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The Associated Press sat down with Syrian President Bashar Assad at a palace in downtown Damascus.

A Canadian lawmaker touted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Canada's first Afghan-born cabinet minister says she recently learned from her mother that she was born in Iran.

A Congo military official and a local leader say a rebel group has attacked a village in the country's east, killing at least 7 people.

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Estonia says it has declined Russia's invitation for bilateral security talks on the Baltic Sea security situation.

The International Monetary Fund is still worried about Portugal, saying in its latest report that the country is struggling with fragile economic growth, low investment, high public and corporate debt, and bad loans that are a burden on banks.

Indonesian authorities say they have detained a ship carrying an unregistered cargo of nearly 30 tons of fertilizer that may have been intended for use in making illegal fishing bombs.

India has branded Pakistan a "terrorist state" in a stinging response to Pakistan's criticism of Indian suppression of protests in disputed Kashmir.

Berlin's Jewish Museum is presenting a show on the legendary golem from ancient folklore and its modern day transformations.

Germany and Britain's top security officials say they've agreed to even closer cooperation in the fight against terrorism and extremism, and to manage the challenge of the migrant flows to Europe.

Islamic State militants reportedly beat six boys to death for playing soccer in central Mosul, The Mirror newspaper reported.

Prosecutors are investigating a leading member of the nationalist Alternative for Germany party following reports he sold Nazi-era memorabilia.

A series of fires at Iranian petrochemical plants and facilities have raised suspicions about hacking potentially playing a role, with authorities saying that "viruses had contaminated" equipment at several of the affected complexes.

Poland's police say they have arrested 14 people and seized 100,000 fake Viagra pills and 430,000 portions of fake doping substances worth millions of euros in a raid on an illegal factory.

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A German teenager has suffered serious injuries after accidentally creating an explosion in the family car with air freshener.

A court in Hanoi rejected an appeal by a prominent Vietnamese blogger on Thursday and upheld his five-year prison sentence for anti-state writings.

A Kenyan police spokesman says two policemen are missing and three others wounded after suspected Islamic extremists attacked a police post in eastern Kenya.

Eager to stop wildlife poaching, some in Africa are taking the drastic step of de-horning rhinos before the illegal hunters do, taking a whining chainsaw to the hulking animals' most distinctive feature.

Energy company Vattenfall AB says it has received approval from the European Commission to sell its loss-making coal assets in Germany.