TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s official IRNA news agency says the military has shot down a reconnaissance drone in western Iran near the border with Iraq. IRNA quoted Col. Farzad Fereidouni, a local air defense system commander, in a report Saturday as saying the unmanned aircraft was shot down in recent …
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OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – A security official in Burkina Faso says several suspected Islamic militants have launched a rare attack near the West African nation’s border with Mali. Witness Alassane Hamidou said at least two people were wounded in Monday night’s attack. Hamidou told The Associated Press that his life …
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PARIS – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging world leaders to “accelerate” negotiations ahead of a December climate conference in Paris. At a press conference in Paris Wednesday, Ban said climate change is happening and “We don’t have time to waste. We don’t have time to lose.” He called …
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LISBON, Portugal – Portugal’s Constitutional Court has disallowed legislation that would have given intelligence agencies access to private communications metadata. The judges declared the bill passed by Parliament last month illegal because it contravened article 34 of the Constitution, which forbids authorities’ access to private communications unless they are part …
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MADRID – Spanish officials have raised the number of people killed in a huge firework factory explosion in northeastern Spain to six after the body of a missing man was found. A regional Interior Ministry spokesman said the body was found early Tuesday close to the Pirotecnia Zaragozana factory in …
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DAKAR, Senegal – Mali’s defense ministry adviser says that five neighboring countries have met to discuss a joint force to fight extremism in the region. Lt. Col. Diarran Kone said Wednesday that representatives from Mauritania, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali and Chad are meeting in Bamako to strategize. He said they …
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ANKARA, Turkey – A lawyer says two Vice News journalists who were arrested on terror-related charges are expected to be deported from Turkey. The two British journalists, correspondent Jake Hanrahan and cameraman Philip Pendlebury, were detained last week in Diyarbakir, the main city in Turkey’s mostly Kurdish southeast, where renewed …
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AMSTERDAM – One of Amsterdam’s main hospitals is evacuating all its patients after a burst water main caused flooding in parts of the building. Wouter Bos, chairman of the board of the Free University Medical Center, says no patients are in danger, but they are being moved to other hospitals …
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MADRID – Serbia routed Brazil 84-56 to advance to the Basketball World Cup semifinals on Wednesday. Spain or France will await in Madrid on Friday. Brazil and its trio of NBA centers in Varejao, Tiago Splitter and Nene beat Serbia 81-73 in the group phase last week. But Serbia bettered …
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Eighth-ranked Louisville hasn’t been challenged, using its first five opponents to prepare for stiffer competition. It’s time to see if that strategy pays off. On Thursday, the Cardinals (5-0, 1-0 American Athletic Conference) square off against high-scoring Rutgers (4-1, 1-0). After allowing 34 total points, Louisville’s defense …
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