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Jordan's King Abdullah II says Chancellor Angela Merkel should be commended for her decision to open Germany's doors to hundreds of thousands of migrants and for her government's support for his and other countries in the region dealing with the flood of refugees from Syria.

Officials say a freight train has rammed into a bus on an unmanned railroad crossing in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, killing at least three people.

The long-awaited move on Mosul is expected to begin early next week, as Kurdish, national and allied forces prepare to oust ISIS from its Iraqi stronghold, sources told FoxNews.com.

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini says the EU needs to spend more on defense to increase security, insisting plans would not undermine NATO.

Belgian prosecutors say the brother of a man charged with stabbing two Brussels police officers has been arrested and charged with participating in the activities of a terrorist group.

Foreign workers who have accused a Canadian company of human rights abuses at an African gold mine will have their case heard in Canada's legal system.

The British government has scrapped plans for a retail sale of its remaining 3.6 billion pound ($4.4 billion) stake in part-nationalized Lloyds Banking Group, opting for a trading plan to institutional investors.

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The director of a yachting management company has been charged with manslaughter over a 2014 capsize in the North Atlantic that killed all four crew members on an oceangoing vessel.

Japanese bar associations have formally adopted a policy against the death penalty for the first time, demanding the government abolish execution by 2020 when Japan hosts the Olympics and an international judicial conference.

Germany's Foreign Ministry says the Turkish ambassador has returned to his post in Berlin, some four months after he was recalled amid fury in Ankara over a parliamentary resolution that labeled the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago as genocide.

Authorities say the president of a German chapter of the Hells Angels has been shot and killed in his biker gang's clubhouse.

The Italian journalist who claims to have exposed the identity of best-selling author Elena Ferrante is defending his investigation as having contributed to knowledge about Ferrante's work and having debunked lies about her background peddled by her publishers.

The Russian parliament is discussing the ratification of a treaty with Syria that allows Russian troops to stay indefinitely in the Mideast country.

The leader of Croatian conservatives says the group is close to reaching an agreement with a small populist party to form a coalition government following a snap election last month.

The Russian military says it's considering the possibility of regaining its Soviet-era bases on Cuba and in Vietnam, a statement that comes amid growing U.S.-Russia tensions over Syria.

Authorities in Kuwait say two Iranians have been arrested after being seen photographing Shiite congregation halls ahead of a major religious ceremony.

Colleagues of renowned investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya are marking the 10th anniversary of her killing by demanding that investigators track down its mastermind.

Pakistan's parliament has adopted a resolution condemning India's actions in the disputed region of Kashmir.

Ethiopia's government says 11 factories and dozens of vehicles have been damaged in attacks by what it calls "anti-peace forces." This East African country has seen months of protests demanding wider freedoms.