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SEOUL, South Korea – The North Korean military general believed behind two attacks on South Korea that killed 50 people in 2010 has died. He was 77. The North’s main Rodong sinmun newspaper said Monday that Kim Kyok Sik died of an acute respiratory failure on Sunday. Kim is the …

PARIS – A French court has said it’s unclear what caused a French trawler to sink over a decade ago off the British coast, killing five people. The entire crew of the Bugaled Breizh drowned when it capsized and sank 14 miles off the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall on January …

JERUSALEM – Israeli police say an American tourist has died while hiking during a heatwave in Israel on a trial leading to the ancient Jewish desert fortress of Masada. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the 20-year-old woman from Florida fell about 5 meters (about 16 feet) at the site of …

SRINAGAR, India – Hundreds of government forces are patrolling the streets of Indian Kashmir’s main city to stop a rally by separatists to mark the anniversaries of the assassinations of two Kashmiri leaders. No one has been convicted of the killings, but they were believed to have been assassinated by …

KABUL, Afghanistan – The commander of international forces in Afghanistan says the Islamic State group is actively recruiting in Afghanistan but is not yet operational there. General John F. Campbell said on Saturday the group’s sophisticated social media campaign is attracting Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and Pakistan who are disgruntled …

ATHENS, Greece – Greece is out of cash to repay debts due as soon as next week. The country and its creditors — other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund — have been locked in negotiations for months on what reforms the southern European country needs to take to …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Several Nobel Peace Prize winners have called for an end to the persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, describing it as “nothing less than genocide,” and appealed for international help for them in Rakhine state. The appeal came Thursday at the end of a three-day conference in the …

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Germany’s foreign minister says he will visit the Gaza Strip — a rare trip to the Hamas-ruled territory by a Western leader. In meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials Sunday, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was concerned about the situation in Gaza, which is struggling to recover …

San Francisco 49ers defensive end Arik Armstead took issue with an alleged “dirty play” committed by Jacksonville Jaguars offensive lineman Brandon Scherff on Sunday. In the midst of the 49ers’ 34-3 blowout of the Jaguars, Armstead accused Scherff of tripping him and kicking him early in the game. Armstead left …

The U.N. special rapporteur to the occupied Palestinian territory claimed this week that Israel does not have a right to self-defense against Hamas under international law and accused the country of committing “war crimes.” The comments from Francesca Albanese came Tuesday during an address to the National Press Club of …