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Romania blocks Russian deputy PM from entering EU airspace
Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 9:51am
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin had to scrap a trip to Moldova on Friday after his plane was barred from entering Romanian and Hungarian airspace.
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Japan: NKorea fires possible missile, could land off Japan
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 9:47am
Japan's prime minister says North Korea has fired what is believed to be a missile and it may have landed in the sea off Japan.
Chief prosecutor: At least 114 deaths in Venezuela crisis
Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 9:36am
Venezuela's chief prosecutor is reporting at least 114 deaths in nearly four months of protests against President Nicolas Maduro's government.
Slovak far-right leader charged with using neo-Nazi symbols
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 9:31am
The leader of a far-right party with seats in the Slovak parliament has been charged with crimes related to the use of neo-Nazi symbols, police said Friday.
The Latest: Palestinian killed at Gaza's border with Israel
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 9:20am
The Latest on developments at a contested shrine in Jerusalem (all times local):
9 bodies found piled in Mexican border city Nuevo Laredo
Maria Verza, Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 9:20am
Nine bodies were found in a bloody pile in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, across from Laredo, Texas, Mexican authorities reported.
Disqualified by court, Pakistan's prime minister steps down
Munir Ahmed and Zarar Khan, Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 9:00am
Pakistan's prime minister stepped down on Friday, hours after the country's Supreme Court disqualified him from office in dramatic developments that have plunged the nuclear-armed nation into another major crisis.
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The Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 8:56am
President Donald Trump says that if the Senate wants to pass legislation, it "must immediately go to a 51 vote majority." His morning tweet was puzzling, considering it came hours after the Republican majority failed to even reach 51 votes to overhaul the nation's health care laws.
Italy OKs naval support to help Libya fight trafficking
Colleen Barry, Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 8:51am
Italy on Friday approved sending Italian naval ships to help the Libyan coast guard combat migrant trafficking following a request by the North African nation.
Suspected Afghan Taliban member indicted in Germany
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 8:38am
German prosecutors said Friday that they have filed terrorism and murder charges against a suspected member of Afghanistan's Taliban whom they accuse of participating in an attack in which an American soldier was killed.
Philippines: Only 60 militants fighting in Marawi siege
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 8:31am
The Philippine military said Friday only about 60 pro-Islamic State group militants are still fighting in a two-month siege of southern Marawi city that has left 630 people dead and swaths of the Islamic region in ruins.
IS claims deadly attack in Syria against US-backed force
Bassem Mroue, Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 8:11am
Islamic State militants have carried out a deadly attack on U.S.-backed forces in Syria, killing and wounding many fighters and civilians, Syrian monitors and an IS-linked media outlet said Friday.
In Zimbabwe, Mugabe's wife positions as possible successor
Farai Mutsaka, Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 8:05am
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's wife once said the 93-year-old leader should run "as a corpse" in the 2018 elections if he dies before the vote. Now politically ambitious Grace Mugabe is positioning herself as a possible successor, saying one of the ruling party's two vice presidents should be a woman.
'Big hunt' for Russian hackers, but no obvious election link
Howard Amos, Raphael Satter and Aritz Parra, Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 7:09am
Pyotr Levashov appeared to be just another comfortable member of Russia's rising middle-class — an IT entrepreneur with a taste for upmarket restaurants, Thai massages and foreign travel.
Spain moves to block Catalan bid to fast-track independence
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 7:09am
Spain says it has appealed to the Constitutional Court to block a measure passed by the regional parliament of Catalonia that would allow it to fast-track a declaration of independence if its voters choose to secede from Spain in a planned Oct. 1 referendum.
2 boys in custody suspected of arson over French wildfires
Thomas Adamson and Nadine Achoui-Lesage, Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 6:51am
Two adolescent boys will go before a judge Friday on suspicion of deliberately starting one of the wildfires that devastated parts of southeastern France and Corsica this week, an official said.
Nepal woodcarvers inspired to restore quake-toppled temples
Niranjan Shrestha, Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 6:19am
In the rubble of Nepal's 2015 earthquake, a team of dedicated woodworkers is finding inspiration to recreate what was lost.
British driver totals Ferrari an hour after purchase
The Associated Press | Posted Jul 28th - 6:19am
A British driver has survived a major crash in his Ferrari, an hour after he bought it. Local police called it a "miracle escape," but the car was not so lucky.
