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Spanish leader: 9 Catalan separatists will be pardoned

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Prime Minister Pedro Snchez said Monday that the Spanish Cabinet will approve pardons for nine separatist Catalan politicians and activists imprisoned for their roles in the 20...

Jun 21, 2021

Iran's president-elect defends himself over 1988 executions

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran's president-elect has called himself "a defender of human rights" after being asked directly about his involvement in the 1988 mass executions of some 5,000 peo...

Jun 21, 2021

Armenia PM party wins snap parliamentary election

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Results released Monday showed the party of Armenia's acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan won the snap parliamentary elections he called to ease anger over a peace deal he si...

Jun 20, 2021

Far right falters as conservatives lead French regional vote

PARIS (AP) - Marine Le Pen's far-right party stumbled, French President Emmanuel Macron's centrists crashed and incumbent conservatives surged ahead in the first round of regional elections Sunday tha...

Jun 20, 2021

Body of fourth tuber has been found in North Carolina river

EDEN, N.C. (AP) - The body of a fourth tuber has been found in a North Carolina river following a deadly accident in which a family on a recreational float went over a dam, local officials said Sunday...

Jun 20, 2021

Official: Crash, "likely" due to storm, kills 10 in Alabama

ATLANTA (AP) - An official tells local media that 10 people - including nine children - are dead after a two-vehicle crash in storm-drenched Alabama. Butler County Coroner Wayne Garlock says did not r...

Jun 20, 2021

Moderate Iran candidate concedes win by judiciary chief

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The sole moderate in Iran's presidential election conceded his loss early Saturday to the country's hard-line judiciary chief. It signaled the protege of Supreme Lea...

Jun 18, 2021

EU envoy: Ethiopian leadership vowed to 'wipe out' Tigrayans

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's leaders in closed-door talks with a European Union special envoy earlier this year said "they are going to wipe out the Tigrayans for 100 years," the envoy said this w...

Jun 18, 2021

Israel to send 1M coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Friday it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the Palestinia...

Jun 18, 2021

Iran votes in presidential poll tipped in hard-liner's favor

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran began voting Friday in a presidential election tipped in the favor of a hard-line protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Polls opened at 7 a.m. local...

Jun 17, 2021