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Activists say a court in Ivory Coast has imprisoned two men for public indecency after they were accused of engaging in same-sex sexual acts.

Authorities in Mexico's Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo say the former governor sold state-owned properties to associates at prices far below their market value.

A Congolese press freedom group says a state television reporter was killed in his home by unidentified assailants.

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Military police in Rio de Janeiro are shooting pepper spray at demonstrators protesting austerity measures.

China has banned a nickname widely used to disparage North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The migrant crisis has arrived in the small, Italian winemaking town of Soave, where the mayor is fending off plans to house more than 100 new arrivals and a growing protest movement is capitalizing on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's victory to seek an end to the politics of integration.

Albania's Defense Ministry says a woman has been promoted to the rank of general, a first for the nation.

Iceland's president has asked the leader of the Left-Green Movement to try to form a government, after the leader of the biggest party in parliament failed to assemble a majority coalition.

Supporters of the International Criminal Court are appealing for unity in the aftermath of three African nations announcing plans to withdraw and Russia symbolically turning its back on the court.

Syrian and Russian forces pushed on with their bombardment of Aleppo Wednesday, one day after the two militaries announced a full-scale offensive to retake the contested Syrian city.

Investigators have determined that a London tram that crashed last week, killing seven people, was traveling at nearly four times the speed limit when it derailed.

Poland's lawmakers have approved a new military force to strengthen the defense of a nation concerned for its security amid Russia's growing assertiveness.

Bulgaria's parliament on Wednesday approved the resignation of the center-right prime minister, who stepped down after the candidate of the opposition Socialist Party capitalized on popular discontent with the government to score a landslide victory in last weekend's presidential election.

A Belgian police station apparently was so cluttered that investigators didn't realize a missing phone that belonged to one of the Paris suicide bombers was hiding under a giant pile of paperwork, local media reported Tuesday.

Greek riot police used tear gas and stun grenades Tuesday in Athens to disperse about 3,000 left-wing marchers protesting a visit by President Barack Obama after they tried to enter an area off-limits to demonstrators.

Greek authorities say they have located and rescued 19 refugees or other migrants in a crippled boat in the north Aegean Sea, about 17 hours after receiving a distress call.

Witnesses and activists say Yemeni troops have driven Shiite Houthi rebels out of a presidential palace and military hospital in the western city of Taiz, where heavy clashes are underway.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday to withdraw Russia from the International Criminal Court, which rules on such grave charges as genocide and crimes against humanity.