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KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s parliament has voted to suspend military cooperation with Russia in a long-anticipated move signaling a further break in relations between the once-close partners. The five cooperation agreements scrapped Thursday by the Verkhovna Rada include one giving the Russian military transit rights to reach Moldova, whose territory …

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican bank said Monday its profit soared by more than 20 times last year as it recovered from a trading loss and continued its reform process away from its scandal-marred past. The bank, officially called the Institute for Religious Works, said it earned 69.3 million euros …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Dutch police say they have detained 19 people, most of them members of the Bandidos motorcycle gang, in coordinated raids that spread into neighboring Belgium and Germany. The cross-border operation early Wednesday involved riot police, specialist arrest squads and a police helicopter. They targeted 30 locations …