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Airstrike destroys MSF-supported hospital in northern Syria

Airstrike destroys MSF-supported hospital in northern Syria

BEIRUT (AP) – An airstrike in the northern Syrian province of Idlib destroyed a makeshift clinic supported by an international aid group on Monday, killing and wounding several people, activists and the group said. In the neighboring Aleppo province, a missile struck a children’s hospital in the town of Azaz, …

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Turkey says Kurds driven back from Syrian town

Turkey says Kurds driven back from Syrian town

BEIRUT (AP) – The latest on the civil war in Syria (all times local): 2:40 p.m. Turkey says Kurdish forces have been expelled from areas around the northern Syrian town of Azaz after a weekend of cross-border shelling. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday vowed the “harshest reaction” should the …

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Facing new sanction threats, North Koreans defiant as ever

Facing new sanction threats, North Koreans defiant as ever

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) – The United States and Japan have already announced plans for new sanctions over North Korea’s recent nuclear test and rocket launch, and the U.N. Security Council is likely to deliver more soon. Cross-border tensions with Seoul are escalating quickly and even China is starting to …

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North Korea’s Kim orders more rocket launches

North Korea’s Kim orders more rocket launches

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised scientists involved in the country’s recent rocket launch that he said struck a “telling blow” to enemies and ordered them to press ahead with more launches, state media reported Monday. Earlier this month, North Korea ignored repeated …

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Strongmen to predominate at Obama’s SE Asia summit

Strongmen to predominate at Obama’s SE Asia summit

WASHINGTON (AP) – A coup leader with a penchant for song. A sultan with a taste for the high life. A ruthless prime minister with 31 years on the job. A former furniture salesman. A communist politburo veteran. A prime minister trying to shake off a $700 million financial scandal. …

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1,000 pages of Clinton emails released; 84 classifications

1,000 pages of Clinton emails released; 84 classifications

WASHINGTON (AP) – The State Department has released more than 1,000 new pages of Hillary Clinton’s emails. Eighty-one messages were classified, mostly at the lowest level of sensitivity. None was declared top secret. The department has now released more than 45,000 pages of emails from the private account Clinton used …

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