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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – The Saudi military says no Scud missiles have struck the country, rebutting claims by Yemeni rebels that they launched a missile targeting the kingdom. Yemen’s Houthi rebels said late Monday that they launched a Scud at a Saudi military base that is located about 700 kilometers …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rico’s governor says creditors are responsible for helping the U.S. island out of its economic crisis because they lent money knowing the government was running a deficit. Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla also sought to clarify comments recently published in The New York Times saying …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran is rejecting reports by Jordanian state media that a terror suspect arrested in Jordan on suspicion that he planned attacks against the kingdom is linked to an Iranian group. The spokesman for Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Ramazan Sharif, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that …

BERLIN – German authorities are moving toward officially recognizing as a “genocide” the colonial-era crackdown in Namibia by German troops more than a century ago in which more than 65,000 ethnic Hereros were killed. German Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Schaefer said Friday that talks with Namibia on a joint declaration …

ATHENS, Greece – Greece reached a preliminary deal Monday for a third multi-billion euro bailout from its fellow members in the 19-country eurozone. The deal includes tough economic measures that Greece will need to pass into law quickly before it can get any new loans. A statement from the summit …

BANGKOK – Thailand’s prime minister is telling farmers to stop using water in agriculture to save it for public consumption, as the capital remains spared from the worst droughts in decades. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said Wednesday that farmers should wait for rain as the government shifts its focus during …

The remains of Jewish gas chamber victims subjected to Nazi anatomy experiments have been traced to a medical research facility in the eastern French city of Strasbourg. A researcher discovered a World War II-era letter from the then-director of the Strasbourg Medical Institute about the experiments directed by Nazi anatomist …

CANBERRA, Australia – An Australian nurse who has said he was forced by the Islamic State movement to work as a medic in Syria faces prosecution under counterterrorism laws when he returns to Sydney on Friday, police said. Adam Brookman, 39, could become the first person to be charged under …

JUBA, South Sudan – A top UN official says he is deeply shocked at the killing and harassment of aid workers in South Sudan. Stephen O’Brien, U.N. under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, said Saturday that 27 aid workers had died since the conflict began in South Sudan. …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Caribbean resort of Cancun is struggling to remove tons of sargassum seaweed that has been washing ashore in recent weeks. The state government of Quintana Roo said Monday it is stepping up removal efforts, and says there have been no reports of tourists cancelling visits because …