MEXICO CITY – Mexican officials have filed a criminal complaint after villagers in the central state of Tlaxcala bulldozed a chapel from the 1700s. The small Chapel of Holy Christ was originally built during colonial times by the Franciscan order and added on to in the 19th and 20th centuries. …
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KUWAIT CITY – Kuwaiti authorities say they have uncovered a cell of Islamic State militants from the small Gulf nation involved in fighting in Iraq and Syria. The Ministry of Interior said on Thursday that it identified five Kuwaitis involved in the cell, including one named Mubarak Malfi who was …
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ROME – A fishing boat crowded with migrants overturned Wednesday in the Mediterranean off Libya as rescuers approached, and the Italian coast guard and Irish navy said at least 367 people were saved, although 25 bodies also were found in the latest human smuggling tragedy. Coast guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini …
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SOFIA, Bulgaria – A military court has sentenced Bulgaria’s former intelligence chief, Kircho Kirov, to 10 years in prison and half of his property to be confiscated for embezzling millions in public funds. The court said Friday that this was the minimum possible sentence for such offenses. Kirov was convicted …
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JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s president has announced a Cabinet reshuffle aimed at reviving the sputtering economy and stabilizing the rupiah. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo chose former central bank governor Darmin Nasution to become Indonesia’s new coordinating minister for the economy, replacing Sofyan Djalil. Djalil has become the national development planning …
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – A U.S. federal judge in New York sanctioned Argentina on Wednesday, ruling that he will consider Argentine government assets in the U.S. as commercial property in a long-running dispute over the South American nation’s debt. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Griesa said the only exceptions would …
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BAGHDAD – In this torrid Baghdad summer, Karim Kadim, his wife and five children have been sleeping in their living room, where the air conditioning works best and often muffles noise from the street. But nothing could drown out the thunderclap that roused the family about 5:45 a.m. Thursday. Even …
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BUJUMBURA, Burundi – A Burundi official says a former army chief has been killed, the second military official to be assassinated this month in violence linked to the country’s political unrest over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s re-election to a third term. Presidential spokesman Willy Nyamitwe said Saturday that Col. Jean Bikomagu …
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MEXICO CITY – A Mexican federal court has denied home detention to former teachers’ union head Elba Esther Gordillo, once a feared political operator who has been in jail since 2013 on charges of embezzlement and organized crime. The 6th Court of Federal Criminal Proceedings says it made the ruling …
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LONDON – British police say a 33-year-old woman and her four children aged 4 to 12 may be trying to reach an Islamic State group-controlled area of Syria. The Metropolitan Police says Zahera Tariq and her children left their London home on Tuesday and flew to Amsterdam. A relative reported …
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