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Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency says authorities have accused a detained American-Iranian dual citizen of "acting against national security." The Wednesday report did not name the suspect, but said he was arrested in the northern city of Gorgan in July, and so appeared to be referring to Robin Shahini.

Romania's government says the country will hold a parliamentary election on Dec. 11, and it will facilitate voting for Romanians living abroad.

Firefighters have conducted a preliminary search of Amatrice's crumbled elementary school and financial police have begun gathering documentation about contracts for renovations of quake-destroyed public buildings as the investigation into the devastation kicked into higher gear a week after the temblor struck central Italy.

Malaysian police said Wednesday they had foiled possible attacks on the eve of the country's Independence Day with the detention of three suspected Islamic State members.

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Sri Lanka on a visit in which he is expected to discuss post-civil war reconciliation and human rights accountability with the country's leaders.

The Latest on the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff (all times local): 11:20 a.m.

A small bomb exploded Wednesday on a main road near the eastern Lebanese city of Zahleh, killing at least one person and wounding 11 others, security officials and state media said.

North Korea has executed a vice premier and banished two other top officials to rural areas for re-education, South Korean officials said Wednesday.

The son of an American-Israeli man killed in a Palestinian attack last year has asked the global scout movement to expel its Palestinian branch after local members dedicated a recent training course to one of his father's killers.

Switzerland's executive branch on Wednesday announced plans to step up processing of asylum requests, building on a referendum result amid a growing backlog of African migrants trying to enter from Italy — many hoping to pass through to reach Germany.

A United Airlines flight bound for London made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in Ireland on Wednesday after severe turbulence that left 12 passengers needing hospital treatment, officials said.

The speaker of Romania's Senate has criticized recent statements made by the U.S. Ambassador to neighboring Moldova who said that Moldova should not reunite with Romania.

The deputy mayor of the Austrian city of Salzburg is urging Muslim parents not to send their daughters to kindergarten wearing headscarves, saying the covering degrades their children by suggesting they are sex objects.

The French government wants the European Union to end talks with the U.S. on forging a sweeping trade deal that it sees as too friendly to U.S. businesses.

Dock workers briefly blocked traffic at the French port of Le Havre after two colleagues were arrested over earlier protest violence.

Chancellor Angela Merkel's Cabinet has approved a proposal to ease audio and video recording and broadcasting of some German trials.

Pope Francis is showing his profound concern for refugees by assuming direct responsibility for migrant issues in a new Vatican department that merges four Vatican offices into one handling peace, the environment and human trafficking issues.

There's a new giant panda in Madrid, and it's the first female in the history of the Spanish capital's zoo.

Mexico has awakened to the news that President Enrique Pena Nieto is going to meet with Republican candidate Donald Trump Wednesday, and many Mexicans don't like it.