to skip APEC summit in Philippines
MANILA, Philippines – Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Philippine President Benigno Aquino III to tell him he will skip…
Read MoreVolkswagen global sales fall after scandal, but rise 3.5 percent in North America
FRANKFURT, Germany – Volkswagen’s flagship brand saw global auto sales fall 5.3 percent in October in the wake of a…
Read MoreDrug charges for Venezuela president’s relatives reverberate as election campaign kicks off
CARACAS, Venezuela – The arrest of two nephews of the Venezuelan first lady Cilia Flores on U.S. drug trafficking charges…
Read MoreSouth Korean’s highest court upholds lifetime sentence for captain of disaster ferry
SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea’s top court has upheld a lifetime sentence for the captain of the ferry that…
Read MoreSyrian daily says it is premature to talk about new constitution, presidential elections
DAMASCUS, Syria – An official Syrian newspaper says any talk about a transitional period, amending the constitution or early presidential…
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