International

Mexico’s ex-oil boss quits; Fuel oil burn to increase

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MEXICO CITY — The former leader of Mexico’s oil workers’ union will finally be resigning from his symbolic post as a worker at the...

Turkey slams Mediterranean undersea cable deal

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<p>ANKARA, Turkey &mdash; Turkey has protested a recent agreement reached between Israel, Greece and Cyprus advancing plans to build a 2,000-megawatt undersea electricity cable...

Dutch PM’s poll lead shrinks as election enters 2nd day

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<p>AMSTERDAM &mdash; The lead of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative party in polls continued to shrink Tuesday, according to a new survey published...

Ex-Mali coup leader won’t stand trial for 2012 killings

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BAMAKO, Mali — The man who overthrew Mali’s president in 2012, former Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, will no longer stand trial on charges he...

Dinamo Zagreb coach quits after receiving prison sentence

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ZAGREB, Croatia — Zoran Mamic quit as Dinamo Zagreb coach after Croatia's Supreme Court confirmed his nearly five-year prison sentence for tax evasion and...

Greek, Turkish diplomats hold talks after year of strain

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<p>ATHENS, Greece &mdash; Senior diplomats from Greece and Turkey are meeting in Athens on Tuesday in an effort to ease long-standing tensions between the...

‘Republic of Queues’: 10 years on, Syria is a hungry nation

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BEIRUT — The lines stretch for miles outside gas stations in Syrian cities, with an average wait of five hours to fill up a...

3 teachers abducted in latest Nigeria school kidnapping

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LAGOS, Nigeria — Gunmen abducted three teachers from a primary school in Nigeria’s northwest on Monday, four days after several dozen other students from...

Israel announces upgrade of Iron Dome rocket defense system

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JERUSALEM — The Israeli Defense Ministry on Tuesday announced it has completed an upgrade of the country's Iron Dome rocket-defense system to cope with...

State TV: Iran inaugurates new underground missile facility

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<p>TEHRAN, Iran &mdash; Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard on Monday inaugurated a new underground facility designated for missile storage, the country's state TV reported.</p> ...