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Boko Haram ambushes oil convoy in Nigeria, killing soldiers
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 3:08am
Authorities in northern Nigeria say roughly 10 military personnel have been killed and a similar number of university workers are unaccounted for after Boko Haram extremists attacked their convoy.
Rights groups ask Duterte to retract threat to bomb schools
Jim Gomez, Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 3:00am
Human rights groups asked the Philippine president Wednesday to retract a threat to order airstrikes against tribal schools he accused of teaching students to become communist rebels, warning such an attack would constitute a war crime.
Russian diplomat: new US sanctions won't help to mend ties
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 3:00am
A senior Russian diplomat said Wednesday a new package of U.S. sanctions against Russia harms chances for improving the ties between the two countries, pushing them into "unchartered territory."
Fires force evacuation of 10,000 in 3 French Riviera towns
Claude Paris, Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 2:50am
Authorities ordered the evacuation of 10,000 people as fires hopscotched around the Riviera for a third day Wednesday, tearing through the forest of La Londe-les-Maures.
At least 5 dead in building collapse in Nigeria's Lagos
Sunday Alamba, Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 2:50am
A four-story residential building collapsed in Nigeria's largest city and killed at least five people, emergency officials in Lagos said Monday.
Here is the latest news from The Associated Press at 4:40 a.m. EDT
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 2:50am
The Senate has taken initial votes on the Republican effort to demolish the Obama health care law. Where it ends up is anyone's guess. But the early indication is the GOP will have a hard time approving sweeping changes in President Barack Obama's statute. That's because the Senate voted 57-43 late Tuesday against a wide-ranging proposal by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to rewrite Obama's law _ a vote that saw nine GOP defections.
Spain's Rajoy testifies as witness in major graft trial
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 2:30am
Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is standing Wednesday as a witness in a major trial of some 40 people accused of involvement in a kickbacks-for-contracts scheme that helped finance his ruling Popular Party.
2 Moroccan peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 1:54am
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic says two Moroccan peacekeepers have been killed in a southeastern town where another Moroccan was killed on Sunday.
Maldives urged to restore parliament's independence
Bharatha Mallawarachi, Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 1:30am
Outside governments on Wednesday asked the Maldives to restore its legislature's independence, days after the opposition said parliament was locked down on orders from the president in an attempt to prevent a vote to impeach the parliamentary speaker.
AP Interview: China to lead in organ transplants by 2020
Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 1:20am
China is on track to lead the world in organ transplant surgeries by 2020 following its abandonment of the much-criticized practice of using organs from executed prisoners, the architect of the country's transplant program said Wednesday.
Senior Muslim official: Worshippers won't return to Jerusalem shrine until Israel removes new railings and cameras
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 26th - 1:14am
Senior Muslim official: Worshippers won't return to Jerusalem shrine until Israel removes new railings and cameras.
Thai ex-prime minister vows to fight negligence charge
Kaweewit Kaewjinda, Associated Press | Posted Jul 25th - 11:41pm
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whose bank accounts were frozen this week, says she will fight to prove her innocence as a trial that could put her in prison for 10 years enters its final stages.
UK's Boris Johnson tours Sydney Opera House before meetings
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 25th - 11:20pm
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson toured the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday ahead of high-level bilateral security talks with Australian officials.
US ambassador calls for release of jailed Vietnam activist
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 25th - 11:11pm
The U.S ambassador in Vietnam called on the Communist government Wednesday to release an activist who was sentenced to nine years in prison on what the envoy says are vague charges of propaganda against the state.
AP Photos: Mexico City's 'Barrio Bravo' embraces frontball
Gustavo Martinez Contreras, Associated Press | Posted Jul 25th - 10:21pm
Residents of Mexico City's legendarily tough neighborhood of Tepito are embracing a new form of handball known as frontball after promoters chose it for the sport's first international tourney.
2 hurricanes roar in Pacific far off Mexico coast
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 25th - 9:30pm
Two hurricanes and a tropical storm are moving through the Pacific Ocean off Mexico late Tuesday, but forecasters say they do not pose an immediate threat to land.
Kurdish official says US role essential in post-IS Syria
Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press | Posted Jul 25th - 9:07pm
The Kurdish-led effort to secure Raqqa once it is liberated from the Islamic State group will require long-term U.S. political and financial support for the battered city's governance and reconstruction, a senior Syrian Kurdish official said Tuesday.
US Navy fires warning shots near Iran ship in Persian Gulf
Jon Gambrell, Associated Press | Posted Jul 25th - 8:41pm
A U.S. Navy patrol boat fired warning shots Tuesday near an Iranian vessel that American sailors said came dangerously close to them during a tense encounter in the Persian Gulf, the first such incident to happen under President Donald Trump. Iran's hard-line Revolutionary Guard later blamed the American ship for provoking the situation.
