UNITED NATIONS – The head of the United Nations cultural agency says a preliminary assessment of the famed World Heritage…
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Palestinian intelligence official says his operatives helped free Swedish hostages in Syria
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Read MoreUS ambassador to Greece protests prospect of home confinement for blind far-left terrorist
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Read MoreIran’s Revolutionary Guard says no inspections of military sites under any nuclear accord
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Read MoreItalian navy regains control of seized fishing boat off Libyan coast
MILAN – The Italian navy said Friday it boarded and took control of a Sicilian fishing boat that had been…
Read MoreAustralia will soon pay refugees in Pacific to resettle in Cambodia; activists assault move
CANBERRA, Australia – Refugees from Africa, the Middle East and South Asia who are being held on the Pacific atoll…
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