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Pakistan's military has announced a major reshuffle in its senior posts, including appointing a new chief for the country's top spy agency.

Bill English was sworn in Monday as New Zealand's 39th prime minister after John Key resigned.

Japan has protested to China about what it says are groundless accusations that Japanese fighter jets had fired "jamming shells" as six Chinese military planes flew over waters between Japan's southern Okinawa and Miyako islands.

Near-final results show Romania's left-leaning Social Democrats easily won parliamentary elections a year after a major anti-corruption drive forced the last Socialist prime minister from power.

Hong Kong's financial chief has resigned amid mounting speculation that he will make a bid for the southern Chinese city's top job.

As Brazilians mourned the recent plane crash that killed 71 people, including almost an entire soccer team, President Michel Temer spent days publicly wavering about whether to attend the memorial service in the southern city of Chapeco.

A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: ___ EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a weekly look at the latest key developments in the South China Sea, home to several territorial conflicts that have raised tensions in the region.

The conservative caucus in New Zealand's Parliament has chosen Bill English to be the next prime minister.

Two girl suicide bombers died when they exploded Sunday in a crowded area near a market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, injuring 17 people, rescue officials said.

Tens of thousands of people have celebrated at Rio de Janeiro's annual gay pride parade at Copacabana beach.

Venezuela is pulling its largest current bank note out of circulation amid raging inflation.

Switzerland's national rail company SBB has started regular service through the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest railway tunnel.

President-elect Donald Trump will be a good friend to Israel and hopefully the two countries can work together to dismantle the international nuclear agreement with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview Sunday.

Officials say the prime ministers of Kosovo and Montenegro have met for talks on bilateral and regional issues.

A lawyer says an Algerian journalist on a hunger strike to protest a two-year sentence for offending President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has died in a hospital in the capital.

A look at Palmyra, the archaeological gem that Islamic State fighters retook Sunday from Syrian troops in a major advance after a year of setbacks in Syria and neighboring Iraq.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has described President-elect Donald Trump as being a personality that has "no precedent in modern American history," but cautioned against judging him on his campaign rhetoric.

A leading Israeli opposition lawmaker has launched a campaign calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be investigated for corruption.

Iraqi and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed or gravely wounded more than 2,000 Islamic State fighters in the battle for Mosul since October, the top U.S. commander in Iraq said Sunday.

Bulgarian authorities say the death toll from a tanker train explosion has risen to eight after a young man died of severe burns.