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Because of its distinctive coat of hard shells, the pangolin, or scaly anteater, has been called the world's most heavily trafficked mammal.

Edwin Encarnacion hit a three-run homer in the 11th inning off Ubaldo Jimenez, and Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 in Tuesday night's AL wild card game to advance to a Division Series matchup against Texas.

An Australian bank chief executive told a parliamentary committee that traders implicated in market manipulation allegations were suspended then reinstated without the accusations being judged by a court.

Thai authorities, reportedly acting on a request from Beijing, detained a Hong Kong teen pro-democracy activist on his arrival at Bangkok's airport in the latest sign of what rights groups said Wednesday is China pressuring neighbors as it tries to quash dissent at home and overseas.

Hurricane Matthew made its second landfall at Category 4 strength near the Eastern tip of Cuba Tuesday evening as residents along the east coast of the US brace for impact later in the week.

The Polisario Front independence movement is warning that it is closer to resuming confrontation with Morocco over the disputed Western Sahara than to peace.

The head of Iran's space agency said Tuesday his country is interested in cooperating with NASA.

Congo's main opposition parties have renewed calls for the international community and the United Nations to take a more active role in bringing about an inclusive dialogue on elections that have raised tensions in the central African country.

The head of the UK Independence Party, Diane James, has resigned — after a mere 18 days of being in charge.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will meet with his predecessor and chief opponent in a bid to save a peace deal with leftist rebels.

Forces backing Syrian President Bashar Assad pressed their offensive Tuesday on Aleppo's rebel-held zone from the south, after capturing areas on other fronts in recent days. As reinforcements arrived, including Shiite fighters from Iraq, the strategy appeared to be to retake rebel-held areas bit by bit, backed by massive Russian airpower, rather than risk a potentially costly all-out ground battle.

Republic of Congo's government says that more than 4,000 people have been driven from their homes in the southern Pool region since April, when members of a former militia group started launching attacks.

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The U.N.'s humanitarian chief says civilians in Yemen need urgent protection and more humanitarian aid.

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A man in Australia said his pug disappeared, only for an impugster to show up in its place.

Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency is reporting that the elite Revolutionary Guard has killed 12 militants in the country's Kurdish area.

A family member says the head of Central African Republic's armed forces has been shot dead and his teenage son injured in an attack near a district police station in the capital.

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