COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Finnish officials say a Russian citizen has been detained in Finland on an international arrest warrant issued by the United States. The Justice Ministry said in a statement Thursday that Maxim Senakh was arrested Aug. 8. No details were given. The ministry added Senakh faces charges of …
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TOKYO – Japan’s Defense Ministry wants to buy an advanced Aegis radar-equipped destroyer and F-35 fighters under its largest-ever budget to bolster the defense of southern islands amid a territorial dispute with China. The ministry endorsed a 5.1 trillion yen ($42 billion) budget request Monday for the year beginning next …
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ANKARA, Turkey – The military says a Turkish soldier was killed from shots fired from Islamic State-controlled area across the border in Syria. A second soldier is reported missing. The military said the incident occurred Tuesday at a border post near the town of Kilis. The soldier disappeared following a …
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HERZLIYA, Israel – Former Israeli Mossad spy chief Meir Dagan says it is time for Israel to stop criticizing the United States over the nuclear deal it and world powers struck with Iran. Speaking Monday at the International Institute for Counterterrorism’s annual conference in the coastal city of Herzliya, Dagan …
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CANBERRA, Australia – Australia will launch airstrikes against Islamic State (ISIS) targets in Syria within days and resettle an additional 12,000 refugees from the deepening humanitarian and security crisis in the Middle East, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Wednesday. He also announced that his government will pay an additional 44 …
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – A police official says at least 19 people were killed after two buses collided on the highway linking Ivory Coast’s commercial capital and the country’s second-largest port. Seydou Ouattara, police commissioner for San Pedro, said Friday the accident took place Thursday about 185 miles (300 kilometers) …
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The Southeastern Conference lived up to its rugged reputation on Saturday when Top 25 teams LSU, Texas A&M, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida all lost conference games. No. 24 Auburn battered Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel in a 45-41 win over No. 7 Texas A&M to avenge the 63-21 shellacking …
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It was like a scene from “Weekend at Bernie’s” when a Colombian soccer team recently got an unexpected fan. Friends brought a coffin with the body of a 17-year-old boy into a soccer match Sunday between Cucuta Deportivo and Envigado, according to Colombia Reports. Christopher Jacome, a big fan of …
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ST. PAUL, Minn. – Patrick Kane scored on a backhand at 9:40 of overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks to a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 6 to clinch their second-round Western Conference series on Tuesday night. Kris Versteeg scored at 1:58 of the first and Corey …
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ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia’s signing class has received a much-anticipated boost with the addition of defensive end Lorenzo Carter. Carter, from Norcross High School near Atlanta, slipped on a red Georgia cap as he made his nationally televised decision to sign with Georgia over Florida, LSU and Florida State. Carter …
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