JERUSALEM – Israeli authorities say they have unearthed a rare, well-preserved 2,000-year-old-Jewish ritual bath hidden under the floorboard of a family home in Jerusalem. Archaeologists said Wednesday that the discovery shines new light on ancient Jewish and early Christian communities in the area. But the discovery might be most noteworthy …
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LONDON – A bizarre plan to relocate the entire population of Hong Kong to Northern Ireland was considered an option in the uncertain years before Britain handed back the former British colony to Chinese rule, formerly classified government files showed. Britain’s National Archives on Friday released a 1983 government file …
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BAGHDAD – Iraqi authorities say bombings targeting public places have killed 15 people in and around Baghdad. Police officials say the deadliest attack occurred Saturday night when a car bomb exploded on a commercial street in Baghdad’s western neighborhood of Amil, killing nine people and wounding 24 others. Earlier, police …
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi authorities say they have arrested three brothers in connection with last month’s deadly attack on a Shiite mosque in neighboring Kuwait. The official Saudi Press Agency on Tuesday quoted the Interior Ministry as saying that one of the men was arrested in Kuwait and handed …
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BANGKOK – Thailand says it has sent about 100 ethnic Uighurs back to China, ignoring calls from the international community to protect the group and ensure they were not forced back to China. Government spokesman Maj. Gen Verachon Sukhonthapatipak told The Associated Press that the group was put on a …
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BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials say troops and Shiite militiamen have repelled an Islamic State group attack that left 10 soldiers dead in Anbar province. Anbar councilman Athal al-Fahdawi said militants attacked the government-held town of Khalidiyah early Friday with mortars and five suicide car bombs. He said the attackers retreated …
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JERUSALEM – The Israeli military says it has arrested a Palestinian man it alleges is behind the shooting death of an Israeli hiker in the West Bank last month. The military said Wednesday it apprehended the alleged shooter, Mohammed Abu Shaheen, and four of his alleged accomplices in the attack …
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SYDNEY – An Australian man appeared in court Tuesday on terror charges after police say he tried to join Kurdish-aligned forces battling the Islamic State group in Iraq. Jamie Williams, 28, was stopped by customs agents as he was boarding a flight to Qatar at Melbourne airport in December after …
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YANGON, Myanmar – Nearly 7,000 prisoners in Myanmar, including some former military intelligence officials who had been purged by their army colleagues, have been given presidential pardons. An Information Ministry statement posted on its website said 6,966 prisoners, including 210 foreigners, will be freed from various prisons across the country …
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BOGOTA, Colombia – A pro-democracy foundation run by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has shut down its 13-year-old electoral observation office in Venezuela as the South American country gears up for closely watched legislative elections. In a monthly report on Venezuela’s political outlook published Wednesday, the Carter Center said it …
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