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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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …