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In Saudi visit, Obama faces ‘curveball’ in ties with kingdom

In Saudi visit, Obama faces ‘curveball’ in ties with kingdom

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – When President Barack Obama arrives in the Saudi capital on Wednesday, he’ll face an increasingly assertive leadership still heavily dependent on U.S. weapons and military might that nonetheless has little trust in him and essentially believes it’s been thrown a curveball. The president is …

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Dozens killed in Taliban attack on Afghan security agency

Dozens killed in Taliban attack on Afghan security agency

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Taliban attackers in Afghanistan staged an assault on a government security agency in the capital, Kabul, on Tuesday morning, killing at least 28 people and wounding more than 320. The assault, which include at least two attackers and a car rigged with explosives, came a week …

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Ukraine, Russia reach deal to release pilot, Poroshenko says

Ukraine, Russia reach deal to release pilot, Poroshenko says

MOSCOW (AP) – Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to free a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday, suggesting that she will be swapped for two Russian servicemen jailed in Ukraine this week. Nadezhda Savchenko, who was captured by Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine in 2014, was …

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Polish president leads ceremonies to Warsaw ghetto fighters

Polish president leads ceremonies to Warsaw ghetto fighters

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s president on Tuesday led state ceremonies honoring the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, young Jews who took up arms to fight against the Nazi German occupiers during World War II rather than be transported to a death camp. President Andrzej Duda led the ceremonies …

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UN chief condemns deadly Taliban attack in Kabul

UN chief condemns deadly Taliban attack in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The Latest on the militant assault on an Afghan government security compound in Kabul (all times local): 5:45 p.m. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sent his condolences to the victims and their families following the Taliban attack on a government security agency in Kabul that killed …

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