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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency says gunmen have killed eight Iranian border guards in the country’s volatile southeast, near the border with Pakistan. The report says the attack took place on Monday in the restive Sistan-Baluchistan province. Fars says four of the killed soldiers were conscripts. The …

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Aviation authorities are questioning a man they suspect stowed away in the wheel well of a jetliner for a free flight in Indonesia, officials said Thursday. Mario Stevan Ambarita, 21, survived a nearly two-hour flight at high altitude from Pekanbaru, Riau’s provincial capital, to the national capital, …

DONETSK, Ukraine – Fighting has picked up in eastern Ukraine, after more than a month of relative calm, as diplomats gathered in Berlin Monday to discuss the Ukraine crisis. The military conflict between Russia-backed rebels and government forces has killed more than 6,000 but has largely subsided since the cease-fire …